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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 372, 373-JULY 26, 1939 SEC. 3. The Commission created by section 2 (b) and (c) of this ucession of Com- amendatory Act, when its members have qualified as provided, shall mission be deemed the successor commission to any commission heretofore operating and functioning pursuant to the provisions of the said Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 1008), as heretofore amended and 48 tat. 10o8. extended. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, July 26, 1939. [CHAPTER 373] AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of additional land for military purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire, in such order or priority as he may determine, title to additional land, or interest therein, or right pertaining thereto, to the extent of the approximate areas hereinafter set forth, for the establishment, enlargement, and essential improve- ment of the following military reservations, posts, and facilities: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range, Vermont, four thousand four hundred and fifty-one acres, more or less. Antiaircraft Firing Range, Mohave Desert, north of Barstow and Baker, California, seven hundred and forty-nine thousand four hun- dred and forty acres, more or less. Fort Bliss, Texas, fifty-one thousand three hundred acres, more or less. Fort Devens, Massachusetts, six thousand four hundred and forty- eight acres, more or less. Fort Dix, New Jersey, one thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, more or less. Fort Knox, Kentucky, fifty-one thousand three hundred and forty- two acres, more or less. Leon Springs, Texas, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty-three acres, more or less. Camp McCoy, Wisconsin one thousand acres, more or less. Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, ten thousand acres, more or less. Pine Camp, New York, one thousand six hundred and seventy acres, more or less. Seventh Corps Area Training Center, south central Iowa, forty thousand acres, more or less. Fort Meade, South Dakota, seven thousand six hundred and eighty acres, more or less. Fort Lewis, Washington, two thousand eight hundred and thirty acres, more or less. Maxwell Field, Alabama, one hundred acres, more or less. SEC. 2. In order to accomplish the purposes of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Secretary of War, the sum of $5,000,000, approximately one-half of which is authorized to be appropriated in each of the fiscal years 1941 and 1942. Approved, July 26, 1939. July 26, 1939 [H. R. 5735] [Public, No. 231] Military reserva- tions. Acquisition of addi- tional land at desig- nated, authorized. Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range, Vt. Antiaircraft Firing Range, Mohave Des- ert, Calif. Fort Bliss, Tex. Fort Devens, Mass. Fort Dix, N. J. Fort Knox, Ky. Leon Springs, 'ri'x. ('amp McCoy, Wis. Fort George O. Meade, Md. Pine Camp, N . Y. Seventh Corps Area Training Center, Ia. Fort Meade,S . Dak. Fort Lewis, Wash. Maxwell Field, Ala. Appropriation au- thorized. 1123

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