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 410 July 13, 1949 [H. R. 3680] [Public Law 165] Mississippi State College. Conveyance. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 305 -307, 332-JULY 13, 1949 [63 STAT. and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and by inserting after the word "streptomycin" the following: ", aureomycin, chloramphenicol, or bacitracin,". Approved July 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 306] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim five and one-tenth acres of land in Washington County, Mississippi, to the Mississippi State College. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the Mississippi State College that certain tract of land situated in the county of Washington, State of Mississippi, described as follows: Commencing at an iron corner at the northeast corner of section 10, township 18 north, range 7 west; thence south five degrees fifty minutes west two thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven feet to the point of beginning, the same being the southeast corner of the tract described; thence south eighty-four degrees seven minutes west one thousand twenty-nine and nine-tenths feet to the southwest corner of the tract; thence north no degrees thirty-eight minutes east two hundred and sixteen feet to the northwest corner of the tract; thence north eighty-four degrees seven minutes east one thousand twenty and nine-tenths feet to the northeast corner of the tract; thence south no degrees thirty-eight minutes west two hundred and sixteen feet to the point of beginning, and containing five and one-tenth acres, more or less. Approved July 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 307] AM' ACrT July 13, 1949 [H. R. 3717] To repeal the Act of July 24, 1946, relating to the Swan Island Animal Quarantine [Public Law 166] Station. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 21 U. . C. 133. July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 633), authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain on Swan Island an international animal quarantine station, is hereby repealed. Approved July 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 332] AN ACT July 13, 19049 [H.. . 20] [Public Law 167] Professional and sci- entific service. 61 Stat. 715. 5U.S.C., Supp.II, §I 171p, 230, 476, 626t. Departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force. To amend the Act of August 1, 1947, as amended, to authorize the creation of ten professional and scientific positions in the headquarters and research stations of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the creation of additional positions in the professional and scientific service in the War and Navy Departments". approved August 1, 1947, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "That (a) the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force are respectively authorized to establish and fix the compensation for, within their respective depart- ments, not more than thirteen positions each, and the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish and fix the compensation for not

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