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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., s'r SESS.-('HS. 1-12 -144 -MAY 22, 24, 1939 [CHAPTER 142] AN ACT To authorize a sale of the old Carson City (Nevada) Mint site and building not- withstanding the provisions of Joint Resolution Numbered 18 of February 23, 1865. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the old Carson City (Nevada) Mint site and building may be sold under the pro- visions of the Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 800; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 345b), or the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 885; U. S. C ., title 40, sec. 304a), notwithstanding Joint Resolution Numbered 18 of February 23, 1865 (13 Stat. 569), providing that said site shall be reserved from public sale and shall remain the property of the United States. Approved, May 22, 1939. [CHAPTER 143] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept real estate devised to the United States by the late Lizzie Beck, of Mena, Arkansas, and for other pur- poses. Be .it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the United States the real estate devised to the United States by the late Lizzie Beck, of Mena, Arkansas, and to deal with the same in the manner provided by the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 885; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 304a), or the Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 800; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 345b). Approved, May 22, 1939. [CHAPTER 144] AN ACT:' Relating to the disposition of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning with the fiscal year next following the date of the passage of this Act, not to exceed 75 per centum of the receipts derived in any one year from the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands in Oregon and deposited in the special fund in the Treasury created by the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179), and designated "The Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund" shall be paid annually, in lieu of taxes, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, to the treasurers of Coos and Douglas Counties according to the ratio that the total assessed valuation of the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, belonging to the United States, in each of said counties bears to the total assessed valuation of all said lands in those counties, to be used for the purposes mentioned in said Act: Provided, That until such time as the general fund of the Treasury of the United States shall have been fully reimbursed by Douglas County for expenditures which were made charges against the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund by section 5 of the Act of February 26, 1919, said Douglas County shall be entitled to receive only 50 per centum of the amount to which it would otherwise be 753 May 22, 1939 [S. 2050] [Public, No. 83] Carson City, Nev. Sale of old Mint site and building au- thorized. 49 Stat. 800, 885. 40 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 345b, 304a. 13 Stat. 569. May 22, 1939 [S. 2244] [Public, No. 84] Lizzie Beck. Acceptance of real estate devised by. 49 Stat. 885, 800 . 40 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§304a, 345b. May 24, 1939 [S. *242 l[Public, No. 851 Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, Oreg. Annual payments to Coos and Douglas Counties from special fund. 40 Stat. 1179. In lieu of taxes. Ratio. Praois. Reduction in amount to Douglas County. 40 Stat. 1180.

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