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 110 April 17, 1940 [H. R. 8702] [Public, No. 4551 Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 267. 28 U. B. 0., Supp. V, 1 421. Continuation of grand Juries to finish investigations. Proviso. Court may excuse Juror for good cause shown. April 18, 1940 [S. 31741 [Public, No. 46] NewYork, N. Y. Acceptance of land at Floyd Bennett Field for naval sea- plane base authorized. Proviso. Title, conveyance, eto. Rights included. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 100, 101, 104-APR. 17, 18, 1940 [54 STAT. of said court and appropriate courtrooms for the holding of the sessions of said court in any new Federal building which may be constructed in Fayetteville." Approved, April 17, 1940. [CHAPTER 1011 AN ACT To amend the Judicial Code with respect to the continuation of grand juries to finish investigations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifth sen- tence of section 284 of the Judicial Code as amended (U. S . C ., title 28, sec. 421), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "A district judge may, upon request of the district attorney or of the grand jury or on his own motion, by order authorize any grand jury to continue to sit during the term succeeding the term at which such request is made, solely to finish investigations begun but not finished by such grand jury, but no grand jury shall be permitted to sit in all during more than eighteen months: Provided, That, for good cause shown, the court may, at any time after the end of the term for which the grand jury was originally summoned, excuse any member of the grand jury and summon and impanel another person in his place." Approved, April 17, 1940. [CHAPTER 104] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept, without cost to the United States, a fee-simple conveyance of sixteen and four-tenths acres, more or less, of land at Floyd Bennett Field in the city and State of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States of America, from the city of New York, free of all encumbrances, and without cost to the United States Government, a tract of land con- taining sixteen and four-tenths acres, more or less, at Floyd Bennett Field in the city and State of New York, for use as a naval seaplane base: Provided, That the title to said land shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General and that the conveyance of said land shall be made to the United States of America and shall include the right of access for wheeled vehicles to the land conveyed from the highway border- ing the said Floyd Bennett Field property on the westward, known as Flatbush Avenue; also the right of access over adjoining lands of Floyd Bennett Field for the purpose of transporting dredge mate- rial to be taken from the submerged or tidal lands adjacent to lands of Floyd Bennett Field for filling the land to be conveyed to a grade conforming to present grades of the Coast Guard reservation and the said Floyd Bennett Field, and also the right to lay, construct, and maintain through the Floyd Bennett Field property water lines, elec- tric lines, telephone lines, gas lines, and other services as the Navy Department may find necessary for its proper and convenient use of the property acquired pursuant to the provisions hereof. Approved, April 18, 1940.

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