thirty feet or more in width, that does not open directly with width of at least thirty feet upon a public street that is at least forty feet wide from building line to building line.

(b) The term "inhabited alley" means an alley in or appurtenant to which there are one or more alley dwellings.

(c) The term "alley dwelling means any dwelling fronting upon or having its principal means of ingress from an alley. This definition does not include an accessory building, such as a garage, with living rooms for servants or other employees; if the principal entrance to the living rooms of the accessory building is from the street property to which it is accessory.

(d) The term "dwelling" means any building or structure used or designed to be used in whole or in part as a living or a sleeping place by one or more human beings.

(e) The term "person" includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.

SEC. 8. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the application thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 9. All Acts and parts of Acts contrary to the provisions of this Act or inconsistent therewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

SEC. 10. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act."

Approved, June 12, 1934.

[S. 2714]

AN ACT

To amend section 895 of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, vested with authority to make harbor regulations for the entire waterfront of the city within the District of Columbia, to alter and amend the same from time to time as they may find necessary: Provided, That whenever these regulations affect navigable waters, channels, and anchorage areas or other interests of the United States, such regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: And provided further, That whenever said regulations affect the waterfront within the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Director of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations, or affect the interests and rights of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, such regulations shall be subject to prior approval of the respective agencies.

Approved, June 15, 1934.

[PUBLIC-No. 359-73D CONGRESS]

[H.R. 9184]

AN ACT

To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to sell the old Tenley School to the duly authorized representative of Saint Ann's Church of the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell and convey to the duly constituted representative and agent of Saint Ann's Roman Catholic Church, of the District of Columbia, located at or near the Corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Yuma Street northwest, the following described real estate: The old Tenley School Building, and original site, known as parcels 35/130 and 131, parcel 130 containing two thousand eight hundred and eighty square feet, and parcel 131 containing forty-two thousand and thirty-six square feet, or a total of forty-four thousand nine hundred and sixteen square feet, being the same land and premises now leased to the pastor of Saint Ann's Church by a certain lease signed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ated October 16, 1933, and now included in parcel 35/260.

Approved, June 15, 1934.

[H.R. 1731]

AN ACT

To make provision for suitable quarters for certain Government Services at El Paso, Texas, 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 the owners of lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, portions of lots 16 and 17, block 21, Campbell's Addition, El Paso, Texas (hereinafter called the owners), have agreed to erect on such lots a building of such design, plan, and specifications as may be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury as suitable for the use of the Bureau of Immigration, the Bureau of Customs, the United States Public Health Service, and the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to negotiate, and, subject to an appropriation therefor, lease such building and such lots from the owners for a term of twenty-five years after such building is ready for occupancy at a fair annual rental, subject to the limitations of section 322 of Part II of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, approved June 30, 1932. Such lease shall contain a provision

For a cancelation of the lease in the event that the lots on which the building is to be constructed are determined, judicially or by agreement, to be lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of Mexico.

SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to pay the installments of rent provided for in such lease.

Approved, June 19, 1934.

(170)

(H.R. 8514]

AN ACT

Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey a part of the post-office site in San Antonio, Texas, to the city of San Antonio, Texas, for street purposes, in exchange for land for the benefit of the Government property.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to permit the widening of North Alamo Street adjacent to the postoffice site at San Antonio, Texas, and to make uniform the dimensions of the post-office site, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey by the usual quitclaim deed to the city of San Antonio, Texas, for street purposes only, a tract of land forming a part of the post-office site described as lying and being in the city of San Antonio, Texas

Beginning at the intersection of the east line of North Alamo Street fifty-five and six tenths feet wide with the south line of Travis Street fifty-five and six tenths feet wide, said point of beginning being the northwest corner of the present post-office site, running thence in an eastwardly direction a distance of ten and ten one-hundredths feet to a point in the line of Travis Street; thence in a southwardly direction a distance of three hundred and three and four-tenths feet to a point; thence in an eastwardly direction a distance of twenty-three and ninety-three one-hundredths feet to a point in the present north line of East Houston Street; thence in a southwesterly direction thirty-four and fifty-six one-hundredths feet to a point, being the intersection of the present north line of East Houston Street with the present east line of North Alamo Street; thence in a northwardly direction with the present line of North Alamo Street fifty-five and six tenths feet wide a distance of three hundred and eight and five tenths feet to the point or place of beginning, in consideration of the conveyance by the city of San Antonio, Texas, to the United States of a valid title in and to the triangular parcel of land which is a part of East Houston Street as now laid out and described as:

Beginning at a point being the intersection of the north line of East Houston Street as now laid out with the westerly line of Avenue E as now laid out seventy-eight feet wide, said point of beginning also being the present southeasterly corner of the post-office site; running thence in a northeastwardly direction with the line of Avenue E a distance of twenty-six and forty-three one-hundredths feet to a point; thence in a southwestwardly direction a distance of one hundred and thirteen and seventeen one-hundredths feet to a point in the line of East Houston Street as now laid out; thence in an eastwardly direction with the line of East Houston Street as now laid out a distance of ninety-five and seventy-iive one-hundredths feet to the point or place of beginning.

Approved, June 19, 1934.

[H.R. 8910]

AN ACT

To establish a National Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created the Office of Archivist of the United States, the Archivist to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

SEC. 2. The salary of the Archivist shall be $10,000 annually. All persons to be employed in the National Archives Establishment shall be appointed by the Archivist solely with reference to their fitness for their particular duties and without regard to civil-service law; and the Archivist shall make rules and regulations for the government of the National Archives; but any official or employee with salary of $5,000 or over shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

SEC. 3. All archives or records belonging to the Government of the United States (legislative, executive, judicial, and other) shall be under the charge and superintendence of the Archivist to this extent: He shall have full power to inspect personally or by deputy the records of any agency of the United States Government whatsoever and wheresoever located, and shall have the full cooperation of any and all persons in charge of such records in such inspections, and to requisition for transfer to the National Archives Establishment such archives, or records as the National Archives Council, hereafter provided shall approve for such transfer, and he shall have authority to make regulations for the arrangement, custody, use, and withdrawal of material deposited in the National Archives Building: Provided, That any head of an executive department, independent office, or other agency of the Government may, for limited periods, not exceeding in duration his tenure of that office, exempt from examination and consultation by officials, private individuals, or any other persons such confidential matter transferred from his department or office, as he may deem wise.

SEC. 4. The immediate custody and control of the National Archives Building and such other buildings, grounds, and equipment as may from time to time become a part of the National Archives Establishment (except as the same is vested by law in the Director of National Buildings, Parks, and Reservations) and their contents shall be vested in the Archivist of the United States.

SEC. 5. That there is hereby created also a National Historical Publications Commission which shall make plans, estimates, and recommendations for such historical works and collections of sources as seem appropriate for publication and/or otherwise recording at the public expense, said Commission to consist of the Archivist of the United States, who shall be its chairman; the his