7 5Ta CON GRE SS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 657, 6 58--AUGUST 16, 19 37 fer of title accordingly and, if recorded as conveyances are recorded, s hall i mpart the same n otice that a dee d, if recor ded, would impar t . "(h) This chapter shall not be construed as to modify or repeal any prior, existing statute relating to the refinancing or readjustment of indebtedne ss of munici palities, p olitical su bdivisions, or distric ts Provided, however, That the initiation of proceedings or the filing of a petition under section 80 shall not constitute a bar to the same taxing agency or instrumentality initiating a new proceeding under se ction 81 th ereof .
~p "( i) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or impair the power of any State to control, by legislation or other- wise, any municipal ity or any political subdivision of or in such State in the exercise of its political or govermnental powers, includ- ing expenditures therefor . "TERMINATION OF J UKISDICTION "SEC . 84 . Jurisdiction conferred on any court by section 81 shall not be exercised by such court after June 30, 1940, except in respect of any proceeding initiated by filing a petition under section 83 (a) on or prior to June 30, 1940." Approved, August 16, 1937 . [CHAPTER 6581 AN ACT Au thoriz ing the Secret ary of Commerc e to ac cept t itle to a cert ain par cel of land at Gaithersburg, Maryland . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of Commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to accept, on behalf of the Unite d States, title, by deed from the heirs at law of Ignatius T . and Elizabeth M . Fulks (pursuant to the leasehold interest created by a contract of April 1, 1899, between the said I gnat ius T . and Eli zabe th M . Fulks and the Superintendent of the L. nited States Coast and Geodetic Survey), to the following-described property situated and lying in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, to -wit : Beginning at a stone planted in the ground at the intersection of the lines of the lands of the said Ignatius T . Fulks, Vandelia Owen, and Philemon M . Smith, and running thence south forty-six degrees thirty minutes west three hundred feet ; thence south forty-three degrees thirty minutes east two hundred and seventy feet ; thence north forty-six degrees thirty minutes east four hundred and forty-four and six-tenths feet ; thence north se ven ty-o ne degr ees for ty minu tes we st fifty-three and five-tenths feet to a stone ; still north seventy-one degrees forty minutes west two hundred and fifty-two and eight-tenths feet to the place of beginning, containing two and three hundred and seven one-thou- sandths acres of land, more or less ; together with all the improve- ments thereon, and the rights and appu rtenances thereto belonging or appertaining, including the present right-of-way from the entrance of the property to the Frederick Road . Acquisition of the title to said property under this Act shall be without expense to the United States, except the expense of con- veyancing and the expense of making an abstract of title to said property. App rove d, Augu st 16, 1937 . 659 Provisions not to affect existing law, etc . Proviso . Initiating, etc ., pro- ceedings ; effect of. Stat e c ontr ol over political subdivisions not impaired. Termination of juri sdic tion . August 16, 1937 [H. R.6145] [Public, No . 30 .3] Gaithersburg, Md . Acceptance of title to certa in land in, authorized . Description . R est rict ion on ex- pense .
