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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 817, 818 -JULY 2, 1948 Basis of allocation. 53 Stat. 33 . 26 U. . C. §101(6). Donation to mili- tary, etc., schools. are hereby authorized in their discretion to donate for educational purposes in the States, Territories, and possessions without cost, except for costs of packing, transportation, and delivery, such equip- ment, materials, books, and other supplies as may be obsolete or no longer needed by the Army, Navy, or Air Force and which any such Secretary or the United States Commissioner of Education, Federal Security Agency, may consider usable for educational purposes. SEC. 2. All property which the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, or Secretary of the Air Force may so donate, except that donated in accordance with section 3 hereof, shall be allocated on the basis of needs and utilization by the United States Commissioner of Education for transfer by the owning agency directly to schools, colleges, or universities or to State Departments of Education, for distribution by the State to tax-supported schools, colleges, and universities and other nonprofit schools, colleges, and universities which have been held exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code; except in any State where another agency is designated by State law for such purposes such transfer shall be made to said agency for such distribution within the State. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force may donate such of the property specified in section 1 hereof as they consider usable for educational purposes to those educational activities that are of special interest to the armed services, such as maritime academies or military, naval, air force, or coast guard preparatory schools. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 818] July 2, 1948 [H. R. 60961 (Public Law 890] Department of Agri- culture. Transfer of certain alcohol plants. 58 Stat. 765. 50U.S.C.app. §i 1611-1646; Supp. I, § 1612 et seq. Ante, pp. 350, 1103. 38 Stat. 765 . 50U.S.C.app. § 1611-1646; Supp. I, § 1612 et seq. Ante, pp. 350 , 1103. Operation of plants. AN ACT To provide for making available the Government-owned alcohol plants at Mus- catine, Iowa, Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, for the production of products from agricultural commodities in the furtherance of authorized programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of assuring their operation for the production of products from agri- cultural commodities in order to provide a means of discharging the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture in connection with surplus agricultural commodities, research, and other authorized activities, and to assist in providing an adequate supply of alcohol and other products produced from agricultural commodities necessary for the national defense, (1) the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as successor to Defense Plant Corporation, shall transfer, without regard to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 and without reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the Secretary of Agri- culture all of its right, title, and interest in and to the alcohol plant established and constructed by Defense Plant Corporation at Musca- tine, Iowa, the property, together with the equipment, records, facilities, and other property appurtenant thereto; and (2) the War Assets Administration shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture without regard to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 and without reimbursement or transfer of funds the alcohol plants at Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, together with the land, equipment, facilities, and other property appurtenant thereto. SEC. 2. In carrying out the purposes of this Act the Secretary is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law- (a) to provide for the operation of such plants by lease or other arrangement; 1234 [62 STAT.

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