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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 309, 310-MAY 19, 1948 Payment. Written notice to Secretary of Treasury. May 19, 1948 [H. R. 4018] [Public Law 537] Wildlife conserva- tion. Transfer of prop- erty. Act, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jeffer- sonville Flood Control District, Jeffersonville, Indiana, a municipal corporation, the sum of $53,099.56. Such sum represents the cost of acquiring an alternate right-of-way for the construction of flood- protection works, the original right-of-way acquired by such district having been taken by the United States for the use of the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Navy having imposed restric- tions making it impossible to construct flood-protection works upon a right-of-way which, pursuant to a stipulation, the Department of the Navy agreed to convey to such district as compensation for the right- of-way taken by the United States. The payment of such sum to such district shall be in full settlement of all claims of such district against the United States on account of complying with the provisions of section 2 of this Act and on account of the taking of such original right-of-way by the United States in proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, entitled "United States of America against 27.02 acres of land, in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, Howard Shipyards and Dock Company, et al., Civil No. 80", and entitled "United States of America against 15.77 acres of land, more or less, in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, Dollie Hoffman, et al., Civil No. 92". SEO. 2 . The Secretary of the Navy shall give written notice to the Secretary of the Treasury that the Jeffersonville Flood Control Dis- trict has complied with the provisions of this section whenever such district has, in such manner as is satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy, conveyed to the United States all right, title, and interest which it may have in and to the naval property in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, particularly described in a proposed grant of ease- ment signed on the 13th day of August, 1943, by which the United States proposed to grant and convey to Jeffersonville Flood Control Commission, Jeffersonville, Indiana, its successors and assigns, a per- petual easement to construct, operate, and maintain a flood-protective system on the two sections of naval property described in such pro- posed grant of easement. Approved May 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 310] AN ACT Authorizing the transfer of certain real property for wildlife, or other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon request, real property which is under the jurisdiction or control of a Federal agency and no longer required by such agency, (1) can be utilized for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of the State exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State wherein the real property lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) is chiefly valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, in the determination of the War Assets Administrator, is available for such use may, not- withstanding any other provisions of law, be transferred without reim- bursement or transfer of funds (with or without improvements as determined by said Administrator) by the Federal agency having jurisdiction or control of the property to (a) such State agency if the management thereof for the conservation of wildlife relates to other than migratory birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if the real property has particular value in carrying out the national migra- tory bird management program. Any such transfer to other than the United States shall be subject to the reservation by the United States of all oil, gas, and mineral rights, and to the condition that the property 240 [62 STAT.

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