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356 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 26-28. 1922. JUN? 11.19% CHAP. 26.-An_Act To provide a Govemrnentrowned water-service system for

 the Fort Monroe Military Reservation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Housigf Representatives of the United {Q States of America in Ozmgress assembl , That the Secretary of War $*3 t0i*;,§c¥-*§‘;g{°°S» is hereby authorized to sell and transfer rggon such terms as he may " deem expedient such part or parts of the vemment’s installations, improvements, interests, and lands established, constructed, or acquired in connection with the development, improvement, and " extension of a water—su ly system or systems at and near _Newport “*Q'gi;“gs‘;‘°°,;§*j°*;’,§ News and Fort Mom·oe,%?irginia; and the Secretary of War IS hereby wmd in payment. further authorized, if deemed by him to be in the public interests, to accept as in part or full payment for such Government property so sold such pipe lines and their accessories, reservoirs, reservoir sites, water-pumping plants, and lands, rights, and interests of or in existing water-service systems at or near ewport News and Fort Mom·oe, Virginia, clear of adverse interests and hens, as may be necessary to ptrovide a Government·owned water—service system for the ort gsm-I d onroe Military Reservation: Provided, That the acceptance of such r¤mb£°°K¤°§§“°€, EZ pro erty or any part thereof in exchange or as playment m part for "'°“°'*- said) Government propert is authorized onl in the event the United States is released from all obligations to ag individuals, companies, corporations, associations, and municipalities arising out of, resulting · from, or created by the contract of ecember 2, 1918, executed on behalf of the United States with the Old Dominion Land Company and Newport News Light and Water Com any, Virginia corporations, or either of them, concerning the insta.llI:i.tion, development or improvement of a water system or systems at or near Newport News or ort Monroe, Virginia. Approved, January 11, 1922. Januar; 11, 1922. _ ___lH- -8401-I CHAP. 27.-An Act To transfer the custody and control of the United States iP¤b¤¢· N<>·126-I tclmtcvnxhog wharf it Charleston, South Carolina, from the Treasury Department to e ar partmen . ch mt S C Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢?`Reglesentat·ives of the United c¤?{tm¤°ili»°»éi..¤, Swtes %f America in Congress assembled at the United States

*°“'”D•· custom ouse wharf at Charleston, South Carolina, be, and the same

is hereby, transferred from the custody and control of the Treasury Department to that of the War Department, and that all branches of the plublic service now using said wharf shall be permitted to continue their use of the same. Approved, January 11, 1922.

 _ CHAIQ. 28.-An Act To authorine the Secretary of the Interior to grant exten-

[Public, No- 127-I exons of time under oil and gas permits, and for other purposes, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives 0 the United §"g,"§,$dt;‘§,'l,’g;,,,ni,_ Staten of America in (ibngiess assembled, Thqat the Score`; of the mqjydmlgalg ggjel Interior rnay, 1f he shall d that any oil or gas permitteeaqas been VOL ,1, p_ unable, with the exercise of diligence, to begin drrlli o rations or to drill wells of the depth and within the time presciilredxlry section 13 of the Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920 (Forty-iirst Statutes, page 437), extend the time for be such or completing rt, to the amount specified in the Act lor such time, not exceeding three years, and upon such conditions as he shall prescribe. Approved, January 11, 1922.-