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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 686-689-AUG. 22, 27, 1940 [54 STAT. have been filed when such amendment was filed; except that an amend- ment filed with the consent of the Commission, prior to the effective date of the registration statement, or filed pursuant to an order of the Commission, shall be treated as a part of the registration statement." Approved, August 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 687] AT AC¶T August 22, 1940 - [S . 3954] Relating to the issuance by the Secretary of the Interior of a patent to the State [Public, No. 769] of Minnesota for certain lands in that State. Minnesota. Issuance of patent to, for tract of land. Description. Condition. August 22, 1940 [H. R. 54031 [Public, No. 770] Immigration Serv- ice. Deposit of collec- tions for over- time services. 8 U. . C.0. 109s, 109b. August 27, 1940 [S. J. Res. 286] [Pub. Res., No. 96] National defense. Ordering of Army reserve components, etc., into active mili- tary service. Pot, p . e96. 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 may cancel the patent issued on August 24, 1886, to Joe Blair, as allottee numbered 4 of the Fond du Lac Indian Reser- vation, Minnesota, for the north half of the northeast quarter of section 30, township 49 north, range 17 west, of the fourth principal meridian in Minnesota, and may issue to the State of Minnesota as a fee-simple patent for the tract of land described. If issued, the fee-simple patent shall operate as a full and complete convey- ance of any and all right, title, or interest that the heirs of Joe Blair, deceased allottee numbered 4 of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Minnesota, and that the United States of America may have in and to said described lands. Prior to the issuance of such patent, the Secretary of the Interior may require the State of Minne- sota, at its expense, to furnish satisfactory evidence that there are no outstanding liens, encumbrances, or other conveyances of record against said lands other than the original patent issued under date of August 24, 1886, to the said Joe Blair covering the lands hereinabove described. Approved, August 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 688] AN ACT To provide for the deposit of certain collections for overtime immigration services to the credit of the appropriation chargeable with the payment for such serv- ices, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That moneys col- lected on or after July 1, 1941, as extra compensation for overtime service of inspectors and employees of the Immigration Service pur- suant to the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1467), shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation for the payment of salaries, field personnel of the Immigration and Natu- ralization Service, and the appropriation so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation. Approved, August 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 689] JOINT RESOLUTION To strengthen the common defense and to authorize the President to order members and units of reserve components and retired personnel of the Regular Army into active military service. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the period ending June 30, 1942, the President be, and is hereby, authorized from time to time to order into the active military service of the United States for a period of twelve consecutive months each, any 858