PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 351, 352-MAY 28, 1948 maintenance of such highways, and a copy of such application shall be filed with the Federal Power Commission; and any location, entry, or selection of such lands, or subsequent patent thereof, shall be subject to any rights granted the State pursuant to such application". Approved May 28, 1948. [CHAPTER 352] ANT An"P May 28,1948 [. 1525] To provide for furnishing transportation for certain Government and other [Public Law 5601 personnel, and for other purposes. Transportation of certain personnel. Acquisition of equipment. Lease or charter to private or public car- riers. Bates of fare. Restriction on use. Exercise of author- ity. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force shall determine that the effective conduct of the affairs of his department requires assured and adequate transportation facili- ties to and from their places of employment for personnel attached to or employed by such department, including, during any period of war or national emergency declared by the Congress or the President, personnel attached to or employed by private plants engaged in the manufacture of material for such departments, he is hereby authorized in the absence of adequate private or other facilities to provide such transportation, by motor vehicle or water carrier, subject, however, to the following provisions and conditions: 1. The equipment required to provide such transportation facilities may be either purchased, leased, or chartered for operation by the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Depart- ment of the Air Force, and when so obtained may be maintained and operated either by enlisted personnel, civil employees of the Depart- ment of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force or by private personnel under contract with such departments. Equipment so obtained may also be leased or chartered to private or public carriers for operation under such terms and con- ditions as the Secretary of the Army the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, or such official within their respective departments as they may designate, shall determine necessary and advisable under the existing circumstances: Provided,That any equip- ment purchased, leased, or operated by authority of this Act shall have a seating capacity of twelve or more passengers. 2. That in each case where transportation facilities are provided hereunder, reasonable rates of fare for the service furnished shall be established and charged under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe; the receipts from such fares, and the proceeds from the leasing or chartering of any equipment as provided in the foregoing paragraph, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. 3. The facilities and service authorized hereunder shall be utilized only for the transportation of personnel heretofore enumerated and for the purpose heretofore stated, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by authority of the Secretary of the Army, the Sec- retary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force: Provided,how- ever, That where the equipment and facilities herein provided for are pooled under lease or charter agreements, the reciprocal use of Gov- ernment-owned and private-owned equipment shall be deemed to be within the intent of this paragraph. 4. The authority herein granted the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall be 276 [62 STAT.
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