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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 691, 692-JUNE 25, 1938 thereof, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, as a contribution- "(a) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any needed property to the Authority; "(b) Cause parks, playgrounds, or recreational, community, educa- tional, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; "(c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; "(d) Enter into agreements with the Authority respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this Act; "(e) Cause services of a character which it is otherwise empowered to furnish to be furnished to the Authority; "(f) Enter into agreements with the Authority respecting the elim- ination of unsafe, insanitary, or unfit dwellings; and "(g) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and coop- erate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of such housing projects. "SEC. 205. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to lend to the Authority such amounts as may be necessary to enable the Authority to comply with the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and appropriations for such pur- pose are hereby authorized out of the Revenues of the District of Columbia, and the Authority is empowered to accept such loans." Approved, June 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 692] AN ACT To provide for the vesting of title, and the disposition of personal property left or found upon premises used as Veterans' Administration facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That personal property left by any decedent upon premises used as a Veterans' Administration facility, which premises are subject to the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the United States and are within the exterior boundaries of any State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States, shall vest and be disposed of as provided herein subject to the limitations and exceptions as herein provided. (a) If such person died leaving a last will and testament pro- bated under the laws of the place of his domicile or under the Laws of the State, Territory, insular possession, or dependency of the United States within the exterior boundaries of which such said premises or a part thereof may be, the personal property of such decedent situated upon such premises shall vest in the person or persons entitled thereto under the provisions of said last will and testament. (b) If such person died leaving any such property not disposed of by a last will and testament probated in accord with the pro- visions of this section such property shall vest in the persons entitled to take the same by inheritance under and upon the conditions pro- vided by the laws of the decedent's domicile: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to property to which the United States is entitled except where such title is divested out of the United States. 1189 Loans authorized. 50 Stat. 888 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 1401. Appropriations au- thorized from Dis- trict revenues. June 25, 1938 IH. R. 109071 [Public, No. 7341 Veterans' Adminis- tration facilities. Vesting of title and disposition of personal property left by de- cedents. Dllsposition by will. Property not dis- posed of by will. Proriso. Property to which United States is en- titled; exception.