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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 692-JUNE 25, 1938 Administration facility, and also any unclaimed property heretofore or hereafter found or situated in such home, hospital, facility, or supply depot may be sold, used, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this Act, and subject to regulations promulgated by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs pursuant hereto; and the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be credited and be subject to dis- bursement as in this Act prescribed. Notice of intended SEC. 6. At least ninety days prior to any sale pursuant to this Act, written or printed notice thereof describing the property to be sold shall be mailed to the owner of the property or, if deceased, to his executor or administrator, or to the nearest kin, if any such appear by the records of the Veterans' Administration. If none such appears from said records, similar notice shall be posted at the facility where the death occurred or property shall have been found (if in existence) and at the place where such property is situated at the time of such notice, and also at the place where probate notices are posted in the county wherein the sale is to be had. The person posting such notice shall make an affidavit setting forth the time and place of such posting and attaching thereto a copy of such notice, and such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of such posting and admissible in evidence as proof of the same. Transportation of SEC. 7. Upon receipt of a proper claim for such property under the provisions of this Act the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized, in his discretion and in accordance with regulations to be by him promulgated, to pay mailing or shipping charges not to exceed $10 in the case of each deceased veteran as hereinabove defined, such payments to be made from the appropriation for Salaries and Expenses, Veterans' Administration. elnquisfhmenrta f SEC. 8. Subject to the provisions of this Act and to the extent neces- jurisdiction for certain purposes. sary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, there is hereby relinquished to the respective State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States such jurisdiction pertaining to the administra- tion of estates of decedents as may have been ceded to the United States by said State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States respecting the Federal reservation on which is situ- ated any Veterans' Administration facility while such facility is operated by the Veterans' Administration; such jurisdiction with respect to any such property on any such reservation to be to the same extent as if such premises had not been ceded to the United States: Pr.ate, etc., uris- Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed to diction. deprive any said State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States of any jurisdiction which it now has nor to give any State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States authority over any Federal official as such on such premises or otherwise. "Facility", "eter-t SEC. 9 . The term "facility" or "Veterans' Administration facility" facility" defined. as used in this Act shall mean those facilities over which the Veterans' Administration has direct and exclusive administrative jurisdiction, including hospitals or other facilities on property owned or leased by the United States while operated by the Veterans' Administration. ulatioins.tte reg SEC. 10. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to n promulgate such regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as may viewable administra- be appropriate to effectuate the provisions hereof. Decisions by the ti vely. Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or any person acting for him pur- suant to specific or general delegated authority, under the provisions of this Act, shall not be reviewable administratively by any other officer of the United States. Saving clase. SEC. 11. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the 1192 [52 STAT.

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