Public Law 211.

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(/us/pl/74/210).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Naval vessels; repairs.Limitation on cost. That the total appropriation expenditures for repairs or changes to a vessel of the Navy undertaken in a navy yard shall not exceed $450,000 for *Provisos*.When repair cost underestimated.any eighteen consecutive months: *Provided*, That if, during the overhaul of a vessel, the estimated cost for such overhaul having been approved as within the limits herein imposed, accomplishment of essential items will involve expenditures in excess of such Completion of work authorized.limits, the Secretary of the Navy may, and he is hereby authorized, appropriation otherwise being available, to complete the work, and Report to Congress.it shall thereupon be his duty to report to the Congress at the next regular session thereof the expenditures from each of the appropriations involving expenditures in excess of the authorized limit Certain statutory limitations repealed.Vol. 34, p. 1195;

Vol. 35, p. 769; Vol. 39, p. 605.[U. S. C., p. 72](/us/usc/p72).for such work: *Provided further*, That such parts of the Act for March 2, 1907, March 3, 1909, and August 29, 1916, contained in section 468, title 5 of the United States Code, as relate to statutory limit of expenditure for repairs or changes on naval vessels, are hereby repealed. Approved, July 18, 1935. Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Seventieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of September 1936, and for other purposes, incident to said encampment. 1935-07-18 49 Stat. 482 387 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 387.] JOINT RESOLUTION Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Seventieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of September 1936, and for other purposes, incident to said encampment. July 18, 1935.[[H. J. Res. 201](/us/bill/74/hjres/201).][[Pub. Res., No. 40](/us/bill/74/pubres/40).] Grand Army Encampment, District of Columbia, 1836.Preamble.Vol. 38, p. 1222.Whereas at the close of the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic marched up historic Pennsylvania Avenue while the spirited tramp, tramp, tramp of their feet became the Nation’s marching song, and again in 1915, when their ranks were beginning to thin, the Capital City once more welcomed the Boys in Blue as their footsteps again resounded to the old battle tunes; and Whereas the ranks of the three hundred thousand have dwindled away to hundreds, most of whom are in their ninetieth year; and Whereas it is the greatest desire of their hearts to hold their seventieth national encampment in the Capital of their country in 1936, and march, for the last time, up Pennsylvania Avenue; and it should be our pleasure and privilege to invite them here and show respect to the last of our Civil War veterans, who, as our President in his last message to them said, “have lived to see the483end of sectionalism and the final healing of the scars of conflict and the achievement of a true unity of national purposes”:

Therefore be it Resolved by the, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That theDistrict Commissioners directed to make special regulations.*Post*, p. 1486. Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to make such special regulations for the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will take place in the District of Columbia from September 21 to September 27, 1936, as they shall deem advisable for the preservation of public order and the protection of life and property, to be in force one week prior to said encampment, during said encampment, and one week subsequent thereto.

Such special regulations shall be publishedPublication of. in one or more of the daily newspapers of the District of Columbia, and no penalty prescribed for the violation of such regulations shall be enforced until five days after such publication. Any person Penalty for violation.violating any of the aforesaid regulations or the aforesaid schedule of fares shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of the said District, be liable for such offense to a fine not to exceed $100, and in default of payment of such fine to imprisonment in the workhouse (or jail) of said District for not longer than sixty days.

This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its approval, and the sum ofAppropriation for expenses. $15,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this joint resolution, $1,000 of which shall be available for the construction, maintenance, and operation of public comfort stations and information booths, under the direction of said Commissioners.

Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia areIllumination. hereby authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens’ executive committee for the entertainment of the seventieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to stretch suitable conductors, with sufficient supports wherever necessary, for the purpose of effecting the said illumination within the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That the said conductors shall not be used*Provisos*.Use of conductors limited. for the conveying of electrical currents after September 27, 1936, and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before the 16th of October 1936: *Provided further*, That the stretchingSupervision, etc. and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced; that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public; and that the pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein authorized: *Provided further*, That no expense or damage on account of orNo Federal expense. due to stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia: *And provided further*, That if it shall beWires over parks, etc. necessary to erect wires for illumination purposes over any park or reservation in the District of Columbia that the work of erection and removal of said wires shall be under the supervision of the official in charge of said park or reservation.

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the NavyLoan of Government flags, etc. be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the chairman of the subcommittee in charge of street decorations, or his successor in said484office, for the purpose of decorating the streets of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1936, such of the United States ensigns, flags (except battle flags), signal numbers, and so forth, belonging to the Government of the United States, as in their judgment may be spared and are not in use by the Government at the time of the encampment.

The loan of the said ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, to said chairman shall not take place prior to the 11th day of September and shall be returned by him by the 16th of October 1936. Sec. 4. Bond required. That for the protection and return of said ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, the said chairman, or his successor in office, shall execute and deliver to the President of the United States, or to such officer as he may designate, a satisfactory bond in the penalty of $50,000, to secure just payment for any loss or damage to said ensigns, flags, and signal numbers not necessarily incident to the use specified.

Sec. 5. Use of reservations, etc.*Post*, p. 1486. That the Superintendent of National Capital Parks, subject to the approval of the Director of National Park Service, is hereby authorized to grant permits to the citizens’ executive committee for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the use of any reservation or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the seventieth national encampment, in the month of September 1936, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservations or public spaces, or statuary therein; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes on the occasion aforesaid such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the said city of Washington as they *Provisos*.Stands, etc.may deem proper and necessary: *Provided, however*, That all stands and platforms that may be erected on the public spaces aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the said citizens’ executive committee and in accordance with plans and designs to be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, Restoration.and the building inspector of the District of Columbia: *And provided further*, That any such buildings, parks, reservations, and other public spaces which shall be used or occupied by the erection of stands or other structures, or otherwise, shall be promptly restored Indemnity bond.to their condition before such occupancy, and the said citizens’ executive committee shall execute and deliver to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a satisfactory bond with a penalty of $10,000 to secure such prompt restoration and to indemnify the District of Columbia for all damage of any kind whatsoever sustained by reason of any such use or occupancy.

Sec. 6. Loan of hospital tents and appliances. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to loan to the chairman of the medical department of the seventieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, or his successor in said office, for the purpose of caring for the sick, injured, and infirm on the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in the month of September 1936, such hospital tents and camp appliances and other necessaries, hospital furniture, and utensils of all descriptions, ambulances, drivers, stretchers, attendants, and Red Cross flags and poles belonging to the Government of the United States as in his judgment may be spared and are not in use by the *Proviso*.Indemnity.Government at the time of the encampment: *Provided*, That the said chairman, or his successor in said office, shall indemnify the War Department for any loss to such hospital tents and appliances as aforesaid not necessarily incident to such use. 485 Sec. 7.

The Public Utilities Commission of the District ofSchedule of fares for public conveyances. Columbia is authorized and directed to establish a special schedule of fares, applicable to public conveyances in said District, during the period aforesaid. Approved, July 18, 1935. To authorize the conveyance of certain lands in Nome, Alaska. 1935-07-19 49 Stat. 485 390 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 390.] AN ACT To authorize the conveyance of certain lands in Nome, Alaska. July 19, 1935.[[S. 2779](/us/bill/74/s/2779).][[Public, No. 211](/us/pl/74/211).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryNome, Alaska.Conveyance of certain lands to, authorized. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the city of Nome, Alaska, the following-described two parcels of land designated as tracts A and B, respectively, and forming part of the Nome (Alaska) Customhouse site:

Beginning, for the description of tractDescription. A, at stake numbered 1 or the original northwest corner of the reservation as described in Executive order dated April 16, 1907; running thence south seventy degrees east one hundred and fifty-two feet to stake numbered 2 or the original northeast corner of the reservation; thence south twenty-eight degrees fifteen minutes west two hundred and seventy feet, more or less, along the easterly boundary of said reservation, to its intersection with the northerly boundary of block K of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome, identical with the southerly boundary of Front Street, amended; thence north seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes west one hundred and two feet, more or less, along said southerly boundary of Front Street, amended, to its intersection with line 5–6 of said reservation; thence north fifty-seven degrees west thirteen feet, more or less, to stake numbered 6 of said reservation; thence north nineteen degrees twenty-one minutes east eight-seven feet, more or less, along the westerly boundary of said reservation to its intersection with the northerly boundary of Front Street, amended; thence south seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes east one hundred and eight feet, more or less, to the intersection of the northerly boundary of Front Street with the westerly boundary of Federal Way; thence north nineteen degrees twenty-three minutes east one hundred and fifty feet, to the intersection of the said westerly boundary of Federal Way with the southerly boundary of Second Avenue, amended; thence north seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes west one hundred and five feet, more or less, along the southerly boundary of Second Avenue, amended, to its intersection with the westerly boundary of the said Customhouse reservation; thence, along said boundary line, north twenty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes east thirty feet, more or less, to stake numbered 1 or the place of beginning; and, beginning for the description of tract B at stake numbered 3 or the original southeast corner of said customhouse reservation; thence north sixty-nine degrees west eighty-seven feet, to stake numbered 4or the original southwest corner of the reservation; thence north twenty-seven degrees twenty-five minutes east forty-seven feet, more or less, along line 4–5 of said reservation to its intersection with the northerly boundary of Seashore Avenue; thence south seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes east eighty-seven feet, more or less, along said northerly boundary of Seashore Avenue, to its intersection with line 2–3 of said reservation; thence south twenty-eight degrees fifteen minutes west fifty-one feet, more or less, to said stake numbered 3 or the place of beginning; and to convey to the owner of record of lot numbered 1, block K, of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome, the following-described piece or parcel of land designated as 486Description—Continued.tract C:

Beginning at the northwest corner of block K of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; running thence south seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes east eight feet, more or less, along the northerly boundary of the said block K, to its intersection with line 2–3 of the customhouse reservation; thence south twenty-eight degrees fifteen minutes west fifty-one feet, more or less, to the intersection of said line 2–3 with the westerly boundary of said block K; thence, along said westerly boundary, north nineteen degrees twenty-three minutes east fifty feet, more or less, to the northwest *Proviso*.Parcels in exchange.corner of the said block K or the place of beginning: *Provided*, That there is conveyed to the United States as an addition to the aforesaid customhouse site, the following-described three pieces or parcels of lands, designated as tracts D, E, and F respectively, in order to provide a customhouse site of uniform dimensions in connection with the amended plat of a portion of the city of Nome made subsequent to the fire which destroyed a large portion of the buildings of the Description.said city in September 1934; beginning for the description of tract D at the northwest corner thereof, identical with the northeast corner of block C of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; thence south seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes east ninety-five feet, more or less, along the southerly boundary of Second Avenue, amended, to its intersection with line 7–1 of the aforesaid customhouse reservation, whence corner numbered 1 of said reservation bears north twenty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes east thirty feet, more or less, distant; thence, along line 7–1 of said reservation, south twenty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes west forty-one feet, more or less, to corner numbered 7 of said reservation; thence south nineteen degrees twenty-one minutes west one hundred and eight feet, more or less, along line 5–6 of said reservation, to its intersection with the northerly boundary of Front Street, amended; thence, along said northerly boundary of Front Street, north seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes west ninety feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of block C of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; thence, along the easterly boundary of said block C, north nineteen degrees twenty-three minutes east one hundred and fifty feet, to the northeast corner or place of beginning; and, beginning for the description of tract E at the northwest corner thereof, identical with the northeast corner of block J of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; thence south seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes east one hundred and five feet, more or less, along the southerly boundary of Front Street, amended, to its intersection with line 5–6 of the aforesaid customhouse reservation; thence, along said line 5–6, south fifty-seven degrees east thirteen feet, more or less, to corner numbered 5 thereof; thence south twenty-seven degrees twenty-five minutes east one hundred and ten feet, more or less, along line 4–5 of said reservation, to its intersection with the northerly boundary of Seashore Avenue, of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; thence, along said northerly boundary of Seashore Avenue, north seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes west one hundred and four feel, more or less, to the southwest corner, identical with the southeast corner of the aforesaid block J; thence, along the easterly boundary of said block J, north nineteen degrees twenty-three minutes east one hundred feet to the northwest corner or place of beginning; and, beginning for the description of tract F at the southwest corner of block K of the amended portion of the townsite of Nome; thence north seventy degrees thirty-seven minutes west eight feet, more or less, along the northerly boundary of the aforesaid Seashore Avenue, to its intersection with line 2–3 of the aforesaid customhouse reservation; thence, north twenty-eight degrees fifteen minutes east 4871935. fifty feet, more or less, along said line 2–3, to its intersection with the westerly boundary of the aforesaid block K; thence, along said westerly boundary of block K, south nineteen degrees twenty-three minutes west forty-nine feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.

Sec. 2. The transfer of this property and its use for the purposesNo Federal expense. mentioned shall be without expense to the United States of America. Approved, July 19, 1935. To regulate the strength and distribution of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes. 1935-07-22 49 Stat. 487 402 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 402.] AN ACT To regulate the strength and distribution of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes. July 22, 1935.[[H. R. 5599](/us/bill/74/hr/5599).][

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