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PUBLIC LAW 560-AUG. 2, 1954

12 USC 1749. Educational institutions. Sale of property. Un i v e r s i t y of California.

U n i v e r s i t y of South Carolina.

S a i n t Louis County, Mo. Conveyance.

Wether s f i e l d, Conn.

Payment.

R e d u e t i o n of vulnerability to enemy attack.

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damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty after they have become eligible for such transfer but before such transfer has been completed, the head of the Federal department or agency may assign or pay to such local educational agency, solely for use in repairing or reconstructing such facilities, all or any part of any insurance receipts in connection with such casualty which are payable or have been paid in consideration of premiums which such local educational agency has advanced for the benefit of the United States." (b) The third sentence of section 401(a) of title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the word "made" and inserting the words "is approved by the Administrator". SEC. 809. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, (1) the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed to sell to the University of California, at fair market value as determined by him, all of the properties, including land, comprising war housing projects CAL-4041 and 4042 known as Canyon Crest Homes located in Riverside County, California; (2) the Public Housing Commissioner is authorized to permit the Housing Authority of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, to sell to^'the University of South Carolina, at fair market value as determined by him, all of the property, including land, comprising the seventy-four unit housing project Numbered SC-2-5 known as University Terrace, located in Columbia, South Carolina, and to use, with the approval of the said Commissioner, the proceeds of such sale as a loan for the development of other low-rent housing in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, in replacement of said project Numbered SC-2-5, under terms and conditions which will be satisfactory to the Public Housing Commissioner and which will, in his opinion, protect the interest of the United States, and the annual contributions now contracted for in respect to project Numbered SC-2-5 shall continue to be available and may be contracted for in respect to such oth.?r low-rent housing; and (3) the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized and directed to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Housing Authority of Saint Louis County, Missouri, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the one hundred and fifty-six housing units in public housing project Numbered MO-V-23153. SEC. 810. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to sell and convey all right, title and interest of the United States (including any off-site easements) at fair market value as determined by him, in and to war housing project CONN-6029, known as Westfield Heights, containing one hundred and thirty dwelling units on approximately twenty-three and nineteen one-hundredths acres of land in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and CONN-6125, known as Drum Hill Park, containing one hundred and twenty-five dwelling units on approximately fifty-two and thirty-three one-hundredths acres of land in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, to the housing authority of the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut, for use in providing moderate rental housing. Any sale pursuant to this section shall be on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine: Provided, That full payment to the United States shall be required within a period of not to exceed thirty years with interest on unpaid balance at not to exceed 5 per centum per annum. SEC. 811. The Housing and Home Finance Agency, including its constituent agencies, and any other departments or agencies of the Federal Government having powers, functions, or duties with respect to housing under this or any other law shall exercise such powers, functions, or duties in such manner as, consistent with the require-