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Vacancy not to be filled October 18, 1945 [H. R . 1765] [Public Law 199] State of Iowa. Conveyance of Ag- ricultural Byproducts Laboratory. PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 419, 431-433-OCT. 16 , 18 , 22, 23 , 1945 [59 STAT. SEC. 2 . That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the district judge for the district of Kansas, by the retirement, disqualifi- cation, or death of either judge, such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter there shall be but one district judge in said district. Approved October 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the Agricultural Byprod- ucts Laboratory on the campus of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to donate and convey to the State of Iowa all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain premises, situate on the campus of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa, conveyed to the United States by the State of Iowa by warranty deed dated January 12, 1934, recorded in deed book 76, page 374, of the records of Story County, Iowa, and the laboratory building which the United States has erected thereon for farm waste investigations. Approved October 18, 1945. [CHAPTER 432] October 22,1945 [8. J. Res. 109] [Public Law 200] 58 Stat. 775 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. § 1628 (c). JOINT RESOLUTION To extend in the case of aluminum plants and facilities the time during which disposition of such plants and facilities is prohibited under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (c) of sec- tion 19 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, is amended by inserting afer the words "thirty days" the following: "(or sixty days in the case of aluminum plants and facilities)". Approved October 22, 1945. [CHAPTER 4331 October 23, 1945 [H. R. 2680] [Public Law 201] AN ACT To amend the Bonneville Project Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SActmamevnefrdllnents United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (f) 1Uv.s .c .i832a(f). of the Act of August 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 731), as amended by the Act of March 6, 1940 (54 Stat. 47), is hereby amended to read as follows: Contracts, etc. "Subject only to the provisions of this Act, the Administrator is authorized to enter into such contracts, agreements, and arrange- ments, including the amendment, modification, adjustment, or can- celation thereof and the compromise or final settlement of any claim arising thereunder, and to make such expenditures, upon such terms and conditions and in such manner as he may deem necessary." 1U.S.C. a. EO. 2. Section 5 (a) of the said Act is hereby amended by insert- ing before the period at the end of the first sentence the words "and for the disposition of electric energy to Federal agencies". 16U.ta. . M SEC. 3. Section 6 of the said Act is hereby amended by changing the period at the end of the first sentence to a semicolon and adding the following: "and such rates and charges shall also be applicable to dispositions of electric energy to Federal agencies."