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 1071 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 334 -337-JULY 20, 1939 [CHAPTER 334] AiNA1 July 20, 1939 To empower the President of the United States to create new national forest units Is. 2 61 and make additions to existing national forests in the State of Montana. [Public, No. 199] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized, in his discretion, to add to existing national forests, or to include within new national forests, by procla- mation or Executive order, any unappropriated public lands of the United States situated in the State of Montana which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for the production of timber or the protection of watersheds: Provided, That the inclusion of such lands within a national forest shall be subject to any claim, entry, or appropriation under the public land laws then valid and subsisting and thereafter legally maintained. SEC. 2. All previous Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as they apply to the State of Montana. Approved, July 20, 1939. [CHAPTER 3351 AN ACT To authorize an appropriation to meet such expenses as the President, in his discretion, may deem necessary to enable the United States to cooperate with the Republic of Panama in completing the construction of a national highway between Chorrera and Rio Hato, Republic of Panama, for defense purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of not to exceed $1,500,000, to meet such expenses as the President, in his discretion, may deem necessary to enable the United States to cooperate with the Republic of Panama in connection with the construction of a highway between Chorrera and Rio Hato, in the Republic of Panama: Provided, That the expenditure of such sum shall be subject to the receipt of assur- ances satisfactory to the President from the Government of the Republic of Panama of its cooperation in such construction. Approved, July 20, 1939. [CHAPTER 3361 AN ACT To amend the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act (49 Stat. 21, as amended; U. S . C ., Supp. IV, title 31, sec. 757b), is amended by striking out the follow- ing proviso: "Provided, That the face amount of bonds issued under the authority of this Act shall not exceed in the aggregate $30,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time." Approved, July 20, 1939. i [CHAPTER 337] JOINT RESOLUTION Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con- gress is hereby given to an extension and renewal for a period of two years from September 1, 1939, of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, the 16th day of February 1935 by the representatives of the States of Oklahoma, July 20, 1939 [H. J. Res. 329] [Pub. Res., No. 31] Oil and gas conser- vation. Consent given to extension of inter- state compact concern- ing. A1T,,- National forests. President author- ized to create new or add to existing units in State of Montana. Proviso. Subject to valid and subsisting rights. Conflicting laws, etc., repealed. July 20, 1939 [S. 2163] [Public, No. 200] Panama. Highway between Chorrera and Rio Hato. Appropriation au- thorized for coopera- tion in construction. Post, p. 1327. Proviso. Cooperation by Government of Pan- ama. July 20, 1939 [II. R. 5748) [Public, No. 201] Second Liberty Bond Act, amend- ment. 52 Stat. 447 . 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 757 b. Limitation on face amount of bonds re- moved.

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