BRIDGES-Continued tion, it is advised that the unexecuted order be withdrawn and a new one issued under the 1940 act, as amended. ( See 41 Op. 542.) 41:179 Landing stations for aliens. *International toll bridges. 33:361 BROADCASTING STATIONS *Radio Broadcasting. 35:126 BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING ACT, 1921 Commodity Credit Corporation. *Postal Savings Accounts. 34:83 *Claims. 41:80 Administrative Examination of the Accounts and Vouchers. The provisions of Title III of the budget act of June 10, 1921, and especially the provisions of section 309 thereof, limit the extent of the administrative examination of the accounts and vouchers of the Postal Service which the Postmaster General may direct, under section 304 of said Act, to be performed by the comptroller of the Post Office Department. 33:80 Sec. 309. *District of Columbia. 34:48 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS *District of Columbia. 33:418 BUILDING SITES Sufficiency of Nevada statute ceding jurisdiction to United States. *Jurisdiction. 38:341 BUILDINGS Abandonment, leased premises. *Property. 39:338 Subject to the limitation against removing a department or agency from a building provided for its use by the Congress, the Public Buildings Administration has the final authority over the control and allotment of space in all public buildings in the District of Columbia save only those buildings expressly excepted from its jurisdiction by the act of March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. 1269), or other applicable legislation. The determinations of the Public Buildings Administration should not be made abstractly, or in an arbitrary manner, or without ascertainment and due consideration of the true needs of an affected department or agency. A provision for use of a building by a particular agency may become obsolete because of a later provision of another building for its use, or because of changed conditions due to consolidation, transfer of functions, abolishment, etc. 40:140 Authority over assignment of space in public buildings in the District of Columbia, formerly exercised by the National Park Service, was transferred by sec. 303(b), Reorganization Plan No. 1, to the Federal Works Administrator. 39:368 BUILDINGS- Continued Disposition. *Texas Exposition. 39:117 Disposition as surplus property. *Old San Francisco Mint Government building contracts, suspension of Labor Rates Act. *Government buildings. Jurisdiction. *Jurisdiction. 39:99, 155, 285, 291 Lease Dated Prior to Authorization. 40:126 Regulatory of buildings and construction. Act-District of Columbia. BUREAU OF MINES 41:441 *Old Georgetown Authority of Secretary of Navy to lease. *Oil Shale-Naval BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS Reorganization Plan. *Public Roads Administration. 41:23 BURIAL EXPENSES Payment for enlisted men. *Army. 38:239 BUTTER *Adulterated Butter. 33:10 BUY AMERICAN ACT Grants of funds by government to states for emergency relief. *Emergency Relief. 38:207 Nondiscrimination. *Contracts. 42:97 CABLEGRAMS Copies, relating to smuggling of narcotic drugs. *Narcotic CALIFORNIA Community property. *Estate Tax. 34:376, 395. *Income Contribution to employees' retirement fund, Vocational Education Employment Service. *Social Security. 39:139 Establishment of branch banks under Banking Act of 1933. *National Banks. 37:325 Revested railroad land grants. *Lands. 36:176 Taxation, compensation paid for administrating State Workmen's 38:199 CAMP CUSTER, MICH. Construction of veterans' hospital. *Contracts. 33:453 Fund. CAMP LEWIS MILITARY RESERVATION Title to timber. Land comprising the Camp Lewis Reservation was purchased by Pierce County, Wash. and donated to the United States, but prior to this donation the Commissioners of Pierce County sold certain timber upon this land with permission to the grantee to enter upon said premises and cut and remove said timber within five years from August 1, 1919, and the deed to the United States reserved such lumber and wood as should be cut and removed within such stipulated period. Said five-year limit for the removal of the timber having expired, the Government is now the owner of the timber on said reservation. 34:238 Use of portion of reservation for veterans' hospital. The use of a portion of the Camp Lewis Military Reservation for the erection and maintenance of a hospital for the veterans who are under the care of the Veterans' Bureau would not violate the covenant or condition in the deed respecting the use by the United States of the land included in the reservation. In order to avoid any complication it would be advisable not to transfer the land in question to the Veterans' Bureau, but to allow its use under permit or sanction of the War Department, under whose jurisdiction the reservation now is administered. 33:325 CANADA Bonds, purchase by American. *Neutrality. 39:953 Cedar shingles. *Customs Laws. 39:68, 179, 213 German prize vessel transferred to Canada. *Prize Vessel 41:41 *Halibut fisheries in the Pacific. CANAL ZONE 33:560 Authority of President to amend rules of practice and procedure. The President has the power, under section 8 of the Panama Canal Act of 1912, as amended by the Act of September 21, 1922, to adopt a rule of practice amending section 138 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to the granting of new trials, even though the new rule should be inconsistent with the provision of section 138. The President has the power, under section 8 of the Panama Canal Act of 1912, as amended, to promulgate a rule requiring motions to vacate and set aside judgments to be filed during the term at which the judgment is entered, even though said rule should be inconsistent with section 141 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to the same subject. 39:475 Authority of U. S. District Judge to fix terms of court. The judge of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone may by order prescribe the time of commence CANAL ZONE-Continued ment and duration of the terms of court to be held in each division, provided the requirement of the statute that a term shall be held in each division once a month is complied with. 39:475. Canal Zone District Court. In compliance with the requirement of Executive Order No. 6247, the Attorney General transmits to the President a draft of an Executive Order interpreting and amending Executive Order No. 6166, insofar as it affects the transfer from the War Department to the Department of Justice of the function of supervision of the District Court of the United States for the Panama Canal Zone. 37:321 Civil Service, citizens of Panama. *Civil Service. 40:515 Exportation of military equipment. *Exportation. 40:42 Classification of citizens of Panama. *Veterans. 41:67 *Leave of Absence. 38:300 United States Attorney and District Judge. CANALS Occupancy of quarters.-The Auditor of the Panama Canal is without authority to make deductions from the compensation payable to the United States Attorney and the United States District Judge, serving in the Canal Zone, covering money due the Government for rent of quarters. Any claim which the Government may have against these officers for the occupancy of quarters during the period from April 1, 1914, to March 1, 1913, can only be enforced through proceedings in the courts; such question is one for judicial rather than for administrative determination. 34:517 All-American Canal. *Boulder Canyon Project Act. 36:121 Chicago Sanitary District Drainage Canal. *Waterways. 36:203 *Florida East Coast Canal. 33:428 CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT Tidelands granted to United States. *Peacock Spit. 34:428, 531 CAPEHART ACT *Housing Amendments of 1955. 41:424 CAPITOL Appointment of Architect. The power to appoint a person to the position of Architect of the Capitol rests alone with the President, and it is for him alone to determine whether any particular person possesses the necessary skill to discharge the duties attaching to that position. 33:534 Enlargement of Capitol Grounds. Responding to Senate Resolution No. 156 (67th Cong., 1st sess.), and advising what steps seem necessary to carry out the intention of Congress to acquire the lands between CAPITOL Continued the Capitol and the Union Station for the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds, as expressed in the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 738). The United States may discontinue and abandon condemnation proceedings at any stage before payment of the award and, if such abandonment is in good faith, the power to expropriate thereafter is not lost, but may be exercised under appropriate legislation without regard to a former appraisal. Quære, whether at this time the United States, in reliance on the decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia entered February 24, 1913, confirming the award in the proceeding to condemn the lands in question, would now have the legal right to compel its acceptance. 33:139 CAPPER-VOLSTEAD ACT *Agricultural Marketing Act. 36:326 CARGO PREFERENCE ACT OF 1954 Ratification of waiver of limitation of government financed exports to U.S. vessels. *Shipping. 42:301 Sale of agricultural surplus commodities on credit. The Cargo Preference Act (August 26, 1954, c. 936, 68 Stat. 832, 46 U.S.C. 1241(b)) requires that when the United States furnishes equipment, materials, or commodities to or for the account of any foreign nation, either without reimbursement or on credit, or guarantees the convertibility of currencies in connection with such transaction, at least onehalf of the goods so furnished must be carried on privatelyowned United States-flag commercial vessels. This Act applies not only to dealings with foreign government but also to transactions with private persons which are made on terms not of a purely commercial character pursuant to statutory programs designed at least in part to assist the economy of the country to which the goods are shipped. Long-term supply contracts with the private trade for the sale on credit of agricultural surplus commodities entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to Title IV of Public Law 480, 83d Congress (July 10, 1954, 68 Stat. 454), as amended by Title II of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-703, September 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 610, 7 U.S.C. Supp. IV 1731-1736), contain interest and credit terms which are more favorable to the purchaser than those of normal private transactions. The purpose of the statutory program is at least in part to benefit the country to which the commodities are exported. Shipments under this program are therefore subject to the provisions of the Cargo Preference Act. 42:203 |