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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 458 -460-OCT. 24, 27, 28, 1941 [CHAPTER 458] AN ACT October 24, 1941 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide salvage facilities, and for [S. 1731] other purposes. [Public Law 280] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized during war or national emergency- (a) To provide, by contract or otherwise, necessary salvage facili- ties for both public and private vessels upon such terms and condi- tions as he may, in his discretion, determine to be in the best interests of the United States. (b) To acquire or to transfer, by charter or otherwise, for operation by private salvage companies, such vessels and equipment as he may deem necessary. (c) To advance to private salvage companies such funds as may, in his judgment, be necessary to provide for the immediate financing of salvage operations, these advances to be on such terms and under such conditions as he may deem adequate for the protection of the Government. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such funds, not in excess of $3,000,000 annually, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Approved, October 24, 1941. [CHAPTER 459] AN ACT To permit mining within the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That within the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona all mineral deposits of the classes and kinds now subject to location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States shall be, exclusive of the land containing them, subject to disposal under such laws, with right of occupation and use of so much of the surface of the land as may be required for all purposes reasonably incident to the mining or renoval of the minerals alnd undler sl(c general regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, October 27, 1941. [CHAPTER 460] AN ACT Navy. Provision of salvage facilities. Operationbyprivate companies. Advances for imme- diate financing. Appropriations authorized. Public Law 446, 77th Congress. October 27, 1941 [S. 260] [Public Law 2l1] Organ Pipe Cactns National Monument, Ariz. October 28, 1941 Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal years [Or. R. SSSl ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes. [Public Law 282] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the national defense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-DEFENSE AID SEC. 101. To enable the President, through such departments or agencies of the Government as he may designate, further to carry out the provisions of an Act to promote the defense of the United States, approved March 11, 1941, and for each and every purpose Second Supplemen- tal National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942. Ante, p. 669. Defense'Aid Supple mental Appropriation Act, 1942. Ante, p. 53. Ante, p. 31 745

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