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sixTY-SIXTH conennss. Sess. mi Cas. 71-73. 1921. 1145 CHAP. 71.-—An Act To declare Bayou Gocodrie nomiavigable from its source to F¤b*¤-¤¥¥ %»m1· its jnmction with Bayou Chicot. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives 0 the United States of America in Congress assembledr That Bayou Co<{>drie from vIi°§Z its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot, in the State oi Lou- §‘,§§{’°,},‘§h}¤‘§,‘{_°““ °’ isiana, is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by the Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters. Sec. 2. That the rig t to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby *“‘°""""’“‘· expressly reserved. Approved, February 25, 1921. CHAP. 72.-An Act To amend the Transportation Act, 1920. r;§I?hY;?‘*Z%i?°

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives the United T H States of Amer·iea in O ess assembled, Thagllhe Transpcliftation Act, Am, p. 4eo,am»i;i1l` 1920, is hereby amendbdlby adding after section 211 a new section to °°‘ md ss f<>¤<>w¤= c..a.a ot "S1:c. 212. (a) In maid? certifications under section 204 or sec- amumtsiound emu tion 209, the Commission, not at the time able finally to determine "“'°‘°“·‘°l’°“"°" the whole amount due under such section to a carrier or the American Railwa Express Company, may make its certificate `for any amount definitely ascertained y it to be due, and may thereafter in the same manner make further certificates, until the whole amount due has been certified. A The authority of and direction to the Secretary of P“""°“‘°”‘ the Treasury under such sections to draw warrants is hereby made applicable to each such certificate. Warrants drawn pursuant to this F“"‘“‘°"’"“°'°‘ section, whether in partial payment or in Bnal payment, shall be For kdm, mm, aid: (1) If for a payment in resjiect to reimbursement of a carrier damn. i)or a deficit during the period of ederal control, out of the appro- ‘*”"*P·‘“‘ priation made by section 204; (2) if for a payment in respect to the mgd¤;¤¤¤¢v ¢¤ milguaranty to a carrier other than the American Railway Express Com- anis, p. ao. pany, out of the appropriation made by subdivision (g) of section .,.0 ,_,,,,,,.,,,,,, Bm, 209; and (3) if for a payment in respect to the guaranty to the Ameri- wer Ervrm <>¤¤¤· can Railway Express Company, out of the appropriation made by p°.iii2¢,p.4e1. the fifth paragraph of subdivision (i) of section 209. . E H t _ { dv "(b) In ascertaining the several amounts payable under either of zsrisamtisisei and such sections, the Commission is authorized, in the case of deferred °"°‘"“°““‘°"'°‘*· debits and credits which can not at the time be definitely determined, to make, whenever in its judgment practicable, a reasonable estimate U,,,°,m,,,,,,g,,,y, of the not effect of any such items, and, when agreed to by the carrier ¤¤•¤¤· or express company, to use such estimate as a definitely ascertained amount in certifying amounts payable under either of such sections, and such estimates so agreed to shall be prima facie but not conclusive evidence of their correctness in amount in final settlement." Approved, February 26, 1921. Feb 27,1921. CHAP. 73.-An Act To amend the Act approved December 23, 1913, known as the Federal Reserve Act. [Pubuc, No. 329.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H0us;y` Representatives of the United C I I States of America. in Congress assembl , That the {gmt, paragraph of ,mg1v<£;;L;§sb gig the Act approved December 24, 1919, known as the E ge Act, ¤•_g¤,;,, @3,8 aww amending tlie Federal Reserve Act, be amended b adding at the su. ’ ' end a proviso, so that the paragraph as amended will read as follows: "Sec. 25. (a) Corporations to be organized for the purpose of en· m§*j*'m°'*°¤ ¤“*h°' gaging in international or foreign banlring or other international or 442S1°—21·-74