Joint resolution to permit the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to transfer certain lands to the Police Jury of the Parish of Rapides for use for holding livestock and agricultural expositions
PL 82-41 (S.J.Res.35), enacted 05/29/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 40—MAY 28, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Public Law 40 
CHAPTER 
114 
May 28,1951 
[H. R. 2952] 
U. S. Navy Band. 
Appropriation au-
thorized. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the attendance of the United States Navy Band at the final reunion 
of the United Confederate Veterans to be held in Norfolk, Virginia, May 30 
through June 2, 1951. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the President 
is authorized to permit the band of United States Navy to attend and 
give concerts at the final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans 
at Norfolk, Virginia, May 30 through June 2,1951. 
SEC. 2. For the purposes of defraying expenses of such band in 
attending and giving concerts at such reunion there is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated a sufficient sum to cover the cost of trans-
portation and pullman accommodations for the leader and members 
of the Navy Band, and allowance not to exceed $8 per day each for 
additional traveling and living expenses while on duty, such allow-
ance to be in addition to pay and allowance to which they would be 
entitled while serving their permanent station. 
Approved May 28, 1951. 
Public Law 41 
CHAPTER 116 
May 29, 1951 
[S. J. Res. 35] 
59 Stat. 468. 
64 Stat. 98. 
40 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
i 440 note. 
7 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
i 1001 note. 
Louisiana State 
University and Agri-
cultural and Meclian-
ical College. 
Transfer of land. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College to transfer certain lands to the Police Jury 
of the Parish of Rapides for use for holding livestoclc and agricultural 
expositions. 
Whereas, pursuant to Public Law 148 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, 
the Secretary of Agriculture conveyed to the board of supervisors 
of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical 
College, for use for the establishment and maintenance of an agri-
cultural and vocational school, certain lands held by the United 
States under an agreement of transfer with the Louisiana Rural 
Rehabilitation Corporation, dated March 31, 1937, such lands to 
revert to the United States if not used for such purpose; and 
Whereas, in accordance with the Rural Rehabilitation Trust Liquida-
tion Act (Public Law 499, Eighty-first Congress), the Secretary 
of Agriculture on January 2, 1951, transferred the assets being 
administered by the United States under the agreement of March 
31, 1937, to the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, and 
the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation on January 8, 
1951, transferred such assets back to the United States; and 
Whereas it is desired to permit the board of supervisors of Louisiana 
State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to 
transfer twenty-five acres of the lands transferred to such board 
of supervisors, as aforesaid, to the Police Jury of the Parish of 
Rapides for use for holding livestock and agricultural expositions: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Repr'esenfMives of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled, That, upon the written 
consent of the Louisiana Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to transfer by 
quitclaim deed or other appropriate means to the board of supervisors 
of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical 
College so much of the right, title, and interest held by the United 
States in and to the lands transferred to such board of supervisors 
pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to transfer certain lands situ-
ated in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to board of supervisors of Loui-
siana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College" 
65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 42—MAY 29, 1951 
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(Public Law 148, Seventy-ninth Congress) as may be necessary to 
permit such board to convey twenty-five acres of such land to the 
Police Jury of the Parish of Kapides for use for the sole purpose of 
holding livestock and agricultural expositions thereon. 
SEC. 2. The transfer of such lands shall not be deemed to impose 
any liability upon the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to his 
obligations under the transfer agreements with the Louisiana Rural 
Rehabilitation Corporation. 
Approved May 29, 1951. 
59 Stat. 468. 
Nonliability. 
Public Law 42 
CHAPTER 117 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 23, 1949, with respect to telephone and telegraph service 
for Members of the House of Representatives. 
May 29,1951 
{H. R. 3939] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the first two 
sections of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and telegraph 
service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives", 
approved June 23, 1949 (2 U. S. C, sees. 46f and 46g), are amended 
to read as follows: "That for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1952, in the case of each Member of the House of 
Representatives, there shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
House of Representatives, in accordance with rules and regulations 
prescribed by the Committee on House Administration and subject to 
the limitations provided in section 2, the following charges: 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Members; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member. 
"SEC. 2. In the case of any Member of the House of Representatives 
other than the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader, the 
majority whip, and the minority whip, there shall be paid under the 
first section of this Act— 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Member aggregating not more than 
one hundred and fifty minutes a month, except that if such aggre-
gate number of minutes is not used in any one month the balance 
may be used at any other time during the fiscal year; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member aggregating not more than one thousand words a 
month, except that if such aggregate number of words is not used 
in any one month the balance may be used at any other time during 
the fiscal year." 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of such Act of June 23,1949 (2 U. S. C, sec. 461i), 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of such Act of June 23,1949 (2 U. S. C, sec. 46i), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEO. 6. As used in this Act, the term 'Member' or 'Member of the 
House of Representatives' includes a Representative in Congress, a 
Delegate from a Territory, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico." 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on July 1, 
1951. 
Approved May 29, 1951. 
House of Represent-
atives. 
Telephone and tele-
graph service. 
63 Stat. 264. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
§§ 46f, 46g. 
L i m i t a t i o n s 
charges. 
63 Stat. 265. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
(46h. 
63 Stat. 265. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
i 46i. 
Effective date. 
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