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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 645 -647-AUG. 10, 1939 Consent of Congress given to agreement, etc. August 10, 1939 [S. J. Res. 182] [Pub. Bes., No. 48] Joint Congressional committee on phos- phate resources of United States. Study required by, to include potash, etc. 52 Stat. 704. Limitation on fur- ther expenses. of the relinquishment of jurisdiction over the land herein described shall be as of midnight of the 31st day of December following the passage of the Act of Congress approving the relinquishment of jurisdiction; and Whereas the said acts of the States of Iowa and Missouri constitute an agreement between said States establishing a boundary between said States: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to such agreement and to the estab- lishment of such boundary; and said acts of the States of Iowa and Missouri are hereby approved. Approved, August 10, 1939. [CHAPTER 646] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend Public Resolution Numbered 112, Seventy-fifth Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the study required to be made by the Joint Committee to Investigate the Ade- quacy and Use of the Phosphate Resources of the United States pursuant to Public Resolution Numbered 112, Seventy-fifth Con- gress, shall include potash and related minerals, and the life of the committee and the time for making its final report is extended to January 15, 1940. The further expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $5,000, shall be paid one-half from the contingent funds of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representa- tives upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee. Approved, August 10, 1939. [CHAPTER 647] JOINT RESOLUTION August 10, 139 [H. J. Res. 272] To provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth [Pub. Bes., No. 49] anniversary of the settlement of the city of Gallipolis, Ohio. Oallipolis. Ohio, ses- quicentennial celebra- t lon. Preamble. Whereas the settlement of the Northwest Territory which commenced at Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 started the greatest movement of pioneer settlers in the history of the world; and Whereas in 1790 the third settlement in that great program of devel- opment was made at Gallipolis, Ohio; and Whereas the settlement of Gallipolis was made by the famous "French five hundred", who with their families came direct from their native France; and Whereas by reason of the inestimable services rendered the American Colonies by the French Nation and thousands of their patriotic citi- zens led by General Lafayette there has been established an indis- soluble bond of friendship between the French Nation and the United States; and Whereas there is no more fitting time or place to again prove this friendship than at Gallipolis, Ohio, on the occasion of its celebra- tion of its sesquicentennial in 1940; and Whereas the citizens of Gallipolis, a small city of seven thousand population, have planned and will carry out at great personal sacri- fice of time, energy, and wealth a season of pagentry, patriotic demonstrations, and cultural entertainments that will rank with the best that can be produced anywhere, regardless of expense: Therefore be it 1346 [53 STAT.

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