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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.--CHS. 818, 819--JULY 2, 1948 (b) to operate such plants, where operation by others will not, in the judgment of the Secretary, accomplish the purpose of this Act. Such plants may be operated in the furtherance of any authorized activities of the Department of Agriculture, and any lease, or other arrangement may be upon such terms and conditions as to result in the plant being operated for such purposes. SEC. 3. Whenever the Secretary finds that the operation of any plant or plants as provided in this Act is no longer necessary or desirable, he shall report such fact to Congress with his recommenda- tions for the disposition thereof. SEC. 4. For the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized (a) to construct and provide additional facilities and equipment necessary to the operation of such plants, and to maintain, repair, and alter such plants; (b) to acquire property or rights or interest therein by purchase, lease, gift, transfer, condemnation, or otherwise; (c) to incur necessary administrative expenses, including personal services; and (d) to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 5. The Secretary of Agriculture shall assume all obligations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation covering operations of the Muscatine, Iowa, plant, equipment, facilities, and appurtenant property outstanding at the date of transfer. SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary. Also, the Secretary is authorized to use such sums from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department of Agriculture as he may deem necessary for expenses in connection with maintaining these plants in standby condition while not under lease. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 819] AN ACT To authorize an exchange of lands and interests therein between the city of San Diego, California, and the United States, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized to convey to the city of San Diego without cost to said city, and upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by said Secretary, after receiving the written approval of the Attorney General as to the titles, leases, and other mutual conveyances connected therewith, the following lands and improvements and interests in land, metes and bounds description of said lands being on file in the Navy Department, to wit: (1) Fee-simple title to an area containing approximately two hun- dred and forty-four and eight-tenths acres known as the Lindbergh Field extension of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; (2) Fee-simple title to an area comprising approximately one hun- dred and sixty acres known as Rosedale Airport and being Pueblo lot 1231 of the Pueblo lands of San Diego; (3) Fee-simple title to those structures and improvements con- structed on land of the city of San Diego under naval contracts NOa-130 and NOa-1049, popularly known as the Ryan Aircraft Expansion, including but not limited to a frame stucco office building in two sections containing thirty-seven thousand square feet, a steel frame and corrugated-iron subassembly building of one hundred and 1235 Report to Congress. Additional facilities, etc. Obligations of plant at Muscatine, Iowa. Appropriation au- thorized. July 2, ISI4 - [1. I t.i .lt,1] "[Il'lllcl.aw 89ll San Diego, Calif. Conveyanoe.

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