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PUBLIC LAW 5 4 7 - J U L Y 28, 1954

29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 427-427J), is amended by adding at the end of section 10 thereof the following: "(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by contract through the means provided in subsection (a) hereof." Approved July 28, 1954. Public Law 546

CHAPTER 592

AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the city of Muskogee, Olilahoma.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land containing approximately five and four-tenths acres, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, being a portion of the Veterans' Administration hospital reservation situate in Muskogee County, State of Oklahoma, likewise being a portion of certain lands conveyed to the United States by the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, by warranty deed dated March 17, 1945, recorded in the office of the clerk of Muskogee County on June 23, 1945, in book 839, pages 432 to 434, the exact courses and distances of the perimeter of which shall be determined and approved by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. The city of Muskogee shall pay the cost of surveys as may be required by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in determining the required legal description. SEC. 2. There shall be reserved to the United States all minerals, including oil and gas, in the lands authorized for conveyance by section 1, and the deed of conveyance shall contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 3. The deed of conveyance shall provide that the tract of land authorized to be conveyed by section 1 of this Act shall be used by the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, for such purposes as will not, in the judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs or his designate, interfere with the care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' Administration Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and that if such provision is violated, title to the tract shall revert to the United States. Approved July 28, 1954. Public Law 547

60 Stat. 1085. 7 USC 4271.

July 28, 1954 [H. R. 891 J 983]

Muskogee, Okla. Conveyance.

Survey c o s t.

Mineral reservation, etc.

Use.

CHAPTER 593

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, as far as those laws are not inconsistent with the

July 28, 1954 [H. R. 5731]

De L u z Dam, Calif. Construction, etc. 43 USC 371 note.

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