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 1370 June 9, 1948 IS. 17711 [Private Law 341] James S. McDonald Post 5054 Veterans of Foreign wars, Powell, Wyo. Rights reserved to U.S. Conditions of con- veyance. June 9, 1948 [S. 2060] [Private Law 342] Edgar Wikner Per- cival. Quota deduction. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 430, 431-JUNE 9,1948 [CHAPTER 430] AN ACT [62 STAT. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Powell Town- site, Wyoming, Shoshone reclamation project, Wyoming, to the James S. McDonald Post 5054, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Powell, Wyoming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a patent to issue conveying that portion of the townsite of Powell, Wyoming, on the Shoshone reclamation project, particularly described as block one hundred and thirty-three of Powell Townsite, township 55 north, range 99 west, sixth principal meridian to the James S. McDonald Post 5054, Veterans of Foreign Wars, lowell, Wyoming, in trust for use as a Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse and sports center; but in said patent there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits within said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. SEC. 2. The conveyance herein authorized shall be made upon the express conditions that any use to which the area is put shall comply with all town ordinances and State laws; that within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior, the Commander of the James S. McDonald Post 5054, Veterans of Foreign Wars, shall submit a report on the use made of the land herein granted the James S. McDonald Post 5054 during the period named in such request; and that in the event of his failure so to report or in the event of a finding by the Secretary, which finding shall be final and conclusive, that the terms of the grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be forfeited and the title shall revert to the United States. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to determine the facts and declare the forfeiture and reversion aforesaid and restore said land to the public domain, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and conclusive. Approved June 9, 1948. [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT For the relief of Edgar Wikner Percival. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws, Edgar Wikner Percival, temporarily residing in New York, New York, who was admitted into the United States on a visitor's visa, shall, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax, be deemed to have been lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his last actual entry into the United States. (b) Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the first available quota for nationals of Australia. SEC. 2. Said Edgar Wikner Percival shall not be deprived of any right or benefit conferred by section 1 of this Act by reason of his departure from the United States before or after the date of enactment of this Act for the purpose of any temporary visit to any place outside the United States Approved June 9, 1948.

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