PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 688-JUNE 28,1948 Easements for util- ity purposes. 66 Stat. 12. 42U. S. 0. 11524; Snpp. I, § 1524 note. Ante, p. 492. 54 Stat. 872; 55 Stat. 14, 197, 810. 57 stat. 388 . 42 U.8. 0. 1 1553; Supp. I, I 1553 note. Conveyance to Howard University. Eviction from cer- tain halls. Dischare of Indebt- edness by Reconstruc- tion Finance Corpo- ration. housing to continue the utility connection with such installations and furnish such utilities and services as may be available and needed in connection with such housing, for such period of time (not exceeding the period of Federal administration of such installations) and subject to such terms (including the payment of the pro rata cost to the Government or the market value of the utilities and services furnished, whichever is greater) as may be determined by the head of the agency; (3) to dispose of such installations, when excess to the needs of the agency, and where not excess to grant an option to purchase, to the purchasers or transferees of such housing, for an amount not less than the appraised value of the installations and upon such terms and conditions as the head of the agency shall establish. (b) Any Federal agency (including any wholly owned Government corporation) having under its jurisdiction lands across which run any part of a utility system for housing under the jurisdiction of the Administrator is authorized to grant to the Administrator, or to the purchasers or transferees of such housing, easements (which may be perpetual) on such land for utility purposes. SEC. 3. Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the pro- vision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14,1940, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and adding the following: ": Provided further, That, for the purposes of this section, housing constructed or acquired under the provisions of Public Law 781, Sev- enty-sixth Congress, approved September 9, 1940, or Public Law 9, 73, or 353, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved, respectively, March 1, 1941, May 24, 1941, and December 17, 1941, shall be deemed to be housing constructed or acquired under this Act." SEC. 4 . Section 313 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the following words in the second sentence: "two years after the President declares that the emergency declared by him on September 8, 1939, has ceased to exist" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1950". SEC. 5 . The Defense Homes Corporation is authorized to convey, without reimbursement therefor, to Howard University, a corporation organized pursuant to an Act of Congress, all of its right, title, and interest in certain lands in the District of Columbia, together with the improvements constructed thereon and the personal property used in connection therewith, and commonly known as Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall, 1919 Third Street Northwest, and George Washington Carver Hall, 211 Elm Street Northwest: Provided,That no employee of the United States or of the District of Columbia who, on the date of approval of this Act, is a tenant of either Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall or George Washington Carver Hall shall, unless quarters were assigned to such tenant on a transient basis or on the sole basis that the tenant was enrolled at an educational institution, be evicted from such halls within four years after the approval of this Act, except where such tenant commits a nuisance or otherwise violates any obligation of tenancy. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to discharge the indebtedness of the Defense Homes Corpora- tion to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in an amount equal to the Defense Homes Corporation's net investment in these properties as of the date of transfer, as determined by the President of the Defense Homes Corporation, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to discharge the indebtedness of the Recon- 1064 [62 STAT.
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