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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 398-400-AUG. 21, 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 398] JOINT RESOLUTION August 21, 1941 [H. J. Res. 121] Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian [Public Law 244] Institution of the class other than Members of Congress. Smithsonian Insti- tution. Frederic C.Walcott, appointment to Board of Regents. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, caused by the death of R. Walton Moore, be filled by the appointment of Frederic C. Walcott, a citizen of Connecticut, for the statutory term of six years. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 399] August 21, 1941 [H. I. Res. 195] [Public Law 245] Smithsonian Insti- tution. Frederic A. Delano, reappointment to Board of Regents. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the filling of a vacancy which will occur August 6, 1941, in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than Members of Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, which will occur on August 6, 1941, by reason of the expiration of the term of Frederic A. Delano, of the city of Washington, be filled by the reappointment of the present incum- bent for the statutory term of six years. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 4001 August 21, 1941 [H. J. Res. 228] [Public Law 246] Oil and gas conser- vation. Consent given to extension of interstate compact concerning. 49 Stat. 939 . 50 Stat. 617 . JOINT RESOLUTION Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con- gress is hereby given to an extension and renewal for a period of two years from September 1, 1941, of the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, the 16th day of February 1935, by the representatives of Oklahoma, Texas, California, and New Mexico and thereafter recommended for ratification by the representatives of the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, and Michigan, and subsequently ratified by the States of New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, and Texas, which said compact was deposited in the Department of State of the United States, and thereafter such compact was, by the President, presented to the Con- gress and the Congress gave consent to such compact by H. J. Res. 407, approved August 27, 1935 (Public Resolution Numbered 64, Seventy- fourth Congress), and which said compact was thereafter extended and renewed for a period of two years from September 1, 1937, by an agreement executed in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 10th day of May 1937 by the representatives of the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico, and was duly ratified by the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Illinois, and Colorado, and was deposited in the Department of State of the United States, and thereafter such extended and renewed compact was, by the President, presented to the Congress and the Congress gave consent to such extended and renewed compact by S. J. Res. 183, approved August 10, 1937 (Public Resolu- tion Numbered 57, Seventy-fifth Congress), and which said compact was thereafter extended and renewed for a period of two years from September 1 1939, by an agreement duly executed and ratified by the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mich- igan, and was deposited in the Department of State of the United 666

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