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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 654, 659-OCT. 10, 1949 SEC. 5. That paragraph VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended by Public Law 439, Seventy-eighth Congress, is hereby further amended by striking out the period and substituting a colon therefor and adding the following: "Provided,however, That disease, injury, or death incurred without willful misconduct on the part of the service person shall be deemed to have been incurred in line of duty if the sentence of the court martial did not involve an unre- mitted dishonorable discharge or if the offense for which convicted by civil court did not involve a felony as defined under the laws of the jurisdiction where the service person was convicted by such civil court." SEC. 6. The increases provided by this Act shall be effective from the first day of the second calendar month following the date of enactment of this Act. Approved October 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 659] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure for the Everglades National Park with available funds, including those made available by the State of Florida, the remaining lands and interest inlands within the boundary agreed upon between the State of Florida and the Secretary of thelInterior, within and a part of that authorized by the Act of May 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 816), and within which the State has already donated its lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to consolidate the Federal ownership of lands within the boundary set forth in deed numbered 19035 executed December 28, 1944, by the trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, and accepted by the Secretary of the Interior on March 14, 1947, for Everglades National Park purposes, the said Secretary is hereby authorized, within the aforesaid boundary and with any funds made available for that purpose, to procure lands or interests therein by purchase or otherwise, subject, however, to the right of retention by owners of lands, interests in lands, interests in oil, gas, and mineral rights, or royalties, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns (hereinafter referred to as "owners"), at their election, of the following: (1) The reservation until October 9,1958, of all oil, gas, and mineral rights or interests, including the right to lease, explore for, produce, store, and remove oil, gas, and other minerals from such lands: Pro- vided, That if on or before said date, oil, gas, or other minerals are being produced in commercial quantities anywhere within the bound- ary set forth in aforesaid deed numbered 19035, then in that event the time of the reservation as set forth in this subsection shall automatically extend for all owners, regardless of whether such pro- duction is from land in which such owners have an interest, for so long as oil, gas, or other minerals are produced in commercial quanti- ties anywhere within said boundary. To exercise this reservation, the owners, their lessees, agents, employees, and assigns shall have such right of ingress and egress to and from such lands as may be necessary; and (2) After the termination of the reserved rights of owners as set forth in subsection (1) hereof, a further reservation of the right to customary royalties, applying at the time of production, in any oil, gas, or other minerals which may be produced from such lands at any time before January 1, 1985, should production ever be authorized by the Federal Government or its assigns. 733 58 Stat. 752. 38U.S. C. note foll. 739, p. 4278. Injury, etc., in- curred in line of duty. Effective date. October 10, 1949 [H. R. 4029] [Public Law 340] Everglades Nation- al Park. Procurement of lands. Retention of rights by owners. Time limitation. Automatic exten- sion. Royalties

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