each year equal to the amount expended in such State by the United States under this authorization.

The "whereas" of H. J. Res. 232 give all the information with respect to the subject matter of that bill, except with respect to the following:

That were an extraordinary session of the State legislature to be held in Arizona an appropriation made by it would not be available, by reason of the constitutional procedure with regard to the levying and collection of taxes, until December, 1931, nor will an appropriation made at the regular session of the Arizona State Legislature to be held in January, 1931, by reason of the procedure of levying and collection of taxes be available until December, 1931, and then only one-half of such appropriation will be available. The remaining one-half will not be available until July, 1932.

H. J. Res. 232 is in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary of Agriculture, in which he advocates the principle of equal participation by the State in the payment of compensation for actual and necessary losses resulting from enforced noncotton areas. letter of the Secretary of Agriculture is printed in full.

Hon. GILBERT N. HAUGEN,

House of Representatives.

The

JANUARY 31, 1930.

DEAR MR. HAUGEN: I have your letter of January 28 with inclosed joint resolution to amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to provide for eradication of pink bollworm and authorizing an appropriation therefor," approved May 21, 1928, introduced by Mr. Douglas of Arizona.

It is the belief of the department that every effort should be made to eradicate the pink bollworm from the State of Arizona and it is further believed that the authority provided for in the joint resolution is necessary to the success of the eradication effort. This department deems it essential to maintain the principle of equal participation by the State in the payment of compensation to farmers for actual and necessary losses sustained through the enforced nonproduction of cotton.

The department favors the passage of a joint resolution, retaining the principle of equal participation in payment of compensation, and in view of the urgency of the situation, hopes that there may be favorable action by your committee at the earliest possible moment.

The authorization of $5,000,000 is unnecessarily large. We suggest a reduction to $2,500,000.

Sincerely,

ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary.

The proposed law amends Public Resolution 47 of the Seventieth Congress in the following respects: (a) It reduces the appropriation authorized from $5,000,000 to $2,500,000.

(b) Whereas Public Resolution 47 of the Seventieth Congress provided for full Federal compensation for the actual and necessary losses for the crop of 1928, House Joint Resolution 232 provides that full compensation shall be paid for actual and necessary losses sustained to the crop of 1930 only on condition that guarantees satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture shall have first been made that one-half of Federal expenditures for the compensation of such actual and necessary losses shall be repaid into the Federal Treasury. (c) Whereas Public Resolution 47 provided that the determination of actual and necessary losses not only for the year 1928 but for subsequent years was to be determined, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the statutes of States in which noncotton zones existed, House Joint Resolution 232

provides that for the year 1930 the determination of such actual and necessary losses shall be made solely by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that thereafter such actual and necessary losses shall be determined subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the statutes of the States in which noncotton zones exist.

H. J. Res. 232 will annul the precedent for full Federal compensation established by Public Res. 47 of the Seventieth Congress, approved May 21, 1928, by reason of the fact that H. J. Res. 232 is predicated on the principle of equal participation of the State.

In compliance with paragraph 2a of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the resolution are shown as follows, the new matter proposed to be added to existing law being printed in italics and existing law in black brackets.

"That when any State shall have enacted legislation and taken measures, including the establishment and enforcement of noncotton zones, adequate, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, to eradicate the pink bollworm in any area thereof actually infested, or threatened, by such [pest,] pests, the said Secretary, under regulations to be prescribed by him, is authorized to pay, out of [$5,000,000 $2,500,000 hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in cooperation with the proper authorities of the State concerned in compensating any farmer for his actual and necessary loss due to the enforced nonproduction of cotton within said zones: Provided, That no part of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated shall be available for compensation in connection with the establishment of a noncotton zone in any county unless and until the live pink bollworm is found within such county or within a radius of five miles thereof: Provided further, That such loss as to noncotton zones established by the State of Texas shall be determined as provided for in existing statutes of that State, and similarly by similar statutes which may latter be provided by other States concerned, and that in estimating such loss due account shall be taken of the value of other crops which may be produced on said land, so that the loss shall not exceed the difference in return to the farmer from cotton over such other crops: Provided further, That such determination of actual and necessary loss shall be subject to the review and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture: And provided further, That no reimbursement shall be made with respect to any farmer who has not complied in good faith with all of the quarantine and control regulations prescribed by said Secretary of Agriculture and such State relative to the pink bollworm: And provided further, That when a State through action of its legislature or through action of individuals, associations, and/or corporations shall have made guarantees satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture that there shall be repaid into the Treasury of the United States one-half of the appropriation for compensation for the crop of 1930, then on the basis of a determination by the Secretary of Agriculture of the actual and necessary losses incident to the enforcement of noncotton zones the appropriation herein authorized shall be available only for compensation for the crop of [1928] 1930 unless the State in which any noncotton zone is established shall thereafter appropriate and pay a sum in each year equal to the amount expended in such State by the United States under this authorization."

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TERM OF COURT AT LAS VEGAS, NEV.

FEBRUARY 1, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. CHRISTOPHERSON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 7643]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill H. R. 7643, after consideration, reports the same favorably with an amendment, and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The committee amendment is as follows:

Line 8, strike out the words, "and September".

This bill provides for a term of the Federal Court at Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Las Vegas is the county seat of Clark County and the distribution center for a vast mining territory, also it will be a distribution point for all supplies going into the Boulder Canyon Dam. It is at Las Vegas that the executives in charge of this great work will be located. All supplies and labor will flow through Las Vegas to the dam site 30 miles away. North of Las Vegas is the agricultural section along the Muddy River and still north of this section is Caliente, the junction point for the railroad leading to Pioche, an active mining center. Pioche is the county seat of Lincoln County.

Carson City, where the Federal court now sits three times a year, is located in the extreme western part of Nevada and is reached both from Las Vegas and Caliente by automobile only, unless a detour is made out of the State and this is a distance of over 400 miles by the shortest route from either point. To go by railroad from Las Vegas or Caliente, or Clark and Lincoln Counties one has to go by way of Salt Lake City or Los Angeles and Sacramento, at least a thousand miles of travel.

Clark and Lincoln Counties are located in the extreme southeastern point of Nevada and separated from the rest of Nevada by 200 miles of desert which must be crossed, if at all, by automobile. For the people of this section to be compelled to go to Carson City for appear

ance at court is neither fair nor just and is intensely discriminatory in its effect. Tens of thousands of dollars can be saved to the residents of Clark and Lincoln Counties if at least one term of the Federal court sits at Las Vegas. In view of the number of cases arising in Clark County at the present time Congress is justified in providing for one term of the Federal court at Las Vegas, Nev.

Within a short time, it is presumed, an appropriation will be made to begin the construction of the Boulder Canyon Dam. This will bring thousands of people into Clark County and cases in the Federal court will increase proportionately. Because of the anticipated increase in population at Las Vegas a substantial appropriation has been made for the construction of a Federal building at Las Vegas. This building should contain necessary court space. Without legislation such as this bill proposes the inclusion of such court space is prohibited and this bill makes this provision without disturbing the three sittings of the Federal court at Carson City.

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STATE OF NEW YORK

FEBRUARY 1, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. FITZGERALD, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 47]

The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 47) for the relief of the State of New York, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Congress in the sundry civil act of 1921 made an appropriation for the purchase of the New York State quarantine property located at the port of New York. Because of the delays incident to the proving of title the transfer of the station to the Government was not effected until March 1, 1921. During 1920 and 1921 a serious emergency arose at the port of New York because of the widespread prevalence of typhus in Europe. Facilities at the quarantine station were wholly inadequate, and in order to protect the public health of the country, increased facilities had to be provided. The State of New York was reluctant to add any improvements to the station because of the imminence of the transfer of the property to Federal control; however the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service recommended to the Governor of New York that the additions be made. The authorities erected the sterilizing plant in question at an additional cost of $55,917.68. The State of New York has never been reimbursed for this amount. In view of the fact that the Secretary of the Treasury is favorable to this legislation the committee recommends that it do pass.

A letter from the Surgeon General to the Governor of New York dated February 2, 1921, and letters from the Secretary of the Treas