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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 204, 205, 207--MAY 26, 27, 1944 "The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase any lands within the boundaries of the Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests in the State of Nevada which, in his judgment, should become the property of the United States in order that they may be so managed with other lands of the United States as to minimize soil erosion and flood damage or promote efficiency and economy of administration, and to pay for said lands from the receipts derived from the sale of natural resources, other than mineral, and the occupancy of publicly owned lands within said national forests, which receipts are hereby authorized to be appropriated for that purpose to the extent of amounts not exceeding $10,000 per annum until said lands have been acquired; all lands so acquired thereafter to be subject to and administered under the laws applicable to lands acquired under the provisions of said Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 519, 520, 521), as amended: Provided,That the provisions of sections 500 and 501 of title 16 of the United States Code shall not be applicable to receipts so appropriated and expended. Any appro- priated amounts which are, or which heretofore have been, unexpended and unobligated at the close of the fiscal year for which appropriated shall be transferred to the national-forest receipts of that fiscal year, and amounts so transferred and such portions of the receipts of any fiscal year as are not, or heretofore have not been, appropriated for the ensuing fiscal year shall be disposed of in the same manner as other national-forest receipts." Approved May 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 205] AN ACT Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy for additional ordnance manufacturing and production facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $65,000,000 for necessary tools, equip- ment, and facilities for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, munitions, and equipment at either private or public plants. SEC. 2. The authority herein granted shall include the authority to acquire lands at such locations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem best suited to the purpose, erect or extend buildings, acquire the necessary machinery and equipment, and in private establishments provide plant-protection installations, and shal be in addition to all authority heretofore granted for these purposes. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy from time to time, but not less frequently than every sixty days, shall transmit to the Congress a full report of all acquisitions of land, by lease or otherwise, effected under the authority of this Act. Approved May 26, 1944. [CHAPTER 207 AN ACT ANACT To increase the service-connected disability rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I and World War II and veterans entitled to wartime rates based on service on or after September 16, 1940, for service- connected disabilities, and to increase the rates for widows and children under Public Law 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, and to include widows and children of World War II veterans for benefits under the latter Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the monthly rates of compensation or pension payable to veterans of World War I 229 Purchase of lands. Payment. 36 Stat. 962; 39 Stat. 1150. Post, p. 737. Disposition of unob- ligated funds. May 26,1944 [. 1771] [Public Law 811] Navy. Ordnance manufao- turing facilities. Appropriation au- thorized. Poet, pp. O09,867. Acquisition of lands, etc. Report to Congress. May 27,1944 [H. R. 336] [Public Law 3121 Service-eonneeted disability eompnsa- tion or pension.

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