Rights reserved by Congress. SEC. 303. The right is reserved in the Congress to take such action and to make such changes, modifications, alterations, and improvements in connection with and upon any property acquired under this title, during or after the expiration of any life estate reserved therein, as the Congress shall deem proper and necessary to protect and preserve the same; but neither the improvements so made nor any increase in the value of the property by reason thereof shall be subject to taxation during the existence of any life estate reserved in the property. Page gress Ferve Addition of French Creek Recreational Demonstration Project........ Excerpt from "An Act To authorize the disposition of recrea- SEC. 2. From and after the date of this Act, the lands Addition of des ignated projects to other areas. Authorizing transfer of customhouse at Salem, Massachusetts, to Salem, Mass. Transfer of cus Page 134 An Act To authorize the transfer of the customhouse at Salem, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, tomhouse to De authorized and directed to transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior the customhouse at Salem, Massachusetts, and such adjoining property, both real and personal, as may now be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury. partment of Interior, authorized. Preserving of, as an historic site. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire the above property for the purpose of establishing same as an historic site or otherwise preserving the buildings and grounds in connection therewith: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury Customs Bureau. may retain sufficient space in the building for the necessary operation of the Bureau of Customs. Space for C 1 Designated by Order of the Secretary of the Interior on March 17, 1938 (3 Fed. Reg. 671). IX. LEGISLATION RELATING TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEMORIALS 1. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission created....... An Act Creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Page 135 137 137 138 140 140 140 141 141 more National Memorial Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a commission is hereby created and established, to Mount Rushbe known as the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission (hereafter referred to as the commission), to consist of twelve members, who shall be appointed by the Creation and President. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the President, who shall fill all vacancies that from time to time occur. composition of. Allowance only for expenses. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that their actual expenses in connection with the work of the commission may be paid from any funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act or acquired by other means hereafter authorized: Provided, That the Proviso. secretary may be paid such salary for his services as may be Secretary, etc. determined by the commission. The commission is also authorized to pay such actual and necessary expenses as the secretary may incur in the performance of his duties. Such salary and expenses shall be paid by the treasurer of the commission upon the order of the secretary thereof and then only when approved and countersigned by the chairman of the executive committee. SEC. 2. The commission when appointed shall organize Organization. by electing a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer: Provided, That a treasurer may be selected Proviso. Treasurer. Executive committee. Completion of memorial. Authority. Receive all property, etc., of Receive and disburse funds. Employ artists, sculptors, etc. Other powers. Federal contribution limited. Advance to treasurer from funds appropriated. Proviso. Condition. outside of the commission and may be a bank or trust com- The commission may also create from its own membership an executive committee of five, which shall exercise such powers and functions within the purview of this Act as may be authorized by the commission. SEC. 3. The purpose of the commission is to complete the carving of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to consist of heroic figures of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt, together with an entablature upon which there shall be cut a suitable inscription to be indited by Calvin Coolidge, and to landscape the contiguous grounds and construct the entrances thereto. Such memorial is to be constructed according to designs and models by Gutzon Borglum, now owned or contracted for by the Mount Harney Memorial Association of South Dakota. No charge shall ever be made for admission to the memorial grounds or for viewing the memorial. SEC. 4. The commission is authorized (a) To receive and take over all property, contracts, rights, and moneys now in the hands of and possessed by the Mount Harney Memorial Association, including memoranda, records, sketches, models, and the incompleted figures on Mount Rushmore. (b) To receive funds and pledges to cover the expense of finishing such memorial, and to pay out the same upon properly receipted vouchers to persons entitled. (c) To employ the services of such artists, sculptors, landscape architects, and others as it shall determine to be necessary to complete said memorial, including the landscaping of the grounds and construction of the entrances thereto. (d) To exercise such powers and functions as are necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 5. That not more than one-half of the cost of such memorial and landscaping shall be borne by the United States, and not to exceed $250,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purpose. Upon requisition of the executive committee herein provided for, the proportionate share of the United States shall be advanced to the treasurer of said commission from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any available appropriation, and in sufficient amounts to match the funds advanced from other sources to said commission, whether such funds are in the hands of its treasurer or have already been expended upon such memorial by the commission or by its predecessor, the Mount Harney Memorial Association: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall first be satisfied that the funds received from sources other than the United States are actually available in the hands of the treasurer of the commission or have been properly expended in carrying out the purposes of this Act. |