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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 31-33. 1911. 895 Hleted and put i_n operation prior to May twenty-ninth, nineteen hun- _ red and ten: Provided, That said Baltimore and Washington Transit f,",,,,"'§‘&’£,,,,,s, e,c_ Compan shall be subject to all the duties, conditions, and limitations c¤¤¢i¤¤¤d· ' grovidedlin the Acts of Congress approved June eighth, eighteen hunred and ninety-six, and May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. Approved, February 2, 1911. I CHAP. 32.-An Act To provide for the sale of lands acqlpired under the provi- F?l§°§¥y2§é3g}1‘ sions of the reclamation Act and which are not needed for the purposes of that Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and Emse of Representatzives of the United _ States gcAmerica in Congress assembled, That whenever in the opinion §,°§“§“‘§§§§°hg, of the retary of the Interior any lands which have been acquired ¤¢<$i<;d for wom under the rovisions of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred miréifsz, p. ess. and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight), commonly called the "reclamation Act," or under the provisions of any Act amendatory thereof or sup lementary thereto, for any irrigation works contemplated by said recllamation Act are not needed for the purposes for which they were acquired, said Secretary of the Interior may cause said lands, together with the improvements thereon, to be a praised by three disinterested persons, to be appointed by him, and Appnisnhercthlerwfter to sell the same for not less than the ap raised va ue at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving public notice of the time and place of sale by posting upon the land and by publication for not less tha; tpirtdy days in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicin— - it of the an . ySec. 2. That upon pagment of the purchase price, the Secretary of e,§°“°¥*“‘°°°‘ ““°· the Interior is authorize by appropriate deed to convey all the right, ` title, and interest of the Unite States of, in, and to said lands to the purchaser at said sale, subggct, however, to such reservations, limita- H _ tions, or conditions as said cretary may deem prqper: Provided, That Li,‘§,'§?.°;;.,,,_ not over one hundred and sixty acres s all be sol to any one (person. Sec. 3. That the moneys derived from the sale of such lan s shall 0,§"n?,‘;;§gn‘gm§e’$§" be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project for which such lands had been acquired. Approved, February 2, 1911. UQglA§t;l£ti§3S.j-An_tAct rlsrqviding lfor the appointment of deputy clerks to the F?1ém§r§§é6}_)9%l. m crrcm cou c appea s. · - · Public, No. 339. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United $,,,,,1 S,,,,,,wu3.,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That one deputy of the clerk up<;g$;i* ¤<>¤¤¤ of of each circuit court of appeals may be appointed by the court on ` the application of the clerk and may be removed at the pleasure of u,]§,‘3§§§’f °‘°"“ ““ the court. In case of the deagh off the clgrkdhis deputty s all, unlgss gg{,g*·gtk82<*· removed continue in office an orm the uties 0 the clerk in is p0s:,pTusé." name until a clerk is appointed gid qualified; and for the defaults or misfeasances in office of any such deputy, whether in the lifetime of the clerk or after his death the clerk and his estate and the sureties on his official bond shall be liable, and his executor or administrator shall have such remedy for such defaults or misfeasances committed after his death as the clerk would be entitled to if the same had occurred in his lifetime. Approved, February 3, 1911.