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Repeals in part the existing laws quoted above.

jurisdiction such duty was performed, when retired by reason of age ineligi bility for promotion, or ineligibility for consideration by a selection board after completion of the designated periods of service for their respective grades, shall be placed upon the retired list with the rank of the next higher grade and with three-fourths of the pay they would have received if not advanced in rank pursuant to this section."

SEC. 11. All acts and parts of acts, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

TO AUTHORIZE AN EXCHANGE OF LANDS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF UTAH

JUNE 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. COLTON, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 12697]

The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bil (H. R. 12697) to authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Utah, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend that it do pass without amendment.

The bill proposes that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to lands as described in the bill as containing 23,840 acres, owned by the State of Utah, and in exchange therefor to patent to said State not more than an equal area of surveyed, unreserved, nonmineral, and unappropriated public lands in said State.

The tract of land described in the bill was originally selected by the State of Utah for the purpose of a private irrigation project. The tract is more or less compact and can be easily included in an irrigation project. It is near a settled area and close to a transcontinental railway. However, the expense involved made it impractical to secure the necessary money to complete the project, the title to which remained in the State of Utah. It is impracticable for the State to dispose of this land because of the size of the tract. It can, however, select other similar lands in various parts of the State and dispose of them in smaller areas. The tract described in the bill can at some time be advantageously used by the Government. It is therefore desirable to make an exchange, and this bill would give that authority.

The land to be selected would be of the same character and would be entirely nonmineral and nontimber bearing. It was thought at first that the bill ought to provide for land of equal value, and this is

acceptable to the State, but the expense involved in making the examination of the tracts in various parts of the State would not be justified and therefore it is placed on an area basis. The land described in the bill is as valuable as any of the unreserved lands now subject to entry in the State of Utah.

The measure was submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for a report. The report, together with a memorandum from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, is herein set out in full for the information of the House.

Hon. DoN B. COLTON,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, June 11, 1930.

Chairman Committee on the Public Lands,

House of Representatives.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: With further reference to your request of June 3 for a report on H. R. 12697, which would authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Utah, there is transmitted herewith a memorandum from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. After a review of the proposed measure, I find no objection to its enactment.

Very truly yours,

RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
Washington, June 9, 1930.

Memorandum for the Secretary.

H. R. 12697 proposes that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands described in the bill as containing 23,840 acres, more or less, owned by the State of Utah, and in exchange therefor to patent to said State not more than an equal area of surveyed, unreserved, nonmineral, and unappropriated public lands in said State.

The lands described in the bill as owned by the State are located in Ts. 16, 17, 18, and 19, S. R. 5 W., and in T. 17, S. R. 6 W., S. L. M.

This bill is similar to H. R. 11411, upon which a memorandum was submitted under date of April 23, 1930. It was stated in the memorandum that upon examination of the records in this office it was found that certain lands described in H. R. 11411 as owned by the State had never been selected by the State, but some were embraced in homestead or desert land entries, and others were vacant public lands, and it was recommended that the bill be amended so as to eliminate all lands title to which was not in the State of Utah.

H. R. 12697 eliminates all of such lands, and upon examination of the records in this office it appears that title to the greater part of these lands passed to the State by indemnity school-land selections which were approved by the department and the selected lands certified to the State. Other lands described in the bill are parts of granted school sections.

The lands described are not shown to be within the limits of any withdrawal or reservation of any kind.

I have no objection to offer to the passage of the bill.

C. C. MOORE, Commissioner.

TO INCORPORATE THE NATIONAL SOCIETY-ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES AS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

JUNE 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. HALL of Indiana, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 10936]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10936) to incorporate the National Society-Army of the Philippines as a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia, having considered the same, report back to the House with the recommendation that the legislation do pass.

The object and purpose of this bill is clearly stated in the bill, viz, to perpetuate the name of the National Society-Army of the Philippines, and to preserve in corporate form said organization as now or hereafter maintained and conducted, and to thus provide and continue an agency and instrumentality created to unite in fraternal bonds those men who served in the Philippine Islands with the Military or Naval Establishments of the United States at any time during the war with Spain and during the Philippine insurrection and subsequent campaigns in the Philippine Islands for which the War Department of the United States issues a campaign medal-and the descendants and blood relatives of those heretofore mentioned who are eligible for membership under the constitution of the National Society-Army of the Philippines.

The bill defines who are eligible for membership and provides that this organization shall be nonpolitical and shall not be used for the dissemination of partisan principles.

The by-laws of the organization referred to in this bill are appended hereto and made a part of this report.

NATIONAL SOCIETY-ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES, SUCCESSOR TO SOCIETY-ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES, SUCCESSOR TO ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES Organized at Denver, Colo., August 13, 1900, as the first Spanish-AmericanPhilippine War organization.

General headquarters, Boston, Mass., 1930.

EXPLANATORY

To better facilitate the need and convenience of the present society, the various constitutional amendments are hereby coordinated, condensed, and revised to conform with the directions of the national reunion of the society held at St. Paul, Minn., August 28, 1929.

The by-laws that follow are the revision of the various rules and regulations that have been in effect heretofore, and are condensed as not to lose their identity, but to better meet the need of the organization.

The original documents and credentials (such as we have) are on file with the various records and proceedings pertaining to the constitution and by-laws, either with the secretary-treasurer of the society, or the historian, or both, where they have been placed for safety and reference.

As adopted August 28, 1929.

ARTHUR C. HERREN,

National Commander.

JOSEPH S. WOOD, National Secretary-Treasurer.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

CONSTITUTION®

Preamble: We, the officers and enlisted men and honorably discharged officers and enlisted men of the Army of the Philippines, hereby unite to establish this association, the chief aims of which shall be the perpetuation of the ties of friendship between the individuals and organizations of the Army of the Philippines, honoring the memories of those who gave their lives for the flag, and preserving the history and relics of the memorable campaign in the Philippine Islands.

ARTICLE I

SECTION I. This organization shall be known as the Army of the Philippines. SEC. II. This organization shall include every officer (including contract, assistant surgeons, dental surgeons) and enlisted man in the military service of the United States, or with honorable discharge from the same, who has served honorably at any time from the beginning of the war with Spain, to the Fourth of July, 1902, and such other men as saw service in Mindanao, Samar, or Jolo, previous to March 30, 1906, in the Army of the Philippines, either in the Volunteers or in the Regular Establishment, and shall have given assent to the constitution and by-laws of the organization. It shall also include all United States officers and enlisted men who at the time served on vessels which, during the Spanish War, cooperated with troops in the Philippine Islands, or have served since that time, and previous to July 4, 1902, in the waters of the Philippine Archipelago, and shall have given assent to the constitution and by-laws of this organization.

SEC. III. Honorary members may be elected by a majority vote of the members present.

ARTICLE II

SECTION I. Politics and other discussions at variance with the principles of this organization as set forth in the preamble are forbidden.

ARTICLE III

SECTION I. Local camps are hereby authorized.

The constitution and by-laws of the Army of the Philippines shall be the constitution and by-laws of the local camps as far as applicable, and as more fully described in the by-laws and when issued by such camps shall bear title as follows: "Constitution and by-laws Army of the Philippines."

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