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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . Clas . 20,22-24 . 1928 . CHAP . 20 .-An Act Gran ting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana High way Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Red River at or near Coushatta, Louisiana. Red River.
Be it enacted by the Senate a nd House of Re presentatives of the Louisiana Hi ghway United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Commission
may bridge, at Coushatta . of Congress is hereby granted to the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches -thereto across the Red River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near Coushatta, Louisiana, and in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act to regulate the construc- tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, February 3, 1928 . February 3, 1928. [H. R. 280 .1 [P ubli c, No . 16.] Construction. Vol.34,p.84. Post, p. 1167. Amendment . February 4, 1928 . [S.1968.1 [Public, No . 17 .] CHAP . 22 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay for the use and occupancy by the Department of Agriculture of the Bieber Build- ing, 1358 B Street southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Department of Agri- culture . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary s Payment Rntforsof of Agriculture is authorized to pay to Harry Wardman, Thomas P. for 1926, 1927, and 1928, Bones, and James D . Hobbs, at the rate of $55,000 per annum for Authorized . the u se and occup ancy by the Depar tment of Ag ricult ure of the Bieber Building, 13 58 B Street southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, during the fiscal years 1926, 1927, and 1928 . If at any time hereafter during the occupancy of said building by said depart- ment the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem it for the best interests of the Government to lease said building for a term not exceeding ten years he is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to do so . Approved, February 4, 1928 . Further thorized. lease February 4, 1928 . [H.J. Res . 93.] [Pub . Res., No. 5 .] Na tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. P aul E . Divine ap- pointed a manager of. February 4, 1928 . [H.J. Res. 81 .] [Pub . Res., No . 6.1 an- Sou th Carolina Agri- cultural Experiment Station . Dairy and livestock development at. Vol . 44, p. 13 97, amended . CHAP. 23 .-Joint Resolution For the appointment of Paul E . Divine, of Ten- nessee, as member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That Paul E . Divine, of Tennessee, be, and he is hereby, appointed member of the Board of Ma nagers of t he Nat ional Home f or Di sabled Volun teer Soldiers of the United States to succeed Major J . W . Wadsworth, senior, of New York, deceased . Approved, February 4, 1928 . CHAP . 24 .-Joint Resolution For the amendment of the Act of March 3, 1927, by authorizing an annual appropriation to carry out the cooperative experi- ments contemplated by the Act . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of March 3, 19 27 (Forty-fourth United States Statutes at Large, page 1397), entitled "An Act authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secre- tary of Agricu lture to coop erate with th e South Caroli na Agricul- tural Experiment Station" be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding the following
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