An Act to authorize the transfer to the Vermont Agricultural College of certain lands in Addison County, Vt., for agricultural purposes
PL 82-26 (S.271), enacted 05/07/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 26—MAY 7, 1951 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance 
the standard time applicable to the District one hour for the period 
commencing not earlier than the last Sunday of April 1951 and ending 
not later than the last Sunday of September 1951. Any such time 
established by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act 
shall, during the period of the year for which it is applicable, be 
the standard time for the District of Columbia. 
Approved April 25, 1951. 
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April 28,1951 
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Charters of vessels. 
E xtension to citizens 
of P. I. 
Public Law 25 
CHAPTER 41 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To give the Department of Commerce the authority to extend certain charters 
of vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, and for other pui-poses. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of existing law, the Secretary of Commerce shall have 
the authority to extend and continue the present charters of vessels to 
citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, which charters were made 
and entered into under the terms of section 306 (a) of the Act of April 
30, 1946 (Public Law 370, Seventy-ninth Congress). Such charters 
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may be extended for such periods of time and under such terms and § i786 (a);' siip. iv," 
conditions as the Secretary may, from time to time, determine to be * ^^^ "
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required in the interest of the economy of the Philippines, but any such 
charter shall contain a provision requiring that the vessel shall be 
operated only in the interisland commerce in the Philippines. No such 
vessel shall be continued under charter beyond the completion of the 
first voyage terminating after April 30,1952. 
Approved April 28, 1951. 
Public Law 26 
CHAPTER 44 
AN ACT 
May 7,1951 
[S. 271] 
To authorize the transfer to the Vermont Agricultural College of certain lands 
in Addison County, Vermont, for agricultural purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary tuS'i^iiege.^^"''"^" 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to transfer and convey to 
conveyance, 
the Vermont Agricultural College, a State-owned corporation, upon 
acceptance by said agricultural college, without cost, the real property 
comprising nine hundred forty-two and forty-two one-hundredths 
acres, more or less, of the United States Morgan Horse Farm located 
in Addison County, town of Weybridge, Vermont, and such of the 
personal property of this station as may be agreed upon, in writing, 
by the Secretary of Agriculture and the dean of the Vermont Agri-
cultural College. 
Such real and personal property and research 
records shall be transferred upon the express condition that they 
shall be used by the Vermont Agricultural College for the benefit of 
agriculture for such period as may be agreed upon by the Secretary 
and the said college at the time of transfer. 
The authority herein contained shall expire on June 30,1951, unless, thorlty!* 
prior to such expiration date, the dean of the Vermont Agricultural 
College shall have notified the Secretary of Agriculture of the accept-
ance of the lands and other property of the station under the terms 
of this Act. 
Approved May 7, 1951. 
Expiration of au-