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 PUEBLIC LAWS-CHS. 924, 926-NOV. 29, 30, 1940 Acquisition of adja- cent lands for mili- tary purposes; im- provements. Continuance of Ar- lington Experiment Station at present site. Arlington Memorial Bridge. Approach road, construction author- ized. means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary. SEC. 3. There is also further authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $5,000,000 for the acquisition of adjacent lands and the con- struction and installation of such buildings and utilities and appur- tenances as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary for military purposes on the above-mentioned lands, including altera- tions, additions, and betterments to such existing improvements thereon as may be transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of War. If the purchase of additional lands authorized by this section meets the requirements of the War Department, the Secretary of War may allow the Secretary of Agriculture to continue the operation of Arlington Experiment Station at its present site. SEC. 4. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior a right-of-way two hundred feet wide extend- ing from a point near the southeast corner of the Arlington Cemetery in a northeasterly direction to the Boundary Channel, in order to provide an adequate approach road to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, the construction of which road is hereby authorized, and, with the approval of the President, to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior until needed such other lands transferred to or acquired by the Secretary of War under this Act as may not be immediately necessary for military purposes. Approved, November 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 926] November 30, 1940 [H. R. 10465] [Public, No. 886] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war mate- rial, and for other purposes", approved April 20, 1918. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mDertctilon of war United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first para- Definition of terms. graph of section 1 of the Act approved April 20. 1918, entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes" (40 Stat. 533; U. S . C., title 50, secs. 101-103), is amended by striking out the word "the" immediately preceding the word "war . The fourth paragraph of section 1 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "United States." "The words 'United States' used in this Act in a geographical sense shall include the Philippine Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, and all other territory and waters, continental and insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States as thus defined." Such Act of April 20, 1918, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following sections: "ateonalaefense "SEC. 4. That the words 'national-defense material', as used herein, shall include arms, armament, ammunition, livestock, stores of clothing, food, foodstuffs, fuel, supplies, munitions, and all other articles of whatever description and any part or ingredient thereof, intended for the use of the United States in connection with the national defense. prNationl-defense "The words 'national-defense premises', as used herein, shall include all buildings, grounds, mines, or other places wherein such national- defense material is being produced, manufactured, repaired, stored, mined, extracted, distributed, loaded, unloaded, or transported, together with all machinery and appliances therein contained; and all forts, arsenals, navy yards, camps, prisons, or other military or naval stations of the United States. 1220 [54 STAT.

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