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 54 STAT.] 7(TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 462, 492-JUNE 29, 1940 [CHAPTER 462] AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of additional land for military purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaties of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire in such order of 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 improvement of the following military reservations, posts, and facilities: Antiaircraft Training and Firing Center, Savannah, Georgia, five hundred and twenty-five thousand acres. Big Bethel Water Development, Fort Monroe, Virginia, forty-one acres. Camp Custer, Michigan, six thousand one hundred and twenty- six acres. Fort Dix, New Jersey, sixteen thousand three hundred and forty- six acres. Fort Lewis, Washington, five thousand sixty-one acres. SEc. 2. In order to accomplish the purpose of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,500,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 492] ANT A(T June 29, 1940 [H. R. 9897] [Public, No. 692] Acquisition of addi- tional land for mili- tary purposes. Ante, pp . 360, 361. Savannah, Ga. Fort Monroe, Va. Camp Custer, Mich. Fort Dix, N. J. Fort Lewis, Wash. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 958. June 29, 1940 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to the Conconully [H. R . 8316] Cemetery Association. [Public, No. 693] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to Executive Order Numbered 1032 of February 25, 1909, withdrawing lot 5, section 7, township 35 north, range 25 east, Willamette meridian, Okanogan County, Washington, and other lands, and setting them apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as preserves and breeding grounds for native birds, the Secretary of the Interior, upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre, may cause a patent to issue to the Conconully Cemetery Association, for cemetery uses, for all of lot 5, section 7, township 35 north, range 25 east, Willamette meridian, Okanogan County, Washington, except the three hundred- foot strip along the westerly border of such lot, heretofore determined by the Commissioner of Reclamation to be necessary for reclamation purposes, which shall be excepted from such grant. Except for the uses herein authorized, neither this Act nor the patent that may issue thereunder shall be construed as abrogating or in any manner affect- ing the aforesaid Executive order of February 25, 1909, which order shall otherwise remain in full force unless and until revoked by the President or by Act of Congress. Approved, June 29, 1940. Conconully Ceme- tery Association. Issue of land patent to. Payment. Descrlption. Designated Execu- tive order not abro- gated. 193470°-41 - PT. r -- 45

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