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666 May 4, 1934. [H .R .7793 .] [Public, No . 206] Ogeechee River, Ga . Prel imin ary e xami - nation of, a uthorized . Vol .39,p . 950 . Payment of expenses . [CHAPTER 218 .1 AN ACT May 4, 1934 . [H .R . 7200.] To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga [Public, No . 207 .1

National Military Park in the States of Tennessee and Georgia . Be it enacted by the Sen ate and Hous e of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is her eby, auth orized, i n his dis cretion, to accept in behalf of the United States lands, easements, and buildings as may be donated for an addition to the Chickamauga and Chatta- nooga National Military Park lying within what is known as the " Chattanooga-Lookout Mountain Park " (a corporation, Adolph S . Ochs, president) and/or any lands within one mile of said Chatta- nooga-Lookout Mountain Park in the States of Tennessee and Georgia . SEc . 2 . That all laws affecting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park shall be extended and apply to any addition or additions which may be added to said park under the authority of this Act . Approved, May 4, 1934 . Chickama uga and Chattanoog a National Military Park, Tenn .- Ga. Addition au thorized . Laws exten ded . U.S.C.,p.415 . May 7, 1934 . [n.R.3345.] [Public, No . 205.] Mississip pi State Treasurer. Iss ue of dup lic ate check in favor of, au- thorized . No indemn ity bond required . UT.S.C., p.1009. 73d CONG RESS . SESS. II. CHS. 217- 219 . MAY 4, 7, 1934. [CHAPTER 217 .] AN ACT Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Ogeechee River in the State of Georgia, with a view to controlling of floods . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examina- tion to be made of the Ogeechee River, in the State of Georgia, with a view to the control of its floods, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, Cal- ifornia, and for other purposes ", approved March 1, 1917 . The cost of such examination shall be paid from appropriations hereto- fore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, May 4, 1934 . [CHAPTER 219 .] AN ACT To authorize the Department of Agriculture to issue a duplicate check in favor of the Mississippi State treasurer, the original check having been lost. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed Sta tes o f Amer ica in Congr ess ass embled, That notwi thsta nd- ing the provisions of sections 3646, as amended, of the Revised Stat- utes of the Unite d Stat es, th e disb ursing clerk of the Depar tment of Agriculture is authorized and directed to issue, without the require- ment of an indemnity bond, a duplicate of original check numbered 534971 drawn April 3, 1929, in favor of the Mississippi State treas- urer for $1,871 .02, and lost, stolen, or miscarried in the mails . Approved, May 7, 1934 .