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 312 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 335 -337-JUNE 5, 1942 [56 STAT. held at the time of such conveyance by the corporations making the same under absolute fee-simple title. Official record. The conveyance, recorded in the office of the county recorder of Riverside County, California, in book of official records, which is hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed, is as follows: December 15, 1937: Volume 351, page 351, A. L. Wood, John Clinton Estate, Indio Fire Protection District, C. W. Walker, Jane Walker, and Pof right-f. Faye Massey: Provided, That such legalization, validation, and con- ay. firmation shall not in any instance diminish said right-of-way to a width less than fifty feet on either side of the center of the main track or tracks of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company as now Adverse possession, established and maintained: Provided further, That nothing herein contained is intended or shall be construed to legalize, validate, or confirm any rights, titles, or interests based upon or arising out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not confirmed by conveyance heretofore made by Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company: And provided fur- eriation of min. ther, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Approved, June 5, 1942. June 5, 1942 [H. R. 3488] [Public Law 576] Department of the Interior. Appointment of cer- tain assistant or dep- uty commissioners. 42 Stat. 1488; Post, p. 733. 5 U. S. C. §§661- 674; Supp. I, ch. 13 . Functions and du- ties. Performance of du- ties of commissioner in case of death, etc. June 5, 1942 [H. R. 3937] [Public Law 577] Castillo de San Mar- cos National Monu- ment, Fla. [CHAPTER 336] AN ACT To provide that assistant or deputy heads of certain bureaus in the Department of the Interior shall be appointed under the civil-service laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter assistant or deputy commissioners of the General Land Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Appointments to these positions shall be considered as made under the authority of section 169 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S . C., sec. 43). Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to per- form such other duties as may be directed by the commissioner of their respective bureaus. The Secretary may designate for each of the aforementioned bureaus an assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner. SEC. 2. All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 337] AN ACT To change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the area now within the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida shall hereafter be known as the "Castillo de San Marcos National Monument", under which name the aforesaid national monument shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or here- after appropriated for the Fort Marion National Monument. Approved, June 5, 1942. w et er

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