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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 802-804-JUNE 29, 1938 Tolls. Rights conferred. Amendment. [CHAPTER 803] June 29, 1938 [H. R . 10835 [Publio. No. 769] Kauai County, Ha- waii. Isuance of bonds authorized. 31 Stat. 141. 48 U.S. 0.a. H 491- 078; 8up p. III, I 6625-J. June 29, 1938 H. R . 108731 [Public, No. 770] Arthur Alexander Post Numbered 68, The American Legion, Belzoni, Miss. Conveyance of cer- tain land, etc., to. Purchase price. De oriptUo AN ACT To authorize the county of Kauai to issue bonds of such county in the year 1938 under the authority of Act 186 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1937, in excess of 1 per centum of the assessed value of the property in said county as shown by the last assessment for taxation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Kauai, Hawaii, be, and it is hereby, authorized to issue bonds of such county in the year 1938 under the authority for issuance of such bonds contained in Act 186 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1937 regardless of whether or not the issuance of such bonds results in the incurring of indebtedness by said county in that year in excess of 1 per centum of the assessed value of the property in the county as shown by the last assessment for taxation, regardless of any provision of the Organic Act or any other Act of this Congress limiting the amount of indebtedness which said county can incur in any one year. Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 804] AN ACT To authorize the conveyance to the Arthur Alexander Post Numbered 68, the American Legion, of Belzoni, Mississippi, of the improvements and site con- taining eighteen acres of land, more or less, at Lock and Dam Numbered 1 on the Sunflower River, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War is authorized and directed to convey by quit-claim deed to the Arthur Alexander Post Numbered 68, The American Legion, of Belzoni, Mississippi, for the sum of $2,050, a tract of land, together with the improvements thereon, including one dwelling, three cot- tages, a shop, a boiler house, an oil house, a garage, a coal house, a telephone line, and a water tank, situated on the west bank of the Big Sunflower River, at Lock and Dam No. 1, in Washington County, Mississippi, being a part of Lot 6 of Section 2, Township 15 North, Range 5 West, and more specifically described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West bank of the Big Sunflower River, which point is West two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one and four tenths (2,931.4) feet, and South four thou- That the said village of Baudette, Minnesota, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to fix and charge tolls for transit over such bridge in accordance with any laws of Canada applicable thereto, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to the village of Baudette, Minnesota, its successors and assigns; and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 29, 1938. 1230 [52 STAT.