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LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Da te

P age Alaska fisheries. A N ACT Making further provision for the fisheries of Alaska August 14,1937 639 F ort Myers, Fla ., Coast Guard station . AN ACT To pr ovide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station in the vicinity of Fort My ers, Florida August 14,1937___

639 Oaths of office, executive departments, etc. AN ACT To dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments--_ August 14, 1937 640 Dauphin Island, Ala ., Coast Guard station . AN ACT To pr ovide f or the establishment of a Coast Gu ard station on the coast of Alabama at or near Dauphin Island, Alabama August 14, 1937---

640 Federal-aid highways, toll bridges . A N ACT To aid the several States in making, or for having made, certain toll bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways fr ee bridges, and for other purposes_- August 14, 1937___

640 U. S . employ ees in foreign c ountries . A N ACT To amend the Act approved March 26, 1934 August 14, 1937 64 1 Adjusted Compensation Payment Ac t, 1936, a mendment . AN ACT To amend the Adjusted Compensation Payment Ac t, 1936, to pr o- vide for the escheat to the United States of certain amounts-- August 14, 1937 641 Bridge, Ohio River. AN ACT Creat ing the Owensbor o Bridge Com- mission ; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Com- mission; and authorizing said Com miss ion and its suc ces sors an d assig ns to c onstruc t, main tain, and ope rate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Owensboro, Kentucky August 14, 1937_ _ _ _

641 U. S . Courts, jurors' fees . AN ACT To restore the per diem fee of$ l for service of jurors in Federal courts August 14, 1937 647 Min or coi n metal fund . AN ACT To am end sect ion 352 8 of the Revised Statutes relating to the purchase of metal for minor co ins of the Uni ted Sta tes

August 14, 1937___

647 Railway Mail Service, stenographic grade . AN ACT To provide for a stenogr aphic g rade in the of fice o f chief clerks and su perin- tendents in the Railway Mail Service August 14, 1937--

647 James Reu el Smith, bequests . JO INT RES OLU TION To au tho rize the acceptance on behalf of the United States of certain be- qu ests of James Reuel S mith, l ate of the ci ty of Y onkers, State of New York August 14,1937_-

647 Col umbia R iver, n avigati on fa cili ties . AN ACT To authorize improve- ment of navigation facilities on the Columbia River, and for other purposes A ugust 16, 1937_-

648 Farm Island, S . Dak., recreational, etc ., facilities . AN ACT To author- ize the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to construct, equip, main- tain, and op er ate on F arm Island, South Dak ot a, ce rta in amusement and recreational facilities ; to charge for the use t here of

and for other purposes

August 16, 1937- _

648 Ba you Sav age, New Orleans, La . AN ACT Declaring B ayou Savage, als o styl ed Bay ou Cha ntilly , in the cit y of New Orle ans, Louisiana, a nonnavigable stream A ugust 16, 1937---

649 Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, c laims. AN ACT To authorize the Five Civilized Tribes, in suits heretofore filed under their original Jurisdictional Acts, to present claims to the United States Court of Claims by amended petitions to conform to the evidence ; and to authorize said court to adjudicate such claims upon their merits as though filed within the time limitation fixed in said or iginal Jurisdictional Acts Augus t 16, 1937-

650 Postal service, substitutes in motor-vehicle service . AN ACT To p ro- vide time credits for substitutes in the motor-vehicle service- - Augus t 16, 1037- .

650 Postal service, watchmen and m essengers . AN ACT To extend the pro visions of the forty- hour la w for postal employe es to w atch- men and messengers in the Postal Service August 16, 1937 651 Tuscumbia, Ala . AN ACT To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Tuscumbia, Alabama August 16, 1937 _ _ - _

651 Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation, S. C. AN ACT To provide for the co nveyan ce by the Un ited S tates to the county of Beaufort, South Carolina, of the Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation August 16, 1937 651 Sitka Co ld Storage Company . AN ACT Authorizing the Territory of Alaska to transfer a certain tract of laud to Sitka Cold Storage Company, a corporation August 16,1937-_-

652 Bankruptcy Act of 1898, a mendments . AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States", approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto August 16, 1937 653