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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 529, 530 -SEPT. 1 , 1949 to its award has been transferred, through the acquisition of stock interests or other transactions, to the ownership or control of a refinery ineligible for a preference under said Act of July 13, 1946, and the regulations in force thereunder at the time of such transfer. SEC. 3 . The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized under general rules and regulations to be prescribed by him to issue leases or permits for the exploration, development, and utilization of the mineral deposits, other than those subject to the provisions of the Act of August 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 913), in those lands added to the Shasta National Forest by the Act of March 19, 1948 (Public Law 449, Eightieth Congress), which were acquired with funds of the United States or lands received in exchange therefor: Provided, That any permit or lease of such deposits in lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be issued only with his consent and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe to insure the adequate utilization of the lands for the purposes set forth in the Act of March 19, 1948: And provided further, That all receipts derived from leases or permits issued under the authority of this Act shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury and shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed for other receipts from the lands affected by the lease or permit, the intention of this provision being that this Act shall not affect the distribution of receipts pursuant to legislation applicable to such lands. Approved September 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 530] AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain lands and to lease certain other land to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Administra- tor of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to (1) convey by quitclaim deed the lands described in section 2 of this Act as parcels I and II, part of the lands of the Veterans' Administration center at Wood, Wisconsin; and (2) lease for a period of twenty years the land described in section 2 of this Act as parcel III, also part of the lands of such Veterans' Administration center, to Milwaukee County, a municipal subdivision of the State of Wisconsin: Provided, That Milwaukee County pay one-half the appraised market value of parcels I and II, and a fair yearly rental for parcel III, as determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. SEC. 2 . The parcels of land referred to in the first section of this Act, all of which are located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, are described as follows: Parcel I. That tract of land located in the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of section 35, township 7 north, range 21 east, and described, in general, as follows: Beginning at a point where the east line of South Harnischfeger Avenue crosses the south line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company right-of-way; running thence south on the east line of South Harn- ischfeger Avenue to the north line of West National Avenue; thence southwesterly along the north line of West National Avenue a distance of approximately six hundred and ten feet; thence northerly and parallel to the east line of South Harnischfeger Avenue a distance of three hundred feet, more or less; thence northeasterly and parallel to the north line of West National Avenue to a point of curvature of a curve; thence along the arc of the curve the radius of which is two hundred and thirty-three feet, to a point which is two hundred feet west of the east line of South Harnischfeger Avenue; thence northerly 683 Lease, etc., of land. 30 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§ 351-359. 62 Stat. 83 . 16 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§ 486a-486w note. Consent of Secre- tary of Agriculture. Receipts from leases, etc. September 1949 [i. 22981 [Public Law 281] Milwaukee County, Wis. Conveyance. Lease. Payment.