jects on the Federal-aid system, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the amount it would have been required to expend upon such project." SEC. 2. In every case in which, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture and the highway department of the State in question, it shall be practicable to plant and maintain shade trees along the highways authorized by said act of November 9, 1921, and by this act, the planting of such trees shall be included in the specifications provided in section 8 of said act of November 9, 1921. SEC. 3. The system of Federal-aid highways on which Federal funds may be expended in any State may exceed 7 per centum of the total highway mileage of such State by the mileage of roads on said system within national forest, Indian, or other Federal reservations therein. SEC. 4. Federal funds may be expended on that portion of a highway or street within a municipality having a population of two thousand five hundred or more, along which from a point on the corporate limits inwardly the houses average more than two hundred feet apart: Provided, That no Federal funds shall be expended for the construction of any bridge within or partly within any municipality having a population of more than thirty thousand, as shown by the latest available Federal or State census; but this limitation shall not apply in the case of an interstate bridge, including approaches, connecting such municipality in one State with a point in an adjoining State which may be within a municipality having a population of not more than ten thousand. 20 SEC. 5. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, May 21, 1928. AUTHORIZATION OF MAY 26, 1928 An Act To amend the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following additional sums, to be expended according to the provisions of such act as amended: The sum of $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930. SEC. 2. For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest roads and trails, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following additional sums, to be available until expended in accordance with the provisions of said section 23: The sum of $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, May 26, 1928. AUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF APRIL 4, 1930 [46 Stat. 141] An Act To amend the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States 20 Repealed by sec. 13 of the act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993). in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following additional sums, to be expended according to the provisions of such act as amended: The sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932; the sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the authorization approved in section 1 of the act of May 26, 1928, the additional sum of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Acts and all amendments thereof, and supplementary thereto. SEC. 3. Section 6 of such act of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, is further amended so that the limitation of payments which the Secretary of Agriculture may make is increased to $25,000 per mile, exclusive of the cost of bridges of more than twenty feet clear span: Provided, That the Federal participation shall be limited to $15,000 per mile until the original certified seven percent system of such State shall have been surfaced: Provided further, That any such increase above $15,000 per mile shall be certified by the Director of the Bureau of Public Roads and the Secretary of Agriculture as securing actual extension of the highway system or economy in its construction: Provided further, That the limitation of payments herein provided shall apply to the public-land States, except that the same is hereby increased in proportion to the increased percentage of Federal aid authorized by section 11 of the act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes', approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes' approved November 9, 1921, as amended. The provisions of this section relating to the limitation of payments per mile which the Secretary of Agriculture may make shall apply to all funds heretofore appropriated and available for payment to the States on the date of approval of this amendatory act and to all sums hereafter appropriated for carrying out the provisions of such act of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented. 21 SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, April 4, 1930. AUTHORIZATION FOR FOREST ROADS AND AMENDMENT OF MAY 5, 1930 [46 Stat. 261] An Act To amend the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest roads and trails, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following additional sums, to be available until expended in accordance with the provisions of said section 23: The sum of $12,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932; the sum of $12,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the authorization approved in section 2 of the act of May 26, 1928, the additional sum of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. SEC. 3. In the expenditure of any amount in excess of $7,500,000 from appropriations under the authorization made for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1931, June 30, 1932, and June 30, 1933, for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give preference to those projects, which he shall determine are not otherwise satisfactorily financed or provided for, which are located on the Federal-aid highway system 21 Repealed by sec. 13 of the act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993). as the same is now or hereafter many be designated: Provided, That the projects so preferred on the Federal-aid highway system shall be constructed of the same standard as to width and character of construction as the Federal Government requires of the States under like conditions: And provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare, publish, and distribute a map and other information, at least annually, showing the progress made in the expenditure of the funds authorized under this section. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, May 5, 1930. AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS THROUGH PUBLIC LANDS AND FEDERAL RESERVATIONS [46 Stat. 805] An Act To amend the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 212), as amended or supplemented, be further amended by amending the second paragraph of section 3 of said Federal Highway Act to read as follows: "The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the State highway departments and with the Department of the Interior, in the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations. Such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize to be appropriated under the provisions of this section shall be apportioned among those States having more than 5 per centum of their area in the lands hereinbefore described and shall be prorated and apportioned to said States in the proportion that said lands in each of said States is to the total area of said lands in the States eligible under the provisions of this section, and no contribution from the States shall be required in the expenditure thereof: Provided, That in the allocation of any such funds authorized to be appropriated under this section or any subsequent act preference shall be given to those projects which are located on the Federal-aid highway system as the same are now or may hereafter be designated. "The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare, publish, and distribute a map and other information, at least annually, showing the progress made in the expenditures of the funds authorized under this section. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, June 24, 1930. AMENDMENT OF FEBRUARY 20, 1931 [46 Stat. 1173] An Act To amend the Federal Highway Act Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. L. 212), as amended or supplemented, be further amended by inserting after section 3 a new section, to be numbered 3a, and to read as follows: "SEC. 3a. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the State highway departments and with the Department of the Interior in the construction of public highways within Indian reservations, and to pay the amount assumed therefor from the funds allotted or apportioned under this act to the State wherein the reservation is located." SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, February 20, 1931. AMENDMENT OF FEBRUARY 23, 1931, PERTAINING TO HAWAII [46 Stat. 1415] An Act To amend the act entitled "An act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii," approved March 10, 1924 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the act entitled "An act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii", approved March 10, 1924 (43 Stat. 17), is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Provided further, That the system of roads on which Federal-aid apportionments to the Territory of Hawaii shall be expended may be determined and agreed upon by the governor of said Territory and the Secretary of Agriculture without regard to the limitations in section 6 of the Federal Highway Act respecting the selection and designation of such system of roads; and when the system first determined and agreed upon shall have been completed, additions thereto may be made in like manner as funds become available for the construction and maintenance of such additions: And provided further, That there is authorized to be paid from funds heretofore authorized, appropriated, allocated, and unobligated under the Federal Highway Act a sum not to exceed $880,000 for the purpose of road construction in the Territory of Hawaii, which sum equals the amount such Territory would have received for roads built and incorporated upon the 7 per centum system as approved, during the period from 1917 to 1925. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Territory of Hawaii, or to such official or depository as may be designated by it, on warrants drawn by the Secretary of Agriculture, such part of such sum as may from time to time be necessary for the construction or reconstruction of any highway in such Territory the project for which has been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. The provisions of this act shall in no way impair the right of such Territory to receive the benefits of the Federal Highway Act." Approved, February 23, 1931. EMERGENCY RELIEF AND CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1932 [47 Stat. 709] An Act To relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this act may be cited as the "Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932." TITLE I-RELIEF OF DESTITUTION SECTION 1. (a) The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to make available out of the funds of the corporation the sum of $300,000,000, under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to the several States and Territories, to be used in furnishing relief and work relief to needy and distressed people and in relieving the hardship resulting from unemployment, but not more than 15 per centum of such sum shall be available to any one State or Territory. Such sum of $300,000,000 shall, until the expiration of two years after the date of enactment of this act, be available for payment to the governors of the several States and Territories for the purposes of this section, upon application therefor by them in accordance with subsection (c), and upon approval of such applications by the corporation. (b) All amounts paid under this section shall bear interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, and, except in the case of Puerto Rico and the Territory of Alaska, shall be reimbursed to the corporation, with interest thereon at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, by making annual deductions, beginning with the fiscal year 1935, from regular apportionments made from future Federal authorizations in aid of the States and Territories for the construction of highways and rural post roads, of an amount equal to one-fifth of the share which such State or Territory would be entitled to receive under such apportionment, except for the provisions of this section, or of an amount equal to one-fifth of the amounts so paid to the governor of such State or Territory pursuant to this section and all accrued interest thereon to the date of such deduction, whichever is the lesser, until the sum of such deductions equals the total amounts paid under this section and all accrued interest thereon. Whenever any such deduction is made, the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately pay to the corporation an amount equal to the amount so deducted. If any State or Territory shall, within two years after the date of enactment of this act, enter into an agreement with the corporation for the repayment to the corporation of the amounts paid under this section to the governor of such State or Territory, with interest thereon as herein provided, in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon, then the deduction under this subsection shall not be made unless such State or Territory shall be in default in the performance of the terms of such agreement. In the case of a default by the State or Territory in any such agreement, the agreement shall thereupon be terminated and reimbursement of the unpaid balance of the amount covered by such agreement shall be made by making annual deductions in the manner above provided (beginning with the fiscal year next following such default) from regular apportionments made to such State or Territory from future Federal authorizations in aid of the States and Territories for the construction of highways and rural post roads. Before any amount is paid under this section to the Governor of Puerto Rico or of the Territory of Alaska, Puerto Rico or the Territory of Alaska shall enter into an agreement with the corporation for the repayment of such amount with interest thereon as herein provided, in such installments and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. (c) The governor of any State or Territory may from time to time make application for funds under this section, and in each application so made shall certify the necessity for such funds and that the resources of the State or Territory, including moneys then available and which can be made available by the State or Territory, its political subdivisions, and private contributions, are inadequate to meet its relief needs. All amounts paid to the governor of a State or Territory under this section shall be administered by the governor, or under his direction, and upon his responsibility. The governor shall file with the corporation and with the auditor of the State or Territory (or, if there is no auditor, then with the official exercising comparable authority) a statement of the disbursements made by him under this section. (e) Any portion of the amount approved by the corporation for payment to the governor of a State or Territory shall, at his request, and with the approval of the corporation, be paid to any municipality or political subdivision of such State or Territory if (1) the governor makes as to such municipality or political subdivision a like certificate as provided in subsection (c) as to the State or Territory, and (2) such municipality or political subdivision enters into an agreement with the corporation for the repayment to the corporation of the amount so paid, with interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, at such times, and upon such other terms and conditions, as may be agreed upon between the corporation and such municipality or political subdivision. The amount paid to any municipality or political subdivision under this subsection shall not be included in any amounts reimbursable to the corporation under subsection (b) of this section. (f) As used in this section the term "Territory" means Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. * TITLE III-PUBLIC WORKS SEC. 301. (a) For the purpose of providing for emergency construction of certain authorized public works with a view to increasing employment and carrying out the policy declared in the Employment Stabilization Act of 1931, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $322,224,000, which shall be allocated as follows: (1) For expenditure in emergency construction on the Federal-aid highway system, $120,000,000. Such sum shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture to the several States by the method provided in section 21 of the Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 21). The amounts apportioned to the States shall be available as a temporary advance of funds to meet the provisions of such act as to State funds. The amount apportioned to any State under this paragraph may be used to match the regular annual Federal-aid apportionments made to such State (including the one for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933), and when so used such amount shall be |