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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 162-164-MAR . 7, 1942 March 7, 1942 [H. R . 4401] [Public Law 487] Glenn Dale Tuber- culosis Sanatorium. Operation of com- mlssary or canteen. Proiso. March 7, 1942 [H. R . 4648] [Public Law 488] Great Plains, etc. , water conservation. 16 U.S . C-§ 590y. Expenditures for flood control. 54 Stat. 1125. 16 U. S.. . 590z- 10 (1). Dixie National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, to wit: Salt Lake meridian: Township 36 south, range 9 west, northwest quarter northeast quarter, north half northeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter, east half northwest quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter section 24, northwest quarter northeast quarter section 36, comprising one hun- dred and fifteen acres. Approved, March 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 163] AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a commissary or canteen at Glenn Dale Sanatorium, Glenn Dale, Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Super- intendent of Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Sanatorium is hereby author- ized, with the approval of the health officer of the District of Columbia, to permit such person or persons as may be designated by said superintendent to operate as a concession a commissary or canteen in such sanatorium, in a location and manner satisfactory to the said superintendent, for the purpose of vending periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and such other articles as may, in the judgment of said superintendent, be properly sold to persons or patients therein. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to fix the term of such concession and a reasonable rental to be paid therefor: Provided, That no charge shall be made for such concession if granted to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association, whose primary object is to assist needy tuberculous patients in rehabilitation work. Approved, March 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 164] AN ACT To amend the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), entitled "An Act author- izing construction of water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States", as amended by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing construction of water conserva- tion and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States", approved August 11 1939 (53 Stat. 1418) as amended by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), is hereby amended so as to strike out the period at the end of the section adding a comma, and the following language: "and that expenditures from appropriations made directly pursuant to the authority con- tained in section 12 (1) to meet costs allocated to flood control by the Secretary after consultation with the Chief of Engineers, War Department, shall not exceed $500,000 on any one project." Approved, March 7, 1942. 142 [56 STAT.