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61 STAT.] SOTH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 75-77-MAY 16, 1947 [CHAPTER 75] AN ACT To change the name of the Lugert-Altus irrigation project in the State of Okla- homa to the W. C . Austin project. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in honor and recognition of the outstanding service of the late W. C. Austin in securing irrigation for the benefit of southwestern Oklahoma, the project in the State of Oklahoma known as the Lugert-Altus irrigation project shall hereafter be known and designated as the W. C . Austin project. Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such project is designated or referred to under the name of the Lugert-Altus irrigation project shall be held to refer to such project under and by the name of the W. C. Austin project. Approved May 16, 1947. [CHAPTER 76] ANT Af'T 99 May 16, 1947 [S. 214] [Public Law 691 W. C . Austin proj- ect, Okla. ... May 16, 1947 Providing for the conveyance to the town of Marblehead, in the State of Massa- [H. R. 450] chusetts, of Marblehead Military Reservation for public use. [Public Law 70] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Coast Guard, or such agency of the United States as holds title, be, and hereby is, authorized and directed, upon payment to the United States of the sum of $5,000, to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the town of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, for per- petual use as a public park or other public use, all the proprietary right, title, and interest of the United States to and in that certain tract of land, together with all improvements thereon owned by the United States, embraced within the military reservation situated on Marblehead Neck at the east entrance to Marblehead Harbor, in the State of Massachusetts, and containing approximately three and seventy-four one-hundredths acres; the said property being that which was acquired by the War Department from the Department of Com- merce pursuant to an Act of Congress approved May 28, 1935 (Public Law Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress): Provided, That an area one hundred feet square surrounding the lighthouse tower, with right-of-way both by land and sea, shall be reserved for lighthouse purposes: Provided further, That the town of Marblehead shall not have the right to sell or convey aforesaid property, nor to devote the same to any other than for a public park use; and in the event that said property shall not be used as above provided, the right, title, and interest hereby authorized to be conveyed shall revert to the United States. Approved May 16, 1947. Marblehead, Mass. Conveyance. 40 Stat. 306. Lightlhouse area. Restrictions. Reversion provi- sion. [CHAPTER 77] JOINT RESOLUTION To correct technical errors in the Act approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 729, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session). Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 729, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session), is hereby amended as follows: (a) Strike out "6 (a) " in paragraph (a) of section 3 and substitute in lieu thereof the following: "(a) of section 6". May 16, 1947 [H. J. Res. 116] [Public Law 71] Navy. Officer candidate training program. 60 Stat. 1057. 34 U.S. . §§ 102- 10201. 60 Stat. 1058. 34 U.S.C. 102Ob(a).