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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 454, 455-JUNE 15, 16, 1938 Description. Relinquishment of rights, etc., of United States only. Book G of Deeds, pages 328, 329, in and to certain lands situated in Houston (formerly Dale) County, Alabama, and described as fol- lows: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south- east quarter of the northwest quarter of section 18, township 3, range 26, east of the Saint Stephen's meridian, be, and the same are hereby, released and relinquished by the United States. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any valid right, title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the lands described in section 1 of this Act. the true intent of this Act being to relinquish and abandon, grant, give, and concede any and all right, interest, and estate, in law or equity, which the United States is or is supposed to be entitled to by virtue of said marshal's deed, in said lands, in favor of all persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of same under the laws of the State of Alabama, including the law of prescription, in the absence of the interest and estate of the United States therein. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 455] JOINT RESOLUTION June 16, 1938 [I. J. Res. 298] To create a joint congressional committee to investigate the adequacy and use [Pub. Res., No. 112] of the phosphate resources of the United States. Joint congressional committee on phos- phate resources of the United States. Establishment and composition of. Vacancies. (.hairman.
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with reference to use anl service to Amer- ican agriculture. Domestic consump- tion and exports. Adequacyofsupply. Western phosphate deposits. Conservation meth- ods. lIeport and recolm- mnendations. Powers conferred. IfHerings. Subpoenas. Failure of witnes. to testify. R. S. § 102-104. 2 U.S. C. §§ 192-194. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby estab- lished a joint congressional committee (hereinafter referred to as the "committee") to be composed of three Senators, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A vacancy in the committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the com- mittee and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint- ment. The committee shall select a chairman from among its members. Si:c. 2 . It shall be the duty of the committee to make a thorough study and investigation of the phos)phate resources of the IUnited States with particular reference to (1) the Ise alnd service of lphos- phate to American agriculture, (2) the doniestic consumption and exports of phosphate, (3) the adequacy of the supply of phosphllate in the United States, (4) the development of phosphate deposits in the Western States, and (5) methods of conserving the phosphate resources of the United States, to the end that there may be insured a continuous supply of phosphate to meet the present and( future needs of agriculture in rebuilling soil fertility. The committee shall report to the Senate and the House of Representatives, on or before February 15, 1939, the results of its study and investigation, to-ether with such recommendations as it deems advisable. SEC. 3. The committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall have )ower to hold hearings and to sit and act at such places and times; 0o rlqulire by subpoena or otherwise the attendcnce of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents; to admin- ister such oaths; to take such testimony: to have such printing and birning done; and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable. i;ubpnenas shall be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee and shall be served by any person designated by him. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes shall apply in case of any failure of any witness to comply with any subpoena, or to testify when summoned, under authority of 704 [52 STAT.

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