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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 196, 197-JULY 7, 8 , 1943 54 Stat. 1127; 55 Stat. 363. 42 U. S. C., Supp. II, I 1543. Availability of rent- al moneys, etc. 55 Stat. 14, 198, 818; 54 Stat. 883. 42 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 1523 note. Deposits. 54 Stat. 883 . 55 Stat. 363. 42 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 1541-1552 . Removal of tempo- rary housing. 54 Stat. 883; 55 Stat. 14, 198, 818. 42 U. S. O., Supp. II, 1523 note. 54 Stat. 21i43 . 50 U. S. C. app., note prec. § I. July 8, 1943 [II. i. 6] IPublic I.aw 120j Secretary of Agri- culture. Quitclaim of U. S . interest in certain lands. Return of consider- ation or value equiva- lent. SEC. 3 . That section 303 of said Act, approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 303. Moneys derived from rental or operation of property acquired or constructed under the provisions of this Act, of Public Laws Numbered 9, 73, and 353, Seventy-seventh Congress, and of sec- tion 201 of the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, as amended, shall be available for expenses of operation and maintenance and expenses found necessary in the disposition of any such property or the removal of temporary housing by the Admin- istrator, including the establishment of necessary reserves therefor and administrative expenses in connection therewith: Provided, That moneys derived by the Administrator from the rental or operation of any such property may be deposited in a common fund account or accounts in the Treasury: And provided further, That except for nec- essary reserves authorized by this Act or by section 201 of the Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941. as amended, the unobligated balances of the moneys deposited into the Treasury from the rental or operation of such property shall be covered at the end of each fiscal year into miscellaneous receipts." SEC. 4 . That the said Act approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end of title III the following new section: "SEc. 313. The Administrator shall, as promptly as may be prac- ticable and in the public interest, remove all housing under his juris- diction which is of a temporary character, as determined by him, and constructed under the provisions of this Act, Public Law 781, Sev- enty-sixth Congress, and Public Laws 9, 73, and 353, Seventy-seventh Congress. Such removal shall, in any event, be accomplished not later than two years after the President declares that the emergency declared by him on September 8, 1939, has ceased to exist, with the exception only of such housing as the Administrator, after consulta- tion with local communities finds is still needed in the interest of the orderly demobilization of the war effort: Provided, That all such exceptions shall be reexamined annually by the Administrator and that all such exceptions and reexaminations shall be reported to the Congress." Approved July 7, 1943. [CHAPTER 1971 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 Hou.e of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That if the Secre- tary 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 inadvert- ence, 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 quit- claim 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 consid- eration given by the United States for such land or interest shall be 388 [57 STAT.