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932 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Ons. 20·22. 1927. Botanic Garden_and shall be under the jurisdiction and control of Hmmm 0, mm the Joint Committee on the Library. musings. P (2) To provide for the removal of such buildings and other struc- tures now located upon the squares specified in paragraph (1) as Rwacmm 0, Bw it deems necessary. » umiairamam. i a (3) To provide for the removal of the Bartholdi Fountain and its basin and equipment from its present site and the reerection of the same upolp p puitable location upon one of the squares specified in para a 1 . b,§{.;‘§g,°°€,;’ {lf ,,”°,§'Q (_4§r'IE> investigate the cost of the construction of new conserva- P°'°°·°*°- tones and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden, to {procure preliminary p ans and estimates by contract or otherwise or such conservatories and buildingsé and to report Am thereon toflongress before the end of the secon regular session m,,m1°§§‘§'§§§s$°,§$§“' of the Seventiet Congress. In making such investigation and report the Joint Committee on the Library is hereby authorized to procure advice and assistance from any existing governmental agency, in- cluding the services of engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, architects, www ,m,,8b,8_ and ot er technical personnel in the executive departments and inde- ,,0, ,3. pp_m ,2,,, pendent establishments of the Government. For the purpose of this ' paragraph the unexpended balance of the a pro riations made ur- suant todtllpe authorgty cpntaixipd is Pubéic gespligpion Numbered) 42, ap rove anua 19 5, is ere ma e avai a e.

>¤ii&w·i¤1i—»°m°d M gmc. 2. Therelixs hbreby authorizgd to be appropriated, out of any

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $820,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Joint Committee on the Library to carrilout the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1 of t `s Act. ` Approved, January 5, 1927. s January 5, 1927. - CHAP. _21.—-An Act_ For the relief of soldiers who weredischarged from the ’ ' ' Army during the Spanish-American War, the Philippine insurrection, and the Boxer uprising because of misrepresentation of age. ’ Arm Be it emzcted Z2 the Senate and House of Representatives of thc soiaitis arsenal-ged United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the ,i‘,§*;,,,f,'§¤°{’,§’g°¥,§,§{,’0¤"§,§“j administration o any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits lgéligg upon honorably discharged soldiers of the United States Army, their mrxmwmiatréa hon: widows and dependent children, a soldier who was enlisted between ° ly ‘“s°*‘“"°d‘ April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, both dates inclusive, and who was discharged for fraudulent enlistment on account of misrepresentation of his age, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service on the date of his ,,m,m_ actual separation therefrom, if his service otherwise was such as No back pay, ew. ‘ would have entitled him to an honorable discharge: Provided, That no back pay or allowances shallaccrue by reason of the passage of C¤'°“*°°°° °’ *‘°”°" this Act: Provided further, That in all such cases the War iiiiistiicisihmc my bo Department shall, upon request, grant to such men or their widows ‘ a dischar e certificate showin that the soldiers are held and ngnésligieixdg to have been honoraély discharged under the provisions o 's ct. Approved, January 5, 1927.

 CHAP. 22.--—An Act To grant to the State of New York and the Seneca

lY“bh°» N°· 537-] Nation of Indians jurisdiction over the taking of fish and game within the Alle- gany, Cattaraugus, and Oil Spring Indian Reservations. Be it cmtcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 6'ongress aeserzzbied, That on and after