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[70 Stat. 296]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
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PUBLIC LAW 59&-JUNE 19, 1956

Administration appropriations.

[70 ST A T.

State demonstrations of public library services in rural areas undertaken under this Act. (c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for expenses of administration such sums as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary and the Commissioner under this Act. DEFINITIONS

Post,

p. 911.

SEC. 9. For the purposes of this Act— (a) The term "State" means a State, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands; (b) The term "State library administrative agency" means the official State agency charged by State law with the extension and development of public library services throughout the State; (c) The term "public library" means a library that serves free all residents of a community, district, or region, and receives its financial support in whole or in part from public funds; (d) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and (e) The term "rural area" does not include an incorporated or unincorporated town having a population of more than ten thousand persons. Approved June 19, 1956.

Public Law 598 June 19, 1956

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Santa Fe, N.Mex. Conveyance.

C H A P T E R 408

AN ACT Authorizing the conveyance of certain property- of the United States to the State of New Mexico.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress oj^sembled^ That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the State of New Mexico, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the fifty-one acres of land, more or less, of the former Bruns General Hospital area in Santa Fe, New Mexico, now under license to the State of New Mexico, the property to be used for the training and support of the National Guard of New Mexico and for other military purposes, and the conveyance to be made without monetary consideration therefor, but upon condition that it shall be used for the aforesaid purposes and that if such real property shall ever cease to be used for such purposes, all the right, title, and interest in and to such real property shall revert to and become the property of the United States which shall have the immediate right of entry thereon, and to be further subject to the reservation by the United States of all mineral rights, including oil and gas; the right of reentry and use by the United States in the event of need therefor during a national emergency declared by the President or the Congress, and such other reservations, restrictions, terms, and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary to properly protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 2. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the conveyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of New Mexico. Approved June 19, 1956.