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or employee who has completed less than twenty years' civilian service
may elect to forfeit his right to such annuity and elect to receive in
lieu thereof the amount credited to his individual account together
with interest compounded on December 31 of each year at the rate of
4 per centum to the date of his separation or December 31, 1947,
whichever may be the earlier, and at the rate of 3 per centum for any
period thereafter before April 1, 1948: Providedfurther, That if the
separation of such officer or employee was involuntary, not by removal
for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, the total amount
of deductions, with such interest, shall be returned."
Approved June 10, 1949.
[CHAPTER 195]
AN ACT
June 10, 1949
To provide for more effective conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the
[H. R. 3181]
United States, and for other purposes.
[Public Law 99]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to
provide for more effective accomplishment of the purposes of the Act
entitled "An Act to promote conservation in the arid and semiarid
areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities
for water storage and utilization", approved August 28, 1937, as
amended (50 Stat. 869; 16 U. S. C . 590r-x; 54 Stat. 1124, 16 U. S. C .
590z-5), section 7 of the Act relating to water conservation and
utilization projects in the Great Plains and the arid and semiarid
areas of the United States approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1124;
16 U. S . C . 590z-5), is hereby amended by striking the figures "$50,000"
and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$100,000'
Approved June 10, 1949.
[CHAPTER 196]
AN ACT
Arid and semiarid
areas.
June 13, 1949
Authorizing the transfer of a certain tract of land in the Robinson Remount
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Station to the city of Crawford, Nebraska, and for other purposes.
[Public Law 100]
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 hereby authorized to transfer by quitclaim deed to
the city of Crawford, Nebraska, the following-described tract of land
lying within the Robinson Remount Station, Fort Robinson, Dawes
County, Nebraska: Beginning at the northwest corner of the tract of
land conveyed to the city of Crawford for public-park purposes by
the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1906 (34 Stat. 461); thence
west along the north line of the said station a distance of one thousand
one hundred and seventy-five feet; thence south three hundred and
six feet; thence south twenty-seven degrees fifty-two minutes east to
the westerly boundary line of the present park, the point of inter-
section being approximately two thousand six hundred and fifteen feet
south of the starting point; thence north two thousand six hundred
and fifteen feet to point of beginning, containing an area of approxi-
mately forty-three and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres: Provided,
That the city of Crawford shall pay 50 per centum of the appraised
fair market value of the property as determined by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 2. Said Secretary is hereby authorized to grant to the city of
Crawford, Nebraska, a permanent easement across the lands of the
United States comprising the Robinson Remount Station, Fort Rob-
inson, Dawes County, Nebraska, for a pipe line to carry water from
Crawford, Nebr.
Tranfer of land.
Easement for pipe
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