Public Law 171.

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(/us/pl/74/170).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That anInterparliamentary Union.Sum authorized for annual contribution and participation.*Ante*, p. 73; *Post*, p. 591. appropriation of $20,000 annually is hereby authorized, $10,000 of which shall be for the annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration; and $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to assist in meeting the expenses426of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, such appropriation Disbursements.to be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the President and the executive secretary of the American group.

Sec. 2. Annual report to Congress. That the American group of the Interparliamentary Union shall submit to the Congress a report for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, including its expenditures under such appropriation. Approved, June 28, 1935. Authorizing an appropriation to effect a settlement of the remainder due on Pershing Hall, a memorial already erected in Paris, France, to the Commander in Chief, officers, and men of the Expeditionary Forces, and for other purposes. 1935-06-28 49 Stat. 426 323 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 323.] AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation to effect a settlement of the remainder due on Pershing Hall, a memorial already erected in Paris, France, to the Commander in Chief, officers, and men of the Expeditionary Forces, and for other purposes. June 28, 1935.[[S. 2917](/us/bill/74/s/2917).][[Public, No. 171](/us/pl/74/171).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pershing Hall, Paris, France.Sum authorized for settlement of indebtedness.Payable from Army recreation fund.Vol. 47, p. 1573.*Post*, p. 594.

That $482,032.92 of the fund entitled “Recreation fund—Army”, created by the War Department Appropriation Act, approved March 4, 1933, is hereby authorized to be appropriated by the Secretary of the Treasury for effecting a settlement of any indebtedness connected with Pershing Hall, a memorial already erected in Paris, France, under the auspices of the American Legion, Inc., to the commander in chief, officers, men and auxiliary services of the American Expeditionary Forces, to the end that such memorial as so freed from debt may be perpetuated: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Title to vest in United States Government.That the amount herein provided shall not be used for the purposes indicated herein, until the legal title to said property shall have been vested in the Government of the United States for the use and benefit of all American officers and enlisted men of the World War.

Sec. 2. Pershing Hall Memorial Fund, created. Any balance remaining after settlement of such indebtedness shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury as a special fund Investment of funds.to be known as the “Pershing Hall Memorial Fund.” The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized

(a)to invest and reinvest any part or all of the corpus of this fund so remaining in interest-bearing United States Government bonds and retain custody thereof; and

(b)upon request of the American Legion, Inc., the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the National Treasurer of the American Legion, Inc., from time to time any part of the earnings upon the fund for use in the maintenance and/or perpetuation of Pershing Hall. Sec. 3. Report to Congress. An itemized report shall be transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives on the first day of each regular session of Congress of expenditures made in pursuance herewith. Approved, June 28, 1935. Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Maine and the Dominion of Canada to maintain a bridge already constructed across the Saint John River between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. 1935-06-28 49 Stat. 426 324 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 324.] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Maine and the Dominion of Canada to maintain a bridge already constructed across the Saint John River between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. June 28, 1935.[[H. R. 4505](/us/bill/74/hr/4505).][

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