52 STAT.1 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 294, 295-MAY 31, 1938 [CHAPTER 294] AN ACT To protect the telescope and scientific observations to be carried on at the obser- vatory site on Palomar Mountain, by withdrawal of certain public land included within the Cleveland National Forest, California, from location and entry under the mining laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public lands of the United States within the Cleveland National Forest, State of California, and herein described, are hereby withdrawn from location or entry under the mining laws of the United States: All Government lands in sections 13, 14, 15, 20 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian; All Government lands in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, township 10 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian; All Government lands in sections 19, 30, 31, township 9 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian; and All Government lands in section 6, township 10 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian: Provided,That this Act shall not defeat or affect any lawful right which has already attached under the mining laws and which is here- after maintained in accordance with such laws: Provided further, That the President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, may, by Executive order, when in his judgment the public interest would best be served thereby, and after reasonable notice has been given, restore to location and entry under the mining laws any of the lands hereby withdrawn therefrom. Approved, May 31, 1938. [CHAPTER 295] AN ACT May 31, 1938 [H. R. 7534] [Public, No. 559] Cleveland National Forest, Calif. Withdrawal of lands from location or entry under mining laws. Description. Provisos. Protection of exist- ing rights. Restoration to loca- tion and entry. . . May 31, 1938 To amend the laws of Alaska imposing taxes for carrying on business and trade. [H. R. 7553] [Public, No. 560] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paragraph of section 460, chapter 44, title II, of the Act approved March 3, 1899, entitled "An Act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and to provide a Code of Criminal Procedure for said District" (30 Stat. 1336), as amended by the Act approved June 6, 1900, entitled "An Act making further provisions for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes" (31 Stat. 330), which reads as follows: "Electric-light plants, furnishing light or power for sale, three hundred dollars per annum." is hereby amended to read as follows: "Electric-light plants furnishing light and power for sale: Doing a business of $100,000 per annum, $500 per annum; doing a business of $75,000 per annum, $375 per annum; doing a business of $50,000 per annum, $250 per annum; doing a business of $25,000 per annum, $125 per annum; doing a business of $10,000 per annum, $50 per annum; doing a business of under $10,000 per annum, $25 per annum; doing a business of under $4,000 per annum, $10 per annum: Pro- vided, That plants operated by municipal corporations, by coopera- tive societies, or eleemosynary institutions shall be required to pay only $10 per annum irrespective of the amount of business done." Approved, May 31, 1938. Alaska. Taxes for carrying on business and trade. 30 Stat. 1336; 31 Stat. 331 . Electric-light plants. Schedule of rates. Proviso. Plants operated by municipalities, etc. 587
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