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1010 srxrrrrrrn ooivennss. sm. 11. ou. 181. 1918. nmgim °**’·· °‘ Sec. 3. That the President is authorized to requisition and take _ over any of said necessaries and to use, distribute, allocate, or sell p£1Ii§Fig3zgisldl?e°l° the same; and also to requisition and take over anyjmdeveloped or insufficiently developed or operated idle land, deposit, or mine, and any idle or partially operated smelter, or plant, or part thereof, producing or, in his judgment, capable of producing said necessaries, or either of them, and to develop and operate suc mine or deposit or such smelter or lant, either through the agencies hereinafter mentioned, or under lease or royalty agreement, or in any other manner, and to store, use, distribute, allocate, or sell the products thereof: gléildziim. Provided, That no ores or metals, the princidlal money value of which consists in metals or minerals other than t ose specifically enumerated in section one hereof, shall be subject to requisition under the ,,,§*_;**;’: provisions of this Act. Whenever the President shall determine mn. that the further use or operation by the Government of any such land, deposit, mine, smelter, or plant, or part thereof, so ac mred, is . no longer essential for the objects aforesaid, the same shgl be re- ¤e°f°T£°m°°`°° m turned to the person, firm, or corporation entitled thereto. The United States shall make just compensation, determined by the President, for the taking over, use, occupation or dperation by the _ Government of any such necessariee, or any such lan , deposit, mine, ,,§‘g‘,Q"“"‘ “""““’ smelter, or plant or part thereof. If the compensation so determined be unsatisfactory to the person, firm, or corporation entitled thereto, such {person, firm, or corporation shall be peaid seventy-five per centum o the amount so determined and shall entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as added to said $§_°°§,“f°,,,,_ mn seventy-five per centum will make up such amount as will be just ¤3¤· compensation, H1 the manner provided b section twenty-four, paragglpgoswenty, and section one hundred and forty-five, of the udic` e. q,§f}g‘f'“· °’°·· "°' The President is authorized to require statements and reports, to examine books and papers, and to prescribe such rules and regulations U { mm as he ma deem zspropriate for carrying out the plggoses of this Act. (und? ° m The funcli provid by section six hereo may be in carrying out the purposes of this ct, and all moneys received b the United States from or connection with the use, operation, or of any such necessaries, land, deposit, IDIIIB, smelter, or pla11t,_or part thereof, Bamcmbemmd shall be used as a 1‘6V0lV’l.%fl.lI1d for further carrying out the purauwme memy. poses of this Act. Any ba ce of such moneys remaining! when the objects of this Act have been accomplished, shall, as co ected, receiveadfnand on hand and available, be covered into the Treasury as misc neous recei ts. 1.£$i'h°°°l M M Sec. 4. That any gerson who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any order or requisition made by the President pursuant to the provisions of this ct, or who obstruct or attempt to obstruct the enforcement of or the com liance with any such requisition or order, or who shall violate any oi) the provisions of this Act, or an rule or regulation adopted hereunder, shall upon conviction, be lined not gxocleleding $5,000, or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or t . ¤¤f¤liiimril°i°gi°:2'.l;1l Sec. 5. That the sum of $500,000 is_hereby appropriated, out of ¤°°’“· spy monleiysy in the Treaslpry not otheiwisigpprogriated, to be; avatid a e unt' une tlllfhll `et , nineteen nm an nineteen, or e payment of all administrative expenses under this Act, including personal services, traveling and subsistence expenses, the payment of rent, the purchase of equipment, stzpplies, postage, printing, publications, and such other articles, be in the District of Co umbia K to mum for and elsewhere, as the President may deem essential and pro er. {,,g,,§’p,,,p,,,,,,,,,, ms Sec. 6. That the sum of $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated, out M- of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which, toget er with all moneys received from time to time under the pro-