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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 47-49-FEB . 7 , 1942 $500,000,000 at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury with the approval of the President shall deem in the interest of the United States. SEC. 2 . The authority herein granted shall be in addition to any other authority provided by law. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum or sums not to exceed $500,000,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. Approved, February 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 48] AN ACT Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to grant an easement for highway purposes to the county of Macon, Alabama, in a strip of land located at Veterans Administration Facility, Tuskegee, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to grant an ease- ment for highway purposes to the county of Macon, Alabama, in the following-described property located at Veterans' Administration Facility, Tuskegee, Alabama: Beginning at a point in the north property line of the United States of America and known as Veterans' Administration Facility, Tuske- gee, Alabama, said point being located in the east west center of section 13, township 17, range 23, twenty-one and sixty-six one- hundredths chains east of the west boundary of said section; thence east ninety-four one-hundredths chains along the north property line of the United States of America; thence south fifteen degrees sixteen minutes east seven and two-tenths chains; thence south thirteen degrees six minutes east four and four hundred and sixteen one-thousandths chains to a point in the east property line of the United States of America; thence south three and fifteen one-hundredths chains along said east property line to a corner in the property line of the United States of America; thence west two-tenths of a chain along the south property line of the United States of America; thence north thirteen degrees six minutes west seven and four hundred and twenty-six one- thousandths chains; thence north fifteen degrees sixteen minutes west seven and forty-three one-hundredths chains to the point of beginning, containing one and twenty-three one-hundredths acres, more or less. Approved, February 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 49] AN ACT To amend section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, approved June 21, 1938, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) thereof and by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsections: (c) No natural-gas company or person which will be a natural- gas company upon completion of any proposed construction or exten- sion shall engage in the transportation or sale of natural gas, subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or undertake the construction or extension of any facilities therefor, or acquire or operate any such facilities or extensions thereof, unless there is in force with respect 83 Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 89. February 7, 1942 [S. 1889] [Public Law 443] Tuskegee, Ala. Easement for high- way purposes. Description. February 7, 1942 [H. R. 5249] [Public Law 444] Natural Gas Act, amendments. 52 Stat. 824 . 15 U. S. C. §717f. Certificate of pub- lic convenience and necessity.