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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs. 623, 632, 633 . 1930 .

819 CHAP . 623 .-Joint Resolution To amend the Act entitled "An Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes," approved June 14, 1930 . Resol ved by th e Se nate and House of Repre sent ative s of the Unite d States o f America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes," approved June 14, 1930, is amended by striking out the word "specific" and inserting in lieu thereof the word " specified ." SEC . 2 . Section 9 of such Act of June 14, 1930, is amended to read as follows :

Effective date of Act . " SEC. 9 . This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1930 ."

Ante, p. 587. Approved, June 26 . 1930 . June 27, 1930 . CHAP. 632 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant [s .317] cert ain oi l and gas pr ospect ing pe rmits and le ases .

[Public, No . 446 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author ized to grant either prosp ecting permits or leases under the terms and conditions of section 19 of the Act approved February 25, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 437, title 30, sec . 227, U . S . C.), to any claimant of title under the placer mining laws, to the southeast quarter of section 30, the east half of section 31, and the northwest quarter and southeast quarter of section 32, in township 51, north, range 100 west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Wyoming : Provided, T hat sat isf act ory evidence be submitted of entire good faith of such claimant under the mining laws, although without such evidence of discovery as to satisfy said Secretary of the claimant's right to a patent ; also, that said lands were not reserved or withdrawn at date of initiation of mining claims there to ; also, that applications for such permits or leases be filed within six months from date of this enactment, and that at date of such filing the area covered thereby be free from any valid adverse claim of any third person . Approved, June 27, 1930 . CHAP . 633 .-An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of California . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an additional district judge for the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California . The judge so appoint ed shall reside in said distr ict and his compensation and powers shall be the same as now provided by law for the judges of said district. A vacancy occurring at any time in the office of the district judge herein provided for is authorized to be filled . Approved, June 27, 1930 . June 26, 1930 . [l1.J. Res.367.] [Pub . Res., No .96 .] Treasury

Depart ment . Bureau of Narcotics in . Ante, p . 586, amend- ed. Public lands. Prospecting leases may be granted on certain . Vol. 41, p. 445. U.S. C.,p. 970. Prorase. Evidence of discov er y, etc . No previous with- drawal . Application, time limit on filing . Adverse claims . J une 27, 1930 . [S . 1792.] [Public, No . 447.] United States courts. California Southern District . Additional judge for . Vol.38,p.580. Vol.42,p.838. Comp ensatio n, etc . Vacancy to be filled .