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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 444, 445-JUNE 29, 1940 ing of north 75'11'50" east a distance of 204.72 feet, more or less, to a monument marked U. S . D . 1-N . P. S ., reference south 18,419.16, west 10,829.26. Thence along the same bearing of north 75°11'50" east a distance of 215 feet, more or less. Thence 34°36'06" left on a bearing of north 40°35'44" east a distance of 1,509 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 5045' left, radius 7,239.41 feet, long chord of 723.20 feet, on a bearing of north 37°53'14" east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 726.51 feet, more or less, to the point of a compound curve having an angle of 6o00' left, radius 2,217.01 feet, long chord of 232.06 feet on a bearing of north 32°10'44" east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 232.15 feet, more or less, to the point of a com- pound curve having an angle of 57°01'20" left, radius 1,303.74, long chord 1,244.62, on a bearing of north 0°40'04" east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 1,297.22 feet, more or less, to the point of a compound curve having an angle of 7°59'54.3" left, radius 2,217.01 feet, long chord 309.23 feet on a bearing of north 31°49'33" west. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 310 feet, more or less, to the intersection of said curve with the property line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company and the United States of America. Thence in a northeasterly direc- tion along a bearing of north 34°30'00" east a distance of 340 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; Exception excepting, however, such portion thereof as the President may, by Portion added to Mount Vernon Me- Executive order or orders, prescribe, which portion shall be added morial Highway. to, and administered as part of, the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way, authorized by the Act approved May 23, 1928 (45 Stat. 721), as amended. Powers and duties SEC. 2 . The Administrator shall have control over, and responsi- of Administrator. .I bility for, the care, operation, maintenance, and protection of the airport, together with the power to make and amend such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to the proper exercise thereof. Authority to lease SEC. 3 . The Administrator is empowered to lease, upon such terms property. as he may deem proper, space or property within or upon the airport for purposes essential or appropriate to the operation of the airport. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 445] AN ACT Jin 29, 40 AN ACT [Hi.it. 45871 To give the Supreme Court of the United States authority to prescribe rules of [Public, No. 675] pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to proceedings in criminal cases prior to and including verdict, or finding or plea of guilty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the t. s . S u p r m e United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Supreme Court. lules of procedure Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, from criminal cases. time to time, rules of pleading, practice, and procedure with respect to any or all proceedings prior to and including verdict, or finding of guilty or not guilty by the court if a jury has been waived, or plea of guilty, in criminal cases in district courts of the United States, including the district courts of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands, in the Supreme Courts of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, in the United States Court for China, and in proceed- Effective date;- ings before United States commissioners. Such rules shall not take eefect until they shall have been reported to Congress by the Attorney General at the beginning of a regular session thereof and until after the close of such session, and thereafter all laws in conflict therewith shall be of no further force and effect. Approved, June 29, 1940. 688 [54 STAT.