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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 241-243 -JUNE 6, 1940 June 6, 1940 [H. R. 7018] [Public, No. 548] Criminal Code, amendment. 18 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 468. Certain offenses committed on Federal reservations. Applicability of State, etc., laws. [CHAPTER 241] AN ACT To amend section 289 of the Criminal Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 289 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C., title 18, sec. 468) be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 289. Whoever, within the territorial limits of any State, or- ganized Territory, or district, but within or upon any of the places now existing or hereafter reserved or acquired, described in section 272 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C., title 18, sec. 451), shall do or omit the doing of any act or thing which is not made penal by any laws of Congress, but which if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, or district in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in force on February 1, 1940, and remaining in force at the time of the doing or omitting the doing of such act or thing, would be penal, shall be deemed guilty of a like offense and be subject to a like punishment." Approved, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 242] June, 1940 AN ACT [H. R. 7020] To amend section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1528), in regard to service [Public, No. 549] of process on the United States in foreclosure actions. Foreclosure actions, service of process upon U.S. June 6, 1940 [H. R. 7078] [Public, No. 650] Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J., ac- quisition of certain land for, authorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1528; U. S . C., title 28, sec. 902), be amended to read as follows: "Service upon the United States shall be made by serving the process of the court with a copy of the bill of complaint upon the United States attorney for the district or division in which the suit has been or may be brought, or upon an assistant United States attorney or a clerical employee designated by the United States attorney in a writing filed with the clerk of the court in which suit is brought, and by sending copies of the process and bill, by registered mail, to the Attorney General of the United States at Washington, District of Columbia. The United States shall have sixty days after service as above pro- vided, or such further time as the court may allow, within which to appear and answer, plead, or demur." Approved, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 243] AN ACT To authorize the acquisition by the United States of lands in Manchester and Jackson Townships of the county of Ocean and State of New Jersey for use in connection with the Naval Air station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase, ift, or otherwise for use in connection with the Naval Air Station, akehurst, New Jersey, title in fee simple and clear of all encum- brances at a total cost not to exceed $1,500, to two parcels of land of approximately nine hundred and twenty-eight acres situated in Manchester and Jackson Townships, Ocean County, New Jersey. Approved, June 6, 1940. 234 [54 STAT.

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