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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 210-212-JUNE 19, 1939 of whatever degree of Indian blood, during their term of employ- ment or otherwise, from obtaining or receiving any benefit or bene- fits made available to the Indians generally or to the members of any particular tribe, under any Act of Congress, nor to prevent such employees having Indian blood from being members of or receiving benefits by reason of their membership in Indian tribes, corporations, or cooperative associations organized by the Indians, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior under appropriate regulations to be promulgated by him. Approved, June 19, 1939. [CHAPTER 211] AN ACT To make effective in the district court for the Territory of Hawaii rules pro- mulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States governing pleading, practice, and procedure in the district courts of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a new section be inserted in the Act entitled "An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii", approved April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. 141), as amended, immediately following section 86 thereof, to read as follows: "86a. That the rules heretofore or hereafter promulgated and made effective by the Supreme Court of the United States under authority of the Act approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064; U. S . C., title 28, secs. 723b, 723c), or under authority of any other statute, regulating the forms of process, writs, and motions, and the pleadings, practice, and procedure, in action of a civil nature in the district courts of the United States, and regulating appeals therefrom, shall apply to the district court of the United States for Hawaii and to appeals there- from." Approved, June 19, 1939. [CHAPTER 212] AN ACT To amend Public Law Numbered 370, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 906). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law Numbered 370, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved August 27, 1935, is amended by adding a paragraph to the said Act reading as follows: "The Secretary of State acting through such officers as he may designate, is further authorized to consider, adjust, and pay from funds appropriated for the project, the construction of which resulted in damages, any claim for damages accruing after March 31, 1937, caused to owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of any project constructed or administered through the American Commissioner, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, if such claim for damages does not exceed $1,000 and has been filed with the American Commissioner within one year after the damage is alleged to have occurred, and when in the opinion of the American Commissioner such claim is substantiated by a report of a board appointed by the said Commissioner." Approved, June 19, 1939. June 19, 1939 [H. R. 162] [Public, No. 133] United States dis- trict court for Hawaii. 31 Stat. 158. 48U. .C.§ 641. Rules of civil pro- cedure, etc., in U. S. district courts made applicable to. 48 Stat. 1064. 28U.S.C. §5723b, 723c. June 19, 1939 [H. I. 3(6i5] [Public, No. 134] International Bound- ary Commission, United States and Mexico, American section. 49 Stat. 906. Adjustment and payment of certain private property dam- age claims. 841

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