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LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS.

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Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. An Act To revise the boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. February 25, 1927. 1238

Bridge, Mississippi River. An Ast Granting the consent of Congress to John R. Scott, Thomas J. Scott, E. E. Green, and Baxter L. Brown, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River. February 25, 1927 1240

Bridge, Ohio River. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana. February 25, 1927. 1242

Bridge, Mobile Bay. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto and/or a toll bridge across the water between the mainland at or near Cedar Point and Dauphin Island. February 25, 1927. 1242

Bridge, Tug Fork of Big Sandy River. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Bandy River at Devon, Mingo County, West Virginia. February 25, 1927 1244

Virgin Islands, highways. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for public highways in the Virgin Islands of the United States. February 25, 1927. 1244

Seed grain, etc., for crop-failure areas. An Act Authorising an appropriation of $8,600,000 for the purchase of seed grain, feed, and fertiliser to be supplied to farmers in the crop-failure areas of the United States, and for other purposes. February 25, 1927. 1245

Bridge, southern branch of Elizabeth River. An Act To extend the time for construction of a bridge across the southern branch of the Elisabeth River, near the cities of Norfolk and Portamouth, in the county of Norfolk, State of Virginia. February 25, 1927 1246


Elk refuge, Wyoming. Joint Resolution Authorising the acceptance of title to certain lands In Teton County, Wyoming, adjacent to the winter elk refuge in said State established in accordance with the Act of Congress of August 10, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 298). February 26, 1927 1246


Indian fee simple patents. An Act To authorise the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States. February 26, 1927. 1247


Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivera, apportionment of waters. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and other streams in which such States are jointly interested. Febuary 20, 1927. 1247


Interstate commerce, blind persons with guide. An Act To amend paragraph (1) of section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act by providing for the carrying of a blind person, with a guide, for one fare. February 26, 1927. 1247


Naval Academy, admission ages. An Act Relating to the admission of candidates to the Naval Academy. February 26, 1927. 1248


Cotton Futures Act, price determination. An Act To amend and reenact an Act entitled "United States Cotton Futures Act," approved August 11, 1916, as amended. February 26, 1927. 1248



District of Columbia jury service of women. An Act To amend the Code of Law for the District of Columbia in relation to the qualifications of jurors. February 26, 1927. 1249

Confederate Veterans' reunion, Tampa, Fla. Joint Resolution Authorising the Secretary of War to lend tents and camp equipment for the use of the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Tampa, Florida, in April, 1927. February 26-1927. 1249

Army, retired officers promoted. An Act For the promotion of certain officers of the United States Army new on the retired list. February 28, 1927 249

Appropriations, First Deficiency Act, 1987. An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and prior fiscal years, and to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes. February 28, 1927 1250

Coast Guard retired officers. An Act Amending section 8 of the Act approved January 12, 1923, entitled "An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes. February 28, 1927. 126`

United States courts, patent infringement appeals. An Act To amend section 129 of the Judicial Code, allowing an appeal in a patent suit from a decree which is final except for the ordering of an accounting. February 28, 1927 1261

Inland Waterways Corporation, chairman. An Act To amend paragraph ((illegible text)) of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes," approved June 8, 1924. February 28, 1927 1261

Terms of court, Memphis and Jackson, Tenn. An Act To amend section 107 of the Judicial Code. March 1, 1927. 1262

Botanic Garden, D. C., conservatories. An Act To authorise the construction of new conservatories and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden. March 1, 1927.. 1262 43892°-27-III