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PUBLIC LAW 40—MAY 28, 1951

Public Law 40 May 28, 1951 [H. R. 2952]

U. S. Navy Band.

Appropriation authorized.

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59 Stat. 468.

64 Stat. 98. 40 U.S.C. Sup. IV, i 440 note. 7 U.S.C. Sup. IV, i 1001 note.

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Meclianical College. Transfer of land.

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AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the United States Navy Band at the final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held in Norfolk, Virginia, May 30 through June 2, 1951.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to permit the band of United States Navy to attend and give concerts at the final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at Norfolk, Virginia, May 30 through June 2, 1951. SEC. 2. For the purposes of defraying expenses of such band in attending and giving concerts at such reunion there is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sufficient sum to cover the cost of transportation and pullman accommodations for the leader and members of the Navy Band, and allowance not to exceed $8 per day each for additional traveling and living expenses while on duty, such allowance to be in addition to pay and allowance to which they would be entitled while serving their permanent station. Approved May 28, 1951.

Public Law 41 May 29, 1951 [S. J. Res. 35]

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JOINT RESOLUTION To permit the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to transfer certain lands to the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides for use for holding livestoclc and agricultural expositions.

Whereas, pursuant to Public Law 148 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture conveyed to the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, for use for the establishment and maintenance of an agricultural and vocational school, certain lands held by the United States under an agreement of transfer with the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, dated March 31, 1937, such lands to revert to the United States if not used for such purpose; and Whereas, in accordance with the Rural Rehabilitation Trust Liquidation Act (Public Law 499, Eighty-first Congress), the Secretary of Agriculture on January 2, 1951, transferred the assets being administered by the United States under the agreement of March 31, 1937, to the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, and the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation on January 8, 1951, transferred such assets back to the United States; and Whereas it is desired to permit the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to transfer twenty-five acres of the lands transferred to such board of supervisors, as aforesaid, to the Police J u r y of the Parish of Rapides for use for holding livestock and agricultural expositions: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Repr'esenfMives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon the written consent of the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to transfer by quitclaim deed or other appropriate means to the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College so much of the right, title, and interest held by the United States in and to the lands transferred to such board of supervisors pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to transfer certain lands situated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College"

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