between the points mentioned in paragraph three in order to construct solid-fill bulkheads to the bulkhead line as then existing and established by the Secretary of War under authority of the Congress, the owner of the Virginia upland making such improvement shall pay to the United States a fair, reasonable, and just compensation for the submerged land so filled in, and until such compensation shall have been paid the fee simple estate of the United States in the lands of the Potomac River between the points mentioned in said paragraph three shall remain unimpaired. The State of Virginia and the City of Alexandria, in their respective spheres, shall be permitted to exercise governmental jurisdiction over the areas of the piers, wharves, structures, and/or bulkheads constructed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, including the right to assess and tax the physical structure of such piers, wharves, structures, and/or bulkheads as if within the territorial limits of the State of Virginia.

The Commission is exceedingly happy to accept the stipulations contained in said agreement and recommends both to the Congress of the United States and to the General Assembly of Virginia that the same be confirmed and adopted, and this Commission accordingly adopts this stipulation as its recommendation.

The Commission, by way of explanation, however, as to its opinion so far as the balance of the territory is concerned, respectfully represents that while the stipulation between the United States Government and the city of Alexandria mentions the fact

that the boundary line between the District of Columbia and Virginia has remained and is now the high-water line on the southern or Virginia shore of the Potomac River as it existed on January 24, 1791—

nevertheless the Commission recognizes the position taken by the city of Alexandria in reserving to the said city of Alexandria all of the property claimed by the said city in its brief or preliminary statement filed with this Commission.

After hearing all of the evidence and having made a careful and complete study of all of the exhibits, and after having been guided by all of the principles of law and fact submitted to it both by the United States Government and by the Commonwealth of Virginia, this Commission is of the opinion that the fair and proper boundary is the low-water mark on the Virginia shore running from headland to headland across creeks and inlets.

What was the high-water mark of 1791 is a matter of conjecture. The United States Government has attempted to describe and locate this line. The same condition is true so far as the low-water mark of 1791 is concerned.

It is the opinion of the Commission, therefore, that inasmuch as this line cannot be definitely established, the only equitable way in which a fair line can be arrived at is by locating the low-water mark as of today and this Commission respectfully recommends as and for the boundary line existing and to exist between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, the low-water mark on the Virginia shore running from headland to headland across creeks and inlets.

However, it was developed by the United States Government, during the hearings held by this Commission, that the United States Government has a program calling for the construction of an airport in the Potomac River east of what has been described as Roaches Run or Shallow Creek and in the execution of this program authorities of the United States Government have indicated that it is

essential and highly necessary that a part of the territory included in the said Roaches Run be utilized. The Commonwealth of Virginia, when advised of the said program, acquiesced in the same. As a matter of practicability and with the idea in view of assisting the United States Government in its desire to carry out the aforesaid program, the commissioners respectfully recommend that the boundary line across said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek, instead of being the outer line of headland to headland, as laid down in principle to be the boundary line by this Commission, be a line across said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek 150 feet west of and parallel to the west line of the Mount Vernon Boulevard, which said boulevard crosses the entire said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek.

The boundary line as recommended herein as the present lowwater mark on the Virginia shore running from headland to headland across creeks and inlets, with the exceptions detailed above, is based upon the fact that by every act and function of government, by continued occupation and possession and the exercise of ownership, from its earliest history to the present time, the Commonwealth of Virginia has exercised and acquired full and complete sovereignty and jurisdiction over the territory involved.

This Commission is authorized, by the said act, to survey and mark by suitable monuments the boundary line. Unfortunately, this cannot be done at this time because sufficient appropriation of funds was not made to engage the services of an engineer to make said survey and to mark said boundary line by suitable monuments. The Commission, therefore, respectfully recommends that, in the event this report is approved both by the Congress of the United States, and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the surveying of the said boundary line and the marking of same by suitable monuments be done jointly by engineers and surveyors representing the United States Government and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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House document 379, 74th Congress, 2d session, Report of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, July 1-Sept. 30, 1935, which is listed in the table of contents, is not included in this volume, as a copy of the report has already been issued to depository libraries and international exchanges without congressional document notation.

essential and highly necessary that a part of the territory included in the said Roaches Run be utilized. The Commonwealth of Virginia, when advised of the said program, acquiesced in the same. As a matter of practicability and with the idea in view of assisting the United States Government in its desire to carry out the aforesaid program, the commissioners respectfully recommend that the boundary line across said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek, instead of being the outer line of headland to headland, as laid down in principle to be the boundary line by this Commission, be a line across said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek 150 feet west of and parallel to the west line of the Mount Vernon Boulevard, which said boulevard crosses the entire said Roaches Run or Shallow Creek.

The boundary line as recommended herein as the present lowwater mark on the Virginia shore running from headland to headland across creeks and inlets, with the exceptions detailed above, is based upon the fact that by every act and function of government, by continued occupation and possession and the exercise of ownership, from its earliest history to the present time, the Commonwealth of Virginia has exercised and acquired full and complete sovereignty and jurisdiction over the territory involved.

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2d Session

No. 380

INTERIM REPORT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ON THE AGRICULTURAL INCOME INQUIRY

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TRANSMITTING AN INTERIM REPORT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE AGRICULTURAL INCOME INQUIRY

JANUARY 3, 1936.-Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed

NOTE

House document 379, 74th Congress, 2d session, Report of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, July 1-Sept. 30, 1935, which is listed in the table of contents, is not included in this volume, as a copy of the report has already been issued to depository libraries and international exchanges without congressional document notation.

INTERIM REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURAL INCOME INQUIRY

(Public Resolution No. 61, 74th Cong., approved Aug. 27, 1935)

This report on the agricultural income inquiry is submitted in accordance with the direction of Congress, in the following resolution, to submit an interim report on January 1, 1936, describing the progress made and the status of the work with respect to the said inquiry. The final report is ordered to be made not later than July 1, 1936.

[Public Resolution-No. 61-74th Cong.]

[S. J. Res. 9]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the Federal Trade Commission to make an investigation with respect to agricultural income and the financial and economic condition of agricultural producers generally.

Whereas the decline in agricultural income and the unsatisfactory condition of agriculture and of those engaged therein is a matter of increasing concern to the Congress, and affects the general welfare of the Nation and its citizens; and Whereas in recent years the agricultural income has decreased while the earnings and profits of concerns processing or dealing in certain lines of farm products have increased or declined only moderately; and

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