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SEV ENTIE TH CONGRESS . SESS. I . Cns . 11-13 . 1928 .

53 CHAP. 11 .-An Act For the purpose of rehabilitating farmlands in the flood areas . January 26, 1928 . [S. 672.] [Public, No. 7.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That due to the Floods o19 Cooperative employ- emergency existing in various States as a result of the floods of 1927, ment of county a gri- cultural extension county funds available fr om taxation are so impaired throughout agents, for rebabili- the flood areas that a continued support of the normal constructive rating farm lands in activ ities of these counties, including the employment of county areas affe cted by . extension agents in agriculture and home economics, will be impos- sible. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, in coopera- tion wi th the s everal S tates an d local agencies within these St ates, to continue or employ such county extension agents necessary to aid in quickly and adequately rehabilitating these flood-devastated farm areas . SEC. 2. That for the purpose of this Act there is hereby authorized Amount auth orized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise to be appropriated. appropriated, not more than the sum of $500,000 for the employment of county extension agents, traveling, subsistence, and other necessary expenses, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe for the proper carrying out of the purposes of this Act . Approved, January 26, 1928 . CHAP. 12 .-An Act To authorize the town of Alderson West Virginia . to January [11 . R . 30,

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[Public, No. 8 .] trial Institution for Women at Alderson, West Virginia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Th at the Attorney Alde ersoonaW In hig h- General is hereby authorized and empowered to grant to the town of way across premises of Alderson, West Virginia, sub j ect to and under such conditions and Industrial institution for W omen at. regulations as the Attorney General shall from time to time prescribe, and subject to revocation at such time as in his judgment the interests of the United S tates re quire it , the ri ght to c onstruct and mai ntain upon and across the eastern end of the premises occupied and used by and for the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alder- son, We st Virgi nia, a p ublic hi ghway to connect the tow n of Ald erson with the village of Glenray . Approved, January 30, 1928 . January 30, 1928. CHAP. 13 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing [H. R. 6053 .] the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Linden-Lexington [Publ ic, No. 9 .] Road, in Perry and Decatur Counties, Tennessee . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed St ates o f Am erica in Co ngres s ass embled , That the times Tennessee River . Tim e extended for for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge bridging, in Perry and auth oriz ed by the Act of Con gres s ap prov ed May 7, 19 26, to be Tenne ss Ten

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see . built across the Tennessee River on the Linden-Lexington Road, in edVol. 44,p .413,amend- Perry and Decatur Counties, Tennessee, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof . SEC . 2. The r ight to al ter, a mend or repeal this Act is hereb y Amendment . expressly reserved . Approved, January 30, 1928 .