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 7 5Ta CON GRE SS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 657, 6 58--AUGUST 16, 19 37 fer of title accordingly and, if recorded as conveyances are recorded, s hall i mpart the same n otice that a dee d, if recor ded, would impar t. "(h) This chapter shall not be construed as to modify or repeal any prior, existing statute relating to the refinancing or readjustment of indebtedne ss of munici palities, p olitical su bdivisions, or distric ts Provided, however, That the initiation of proceedings or the filing of a petition under section 80 shall not constitute a bar to the same taxing agency or instrumentality initiating a new proceeding under se ction 81 th ereof . ~p "( i) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or impair the power of any State to control, by legislation or other- wise, any municipal ity or any political subdivision of or in such State in the exercise of its political or govermnental powers, includ- ing expenditures therefor. "TERMINATION OF J UKISDICTION "SEC. 84 . Jurisdiction conferred on any court by section 81 shall not be exercised by such court after June 30, 1940, except in respect of any proceeding initiated by filing a petition under section 83 (a) on or prior to June 30, 1940." Approved, August 16, 1937 . [CHAPTER 6581 AN ACT Au thoriz ing the Secret ary of Commerc e to ac cept t itle to a cert ain par cel of land at Gaithersburg, Maryland . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of Commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to accept, on behalf of the Unite d States, title, by deed from the heirs at law of Ignatius T . and Elizabeth M . Fulks (pursuant to the leasehold interest created by a contract of April 1, 1899, between the said I gnat ius T . and Eli zabe th M . Fulks and the Superintendent of the L. nited States Coast and Geodetic Survey), to the following-described property situated and lying in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, to -wit : Beginning at a stone planted in the ground at the intersection of the lines of the lands of the said Ignatius T. Fulks, Vandelia Owen, and Philemon M. Smith, and running thence south forty-six degrees thirty minutes west three hundred feet ; thence south forty-three degrees thirty minutes east two hundred and seventy feet ; thence north forty-six degrees thirty minutes east four hundred and forty-four and six-tenths feet ; thence north se ven ty-o ne degr ees for ty minu tes we st fifty-three and five-tenths feet to a stone ; still north seventy-one degrees forty minutes west two hundred and fifty-two and eight-tenths feet to the place of beginning, containing two and three hundred and seven one-thou- sandths acres of land, more or less ; together with all the improve- ments thereon, and the rights and appu rtenances thereto belonging or appertaining, including the present right-of-way from the entrance of the property to the Frederick Road. Acquisition of the title to said property under this Act shall be without expense to the United States, except the expense of con- veyancing and the expense of making an abstract of title to said property. App rove d, Augu st 16, 1937. 659 Provisions not to affect existing law, etc. Proviso. Initiating, etc ., pro- ceedings ; effect of. Stat e c ontr ol over political subdivisions not impaired. Termination of juri sdic tion. August 16, 1937 [H. R.6145] [Public, No. 30 .3] Gaithersburg, Md. Acceptance of title to certa in land in, authorized. Description. R est rict ion on ex- pense.