Page images
PDF
EPUB

"(d) The Secretary may, if he deems it to be in the public interest, suspend, and after hearing, revoke any authorization and registration issued under the provisions of this section or any similar authorization and registration issued under any other provision of law. The order of the Secretary suspending or revoking any such authorization and registration shall not be subject to review."

Approved, June 19, 1942.

[CHAPTER 500-2D SESSION]

[S. 2599]

AN ACT

Authorizing the head of the department or agency using the public domain for war purposes to compensate holders of grazing permits and licenses for losses sustained by reason of such use of public lands for war purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever use for war purposes of the public domain or other property owned by or under the control of the United States prevents its use for grazing, persons holding grazing permits or licenses and persons whose grazing permits or licenses have been or will be canceled because of such use shall be paid out of the funds appropriated or allocated for such project such amounts as the head of the department or agency so using the lands shall determine to be fair and reasonable for the losses suffered by such persons as a result of the use of such lands for war purposes. Such payments shall be deemed payment in full for such losses. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to create any liability not now existing against the United States.

Approved, July 9, 1942.

[PUBLIC LAW 817-77TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 769-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 7841]

AN ACT

Relating to the administration of grazing districts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior may require field employees of the Grazing Service to. furnish horses and miscellaneous equipment necessary for the performance of their official work and may provide at Government expense forage, care, and housing for such animals and equipment. Approved, December 18, 1942.

[CHAPTER 531-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 3956]

AN ACT

To amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to permit exchange of land with private owners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That subsection (c), section 32, of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (Act of July 22, 1937) is hereby amended by adding the following proviso at the end of the first sentence thereof: ": Provided, however, That an exchange may be made with private owners and with subdivisions or agencies of State governments in any case where the Secretary of Agriculture finds that such exchange would not conflict with the purposes of the Act, and that the value of the property received in exchange is substantially equal to that of the property conveyed." Approved, July 28, 1942.

55-000 O-71-24

[CHAPTER 617-2D SESSION]

[S. 2775]

AN ACT

To amend the Act of March 5, 1942, relating to the planting of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (2) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the planting of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants and to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses", approved March 5, 1942, is amended by striking out the word "seventyfive" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five hundred"; and by striking out the words "and land for nurseries" before the semicolon at the end of such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “land for nurseries and administrative sites, and water rights". SEC. 2. Paragraph (3) of the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after the first semicolon the following: "to acquire water rights: to erect necessary buildings on leased land where suitable land cannot be purchased;".

SEC. 3. Paragraph (4) of the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after the first semicolon the following: "to purchase guayule shrub;".

SEC. 4. Paragraph (8) of the first section of such Act is amended by striking out the words "of seventy-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not in excess of five hundred".

SEC. 5. Section 2 (a) of such Act is amended by inserting after the words "citizens of" the word "other"; and by striking out the words "in the Western Hemisphere".

SEC. 6. Section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:

"(e) In carrying out the provisions of this Act the Secretary shall have all of the authority conferred upon him by the Act entitled 'An Act to facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service', approved January 31, 1931.

"(f) The Secretary may lease at reasonable rentals structures erected by the Government with essential facilities for such periods as such structures and facilities are not required for the purposes of this Act; and any part of land or structures with essential facilities acquired by lease, deed, or other agreement pursuant to this Act, which are not required or suitable for the purposes of the Act during the period the United States is entitled to possession thereof may be leased or subleased at a reasonable rental; and any surplus water controlled by the United States on land owned or leased by the United States for the purposes of this Act may be disposed of at reasonable rates."

SEC. 7. Section 2 (a) of such Act is amended by inserting after the words “as amended." the following new wording: "(Sections 321 to 324, inclusive, and section 325a of title 40 of the United States Code (1940 edition), shall not apply to any nursery, planting. cultivating or harvesting operations conducted pursuant to this Act.)"

Approved, October 20, 1942.

[CHAPTER 197-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 6]

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust titles to lands acquired by the United States which are subject to his administration, custody, or control.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if the Secretary of Agriculture shall find within ten years after the acquisition by the United States of any land or interest therein which is subject to his administration, custody, or control, other than land acquired by exchange of public domain land or resources, that the title thereto is legally insufficient for the purposes for which such land or interest was acquired and no consideration therefor has been paid by the United States, or that title or color of title to such land or interest was acquired through mistake, misunderstanding, error, or inadvertence, he is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the United States to the person from whom the title was acquired or to the person whom he finds entitled thereto a quitclaim deed to such land or interest: Provided, however, That if the person to whom such deed is made is the same person from whom the United States acquired title, or his successor in interest, any consideration given by the United States for such land or interest shall be restored or, in lieu thereof, the value equivalent of such consideration as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be paid to the United States; and any consideration or value equivalent so restored or paid shall, so far as is practicable, be restored to the jurisdiction, or deposited to the credit, of the department, agency, appropriation, or fund from which the consideration was transferred or paid at the time of the acquisition of title by the United States.

Approved July 8, 1943.

« PreviousContinue »