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1234 Reserve banks. Vol. 38, p. 254. Continuance of suc- cession. Branches of Federal reserve banks. Discontinuance by Federal Reserve Board at any time. V ol. 40, p. 232, amend- ed. of the stock, or who becomes in any other manner disqualified, shall thereby vacate his place.” Sec . 18. That the second subdivision of the fourth paragraph of section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act be amended to read as follows: “ Second. To have succession after the approval of this Act until dissolved by Act of Congress or until forfeiture of franchise for violation of law.” Sec . 19. That section 3 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “ The Federal Reserve Board may at any time require any Federal Reserve Bank to discontinue any branch of such Federal Reserve Bank established under this section. The Federal Reserve Bank shall thereupon proceed to wind up the business of such branch bank, subject to such rules and regulations as the Federal Reserve Board may prescribe.” Approved, February 25, 1927. CHAP. 192.—An Act To confer United States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands and to extend the naturalization laws thereto’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following persons and their children born subsequent to January 17, 1917, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: (a) All former Danish citizens who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and are now residing in those islands or in the United States or Porto Rico, and who did. not make the declaration required to preserve their Danish citizen- ship by article 6 of the treaty entered into on August 4, 1916, between the United States and Denmark, or who, having made such a declaration, have heretofore renounced or may hereafter renounce it by a declaration before a court of record; (b) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in those islands, and are now residing in those islands or in the United States or Porto Rico, and who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country; and (c) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the United States, and are now residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country. Sec . 2. The following persons, if not ineligible to citizenship, may, upon petition filed within one year after the effective date of this Act, and upon full and complete compliance with all other provisions of the naturalization laws, be naturalized without making a declaration of intention: (a) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in those islands or in the United States, and who are now residing in those islands or in the United States or Porto Rico, and who are citizens or subjects of any foreign country; (b) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the United States, and are now residing in the United States or Porto Rico, and who are not citizens or subjects of any foreign country; and (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in section 1, all persons who, on January 17, 1917, resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and are now residing in those islands, and who are not citizens of the United States. February 25,1927. [S. 2770.] [Public, No. 640.1 Virgin Islands. Persons declared American citizens. Danish residents, January 17, 1917, not retaining citizenship under the treaty, or renouncing it there- after. Vol. 39, p. 1712. Natives, residents at that time, not nationals of a foreign country. Natives, residing in United States at that time, not nationals of a foreign country, now residing in the islands. Persons who may be naturalized without declaration of inten- tion. Natives, nationals of foreign countries, resi- dent in islands or United States, January 17,1917. Natives, not na- tionals of a foreign country, residing in United States January 17,1917. Persons not United States citizens residing in the islands January 17,1917, and now resid- ing there, excepted. SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess . II. Chs . 191, 192. 1927. SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess . II. Chs . 192, 193. 1927. 1235 Sec . 3. All persons born in the Virgin Islands of the United States on or after January 17, 1917 (whether before or after the effective date of this Act), and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States. Sec . 4. The district court of the Virgin Islands of the United States shall have jurisdiction for naturalization purposes (including jurisdiction for the purpose of setting aside and canceling certificates of citizenship under section 15 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States,” approved June 29, 1906, as amended) ; and for the purpose of the naturalization laws residence in the Virgin Islands of the United States shall be considered as residence in the United States. Sec . 5. Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a temporary government for the West Indian Islands acquired by the United States from Denmark by the convention entered into between said countries on the 4th day of August, 1916, and ratified by the Senate of the United States on the 7th day of September, 1916, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1917, is amended by striking out the figure “ 8 ” and inserting in lieu thereof the figure “ 6 Approved, February 25, 1927. CHAP. 193.—An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at mil- itary posts, 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 authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,680,000 from the net proceeds derived from the sale of surplus War Department real property, including the sale of surplus buildings, deposited in the Treasury, as authorized by the Act approved March 12, 1926 (Public, Numbered 45, Sixty-ninth Congress), and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,400,000, the total of said sums to be expended for the construction ancl installation at military posts of such buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, as follows: Schofield Barracks, hospital, $260,000; Camp Lewis, Washington, hospital, $128,000, officers’ quarters, $72,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $30,000; Camp Devens, Massachusetts, hospital, $300,000; Fort Benning, Georgia, barracks, $465,000, hospital, $180,000; Fort Sam Houston, Texas, barracks, $300,000; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, barracks, $310,000, officers’ quarters, $72,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $45,000; Camp Meade, Maryland, barracks, $300,000; Selfridge Field, Michigan, officers’ quarters, $72,000; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, officers’ quarters, $72,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $15,000; Fort Sill, Oklahoma, officers’ quarters, $72,000; Fort Riley, Kansas, officers’ quarters, $72,000; March Field, California, barracks, $550,000, officers’ quarters, $750,000; Kelly Field, Texas, barracks, $490,000; Brooks Field, Texas, barracks, $521,000: Provided, That any unexpended balances, or combined unexpended balances of any of the above amounts shall be available interchangeably for appropria- tion on any of the hospitals, barracks, or noncommissioned officers’ quarters herein authorized: And provided further, That hereafter no part of this appropriation or any appropriation hereafter made shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Persons born in the islands on or after Jan- uary 17,1917, subject to United States jurisdic- tion declared citizens. Jurisdiction of dis- trict court for naturali- zation, in canceling for- mer certificates. Vol. 34, p. 601. Residence in the is- lands considered as resi- dence in United States. Export duty on sugar reduced. Vol. 39, p. 1133, amended. February 25, 1927. [H. R. 15547.] [Public, No. 641.] Army. Buildings, etc., au- thorized from Military Post Construction Fund. Ante, p. 206. Amount from the Treasury. Posts designated. Provisos. Interchangeable un- expended balances. Cost of officers’ quar- ters limited.