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PUBLIC LAW 718-AUG. 30, 1954

is to revert to the State of Oregon together with any or all facilities and improvements, appurtenances, and utilities thereon or appertaining thereto other than those hereinabove reserved to the United States. SEC. 2. The property herein transferred shall come within the provisions of section 203(k)(2)(D) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C., 484 (k) (2)(D)). Approved August 30,-1954. Public Law 718

August 30, 1954 [H. R. 8252]

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CHAPTER 1088

AN ACT For the relief of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the Fort Smith, Ark. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, the sum of $2,381.75. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, against the United States for expenses for engineering fees incurred in connection with the project for the improvement of the Fort Smith 60 Stat. 170. Municipal Airport approved under the Federal Airport Act: Pro49 USC 1 1 0 1 vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be note. paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 30, 1954. Public Law 719 August 30, 1954 [H. R. 9712]

New England Higher Education Compact. Consent of Congress.

CHAPTER 1089

AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to certain New England States to enter into a compact relating to higher education in the New England States and establishing the New England Board of Higher Education. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more of the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont to enter into the following compact and agreement relative to higher education and creating the New England Board of Higher Education. The compact reads as follows: .". ' \ "•^rv--_;•..,;••'/--:'?,:'.^.o-M^^:--'.';

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The purposes of the New England Higher Education Compact shall be to provide greater educational opportunities and services through the establishment and maintenance of a co-ordinated educational program for the persons residing in the several states of New England parties to this compact, with the aim of furthering higher education in the fields of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health and in professional, technical, scientific, literary and other fields.

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