PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 483-485 --AUG. 19, 1949
Audit of accounts.
which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise
statement and convenient reference: Provided, That this provision
shall not be construed to waive the submission of all accounts and
vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit or to permit any
obligations to be incurred in excess of the amount authorized to be
appropriated herein.
Approved August 19, 1949.
[CHAPTER 484]
August 19, 1949
ACT
[H. R. 5188]
To provide for the preparation of a plan for the celebration of the one hundredth
[Public Law 252]
anniversary of the building of the Soo Locks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
tes
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nnial Ceslebration United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby
Commission.
created a commission to be known as the Soo Locks Centennial Cele-
bration Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission")
and to be composed of nine Commissioners to be appointed by the
compensation.
President. The Commissioners shall serve without compensation and
shall select a Chairman from among their number.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare a
comprehensive plan for the celebration in the year 1955 of the one
hundredth anniversary of the building of the Soo Locks.
Report to resident.
(b) The Commission shall make a report of its progress to the
President at least twice a year, and shall submit to the President prior
to the beginning of the celebration a final report setting forth the plan
prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and containing
such recommendations for carrying out such plan as it deems advisable.
Terminatn
The Commission shall cease to exist thirty days after the date of the
submission of the final report.
Approved August 19, 1949.
Augulst 19, 1949
[S. 1049]
[Public Law 2531
Minlnesotla.
IA'Ise of
o)property.
Report to Congress.
Jurisdiction.
[CHAPTER 485]
AN ACT
To authorize the lease of the Federal correctional institution at Sandstone,
Minnesota, to the State of Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of Amenrica in Conf/res.,
a.s eeble(d, lThat the Attorney
General is authorized to lease to the State of Minnesota, upon such
terms and conditions as he may see fit, all lands, buildings, equip-
ment, and other facilities of the Federal correctional institution at
Sandstone, Minnesota, not required for use by the Department of
Justice. The agreement of the State of Minnesota to protect, repair,
and maintain such property and to return it to the Department of
Justice in as good condition as when leased, reasonable wear and tear
excepted, may constitute the sole consideration for any such lease.
Any such lease shall continue in effect until terminated (1) by either
party upon not less than eighteen months' notice to the other, or (2) by
agreement of both parties.
SEC. 2 . The Attorney General shall consider any proposals which
may be made by the State of Minnesota for the transfer to it of any
of the property described in the first section of this Act, and shall
report the same, together with his recommendations. to the Congress.
SEC. 3 . There is hereby ceded to the State of Minnesota, for the
duration of any lease of any property to it pursuant to the provisions
of this Act, the jurisdiction theretofore vested in the United States
over such property.
Approved August 19, 1949.
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