SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs.266,267. 1924. 461 for the purpose of discharging the obligations created hereunder in _ _ any State or Territory: Provided rljurther, That the total expendi- ,,,T§°§,{f§?t°°St““‘ tures on account of any State or erritory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment. Cooperative Construction of the Federal Aid Highway System: g';;°l;°;:f;;°$,,,th For carrying out the revisions of the Act entitled “An Act to pro- Sratesin constmctinz. vide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction V°1`39'p'355' of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, V°l·"°·¥’·m1· to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act as amended, $13,000,000, to be available until expended, being part of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal V1 year ending June 30, 1925, by paragraph 1 of section 4 of the Act °'42’°'°°°' making appropriations for the Post Ofhce Department for the fiscal P . year 1923, approved June 19, 1922: Provided, That the Secretary iiiwiiiiihisze spof Agriculture is hereby authorized, immediately upon the passage §,‘Q,f,f,f°“m°”‘ “° "° of this Act, to a portion among the several States, as provided in section 21 of the IFederal Highwa Act, approved November 9, 1921, the sumdof $7 5,000,000 authprizedgi to be appiipprisgted for the gseiil year en ing June 30, 1925, y said aragrap 1 o section 4 0 the V Act approved June 19, 1922: Provided further, That the Secretary b§iIsli»`Q°ie€`ir})fal$Z°$ of Agriculture shall act upon projects submitted to him under his “F°‘l°’“I °b“‘““°“· apportionment of this authorization, and his approval of any such pro'ect within three years shall be deemed a contractual obligation of tlxe Federal Government for the payment of its proportiona contribution thereto. Total, Department of Agriculture, $58,575,274. Approved, June 5, 1924. ` ' · June 5, 1924. CHAP. 267.-—Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacino land grants, lP“b·R°“··N°·°*·l and for other purposes. Resohved by the Senate and H owe o{Representat¢?vee of the United States of America in Congress aasem Zed, That the Secretary of the ;,,,I§§°§,2‘,§" P°°m° Interior is hereby directed to withhold until March 4, 1926, his ap- m$]Q¤;$'§y°é°;_d;t% proval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land ants under or me imno:. to he the Act of July 2, 1864, and the joint resolution of £`y 31 1870, l'4l§}Q;‘;?l§l’i.;¤§§'j" mm and he is also hereby directed to withhold the issuance of any further ,,",g’f,},_ P- ’”“F V°‘· patents and muniments of title under the said Act and the said greso- ' ution or any legislative enactments sugqlemental thereto or connected therewith,until after Con ess sha ave made a full and complete in uiry into the said lam? grants and the Acts supplemental thereto ilor the u of considerin legislation to meet the respective rights of the Northern Pacific `gailroad Company and its successors and the United States in the premises: Provided, That this public md Act shall not prevent the adjudication of any claims arising under °¤**i°¤ ¤°*¤**¤°*°d· the public land laws where the claimants are not seeking title through the grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or its successors, or any Acts in modification thereof, or supp emental thereto: Provided further, That the inhibition against the approval of said MEchi.bT°im,m¤j:£ land grants and the issuance of patents and muniments of title §0'°u‘r}`S?‘}f,‘,{¥j,§;.°,,'_g‘}f_',}f;,,§{’, thereunder shall unless further extended terminate on March 4, bY meson of cas 1926, unless on said date said land grants and the roceedings there- '°°5‘ under are being adjudicated at the direction of Congress in the courts, in which event the approval of said land grants and the issuance of patents and muniments of title shall await the final adjudication thereof. Cows ,0 be up _Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to ad- vwdgmmugmz vise Congress of the status of the said Northern Pacific land grants, &’1¤•Zi·1£i°°`°”
