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75T H CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 425, 426-JULY 1, 2, 1937 next of kin of employees, contained in the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937" and reappropriated in the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 : Provided, That such amount shall be available until expended for making payments required under said retirement acts, and the amount not required for current pay- ments shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accord- ance with the provisions of said Railroad Retirement Act of June 24, 1937 : Provided further, That all payments under sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act, 1935, heretofore made from the appropriation contained in the "Independent Offices Appropria- tion Act, 1937", and reappropriated in the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938", shall be considered as having been made from the railroad retirement account herein established . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rent of buildings : Not to exceed $30,000 of such funds available to the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1938, as the Sec- retary of Agriculture may determine, may be transferred to the appropriation for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia for such Department for such fiscal year . TREASURY DEPARTMENT For the establishment of "the fund for the payment of Govern- ment losses in shipment", authorized by the "Government Losses in Shipment Act", $500,000 . SEC . 2 . The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein shall be available from and including July 1 1937, for the purposes respectively provided in such appro- priations and authority . All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1937, and the date of the enactment of this Joint Resolution in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof . Approved, July 1, 1937 . 471 49 Stat . 117 8

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p.341. Provisos . Avai labili ty . Investments. Ante, p. 316 . Accounting . 49 Stat . 1178; Ante, p. 340. Department of Agri- culture . Rent in District of Columhia . Treasury Depart- ment . Gove rnment losse s in sh ipment fund . Post, p . 479 . Ret roa cti ve pro vi- sion . [CHAPTER 426] AN ACT July 2, 1937 To amend the Act relating to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge [S . 2156] Board of Trustees, approved June 10, 1930, and for other purposes.

[Public, No . 178] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the time for completing the construction of the bridge at or near Farnam Street, auth orized under the p rovisi ons of sectio n 3 of the A ct ent itled "An Act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the ti mes for comm enci ng and comp leti ng t he cons truc tion of othe r bridges over the navigable waters of the United States", approved June 10, 1930, as extended, is hereby further extended one year from June 10, 1938. It is hereby recognized that construction has been heretofore commenced under the provisions of section 3 of said Act as extended, and said bridge may be constructed at any point, provid- ing the west end of said bridge is within two thousand feet of the center line of said Farnam Street, irrespective of the site of the com- mencement hereby recognized, subject to the approval of the War Department and the approval of either of the Highway Departments of the States of Iowa or Nebraska, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Act approved June 10, 1930, as extended, and as amended by this Act . SEC. 2. Any bridge constructed or to be constructed or owned and operated by the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board Missouri River . Time exten ded fo r bridging, at Omaha, Ne br . 46 Stat. 544; 49 Stat. 28 9. Commencem ent recognized . Location . Bridge deemed Fed- eral instrum entali ty .