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August 15, 1949
[H. R. 2290]
[Public Law 228]
PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 427, 428-AUG. 15 , 1949
[63 STAT.
[CHAPTER 427]
AN ACT
To provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educa-
tional, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing
paleontological investigations in areas which will be flooded by the construction
of Government dams.
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August 15, 1949
[It. R . 3982]
[Public Law 229]
Sisters of Saint Jo-
seph, Ariz.
Conveyance.
[CHAP'TER 428]
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain lands to the Sisters of
Saint Joseph in Arizona, Incorporated, of Tucson, Arizona, to consolidate the
Desert Laboratory Experimental Area of the Southwestern Forest and Range
Experiment Station, 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 Secretary
of Agriculture is hereby authorized in his discretion, to sell and con-
vey, in whole or from time to time in separate parcels, by quitclaim
deed or deeds, to the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Arizona, of the city of
Tucson, State of Arizona. an Arizona corporation, for cash, at a price
or prices not less than 50 per centum of the appraised fair market value
thereof as determined by him, the following-described lands situated
in the county of Pima, State of Arizona, to wit: That portion of tract
37, section 10, township 14 south, range 13 east, Gila and Salt River
meridian, Arizona, as shown on the official public survey plat approved
August 5, 1944, lyig north of a line extending westerly from corner
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Smithsonian Insti- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
Paleontological in- of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with
vestigations.
any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the
United States for continuing paleontological investigations, and the
excavation and preservation of fossil remains, in areas which will be
flooded by the construction of Government dams or otherwise be made
iInvestigations ea
t
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unavailable for such investigations because of such construction: Pro-
ment.
vided, That such investigations and activities shall not duplicate nor
affect adversely similar operations being conducted by the Department
of Interior in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.
hAppropriation a
u-
SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
$65,000, which shall be available until expended for the above purposes:
Contributions.
Provided,That at such time as the Smithsonian Institution is satisfied
that any State agency, or any educational institution or scientific
organization in any of the United States, is prepared to contribute to
such investigation and when in its judgment such investigation shall
appear meritorious, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may
make available for such investigation such amounts from this sum as
shall be equal to the amounts contributed respectively by each such
State agency, or educational institution or scientific organization:
Limitation.
Providedfurther, That the amount to be made available from this sum
for such investigation in cooperation with each such State agency, or
educational institution or scientific organization, shall not exceed
$10,000 in any fiscal year: Providedfurther, That all such cooperative
work and division of the result thereof shall be under the direction of
Government lands the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution: Providedfurther That
where lands are involved which are controlled by the Government of
the United States, cooperative work thereon shall be under the provi-
34 Stat. 25.
sions of the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U. S. C. 432, 433), and rules and
regulations pertaining thereto.
Approved August 15, 1949.
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