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[69 Stat. 496]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 496]

496

PUBLIC LAW 236-AUG. 4, 1955

Public Law 236 August 4, 1955 tH.R. 4218]

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64 Stat. 22. 36 USC 31-39.

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Cl em s o n Agricultural C o l l e g e, S. C. Conveyance. 50 Stat. 526.

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STA T.

C H A P T E R 558

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment, and to provide certain services to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America for use at the Girl Scout Senior Roundup Encampment, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lend to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, a corporation created under the Act of March 16, 1950, for the use and accommodation of the approximately five thousand Girl Scouts and officials who are to attend the Girl Scout Senior Roundup Encampment to be held during the period beginning in June 1956 and ending in July 1956, at the Highland State Recreation Area in the State of Michigan, such tents, cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags, refrigerators, and other equipment and services as may be necessary or useful. (b) Such equipment is authorized to be delivered at such time prior to the holding of such encampment and to be returned at such time after the close of such encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. No expense shall be incurred by the United States Government for the delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of such equipment. (c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, shall take from the Girl Scouts of the United States of America a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved August 4, 1955. Public Law 237

August 4, 1955 [H.R. 4280]

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CHAPTER 559

AN ACT To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States conditions in two deeds conveying certain submarginal lands to Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina so as to permit such college, subject to certain conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemiled^ That, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of section 32 of the BankheadJones F a r m Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011 (c)), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to release on behalf of the United States with respect to lands designated pursuant to section 2 hereof, the conditions, contained in two deeds, both dated December 22, 1954, conveying certain submarginal lands in Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties, South Carolina, to Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, which require that the lands conveyed be used for public purposes and provide for a reversion of such lands to the United States if at any time they cease to be so used. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall release the conditions referred to in section 1 only with respect to lands covered by and described in an agreement or agreements entered into between the Secretary and the college in which the college, in consideration of the release of said conditions as to such lands, agrees— .<!«^r> & ic'^A'- \