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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 617, 618-OCT. 20, 21, 1942 planting of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants and to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses", approved March 5,1942, is amended by striking out the word "seventy- five" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five hundred"; and by striking out the words "and land for nurseries" before the semicolon at the end of such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the follow- ing: "land for nurseries and administrative sites, and water rights". SEC. 2 . Paragraph (3) of the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after the first semicolon the following: "to acquire water rights; to erect necessary buildings on leased land where suitable land cannot be purchased;". SEC. 3 . Paragraph (4) of the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after the first semicolon the following: "to purchase guayule shrub;". SEC. 4 . Paragraph (8) of the first section of such Act is amended by striking out the words "of seventy-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not in excess of five hundred". SEC. 5 . Section 2 (a) of such Act is amended by inserting after the words "citizens of" the word "other"; and by striking out the words "in the Western Hemisphere". SEC. 6. Section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(e) In carrying out the provisions of this Act the Secretary shall have all of the authority conferred upon him by the Act entitled 'An Act to facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service', approved January 31, 1931. "(f) The Secretary may lease at reasonable rentals structures erected by the Government with essential facilities for such periods as such structures and facilities are not required for the purposes of this Act; and any part of land or structures with essential facilities acquired by lease, deed, or other agreement pursuant to this Act, which are not required or suitable for the purposes of the Act during the period the United States is entitled to possession thereof may be leased or sub- leased at a reasonable rental; and any surplus water controlled by the United States on land owned or leased by the United States for the purposes of this Act may be disposed of at reasonable rates." SEC. 7. Section 2 (a) of such Act is amended by inserting after the words "as amended." the following new wording: "(Sections 321 to 324, inclusive, and section 325a of title 40 of the United States Code (1940 edition), shall not apply to any nursery, planting, cultivating or harvesting operations conducted pursuant to this Act.)" Approved, October 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 618] A'T ACT 797 Increase in acreage. Nurseries, etc. Water rights. Purchase of guayule shrub. Increase in area. Personnel. Authority of Secre. tary. 46 Stat. 1052. 16U. S.C. 502. Leases. Disposal of surplus water. Hours of labor. October 21, 1942 To authorize the Attorney General to stipulate to the exclusion of certain prop- [H. R. 5503] erty from condemnation proceedings. [Public Law 752] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in any con- demnation proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the United States, the Attorney General is authorized to stipulate or agree in behalf of the United States to exclude any property or any part thereof, or any interest therein, that may have been, or may be, taken by or on behalf of the United States by declaration of taking or otherwise. Approved, October 21, 1942. Condemnation pro- ceedings. Exclusion of certain property.

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