PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 136,138 -MAY 24, 1949
Rights reserved by
U.S.
Valid mining
claims.
May 24, 1949
[H. R. 2632]
[Public Law 71]
First Deficiency
Appropriation Act,
1949.
Ante, p. 67; post,
pp. 231 ,738.
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but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the
surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface
of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for
carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the
rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 3. That valid mining claims within the said lands, existing
on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained
in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the
laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under this Act, or
under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may
desire.
Approved May 24, 1949.
[CHAPTER 138]
AN ACT
Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes, namely:
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SENATE
For payment to Vera C. Bushfield, widow of Harlan J. Bushfield,
late a Senator from the State of South Dakota, $12,500.
For payment to Alice W. Broughton, widow of J. Melville Brough-
ton, late a Senator from the State of North Carolina, $12,500.
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the expense allowance of the Vice President, fiscal year 1949,
from January 20 to June 30, $4,500.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS
The appropriation for administrative and clerical assistants and
messenger service for Senators contained in the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1949, is made available for the employment of
an additional clerk at the basic rate of $1,500 per annum by each
Senator from the States of California and Virginia, the population
of said States having exceeded ten million and three million,
respectively.
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
Hereafter the basic annual rates of compensation for two clerks at
$3,480 each contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1949, shall be one at $4,260 and one at $2,700.
Commencing March 1, 1949, the appropriation for "Salaries of
officers and employees of the Senate" contained in the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1949, shall be available for the compen-
sation of laborer in charge of private passage at $2,280 basic per annum
in lieu of laborer in charge of private passage at $2,120.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
Vice President's automobile: For an additional amount for "Vice
President's automobile", fiscal year 1949, $2,500.
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