Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/649

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608 Payment to ter- ritorial treasurer. Wages of teachers. Payment. June 1, 1938 [S. 35261 [Public, No. 575] Railroad Retire- ment Act of 1934. Refund of sums paid by railroads, etc., under. 48 Stat. 1283 . 45U.S.C.§§201- 214. Time limitation on filing claims. June 1, 1938 [H. R. 4852] [Public, No. 576] Saratoga National Historical Park, N . Y. Establishment, when title to lands is vested in United States. Proviso. Inclusion of battle- field, etc. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 312, 315, 316-JUNE 1, 1938 [52 STAT. of pupils in the district, for the construction and equipment of a schoolhouse, which sum shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas- ury to the treasurer of the Territory of Alaska upon the order and voucher of the Governor out of that portion of the said Alaska fund set apart for the establishment and maintenance of public schools. The residue of said portion of said fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall by the Governor be apportioned among the several school districts established under the provisions of this section in amounts sufficient for each district to pay the wages of a teacher or teachers, together with the expense of fuel and light, sup- plies, and janitor service for nine months' school in each year. And the amounts so apportioned to each school district shall be paid to the treasurer of the Territory of Alaska by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the order and voucher of the Governor out of the said portion of said fund." Approved, June 1, 1938. [CHAPTER 315] AN ACT To refund sums paid by the railroads and other carriers of the United States under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, including the balance remaining in the fund in the Treasury desig- nated "Railroad Retirement Trust Fund", to the railroad companies and other carriers of the United States, their trustees or receivers their proportionate share of a sum not to exceed $139,000, in full settlement of all their claims against the United States for a refund of sums paid into the Treasury of the United States by order of the Railroad Retirement Board created by the Act of Congress of June 27, 1934, known as "Railroad Retirement Act", which Act was on May 6, 1935, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States. SEC. 2. Claims for refund hereunder shall be filed within one year from the approval of this Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury may promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act. Approved, June 1, 1938. [CHAPTER 316] AN ACT To provide for the creation of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when title to all the lands, structures, and other property in the area at Sara- toga, New York, whereon was fought the Battle of Saratoga during the War of the Revolution, shall have been vested in the United States, such area shall be, and it is hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Saratoga National Historical Park: Provided, That such area shall include that part of the Saratoga Battlefield now belonging to the State of New York and any addi- tional lands in the immediate vicinity thereof which the Secretary