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 170 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 180, 181, 183,185-APR. 9, 13, 15, 1948 [62 STAT. saving lase. SEC. 4. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circum- stances, shall not be affected thereby. Approved April 9, 1948. [CHAPTER 181] AN ACT April 9,1948 ACT I[. 17941 To authorize the Houston Council, Navy League of the United States, to construct [Public Law 479] a reflecting pool at the United States naval hospital, Houston, Texas. Naval Hospital, Houston, Tex. Reflecting pool. Unconditional gift toU.S. April 13, 1948 [H. R. 4167] [Public Law 4801 Lease of State lands for mineral produc- tion. 47 Stat. 150. April 15,1948 IS. 805] [Public Law 481] Roosevelt, Utah. Appropriation au- thorized for high- school building. 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 he is hereby, authorized to permit the Houston Council, Navy League of the United States, to construct a reflecting pool on the grounds of the United States naval hospital, at Houston, Texas. SEc. 2. The site of the reflecting pool and its design and construc- tion shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. The design and construction of the reflecting pool shall be without cost to the United States. SEC. 3. Upon completion of the construction of the reflecting pool, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to accept it as an uncondi- tional gift to the United States from the Houston Council, Navy League of the United States. Approved April 9, 1948. [CHAPTER 183] AN ACT To authorize the States of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wash- ington to lease their State lands for production of minerals, including leases for exploration for oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons and the extraction thereof, for such terms of years and on such conditions as may be from time to time pro- vided by the legislatures of the respective States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second paragraph of section 11 of the Act relating to the admission into the Union of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington, approved February 22, 1889, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Except as otherwise provided herein, the said lands may be leased under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe. Leases for the production of minerals, including leases for exploration for oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons and the extraction thereof, shall be for such term of years and on such conditions as may be from time to time provided by the legislatures of the respective States; leases for grazing and agricultural purposes shall be for a term not longer than ten years; and leases for development of hydro- electric power shall be for a term not longer than fifty years." Approved April 13, 1948. [CHAPTER 185] AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a high-school building near Roosevelt, Utah, for the district embracing the east portion of Duchesne County and the west portion of Uintah County. 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

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