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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . Cns . 369, 370, 374 . 1928 .

429 CH A P . 36 9 .-An Act Relating to the office of Pu blic Buildings and P ublic

April 13, 1928. Parks of the National Capital .

[S. 1628 .] [Public, No .273.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled That section 5 of District of Columbia . f

Park police salaries the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members to c orres pond with of the Metropolitan police force, the United States park police, and police .of Metr opol itan the fire department of the District of Columbia," approved May 27, e Vo1 .43,p.175,amend- 1924 (United States Statutes at Large, volume 43, page 175), is her eby am ended by str iking out sa id sec tion an d subs tituti ng the re- for the following : " Hereafter, the salaries of members of the United Sta tes park police fo rce shall be the s ame as th e salarie s of the offi- cers and members of the Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia in similar or corresponding grades," Approved, April 13, 1928 . CHAP. 370 .-An Act Extending the provisions of the Recreational Act of June 14, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 741), to former Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands in the State of Oregon . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pro- visions of the Act of Congress approved June 14, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 741), entitled "An Act to authorize acquisi- tion or use of public lands by States, counties, or municipalities for recreational purposes," are hereby extended to former Oregon and California Railroad grant lands revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 218), and to former Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands reconveyed to the United States under the Act of February 26, 1919 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 1179) : Provided, That any lands leased here- under shall thereafter be exempt from any further claim by the county wherein such leased lands are located for payment of moneys, the equivalent of taxes, as authorized under the Relief Act of July 13, 19 26 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 915) : P rovi ded further, That only such lands as are within or contiguous to the former limits of said grants may be accepted in an exchange here- under for such former grant lands and that all lands and timber secured by virtue of any such exchange shall be disposed of in accord- ance with the terms and provisions of said Revestment Act of June 9, 1916 : And provided further, That no sales of lands classified under said Act of June 9, 1916, as of class 3, or agricultural lands, shall be made for less than $2 .50 per acre, and of lands of class 2, or timberlands, for less than the appraised value of the timber thereon . Disposal of receipts . SEC. 2 . That all moneys received from or on account of any lands Vol . 39, p. 222; Vol. leased or sold hereunder shall be applied in the manner prescribed 40, p .1150y by the aforesaid Acts of June 9, 1916, and February 26, 1919 . Approved, April 13, 1928 . April 13, 1928 . [H . R. 10563.] [Public, No . 274 .] Public lands. Exchanges of, with States, for recreational purposes, extended to revest ed Oregon and California, and Coos Bay Wagon Road grants . Vol.44,p .741. Vol .39,p.218;vol.40, p . 1179. Provisos . Leased lands exempt from county taxes. Vol .44,p. 915. Li mitat ion on ac cept - ance and disposal of exchanged lands. Vol .39,p. 219. Sales prices for agri- cultural lands and tim- berlands . April 14, 1928.

[S . 3435 .] [Public, NTo . 275 .] CHAP. 374 .-An Act To authorize an appropriation from tribal funds to pay part of the cost of the construction of a road on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cro w In dian Rese r- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That an appro- vatinoMont . thorized priation is hereby authorized in the sum of $7,500 from the tribal for pa y ing part of cost, funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the of road n .~2 Indians of the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana to pay