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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. - CHS. 719-721 -DEC. 23, 1944 terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to grant to Sinclair Refining Company, a Maine corporation, its successors and assigns, an easement for rights-of-way for pipe lines for the transpor- tation of crude petroleum and/or the products and/or byproducts thereof, and also for telegraph and/or telepho ne lines, for use in con- nection with the operation of such pipe line or pipe lines, over, through, under, and across all those certain lands of the United States embraced in what is known as Indian Rock Dam and Reservoir Area in the county of York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Provided, That such easement shall be granted only upon a finding by the Secretary of War that the same will not substantially injure the interests of the United States in the property affected thereby, and will not be incom- patible with the public interest: And provided further, That all or any part of such easement may be annulled and forfeited by the Secretary of War after reasonable notice (a) for failure of said Sinclair Refining Company, or its successors or assigns, to comply with the terms or conditions of any grant made hereunder, or (b) for abandonment of such easement: And provided further, That all moneys which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 720] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps", approved December 26, 1941, so as to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts of disbursing officers and special disbursing agents of the Navy and Coast Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps", approved December 26, 1941 (55 Stat. 862), is amended to read as follows: "That the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers and special disbursing agents of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard after the date of actual receipt at the administrative office or offices designated to make the examination, and before transmitting the same to the General Accounting Office as limited by section 12 of the Act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 209), as amended, is hereby extended from twenty to sixty days. In time of war or national emergency and for a period of eighteen months after such war or emergency shall have ceased to exist, the time for examination of such monthly accounts is hereby extended from sixty to ninety days." Approved December 23, 1944. [CHAPTER 721] AN ACT 923 Rights-of-way for pipe lines, etc. December 23,1914 [H. R. 5248] [Public Law 558] Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. 31 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 80b. Examination of cer- tain monthly ac- counts. 5U. . C.i267;31 U. . o.. 78, 496. December 23,1944 To authorize the transfer of certain lands within the Colonial National Historical [H. R. 5331] Park, Yorktown, Virginia, to the Secretary of the Navy. [Public Law 559] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy complete control and jurisdiction over a parcel of land within the Colonial National Historical Park, York- town, Virginia, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the existing property line between the Colonial National Historical Park, Va. Transfer of jurisdic- tion over certain lands.

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