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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 11, 12 -MAR. 11, 14, 1941 SEC. 6. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act. (b) All money and all property which is converted into money received under section 3 from any government shall, with the approval of the Director of the Budget, revert to the respective appropriation or appropriations out of which funds were expended with respect to the defense article or defense information for which such consideration is received, and shall be available for expenditure for the purpose for which such expended funds were appropriated by law, during the fiscal year in which such funds are received and the ensuing fiscal year; but in no event shall any funds so received be available for expenditure after June 30, 1946. SEC. 7. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the head of the department or agency shall in all contracts or agreements for the disposition of any defense article or defense information fully protect the rights of all citizens of the United States who have patent rights in and to any such article or information which is hereby authorized to be disposed of and the payments collected for royalties on such patents shall be paid to the owners and holders of such patents. SEC. 8. The Secretaries of War and of the Navy are hereby authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire arms, ammunition, and implements of war produced within the jurisdiction of any country to which section 3 is applicable, whenever the President deems such purchase or acquisition to be necessary in the interests of the defense of the United States. SEC. 9. The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this Act; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such department, agency, or officer as he shall direct. SEC. 10. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to change existing law relating to the use of the land and naval forces of the United States, except insofar as such use relates to the manufacture, procure- ment, and repair of defense articles, the communication of informa- tion and other noncombatant purposes enumerated in this Act. SEC. 11. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any circumstance shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved, March 11, 1941. [CHAPTER 12] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain lands situated in Duval and Brevard Counties, Florida, to the State of Florida for highway purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the State of Florida for highway purposes, upon such terms and con- ditions as he may prescribe, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to two strips of land, one within the boundaries of the naval air station, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, being a strip two hundred feet wide, and the other within the boundaries of the naval air station, Banana River, Brevard County, Florida, being a strip of land one hundred feet wide. 33 Appropriations au- thorized. Post, pp. 53, 745. Receipts. Availability. Protection of patent rights. Purchases abroad. Rules and regula- tions. Use of U. S. land and naval forces. Separability elause. March 14, 1941 [H. R. 2110] [Public Law 12] Florida. Conveyance of cer- tain lands to, author- ized. 278941°-42-PT. I - -3

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