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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 203 -205 - -JUNE 13, 1939 [CHAPTER 203] AN ACT To add certain lands to the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to purchase for the use and benefit of the Papago Indians with any funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated pursuant to authority contained in section 5 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), notwithstanding any general limita- tion in Acts making such appropriations against the use of the appropriated funds for the acquisition of lands outside of Indian reservations in Arizona, all privately owned lands, water rights, and improvements within the south half of section 9, township 14 south, range 11 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less, in the State of Arizona, at the appraised value of $5,570. SEC. 2 . Title to the lands shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Papago Tribe, and the lands, when purchased, shall become a part of the Papago Indian Reservation. Approved, June 13, 1939. [CHAPTER 204] AN ACT To authorize the disposal of the Portland, Oregon, old courthouse building. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso reading as follows: "Provided, That the present Federal building and site at Morrison, Fifth, Yamhill, and Sixth Streets shall not be sold for an amount less than $1,750,000", limiting the paragraph making an appropriation for a courthouse and so forth, at Portland, Oregon, in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes", approved March 5, 1928 (Public, Numbered 93, Seventieth Congress; 45 Stat. 181), shall not apply to any contract providing for the demolition of said building which does not involve a sale of the land upon which the building is located. Approved, June 13, 1939. [CHAPTER 205] AN ACT To authorize commissioning aviation cadets in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves upon completion of training, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939" and shall take effect on July 1, 1939. SEC. 2. Aviation cadets may, if qualified after completion of train- ing, be commissioned ensigns in the Naval Reserve or second lieu- tenants in the Marine Corps Reserve. SEC. 3 . Ensigns or second lieutenants commissioned pursuant to this Act may, after three years of service as such and if found qualified after such examinations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, be commissioned lieutenants (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve or first lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve, June 13, 1939 [S. 2149] [Public, No. 127] Papago Indian Res- ervation, Ariz. Purchase of lands authorized. 48 Stat. 985. 25U.S.C.§465. Title. Acquisition to be- come part of reserva- tion. June 13, 1939 [S. 2404] [Public, No. 128] Portland, Oreg. Disposal of old Fed- eral building. 45 Stat. 181. June 13, 1939 [H. R . 5765] [Public, No. 129] Naval Aviation Re- serve Act of 1939. Aviation cadets, commissions after completion of train- ing. Promotions.