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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 521-523-JULY 2. 1940 tion available for that year or from any unobligated balance of the appropriation for any other year." . SEC. 9. That where an agricultural adjustment or conservation pay- ment has been made to a person, and all or a part of such payment was earned by a second person by virtue of his having, in good faith, contributed to the rendering of performance for which the payment was made, but who did not enter into or apply for an adjustment contract prior to January 6, 1936, or with respect to any agricultural conservation payment did not apply for payment prior to the expira- tion of the obligating period of the applicable appropriation or prior to any earlier administrative closing date authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the first person turned over to the second person, as substantiated by evidence acceptable to the Secretary, all or a part of the share of such payment so earned by the second person or refunds all or a part of such share to the United States, such second person shall be deemed to have been entitled to receive such sum from the first person, or where such amount is refunded to the United States shall be entitled to receive from the United States the amount so refunded, as a discharge, to the extent of the amount turned over to, or received by, such second person, of an obligation or commitment which is hereby deemed to have arisen by virtue of his contribution to the performance rendered. An agricultural adjustment payment under this section shall be considered to be a payment made under section 8 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 or the item entitled "Payments for agricul- tural adjustment", contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, as amended by the Act of June 25, 1936; and an agricultural conservation payment under this section shall be con- sidered to be a payment made under section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, under any program formu- lated for any year from 1936 to 1939, inclusive. Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 522] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the city of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, authorized to be built by the Dauphin County (Pennsylvania) Authority by an Act of Congress approved August 7, 1939, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from May 1, 1940. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 523] Correction of certain inequities in agricul- tural adjustment or conservation p a y - ments. Payments con- strued. 48 Stat. 34. 7U.S.0.§608; Supp. V, §608. 49 Stat. 1116 ,1925. 49 Stat. 1149. 16 U. S.C., Supp. V, S 690h. July 2, 1940 [H. R. 9618] [Public, No. 717] Susquehanna River. Time extended for bridging, at Harris. burg, I'a. 53 Stat. 1263 . Right reserved. ANT Ar"P July 2,1940 To enlarge and extend the power and jurisdiction of the Board of Education over [e. . 9s33 degree-conferring institutions operating within the District of Columbia. [Pblic, No. 718] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Education shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to accredit junior colleges operating within the District of Columbia: District of Colum- bia. Accrediting of jun- ior colleges.

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