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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, Sess. II. Cns. 426, 427. 1925. 1111 Sec. 2. That the Bureau of Mines actin under the direction of the B“*‘°¤“ °' M*¤°¤· *° Secretary of the Interior, is authbrizedgto maintain and operate %puh°%»o1iifiiiii>»i§f Jig helium production and repurilication plants, together with facilities and accessories thereto; to store and care for helium: to conduct exploration for and production of helium on and from the lands acquired or set aside under this Act; to conduct experimentation and research for the purpose of discovering helium supplies and improving processes and methods of helium production, repuriiication, storage, and utilization. All Government Sec. 3. That on or before June 30, 1925 all existing Government r1¤¤¤¤ =r¤¤¤!¤rr¤<i ro plants operated by the Government or under lease or contract with °h° B°r°°°' it, for the production of helium shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Mines: Provided, That thereafter the §’Q,°g,f{’;;m,,,, mm Army and Navy and other branches of the Federal service requiring A¤¤v» N¤vv· ¤¢¤-» M helium may requisition it from the said bureau and make payment Mum' therefor by transfer of funds on the books of the Treasury from any applicable appropriation at actual cost of said helium to the United States, including all expenses connected therewith: Provided “f,“{_PQ;',’ca',‘},¥’ "°‘°‘d further, That any surplus helium produced may, until needed for ` Government use, be leased to American citizens or American corporations under regulations approved by the President: Ami provided further, That al moneys received from the sale or leasing of helium ,,,§°,j°§";,‘f°f,‘§,c'{,?0$ shall be credited to a helium production account and shall be and ¤>·¤}¤-_ remain available for the purposes of this section; and that any ,,,1§§§§§.*’,*;’§.,,f{,Q’;‘§,‘,_’“'°' gas belonging to the United States after the extraction of helium, , or other by·pr0duct not needed for Government use 'shall be sold » and the proceeds of such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Sec. 4. That hereafter no helium gas shall be exported from the w§,,*§,f{““‘h‘¥,Ll,‘}f,‘},€’},{ United States, or from its possessions, until after application for gw Pr¤=ii1e$i.f¤r¤idsuch exportation has been made to the Secretary of the Interior °°` and permission for said exportation has been obtained from the President of the United States, on the joint recommendation of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Interior. That any person violating any of the provisions ,,$""’“°"‘ '°"“°' of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and the Federal courts of the United States are hereby granted jurisdiction to try and determine all uestions arising under this section. d N Ssc. 5. The Army and Navy may each designate an officer to ,,¤{‘,,‘Q',’F"§., §.§‘,,,,,,,,,,§"’ cooperate with the Department of the Interior in_ carrying out the purposes of this Act, and shall have complete right of access to plants, data, and accounts. Approved, March 3, 1925 mma ms. CHAP. 427.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of Warto sell real property, to wit, a portion of the Fort Revere Reservation, at Hull, Massachusetts. [Public- N°·“5-l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongreas assembled, That the GCN- §g,$'° R“°" tary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to sell to the Town of wsgiwguggggacion or, Hull, Massachusetts, at private sale upon terms and conditions ' deemed advisable by him, a section of land, situated in the town of Hull, Massachusetts, and included in the Fort Revere Reservation, comprising an area of alpproximately one hundred and twenty- five thousand seven hundre and eighty square feet, to_be added by the town of Hull to its present cemeteq to which said land is °_;},‘;&‘;‘;_ ‘° *‘“""“" adjacent; and to execute and deliver in the name of the United