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PUBLIC LAW 88-74-JULY 22, 1963

Rights-of-way.

[77 STAT.

(including oil-impregnated rock or sands from which oil is recoverable only b^ special treatment after the deposit is mined or quarried), oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, sodium, and potassium, together with the right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, or licensees to prospect for, mine, and remove them under applicable provisions of law. SEC. 8. With respect to the conveyance of any land under this Act, which land is, at the time of issuance of patent therefor, subject to a mineral lease, permit, or license, for which mineral the land is deemed at that time by the Secretary of the Interior to be not valuable or prospectively valuable, the patent shall not convey such mineral rights m such lands until the mineral lease, permit, or license, or any extensions or renewals thereof, shall terminate or be relinquished, but upon such termination or relinquishment all the right, title, and interest of the United States to such mineral deposits shall automatically vest in the patentee. SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the city of Henderson, may, prior to the transfer of title to the city of Henderson, grant rights-of-way in, over, upon, through, or under any of the lands described in section 2 of this Act. Approved July 22, 1963.

Public Law 88-74 July 22, 1963 [H. R. 40]

Agricultural experiment stations. Research facilities.

Definitions.

12 Stat. 503.

AN ACT T(» assist the States to provide additional facilities for research at the State agricultural experiment stations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentativeH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to continue its support of agricultural research at the State agricultural experiment stations through Federal-grant funds, on a matching basis, to help finance physical facilities as required for the effective conduct of an adequate research program. SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to assist the State agricultural experiment stations in the construction, acquisition, and remodeling of buildings, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including the acquisition of jfixtures and equipment which are to become a part of such buildings) which are necessary to more effectively conduct research in agriculture and sciences related thereto through means of grants from the Federal Government. SEC. 3. As used in sections 2 to 11, inclusive, of this Act— (1) the term "State" shall include Puerto Rico; (2) the term "State agricultural experiment station" means a department established under the direction of a college or university in any State in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts", approved July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301); or a department otherwise established pursuant to standards prescribed by the State the purpose of which is to conduct agricultural research; and (3) the term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of Agriculture.

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