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62 STAT.I 8OTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 533, 534-JUNE 19, 1948 "(c) where the veteran elects to remodel a dwelling, which is not adapted to the requirements of his disability, acquired by him prior to application for assistance under this part, the Admin- istrator shall pay not to exceed the total of (1) 50 per centum of the cost to the veteran of such remodeling, plus (2) the smaller of the following sums: (A) 50 per centum of the cost to the veteran of such dwelling and the necessary land upon which it is situated, or (B) the full amount of the unpaid balance, if any, of the cost to the veteran of such dwelling and the necessary land upon which it is situated; and "(d) where the veteran has acquired a suitable housing unit, the Administrator shall pay not to exceed the smaller of the fol- lowing sums: (1) 50 per centum of the cost to the veteran of such housing unit and the necessary land upon which it is situated, or (2) the full amount of the unpaid balance, if any, of the cost to the veteran of such housing unit and the necessary land upon which it is situated. "3. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to furnish to veterans eligible for assistance under this part, without cost to the veterans, model plans and specifications of suitable housing units. "4. Any person who accepts the benefits of this part shall not by reason thereof be denied the benefits of title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended. "5. The Government of the United States shall have no liability in connection with any housing unit, or necessary land therefor, acquired under the provisions of this part." SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 534] AN ACT To authorize the conveyance by the Secretary of the Interior to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, of certain lands lying in the bed of Roaches Run, Arlington County, Virginia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant and convey to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Virginia, its successors or assigns, all of its right, title, and interest to a tract of land comprising five and thirty-three hun- dredths acres, located in Roaches Run, Arlington County, Virginia, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point where the 1863 high-tide line intersects the southeasterly line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad industrial right-of-way, said point being also on the easterly line of the property formerly belonging to Mary E. Cullinane, now Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; thence, along said line of said industrial right-of-way by a curve to the right with a radius of eighteen hundred and sixty feet, an arc distance of fifty and fifty-three one-hundredths feet (the chord of which bears north forty- five degrees fifty-nine minutes twenty-seven seconds east fifty and fifty- two one-hundredths feet); thence, following along the line of property belonging to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, the following courses and distances: South seventy-six degrees thirty- eight minutes thirty seconds east one hundred and thirty-five and ninety-seven one-hundredths feet; south sixty-eight degrees thirty- 501 Model plans and specifications. 58 Stat. 291. 38U.s. . §0 694- 694j; Supp. I, 5§ 694, 694h notes. Post, p. 1275. Appropriation au- thorized. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 4455j [Public Law 70:1 Richmond, Freder- icksburg and Potomac Railroad Co. Conveyance.