Public Law 377. to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain ”, approved February 25, 1920, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section: " “ Sec. 40. (a) All prospecting permits and leases for oil or gasPurchase of casings in wells when water suitable

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(/us/pl/73/373).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the ActMineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, amended.Vol. 41, p. 451. entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain ”, approved February 25, 1920, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section: " “ Sec. 40.

(a)All prospecting permits and leases for oil or gasPurchase of casings in wells when water suitable for agriculture, etc., is struck. made or issued under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the condition that in case the permittee or lessee strikes water while drilling instead of oil or gas, the Secretary of the Interior may, when such water is of such quality and quantity as to be valuable and usable at a reasonable cost for agricultural, domestic, or other purposes, purchase the casing in the well at the reasonable value thereof to be fixed under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary: *Provided,* That the land on which such well is situated*Proviso*.Water holes.Vol. 39, pp. 865, 518. shall be reserved as a water hole under section 10 of the Act of December 29, 1916. “(b) In cases where water wells producing such water have heretoforePurchase of water wells upon lands embraced in any prospecting permit. been or may hereafter be drilled upon lands embraced in any prospecting permit or lease heretofore issued under the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, the Secretary may in like manner purchase the casing in such wells. “(c) The Secretary may make such purchase and may lease orOpening and operating plugged or abandoned wells. operate such wells for the purpose of producing water and of using the same on the public lands or of disposing of such water for beneficial use on other lands, and where such wells have heretofore been plugged or abandoned or where such wells have been drilled prior to the issuance of any permit or lease by persons not in privity with the permittee or lessee, the Secretary may develop the same for the purposes of this section: *Provided,* That owners or occupants*Proviso*.Preferential rights of vicinity. of lands adjacent to those upon which such water wells may be developed shall have a preference right to make beneficial use of such water. “(d) The Secretary may use so much of any funds available forUse of available sums to initiate program and proceeds from sales as revolving fund. the plugging of wells, as he may find necessary to start the program provided for by this section, and thereafter he may use the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of such water as a revolving fund for the continuation of such program, and such proceeds are hereby appropriated for such purpose. “(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict operationsNo restriction, unless stipulated. under any oil or gas lease or permit under any other provision of this Act.” " Approved, June 16, 1934. Authorizing suitable memorials in honor of James Wilson and Seaman A. Knapp. 1934-06-16 558 Chapter 48 Stat. 977 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 558.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing suitable memorials in honor of James Wilson and Seaman A. Knapp.June 16, 1934.[[S.J. Res. 100](/us/bill/73/sjres/100).][[Pub. Res. No. 33](/us/bill/73/pubres/33).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the archwayDepartment of Agriculture.Memorial archways authorized.“Wilson Memorial Arch.” connecting the new building of the Department of Agriculture (commonly known as the “South Building”) with the west wing of the main building of the Department of Agriculture shall be designated the “Wilson Memorial Arch” in memory of James978 Wilson, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture for sixteen years, and shall be suitably inscribed as such. Sec. 2. “Knapp Memorial Arch.“ The archway connecting such new building with the east wing of the main building of the Department of Agriculture shall be designated the “Knapp Memorial Arch” in memory of Seaman A. Knapp, who rendered great service to American agriculture, and shall be suitably inscribed as such. Sec. 3. Memorial tablets. The Grand Council of the National Honorary Extension Fraternity, Epsilon Sigma Phi, is hereby authorized to place, without expense to the United States, in each such memorial arch aSubject to approval by Fine Arts Commission. suitable memorial tablet ; but such tablets shall not be erected until the plans and specifications therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. Approved, June 16, 1934. Authorizing the President to return the mace of the Parliament of upper Canada to the Canadian Government. 1934-06-16 559 Chapter 48 Stat. 978 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 559.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to return the mace of the Parliament of upper Canada to the Canadian Government.June 16, 1934.[[S.J. Res. 121](/us/bill/73/sjres/121).][[Pub. Res. No. 34](/us/bill/73/pubres/34).] Speaker’s mace captured at Battle of York, Canada.Whereas the mace of the Parliament of upper Canada, or Ontario, has been the symbol of legislative authority at York (now Toronto) since 1792; and Preamble.Whereas the mace then in use was taken at the Battle of York, April 27, 1813, by the United States forces and since has been preserved in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis; and Whereas on July 4, 1934, there is to be unveiled in Toronto a memorial tablet erected by the United States Daughters of 1812, to the memory of General Pike and others of the United States forces who were killed in action: Now, therefore, be it Resolved ley the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,President authorized to return to Canadian Government. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to return said mace to the Canadian Government in token of the mutual friendship and good will existing between the people of the United States and those of Canada. Approved, June 16, 1934. To amend section 24 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended. 1934-06-18 567 Chapter 48 Stat. 978 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 567.] AN ACT To amend section 24 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended.June 18, 1934.[[S. 852](/us/bill/73/s/852).][[Public. No. 374](/us/pl/73/374).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Trading with the Enemy Act, amended.Vol. 42, p. 1516; Vol. 45, p. 277. That section 24

(b)of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended by the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, approved March 10, 1928, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “NotwithstandingCredit or refund of any income, or war profits, erroneously assessed and collected, authorized. the expiration of any period of limitation provided by law, credit or refund of any income, war-profits, or excess-profits tax erroneously or illegally assessed or collected may be made or allowed if claim therefor was filed with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by the Alien Property Custodian on or before February 15, 1933.” Approved, June 18, 1934. To amend an Act approved May 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 555), entitled “An Act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Court of Claims.” 1934-06-18 568 Chapter 48 Stat. 979 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public 979 [CHAPTER 568.] AN ACT To amend an Act approved May 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 555), entitled “An Act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Court of Claims.”June 18, 1934.[[S. 1735](/us/bill/73/s/1735).][[Public. No. 375](/us/pl/73/375).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 1 ofChippewa Indians of Minnesota.Vol. 44, p. 555, amended. an Act approved May 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 555), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “Section 1. That jurisdiction be, and is hereby, conferred uponAdjudication of claims of, against United States. the Court of Claims, with right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by either party as in other cases, notwithstanding the lapse of time or statute of limitations, to hear, examine, and adjudicate and render judgment in any and all legal and equitableVol. 25, p. 642. claims arising under or growing out of the Act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat.L. 642), or arising under or growing out of any subsequent Act of Congress in relation to Indian Affairs which said Chippewa Indians of Minnesota may have against the United States, which claims have not heretofore been determined and adjudicated on their merits by the Court of Claims or the Supreme Court of the United States. In any such suit or suits the plaintiffs,Plaintiffs to include all who are entitled to share in final disposition of permanent fund. the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, shall be considered as including and representing all those entitled to share in the final distribution of the permanent fund provided for by section 7 of the Act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat.L. 642), and the agreements entered*Proviso.*Determining rolls for distributing Indian funds. into thereunder: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed to affect the powers of the Secretary of the Interior to determine the. roll or rolls of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota for the purpose of making any distribution of the permanent Chippewa fund or of the interest accruing thereon or of the proceeds of any judgments: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shall be construedIndividual claims not admitted. to authorize the submission to the Court of Claims for determination of any individual claim or claims to enrollment with the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota or to share in the interest or principal of the permanent Chippewa fund or in any funds hereafter acquired: *Provided further*, That the qualifications necessary to suchQualifications to such enrollment. enrollment shall not be changed or affected in any manner by the provisions of this Act. " Approved, June 18, 1934. To protect trade and commerce against interference by violence, threats coercion, or intimidation. 1934-06-18 569 Chapter 48 Stat. 979 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 569.] AN ACT To protect trade and commerce against interference by violence, threats coercion, or intimidation.June 18, 1934.[[S. 2248](/us/bill/73/s/2248).][[Public. No. 376](/us/pl/73/376).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the termProtection of trade and commerce against interference by violence, etc.“Trade or commerce” defined. “trade or commerce”, as used herein, is defined to mean trade or commerce between any States, with foreign nations, in the District of Columbia, in any Territory of the United States, between any such Territory or the District of Columbia and any State or other Territory, and all other trade or commerce over which the United States has constitutional jurisdiction. Sec. 2. Any person who, in connection with or in relation to anyActs adversely affecting trade or commerce specified. act in any way or in any degree affecting trade or commerce or any article or commodity moving or about to move in trade or commerce— 980

(a)Obtains or attempts to obtain, by the use of or attempt to use or threat to use force, violence, or coercion, the payment of money or other valuable considerations, or the purchase or rental of property or protective services, not including, however, the payment of wages by a bona-fide employer to a bona-fide employee; or

(b)Obtains the property of another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right; or

(c)Commits or threatens to commit an act of physical violence or physical injury to a person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to violate sections

(a)or (b); or

(d)Conspires or acts concertedly with any other person or persons to commit any of the foregoing acts; shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment from one to ten years or by a fine of $10,000, or both. Sec. 3. “Wrongful” defined.

(a)As used in this Act the term “wrongful” means in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or Territory.

(b)“Property”, etc., not to include wages. The terms “property”, “money”, or “valuable considerations” used herein shall not be deemed to include wages paid by a bona-fide employer to a bona-fide employee. Sec. 4. Initiating prosecutions. Prosecutions under this Act shall be commenced only upon the express direction of the Attorney General of the United States. Sec. 5. Separability provisions. If any provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Sec. 6. Jurisdiction. Any person charged with violating this Act may be prosecuted in any district in which any part of the offense has been committed by him or by his actual associates participating with him in*Proviso*.Rights of bona fide labor bodies. the offense or by his fellow conspirators: *Provided,* That no court of the United States shall construe or apply any of the provisions of this Act in such manner as to impair, diminish, or in any manner affect the rights of bona-fide labor organizations in lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof, as such rights are expressed in existing statutes of the United States. Approved, June 18, 1934. To amend the Act approved June 28, 1932 (47 Stat.L. 337). 1934-06-18 570 Chapter 48 Stat. 980 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 570.] AN ACT To amend the Act approved June 28, 1932 (47 Stat.L. 337).June 18, 1934.[[S. 3147](/us/bill/73/s/3147).][[Public, No. 377](/us/pl/73/377).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.Contracts with certain attorneys extended.Vol. 47, p. 337, amended. That the Aet approved June 28, 1932 (47 Stat.L. 337), be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out in the eighth line thereof the word “three” and substituting therefor the word “five”. Approved, June 18, 1934. To convey to the King Hill Irrigation District, State of Idaho, all the interest of the United States in the King Hill Federal Reclamation Project, and for other purposes. 1934-06-18 571 Chapter 48 Stat. 980 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 571.] AN ACT To convey to the King Hill Irrigation District, State of Idaho, all the interest of the United States in the King Hill Federal Reclamation Project, and for other purposes.June 18, 1934.[[S. 3151](/us/bill/73/s/3151).][

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