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PUBLIC LAW 675-AUG. 27, 1954

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fowl purposes in the Grasslands area of the San Joaquin Valley. If and when available, such water shall be delivered from the Central Valley project at a charge not to exceed the prevailing charge for class 2 water. SEC. 7. The use of all water furnished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 2 and section 6 of this Act shall be subject to and not inconsistent with the laws of the State of California relating to priorities of deliveries and use of water. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as an allocation of water. Approved August 27, 1954.

Public Law 675 August 27, 1954 [H. R. 4690]

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CHAPTER 1013

AN ACT To provide for the erection of appropriate marlters in national cemeteries to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congriess assembled. That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army shall set aside, when available, suitable plots in the national cemeteries under their jurisdiction to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action, and shall, under regulations to be jointly prescribed by them, permit the erection of appropriate markers thereon in honor of any such member or group of members. Approved August 27, 1954. Public Law 676

August 27, 1954 [H. R. 6223]

CHAPTER 1014

AN ACT To amend section 87 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (32 U.S.C. 47), to relieve the States from accountability and pecuniary liability for property lost, damaged, or destroyed except in cases where it shall appear that the loss, damage, or destruction of the property was due to carelessness or negligence or could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 39 statf 2^4.*"** United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 87 of ^ the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (32 U.S.C. 47), is amended to read as follows: "DISPOSITION A N D R E P L A C E M E N T OF DAMAGED PROPERTY, AND SO FORTH

"SEC. 87. All military property issued to the National Guard and Air National Guard as herein provided shall remain the property of the United States. Whenever any such property issued to the National Guard or Air National Guard in any State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, or become unserviceable or unsuitable by use in service or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterested surveying officer of the United States Army, United States Air Force, or the National Guard or Air National Guard detailed by the appropriate Secretary, and the report of such surveying officer shall be forwarded to the appropriate Secretary or to such officer as he shall designate to receive such reports. The appropriate Secretary or his designated representative is hereby authorized to relieve the State, Territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia from further accountability and pecuniary liability for

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