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PUBLIC LAW 24-APR. 30, 1953

Public Law 24 >^ril 30, 1953 [S. 1767]

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CHAPTER 32

^^ ACT »ji(j amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRe'presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1(b) D! c*^*cod*e 45- ^^ ^^^ District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951, as amended, 1601. ' is hereby amended by striking "April 30, 1953" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 31, 1953". Approved April 30, 1953. Public Law 25

CHAPTER 36

May 13. 1953 AN ACT —[H* R' 2936]— Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the State of California for use as a fairground by the 1(X-A District Agricultural Association, California. s t a t e of fomia.

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Conveyance.

Use of land.

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 is hereby authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the State of California all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described land in Siskiyou County, California, containing an area of thirty-four and one-half acres, more or less: South half of the south half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 35, township 48 north, range 4 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, and lot 1, section 2, township 47 north, range 4 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, containing approximately thirty-nine and ninetenths acres; less five and four-tenths acres containing rights-of-way for county road, Bureau of Reclamation laterals and drains, and treatment plant and sewer line to the city of Tulelake, California. jgj,^-, 2. The land conveyed pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used only for public purposes, including but not limited to such purposes as are authorized for a district agricultural association, and the conveyance herein authorized shall be made upon the expressed condition that if the land shall be used for other purposes, the conveyance shall be held to be forfeited and the title shall revert to the United States. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to determine the facts and declare such forfeiture and reversion and such determination and declaration shall be final and conclusive. Approved May 13, 1953.

Public Law 26 May 13. 1953 [S. 1041]

CHAPTER 37

AN ACT To abolish the United States Commission for the construction of a WashingtonLincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution for the establishment of a commission for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard connecting the present Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the State of Pennsylvania", approved May 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 285), is hereby repealed. Approved May 13, 1953.