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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS. 138, 139 . APRI L 25, 1932 .

139 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tha t the ,Sec re- veU nite Conf edera te tar y of War be, and he is he reb y, authorized to len d, at his discretion, Loan of Army tents tc the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans, R i c o reunion Van of, 8E whose enca mpmen t is to be held at R ichmo nd, V irgin ia, J une 21, 22, 23, and 24, 1932 , two hund red and fi fty p yrami dal t ents, com- plete with all poles pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection ; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents, complete with all poles, pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection ; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 f oot h ospit al-wa rd te nts, compl ete w ith all their poles, pegs, and equipment necessary for their erection ; twenty field ranges, numbered 1, with necessary equipment for their erec- tion ; ten field bake ovens with necessary equipment for their erec- tion ; fif ty wa ter b ags ( for ice water) ; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numb ered 4; f ive t housa nd pi llowc ases ; five thousand canvas cots ; five thousand cotton pillows ; fi ve thousand bed sacks ; and ten thousand bed sheets : Provided, That no expense shall be caused N°~ao Government Ba- the United States Government by the delivery and return of said pense . property, the smile to be delivered from the nearest quartermaster depot at s uch t ime p rior to the hol ding of sa id en campm ent as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the general chairman of the said entertainment committee, Robert T. Barton, junior Provided further, That the Secretary of War, before delivery of such property, shall take from said obert T . Ba rton, juni or, g en- er al chairman of the Forty-second Annual Confederate Reunion, a' good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in go od order and condition and the whole without expense to the United States . Approved, April 25, 1932 . [CHAPTER 139 .] AN ACT Authorizing the granting by the Secretary of War of a right of way to the Georgia Highway Department . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant to the high- way department of the State of Georgia a right of way for a public, hard-surfaced road through a part of the uninclosed portion of the Gover nment prop erty embra ced in the nati onal cemet ery r eserv ation at Andersonville, Georgia . Ap prove d, Ap ril 25, 1932 . Bond required. A ri125, 1932. [R. R .7788 .] [Public, No. 108 .1 Georgia Highway Department . Right of way granted, across Andersonville National cemetery. [CHAPTE R 138 .1 AN ACT A ra 25, 1932. Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the entertainment fff .'R.Bus.) committee of the United Confederate Veterans two hundred and fifty pyram- [Pub lic,* (

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idal tents complete ; fi ft een 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents ; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents ; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4 ; five thousand pillowcases ; five thousand canvas cots ; five thousand cotton pillows ; five thousand bed sacks ; ten thousand bed sheets ; twenty field ranges numbered 1 ; ten field bake ovens • fifty 'water bags (for ice water) ; to be used ai the encampment of the United donfederate Veterans, to be held at Richmond . Virginia, in June, 1932 .