Public Law 731.
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(/us/74/pl/730).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryPort Newark Army Base.Sale of, to city of Newark, N. J., authorized. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell to the city of Newark, New Jersey, on terms and conditions deemed advisable by him, the right, title, and interest of the United States in the Port Newark Army Base, New Jersey, including such equipment Equipment.pertaining thereto as he determines is not required for military purposes, for the sum of $2,000,000, of which $100,000 shall be paid in cashPayment. and the balance in annual installments, on or before August 1 of each succeeding year, of $100,000 per year for the first five years and $200,000 per year thereafter, with permission to the city of Newark to anticipate payment of the deferred installments at any time: *Provided*, That said initial payment of $100,000 of the*Provisos*.Initial installment. purchase price shall be made by the city of Newark to the Secretary of War not later than August 1, 1936, and possession delivered byTransfer of possession. the United States as of September 1, 1936, or as soon thereafter as practicable: *Provided further*, That title to the property shall passDelivery of title. to the city of Newark and a quitclaim deed delivered by the Secretary of War after receipt by him of the final payment:Federal use in national emergency; payment. *And provided further*, That such conveyance shall be made upon the condition that the United States, in the event of war or of any national emergency declared by Congress to exist, shall have the right to take over said1558property and shall pay to the city of Newark as liquidated damages a sum equal to 3 per centum per annum on the amount theretofore paid on the purchase price of the said property by the said city during each year or part thereof that the said property is occupied under such taking by the United States, the said property to be returned to the city of Newark upon the expiration of such war or national emergency.
Sec. 2. Disposition if not acquired by Newark. In the event the city of Newark shall not elect to acquire said property as provided in section 1 of this Act, then the Secretary of War is authorized to offer said property at public sale to the highest responsible bidder on terms and conditions to be prescribed by him, which terms and conditions shall not be less favorable to the United States than those prescribed in section 1 of this *Proviso*.Resale, if bidder fails to enter contract of sale.Act: *Provided*, That if the highest responsible bidder shall fail to enter into and consummate a contract of sale, the Secretary of War may award the contract to the next highest responsible bidder or, in his discretion, readvertise said property for sale in like manner.
Sec. 3. Terms and conditions of contract. Any contract of sale shall be subject to the conditions that if the purchaser shall fail to pay any installment of the purchase price and interest, if any, as and when the same are due, or shall fail to comply with the other terms and conditions of the sale, then the Secretary of War may, at his election, declare such purchaser in default and reenter and repossess said property in the name of the United States and he may thereafter cause said property to be readvertised and resold at public sale in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4. Lease or operation authorized. During any interval of time that the property may be in the custody of the Secretary of War, he may, in a manner that will best conserve the interests of the United States, lease said property, or, if unable to lease the same, on satisfactory terms, may maintain Transfer to Department of Commerce permitted.Vol. 41, p. 988.and operate the same, or, in the discretion of the President, the property may be transferred by Executive order to the Department of Commerce for administration under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, as amended.
Sec. 5. Deposit of receipts in Treasury. All sums received as a result of the sale of said property, after deducting therefrom any costs of appraisal and other necessary expenses incident to sale, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, June 20, 1936. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the eastern district of South Carolina into four divisions and the western district into five divisions” by adding a new division to the eastern district and providing for terms of said court to be held at Orangeburg, South Carolina. 1936-06-20 49 Stat. 1558 637 Chapter 74 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 637.] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the eastern district of South Carolina into four divisions and the western district into five divisions” by adding a new division to the eastern district and providing for terms of said court to be held at Orangeburg, South Carolina. June 20, 1936.[[H. R. 12](/us/bill/74/hr/12).][[Public, No. 731](/us/74/pl/731).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.South Carolina judicial districts.Eastern district.
That the eastern district of South Carolina is divided into five divisions, to be known as the Aiken, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, and Orangeburg divisions. Aiken division.The Aiken division shall include the territory embraced in the Charleston division.counties of Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, and Hampton. The Charleston division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Columbia division.and Jasper.
The Columbia division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, and Florence division.Sumter. The Florence division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, George-1559town, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg. The OrangeburgOrangeburg division. division shall include the territory embraced in the counties of Calhoun, Bamberg, and Orangeburg. The terms of the district courtTerms of court. for the Aiken division shall be held at Aiken, for the Charleston division at Charleston, for the Columbia division at Columbia, for the Florence division at Florence, and for the Orangeburg division at Orangeburg.
Sec. 2. That the divisions of the western district of South Carolina,Western district unchanged. as now provided by law, shall remain unchanged and are not affected by this Act, and all other provisions of the. said Act remain unchanged, as now provided by law. Sec. 3. That the terms of the District Court for the Eastern DistrictDistrict Court for Eastern District.Terms at Orangeburg. of South Carolina, in addition to the times and places now provided by law, shall be held at Orangeburg, in the county of Orangeburg, in the State of South Carolina, on the third Monday in November and the second Monday in April of each year hereafter: *Provided*, That *Proviso*.Court facilities.facilities for holding court at Orangeburg are furnished free of expense to the United States.
Approved, June 20, 1936. To authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes. 1936-06-20 49 Stat. 1559 638 Chapter 74 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 638.] AN ACT To authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes.
June 20, 1936.[[H. R. 4688](/us/bill/74/hr/4688).][
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