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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 495-497-JUNE 17, 1948 [62 STAT. authorized and directed to sell the said land, and to execute the proper conveyances to Pinellas County, State of Florida, with a reservation to the United States of all minerals in said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. The consideration for such con- veyance shall be- (a) with respect to that portion of said lands which was orig- inally purchased by said county from the Treasury Department in 1938 and thereafter was reconveyed by it to the War Depart- ment in 1941, the sum received by said county from the War Department in consideration for such reconveyance; and (b) with respect to the remainder of said lands, 50 per centum of the reasonable appraised value thereof, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. SEo. 2 . The property acquired pursuant to section 1 shall be retained by the said Pinellas County and be used by it for such purposes as it shall deem to be in the public interest or be leased by it from time to time, in whole or in part or parts, to such persons and for such purposes as it shall deem to be in the public interest and upon such terms and conditions as it shall fix and always to be subject to regulation by said county whether leased or not leased but never to be otherwise disposed of or conveyed by it: Provided,That nothing herein shall prevent the said county from conveying said property back to the Federal Gov- ernment or to the State of Florida or any agency thereof. Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 496] June 17, 1948 [H. R. 3628] [Public Law 667] Patents for publio lands. Repeab June 17, 1948 {H. R. 4032 [Public Law 668] Navy. Delegation of cer tain powers to Sere- tary of Navy. AN ACT To revise the method of issuing patents for public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all patents for public lands shall be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Interior in the name of the United States: Provided, That the Sec- retary may delegate his authority under this Act to officers or employees of the Department of the Interior, but notice of any such delegation shall be given by publication in the Federal Register. SEC. 2. The following are hereby repealed: (a) Section 450, Revised Statutes (43 U. S . C., sec. 8). b) Section 451, Revised Statutes (43 U. S. C., sec. 9). c) Section 458, Revised Statutes (43 U. S . C ., sec. 15). d) That part of the Act of June 19,1878 (20 Stat. 178, 183), which reads as follows: "And the duties prescribed by section of the Revised Statutes numbered four hundred and fifty shall devolve upon and be discharged by one of the executive clerks, to be designated by the President for that purpose." Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 497] AN ACT To amend certain provisions of law relating to the naval service so as to authorize the delegation to the Secretary of the Navy of certain discretionary powers vested in the President of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Acts or parts of Acts are hereby amended by striking out the word Prsdent" wherever t appears, and substituting in lieu thereof the words "'ecretaryof the Navy": 476 Use of land.

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