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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 75-77 -FEB. 27, 1948 SEC. 3 . The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved February 27, 1948. [CHAPTER 76] AN ACT To amend an Act to authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, projectiles, and other condemned material in their respective Departments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of War and the Secre- tary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannonballs in their respective departments", approved May 22, 1896, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Treasury are each hereby authorized, in their discretion, to loan or give to soldiers' monument associations, posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, posts of the American Legion, and other recognized war veteran associations, State museums, and incorporated museums operated and maintained for educational purposes only, whose charter denies them the right to operate for profit, municipal corporations, and posts of the Sons of Veterans Reserve, condemned or obsolete combat material, books, manuscripts, works of art, drawings, plans and models which may not be needed in the service of either of said Departments. "Such loan or gift shall be made subject to rules and regulations covering the same in each Department, and the Government shall be at no expense in connection with any such loan or gift." SEC. 2. The Act of May 22, 1896, as amended, shall not be con- strued as altering, amending, or repealing the provisions of any other law under authority of which the President, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Treasury may dispose of Government material. Approved February 27, 1948. February 27, 1948 [H. R. 774] [Public Law 421] Loan or gift of con- demned ordnance, etc. 29 Stat. 133. 50 U. S.C.,Supp.I, § 67. Supra. [CHAPTER 77] AN ACT February 27, 1948 To continue for a temporary period certain provisions of the Housing and Rent [H. R. 5390] Act of 1947. [Public Law 422] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 4 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 (Public Law 129, Eightieth Congress), is hereby amended by striking out "March 1, 1948," wherever it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1, 1948,". SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 204 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 is hereby amended by striking out "February 29, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof" the close of March 31,1948". Subsection (f) of such section 204 is hereby amended by striking out "on February 29, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "at the close of March 31, 1948". SEC. 3. Section 2 of Public Law 301, Eightieth Congress, approved July 31, 1947 (relating to eviction of tenants from publicly operated housing accommodations), is hereby amended by striking out "March 1,1948," and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1,1948,". Approved February 27, 1948. 61 Stat. 195. 50 U.S . C., Supp.I, app. § 1884 (a). Post, p . 93. 61 Stat. 197, 199. 0U. S. C., Supp.I, app. §1894 (a), (). Post, pp. 94, 98. 61 Stat. 705 . 42U. . C., Supp. I, 1413a. Pot. p . 100. 37