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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 922-924-NOV. 29, 1940 [CHAPTER 922] AN ACT To make the excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws inapplicable to the lands of the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Truckee storage project, Nevada, and the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not be appli- cable to land in the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Boca Reservoir, Truckee River storage project, Nevada, nor to the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Humboldt River Reservoir, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a contract with said districts, amending, in accordance with this Act, the con- tract of December 18,1936, between the United States and the Washoe County Water Conservation District, and the contract of October 1, 1934, between the United States and the Pershing County Water Conservation District. Approved, November 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 923] AN ACT 1219 November 29, 1940 [H. R. 10543] [Public, No. 883] Federal reclamation laws. Inapplicability of excess land provisions to designated dis- tricts. Contracts author- ized. November 29,1940 To authorize the discontinuance of professional examinations for promotion in [s.4224] the Regular Army of officers of the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps. [Public, No. 884] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until May 15, 1945, the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, dispense with any part of the examination for promotion in the Regular Army of officers of the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps, except those relating to physical examination. Approved, November 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 924] AN ACT Officers of desig- nated Corps, Regular Army. Examinations for promotion. November 29, 1940 To transfer the jurisdiction of the Arlington Farm, Virginia, to the jurisdiction s. 41079] of the War Department, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 8851 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the control and jurisdiction of the lands, buildings, and improvements constituting the Arlington Farm, as created by the Act of Congress, approved April 18, 1900 (31 Stat. 135), are hereby transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of War to take effect progressively as each area of said farm is turned over by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of War: Provided,That the authority to remove such buildings, improvements, trees, and plants as shall be deemed necessary in order to promote the work of the Department of Agriculture shall remain in the Secretary of Agriculture until the transfer of the area involved is effected. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $3,200,000 to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, or donation, of lands to provide a suitable site for the development and reestablishment thereon of the functions and activities of the Arlington Farm, and the con- struction and installation of such buildings, equipment, and utilities and appurtenances thereto, including the employment of persons and Arlington Farm, Va. Transfer of Jurisdic- tion. Ante, p. 1046. Proiso. Removal of build- ings, trees, etc. Appropriation an- thorized for acquisi- tion ofcertainlands Ante, p. 1046. Construction of buildings, etc.

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