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PUBLIC LAW 169-JULY 31, 1953

[67 S T A T.

us^c 37?. '*^^' "^^ reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) prior to August 4, 1939. The Secretary is further authorized, upon concurrence of the Arch Hurley Conservancy District, to amend its existing repayment contract to carry out the purposes of this Act. The authority herein conferred upon the Secretary shall be exercised only upon condition that the Arch Hurley Conservancy District obligate itself to take over the care, operation, and maintenance of such project works as the Secretary may designate at its own expense and without further obligation on the part of the United States. Any development period for the Arch Hurley Conservancy District fixed pursuant to the authority herein conferred shall terminate not later than the year 1958, and the district's charge for calendar year 1953 shall be added to and paid with the district's contract obligation. Approved July 31, 1953. Public Law 169

CHAPTER 292 AN ACT

July 3 1. 1953

[s. 1981]

rj>^ continue in effect certain provisions of section 6 of the Act of February 4, 1887, as amended, relating to military traffic in time of war or threatened war, for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and six months thereafter, or until such earlier date as may be established by c(mcurrent resolution of Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Military traffic. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the eighth paragraph (designated "Military traffic in time of war") of section 6 of the Act of February 4, 1887 (ch. 104, 24 Stat. 380), as that section was amended by section 2 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (ch. 3591, 34 Stat. 586), as amended, and as extended by section 1(a) (24), Emergency Powers Continuation Act (Public Law 450, Eighty10 ^irsc^^u62- ^^co'^^ Congress) shall remain in full force and effect until six months 49 USC 6(8). ' after the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the 50 ulc apjfnote President on December 16, 1950 (Proclamation 2914, 3 C. F. R. 71), or p'ec. 1. until such earlier date as the Congress by concurrent resolution declares that it is no longer necessary to exercise the powers continued in force and effect by this Act, notwithstanding any limitation by reference to war or threatened war of the time daring which the powers and authorizations therein granted may be exercised. Approved July 31, 1953.

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