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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 139-142. 1922. 499 of March 1, 1917, and said $1,000 000 be carried to the sur lus fund P°“·P·’°°· and covered into the Treasury: Trovided further, That ahy unex- umxpemm pended balance of the sum hereby appropriated remaining after the present flood emergency has passed may be expended by the Mississippi River Commission under the authority and subject to the provisions of the said Flood Control Act. Approved, April 21, 1922. CHAP. 140.-An Act Authorizing extensions of time for the pa ent of purchase A[§llHR?F9’l19\§· money due under certain homestead entries and Government-lanxfiilrlilurchases within [Public, N0- 19%] the former Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations, North Dakota and South Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Cheym, Rm, md States of America in Congress assemble , That any homestead entry- §{gg*;§,°*}]S°°kNI¤{,*¤;g{_° man or purchaser of Government lands within the former Cheyenne and s. Dak. ’ _ River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations in North Dakota and a;l,§,”§°§,“8}§}‘ S0l1iGl1 Dakota who is unable to make ayment of purchase money °¤\}g¤<§i¤ ‘{¤L:¤f· due imder his entry or contract of urciliase as reguired by existing ’p` ` law or regulations, on application duly verified s owing that he is unable to make payment as required, shall be granted an extension to the 1923 anniversary of the date of his entry or contract of purchase upon payment of interest in advance at the rate of 5 per centum per annum on the amounts due from the matiuity thereof to the said _ _ anniversary; and if at the_ expiration of the extended period the ,m,,F'§{§h‘{§°¥,E,,°'§°g‘°$;l entryman or purchaser is still unable to make the payment he may, ********8- upon the same terms and conditions, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be granted such further extensions of time, not exceeding a period of three years, as the facts warrant. Approved, April 25, 1922. CHAP. 141.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the commissioning in the Marine Corps [Iilbl1li2’s.1a%:] of midshipmen under certain conditions. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mmm States of America. in Congress assembled, That any midshipman of the wimrfiiiilio gradu- United States Naval Academy who has heretofore failed to graduate {,',f,°;,§';;f,°’,;*°{,°a°,f,,{ therefrom and who shall have served honorably in the Marine Corps gvriglmylye mgmt; for a period of one year, and who has passed satisfactorily the 6X&I}1l· és;-duatiui or infinnation for appointment as a commissioned officer of the Marine °”· Corgsl, may be commissioned rior to the graduation of the class at the aval Academy of which he was a member. Approved, April 25, 1922. CHAP. 142.—Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on dpublic groundsin the [dpilliilsiigi] city of Washington, District of Columbia, oi a statue of Edmun Burke. [Pub. Res., Ne. 52.] Resolved b the Senate and House of Representatives ey the United _ _ States of Amgrica in Congress assembled, That the Chief of Engmeers, §i‘,$§'§t United States Army, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to §,{*;,*{fb,;*;°g{°$l°g@“ select a suitable site and to grant permission to the Sulgrave In- Locations excvptecl. stitution for the erection, as a. gift to the people of the United States, on public grounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, Potomac Park, and the White House, of a monument