Public Law 172.
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(/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).][[Public, No. 172](/us/pl/74/172).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Saint John River.Bridge across, between Madawaska, Me., and Edmundston, N. B., legalized.Vol. 34. p. 84.[U. S. C., p. 1474](/us/usc/p1474). That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Maine and the Dominion of Canada, their successors and assigns, to maintain and operate, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters”,427approved March 23, 1906, a bridge and approaches thereto already constructed across the Saint John River between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, which bridge is hereby declared to be a lawful structure to the same extent and in the same manner as if it had been constructed in accordance with the provisions of said Act of March 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 28, 1935. To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas. 1935-06-28 49 Stat. 427 325 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 325.] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas. June 28, 1935.[[H. R. 6630](/us/bill/74/hr/6630).][
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- to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters”,427approved March 23, 1906, a bridge and approaches thereto already constructed across the Saint John River between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, which bridge is hereby declared to be a lawful structure to thePublic Law 173
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