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53 STAT.] 76TIH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 116, 117, 119-MAY 8, 10, 1939 June; and for the Hattiesburg division at Hattiesburg on the second Mondays in April and October. The clerk of the court for each district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place in his district at which court is now required to be held, at which he shall not himself reside, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court. The marshal for each of said districts shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place of holding court in his district." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1939. Approved, May 8, 1939. [CHAPTER 117] AN ACT Making inapplicable certain reversionary provisions in the Act of March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1450), and a certain deed executed by the Secretary of War, in the matter of a lease to be entered into by the United States for the use of a part of the former Fort Armistead Military Reservation for air-navigation purposes. Whereas the Secretary of War, pursuant to the authority contained in the Act of March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1450), executed a deed dated February 23, 1927, conveying to the mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, the Fort Armistead Military Reser- vation, which Act and deed provide for a reversion of said property to the United States when it shall cease to be used for public park purposes; and Whereas the United States is desirous of leasing for air-navigation purposes a part (three and one-quarter acres, more or less) of said property: Now, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reversion- ary provisions of the aforesaid Act and deed shall not be applicable to the aforesaid property by virtue of the leasing of said part thereof (three and one-quarter acres, more or less) by the mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore to the United States for air-naviga- tion purposes. Approved, May 8, 1939. [CHAPTER 119] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries: For the Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary, First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $549,630: Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the First Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secre- tary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under 685 Hattiesbnrg divi- sion. Clerks and mar- shals. Effective date. May 8, 1939 [S. 2044] [Public, No. 67] Fort Armistead Mil- itary Reservation, Md. Preamble. 42 Stat. 1450. Reversionary pro- visions respecting use of part of, made inap- plicable. May 10, 1939 [H. R. 4852] [Public, No. 68] Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940. Salaries. Post, p. 985. Prossos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act; ex- ceptions. 5 U. . c . §C661-674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c.