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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 604 -606 -DEC. 28, 1945 SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy shall provide by regulations for establishing on ships and on shore stations dental services to be under the senior dental officer who shall be responsible to the commanding officer of such ship or shore station for all professional, technical, and administrative matters in connection therewith: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to impose any administrative require- ments which would interfere with the proper functioning of battle organizations. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and nothing contained herein shall act to reduce the grade or rank of any person. Approved December 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 605] AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, so as to permit the designation of freight forwarders as carriers of bonded merchandise. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 551 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1940 ed., title 19, sec. 1551) be, and it hereby is, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 551. BONDING OF CARRIERS.- Under such regulations and sub- ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, any common carrier of merchandise owning or oper- ating a railroad, steamship, or other transportation line or route for the transportation of merchandise in the United States, or any freight forwarder, as defined in section 402 of part IV of the Interstate Commerce Act (U. S . C., 1940 edition, Supp. III, title 49, sec. 1002 (5)), upon application, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be designated as a carrier of bonded merchandise for the final release of which from customs custody a permit has not been issued." Approved December 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 606] AN ACT To transfer certain land and personal property in Limestone County, Texas, to the State of Texas, acting by and through the State Board of Control. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, convey, grant, and quitclaim unto Texas Rural Communities, for subsequent use by or transfer to the State of Texas, acting by and through the State Board of Control, for the benefit and rehabilitation of conva- lescent or handicapped residents of the State of Texas, all right, title, claim, interest, equity, and estate in and to the real and personal property comprising the Mexia Colony project of Farm Security Administration, Limestone County, Texas, presently administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as trustee under an agreement of trans- fer, dated October 31, 1939, with Texas Rural Communities. SEc. 2. Such transfer by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be sub- ject to any legal rights existing by virtue of any lease or other agree- ment by the Secretary, his successors or representatives, as such trustee. SEO. 3. Any such transfer shall not be deemed to impose any lia- bility upon the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to his obliga- tions under such agreement of transfer of October 31, 1939. Approved December 28, 1945. 667 Administration. Repeal of conflicting laws. December 28, 1945 [S. 914] [Public Law 285] Freight forwarders. 46 Stat. 742. Designation as car- riers of bonded mer- chandise. 56 Stat. 284 . 49 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1002 (5). December 28, 145 [S. 1471] [Public Law 286] Limestone County, Tex. Conveyance. Existing rights Liability.

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