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MORTGAGES-Continued.

8. Same. "The value of the mortgage on the date of the delivery of the property to the Administrator," for the purpose of issuing debentures in payment of insurance under section 204 (a), is the whole amount of the principal actually unpaid by the mortgagor. 367.

9. Same. The Administrator is authorized to provide by regulation and by contract that a "marketable title" will be satisfactory under section 204 (a) and that the title approved by the Administrator and determined to be a marketable one at the time the insurance is written will be accepted as satisfactory in the adjustment of any claims for the insurance benefits if unimpaired by any act or omission of the mortgagee or other event occurring subsequent to the date the mortgage was accepted for insurance. 367.

10. Same. The Administrator may provide by regulation that there shall be included as "taxes" under section 204 (a) of the Act such assessments and water rates as have been paid by the mortgagee, and are recognized as taxes under the local law and by operation thereof are prior liens upon the mortgaged property.

367.

INSURANCE. See NATIONAL HOUSING ACT, 2, 9.

MOTOR CARRIER ACT 1935. See TRANSPORTATION RATES, 1, 2. MOTOR-VEHICLE FUELS SOLD IN NATIONAL PARKS, STATE TAXATION. See TAXATION, 7.

MOTOR-VEHICLE FUELS SOLD ON FEDERAL RESERVATIONS IN HAWAII, TAXATION. See Taxation, 4.

MOTOR VEHICLES.

RATES FOR GOVERNMENT UNDER MOTOR CARRIER ACT. See
TRANSPORTATION RATES, 1, 2.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK.

PATENTS FOR LIEU LANDS. See LANDS, 4.

NARCOTIC FARMS.

Transfer of drug addicts to narcotic farms upon conviction of crime. The act of January 19, 1929, 45 Stat. 1086, does not require that narcotic addicts convicted of offenses against the United States shall be confined in a penal institution as a condition precedent to their being sent to the Public Health Service Hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, but such addicts may be transferred directly from the convicting courts to the hospital. 541.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

1. Administration of Federal Register Act.-Documents required or authorized to be published under section 5 of the Federal Register Act are, with the exceptions noted, valid and operate as constructive notice to the persons designated as soon as they are filed with the Division of the Federal Register and

NATIONAL ARCHIVES-Continued.

made available for public inspection as provided in section 2 of the Act; and publication in the Federal Register is not essential to the validity of such documents. 359.

2. Same. The provisions of section 7 of the Act respecting validity and constructive notice do not apply to the compilation of documents referred to in section 11. 359.

3. Federal Register Division.-Necessity for confirmation of appointment of Director. The appointment provisions of section 1 of the Federal Register Act and section 2 of the Act of July 19, 1934, establishing the National Archives are not in conflict or inconsistent with each other. 250.

4. Same. Salary of director.-If the salary of the director of the division set up in the National Archives Establishment for carrying out the purposes of the Federal Register Act is fixed at less than $5,000 a year, his appointment need not be confirmed by the Senate; but if fixed at $5,000 a year confirmation by the Senate is required. 250.

5. Maintenance of the National Archives Building.-General
statutory provisions and the Executive Order of June 10,
1933, would vest the responsibility for operation and mainte-
nance of the Archives Building in the office of National
Buildings, Parks, and Reservations, whereas the act of June
19, 1934, ch. 668, 48 Stat. 1122, authorizes future appropria-
tions for the maintenance of the Archives Building to be
expended under the direction of the Archivist of the United
States and indicates an apparent purpose to preserve the
authority of the office of National Buildings, Parks, and
Reservations, an inconsistency thus being created. 141.
6. Same. The President is advised to recommend to Congress
that the appropriation, when made, for the operation and
maintenance of the Archives Building be so worded as to
show conclusively whether the responsibility for such opera-
tion and maintenance is vested in the office of National
Buildings, Parks, and Reservations or in the Archivist of the
United States. 141.

DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL REGIS-
TER DIVISION. See FEDERAL REGISTER ACT, 2.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES ESTABLISHMENT.

FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL REGISTER.
See FEDERAL REGISTER ACT, 4.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PREPARATION AND FILING OF COM-
PILATION OF DOCUMENTS. See FEDERAL REGISTER ACT, 3.

NATIONAL BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND RESERVATIONS.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF AR-
CHIVES BUILDING. See NATIONAL ARCHIVES, 5, 6.

NATIONAL DEFENSE.

INTERCHANGE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN ARMY AND NAVY.
PROPERTY, 2, 5.

NATIONAL FORESTS.

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Authority to make additions to Carson National Forest in New Mexico. The prohibition contained in section 471, Title 16. U. S. C., against creating or making additions to forest reservations in the States of New Mexico and Arizona, except by act of Congress, is applicable as to lands purchased by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, as an agency of the Public Works Administration, under authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act; and such lands may not be added to the Carson National Forest in New Mexico, except by act of Congress. 204.

NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.

1. Constitutionality of certain provisions of the National Housing Act. The Congress may not only protect and aid the specific national activities over which it has been delegated authority by the Constitution but it may also provide adequate protection and aid for agencies created by it to exercise Federal powers. 258.

2. Same. Mortgage associations.-The Congress has exercised such powers in providing in the National Housing Act for the insurance of mortgages and the creation of national mortgage associations to deal in such mortgages. 258.

3. Same. The statutory provisions for the national mortgage associations are further justified in view of their designation as depositaries of public money and as financial agents of the Government, and the requirement that they maintain certain investments in bonds or obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States. 258.

4. Same. The issuance of the certificate of approval by the Administrator to incorporators transmitting articles of association in the form submitted is effective to create a valid national mortgage association under title III of the act as amended. 258.

5. Same. Welfare clause. The general-welfare clause of the Constitution empowers the Congress to spend moneys for the general welfare and there is no limitation which requires such expenditures to be in the exercise of, or connected with, other enumerated powers. 258.

6. Same. The purposes of the National Housing Act are for the welfare of the Nation as a whole. 258.

7. Same. Guaranty of debentures.-The power of the Congress to borrow money on the credit of the United States authorizes a guarantee by the United States of obligations incurred by its agencies in the borrowing of money. 258.

NATIONAL HOUSING ACT-Continued.

8. Same. The insurance and guarantees provided for in the National Housing Act are within the constitutional grants of

power to appropriate for the general welfare and to borrow money on the credit of the United States. 258.

9. Same. The insuring of a mortgage under title II of the National Housing Act, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder, creates a valid obligation on the part of the Federal Housing Administrator to issue the debentures therein provided for, and the debentures so issued are valid obligations enforcible against the mutual mortgage insurance fund. 258. 10. Same. The guarantee by the United States of such debentures, in accordance with the provisions of section 204 of the act, as amended, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the United States. 258.

11. Sale of low-cost housing or slum-clearance projects.-The Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works is without authority, in view of Section 4 (a) of the Act of June 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 2026, to sell certain slum-clearance or low-cost housing projects in New York City upon a proposed basis of 55 percent or more, of cost plus interest. DEBENTURES OF FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION GuaranTEED. See DEBENTUres, 1.

543.

INSURANCE OF MORTGAGES ON REAL ESTATE. See MORTGAGES, 1.
RIGHTS OF MORTGAGEES UNDER INSURED MORTgages. See
MORTGAGES.

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT.

ADDITIONS TO CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N. MEX. See
NATIONAL FORESTS.

CONSTRUCTION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. See THOMAS
JEFFERSON TERRITORIAL EXPANSION MEMORIAL, 2.
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS.
SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS, 7.

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HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN CERTAIN NATIONAL PARKS.
See HIGHWAYS, 2.

LABOR WAGE RATES ON ALLEY PROJECTS, DISTRICT OF COLUM-
See DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1, 2.

BIA.

SALE OF PROPERTY FOR Low-COST HOUSING. See NATIONAL
HOUSING ACT, 11.

SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS FOR INDIANS. See SUBSISTENCE
HOMESTEADS, 1.

NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION. See NATIONAL HOUSING
ACT, 2-4.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

AUTHORITY ΤΟ CONSTRUCT HIGHWAY BETWEEN CERTAIN
NATIONAL PARKS. See HIGHWAYS, 2.

NATIONAL PARKS.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. See RECLAMATION PROJ-
ECTS, 2, 3.

STATE TAXATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLE FUELS SOLD IN. See
TAXATION, 7.

NATURALIZATION.

EFFECT OF NATURALIZATION OF PARENTS UPON FOREIGN-BORN
AND ADOPTED CHILDREN. See CITIZENSHIP, 1–7, 10.

NAVAL AIR STATIONS. See NAVY, 3.

NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT. See NAVY, 4.

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1. Construction of naval vessels.-Joint bid of parent and subsidiary companies.-The United Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Dry Docks, Inc., and the officers and directors of the two firms are the same persons. The former submits a bid, in response to Navy Department advertisements, for the construction of two vessels, and it is accepted. Accompanying the bid is a copy of an agreement between the two companies providing that if the subsidiary is awarded the contract on its bid, the parent company will furnish the shipyards, equipment, and labor and the subsidiary the material for performance of the contract. The agreement also shows that the two companies intend to share the profits of the contract and be responsible for its performance. 91.

2. Same.-Held, the bid submitted may be considered as the joint bid of the companies, and, upon proper amendment of the award, they may be made jointly and severally parties to the formal contract. 91.

3. Naval air stations.-Jurisdicton of the United States over the sites at Lakehurst and Cape May, N. J.-The sites of the Naval Air Stations at Lakehurst and Cape May, N. J., were acquired by the United States with the consent of the State of New Jersey; and the United States has thus acquired exclusive jurisdiction over such sites as provided in Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution. 185.

4. Naval ammunition depot, Hawthorne, Nev.-Jurisdiction of United States over site. The act of the legislature of Nevada, approved March 28, 1935, ceding to the United States jurisdiction over the site of the Naval Ammunition Depot at Hawthorne, Nev., but reserving to the State and political subdivisions thereof the right to tax private property and to serve process upon the affected premises, is considered satisfactory to the Government and no further action by the Navy Department is required. 216.

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