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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 246, 247-JUNE 25, 1949 [63 STAT. ARTICLE XIII Nothing in this compact shall be construed to authorize or permit any member state to curtail or diminish its forest fire fighting forces, equipment, services or facilities, and it shall be the duty and responsi- bility of each member state to maintain adequate forest fire fighting forces and equipment to meet normal demands for forest fire protection within its borders. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or restrict the powers of any state ratifying the same to provide for the prevention, control and extinguishment of forest fires, or to prohibit the enactment or enforcement of state laws, rules or regulations intended to aid in such prevention, control and extinguishment in such state. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to affect any existing or future cooperative relationship or arrangement between the United States Forest Service and a member state or states. ARTICLE XIV Continuance in This compact shall continue in force and remain binding on each . state ratifying it until the legislature or the governor of such state takes action to withdraw therefrom. Such action shall not be effective until six months after notice thereof has been sent by the chief execu- tive of the state desiring to withdraw to the chief executives of all states then parties to the compact. SEC. 2. Without further submission of the compact, the consent of Congress is given to any State to become a party to it in accordance with its terms. Rights reserved. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved June 25, 1949. [CHAPTER 247] June 25, 1949 [H. R. 263] [Public Law 130] Orange County, Calif. Easement for high- way. Irvine Co., W. Va. Easement for pipe line. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to grant to the county of Orange, Cali- fornia, a perpetual easement for the maintenance and operation of a public highway, and to grant to the Irvine Company, a corporation, a perpetual ease- ment for the maintenance, operation, and use of a water pipe line, in the vicinity of the naval air base, Santa Ana, Orange County, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of iAmerica in (o'ngrcss a(Issr)bled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to grant to the county of Orange, State of California, a perpetual easement for public-highway purposes over and upon that portion of the strip of land fifty feet in width described in paragraph g (a) of the judgment of condem- nation made and entered July 14, 1947, in case numbered 2398-Y, Civil, in the District Court of the United States for the Central Divi- sion of the Southern District of California, which lies within lot 67 block 10, of Irvine's subdivision, Orange County. California, subject to the rights, easements. and conditions relating thereto as provided in paragraph 3 of said judgment. SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, author- ized to grant to the Irvine Company, a West Virginia corporation, with place of business in Orange County. California, a perpetual ease- ment for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and use of that portion of the existing reinforced pipe line for the transportation of water particularly described in paragraph Ic of said judgment of condemnation of July 14, 1947. in said case numbered 2398-Y which lies within said lot 67, block 10, said Irvine's subdivision, to be operated and used by said grantee in connection with and as a part 276

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