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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 5G -58--MAR. 28, 31, 1938 several States and Territories and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations for like purposes. It is requested that such proclamations invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of the disease of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during the month in a public dedication to such a program and in a concerted effort to impress upon the people of the Nation the necessity of such a program. Approved, March 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 57] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to eliminate the requirements of cultivation in connection with certain homestead entries", approved August 19, 1935. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to eliminate the requirements of cultivation in con- nection with certain homestead entries", approved August 19, 1935, is amended by inserting after the word "settlement" the words "or application made". Approved, March 31, 1938. [CHAPTER 58] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes", approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire adequate sites for public build- ings to be located within the areas hereinafter described, including suitable grounds, parking, and approaches necessary to a proper grouping of such buildings, the areas defined in the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), as amended, within which sites or additions to sites for public buildings in the District of Columbia may be acquired, are hereby further extended, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, empowered, and directed to acquire pursuant to the provisions of said Act, as amended, for the use of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in addition to the areas already authorized, any land and buildings, including prop- erties belonging to the District of Columbia, which he may determine should be acquired, within the area west of Nineteenth Street North- west, bounded by New York Avenue Northwest, E Street Northwest, and the Potomac River; also squares 122, 104, 81, 58, 59, 44, and 33; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized to carry out the purposes of the Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That no street or alley shall be closed and vacated within the areas herein described unless the closing and vacating of such street or alley is mutually agreed to by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Approved, March 31, 1938. 149 March 31, 1938 [S. 1759] [Public, No. 454] Homestead entries, public lands. Elimination of cul- tivation requirements extended to certain applications. 49 Stat. 659. 43 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 237d. March 31, 1938 [S. 2339] [Public, No. 455] Public buildings. General authoriza- tion to acquire sites in the District of Co- lumbia. Areas extended. 44 Stat. 630 . 40 U.S. C. §341. Description. Additional appro- priations authorized. Proviso. Closing of streets or alleys.

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