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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 216, 217-JUNE 21, 1941 tions with its tracks in parcel 130/9, to cross New York Avenue by means of a suitable underpass, and thence into and through parcel 129/33 and lot 801 in square 3585, as well as into and through the bed of Brentwood Road between New York Avenue and Florida Avenue, if and when said road is officially vacated by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, all of said parcels of land being thus known and identified on the plat books of the Surveyor's Office of the District of Columbia, with all switches, crossings, turn- outs. extensions, spurs, and sidings, as may be or become necessary for the development of the said squares and parcels of land above indicated for such use as may be permitted in the use district or districts in which said squares and parcels of land are now or may hereafter be included as defined in the zoning regulations of the District of Columbia and shown in the official atlases of the Zoning Commission. SEC. 2. Before any of the work above authorized shall be begun on the ground a plan or plans thereof shall be prepared and sub- mitted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for their approval and only to the extent that such plans shall be so approved shall said work or any portion thereof be permitted or undertaken. SEC. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. L. 1353), entitled "An Act to provide for the elimination of grade crossings of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes". SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as modifying the requirements of section 1 (18) of the Interstate Commerce Act insofar as they would apply to the construction referred to in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 5. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act. Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 217] AN ACT To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, with respect to the making available of conservation materials and soil-conserving or soil-building services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new aragraph: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in making available conservation materials consisting of seeds, seed inoculants, fertilizers, liming and other soil-conditioning materials, trees, or plants, or in making available soil-conserving or soil-building services, to agricul- tural producers under this subsection, the Secretary may make pay- ments, in advance of determination of performance by the producers, to persons who fill purchase orders covering approved conservation materials or covering soil-conserving or soil-building services, fur- nished to producers at not to exceed a fair price fixed in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, or who render services to the Secretary in delivering to producers approved con- servation materials, for the carrying out, by the producers, of soil-building or soil-conserving practices approved by the Secretary." Approved, June 21, 1941. 278941--42-PT. I 17 257 Submission of plans. Authority to elim- inate grade crossings. D.C. Code 7-1215. Certificate of neces- sity. 41 Stat. 477. 49 U.. C.§ 1(18). Right reserved. Junl 21. 1941 [S. I:U)O] I Public Law 121i Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act. amend- ment. 49 Stat. 1150 . 16U. S.C . 1590h(b). Aid to agricultural producers. Advance payments. j

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