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67 S T A T .1 PUBLIC LAW 32-MAY 22, 1953 States, and the jurisdiction and control of which by the United States is hereby confirmed.

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Executive Order Numbered 10426, dated January 16,1953, entitled "Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental Shelf as a Naval Petroleum Reserve", is hereby revoked insofar as it applies to any lands beneath navigable waters as defined in section 2 hereof.

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SEPARABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or any sec tion, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of any such provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or indi vidual word to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if subsection 3 (a) 1, 3 (a) 2, 3 (b) 1, 3 (b) 2, 3 (b) 3, or 3 (c) or any provision of any of those subsections is held invalid, such subsection or provision shall be held separable and the remaining subsections and provisions shall not be affected thereby.
Approved May 22, 1953.

18 FR 405.

Public Law 32 CHAPTER 66 JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for proper participation by the United States Government in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered flight occurring during the year from December 17, 1952, to December 17,1953.
May 22, 1953 [S. J. R e s. 42] Whereas two Americans, Orville and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, made the world's first successful controlled powered flight in a heavier-than-air craft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17,1903; and Whereas American inventiveness and competitive enterprise during the half-century since December 17,1903, has developed the airplane into one of mankind's most powerful economic tools, into a social force which has recast the earth, into the most decisive element in the armor of the free world; and Whereas the epochal contribution of the Wright Brothers is an his torical milestone in world aviation leadership; and Whereas the National Committee To Observe the Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight desires and the President of the United States has directed the Federal Government to participate in a broad program of commemorative activities; and Whereas it is the judgment of the Congress that a proper coordination in this anniversary be achieved: of Government participation Therefore be it Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the period from Decem ber 17, 1952, to December 17, 1953, be, and it is hereby, declared the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered flight.
The President of the Senate shall appoint six Members and the Speaker of the House shall appoint six Members to compose a Joint Committee on Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary Year of Con trolled Powered Flight, and may appoint additional Members of their respective Houses, from time to time, to represent the Congress at principal national events during the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled flight.
When requested thereto by the joint committee appointed pursuant to this resolution, the Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to arrange for the cooperation of and appropriate participation by the 50th anniversary of powered flight.

Joint Committee on Observance.

34 P U B UC LAW 33-MAY 27, 1953 [67 ST A T. various armed services in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered flight.
Necessary travel expenses of any Member of Congress incidental to the performance of duties and responsibilities pursuant to designa tion under this resolution shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of which such member is a Member, upon vouchers approved by the chairman elected by the joint committee created hereunder.

Approved May 22, 1953.


Public Law 33 CHAPTER 67 May 27, 1953 [S. 1524] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to furnish certain supplies and services to foreign naval vessels on a reimbursable basis, and for other purposes.

F o r e i gn naval v e s s e ls at U. S. ports.
S u p p li e s a nd s e r v i c e s. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America of the Navy, under such regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized to furnish foreign naval vessels at United States ports and naval bases— of the in Congress asseTnbled^ That the Secretary (1) routine port services such as pilotage, tugs, garbage removal, line handling, and utilities on a reimbursable basis with out an advance of funds when such routine port services are furnished on a like basis to United States naval vessels at ports and naval bases of the country concerned; (2) miscellaneous supplies such as fuel, provisions, spare parts, and general stores on a reimbursable basis without an advance of funds when a prior agreement conferring reciprocal rights on the United States and covering the reimbursement therefor has been negotiated with the country concerned; and (3) supplies and services such as overhauling, repairs, and alterations, including the installation of equipment, when funds to cover the estimated cost thereof have been made available in advance.
Payments.

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Payments for the supplies and services furnished pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of the first section of this Act may be credited to current appropriations so as to be available for the same purposes as the appropriation initially charged.

Approved May 27, 1953.

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1 5 2 5] Public Law 34 C H A P T ER 68 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 certain parcels of land in exchange for other lands and interests therein at the former United States Marine Corps air station, Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas.

Tarrant C o unty Water Control and Improvement D i s- trict No.

1, Tex.

Conveyance.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in consideration of the conveyance to the United States of America by the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, of fee simple title to two certain parcels of land and avigation easement rights in other lands described in section 2 hereof, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey to the said Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to three parcels of