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Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument Page Establishment of monument authorized, Act of June 18, 1930 amended ..........Act of August 13, 1935 147 An Act To amend sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Aet to provide for the commemoration of the termination of the War between the States at Appomattox Court House, Virginia," approved June 18, 1930, and to establish the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument, and for other purposes, approved August 13, 1935 (49 Stat. 613) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the commemoration of the termination of the War between the States at Appomattox Court House, Virginia", approved June 18, 1930, are hereby amended to read as follows: "That when title to all the land, structures, and other Establishment. property within a distance of one and one-half miles from the Appomattox Court House site, Virginia, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior in the exercise of his discretion as necessary or desirable for national-monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States in fee simple, such area or areas shall be, and they are hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public monument for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the 'Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument.'1 be authorized. "SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appro- Appropriation priated the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act as amended hereby. of land. "SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Acquisition hereby, authorized to accept donations of land and/or buildings, structures, and so forth, within the boundaries of said park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase when purchasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land within the said park as may be necessary for the completion thereof within the limits of the appropriation as authorized in Section 2." (16 U.S.C. sec. 450b, 450c note, 450d.) SEC. 2. Such Act of June 18, 1930, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as follows: 1 See Executive order No. 8057 of February 23, 1939 (3 CFR, CUM.SUPP., 460), transferring land from Department of Agriculture for monument purposes; also Order of the Secretary of the Interior of April 10, 1940 (5 Fed. Reg. 1520), designating area to comprise the monument. Purchases; condemnation proceedings. Jurisdiction. "SEC. 4. The administration, protection, and development of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled 'An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes', as amended." (16 U.S.C. sec. 450e.) 4. Badlands National Monument' Page Extension of boundaries authorized..Excerpt from Act of June 26, 1936 149 Excerpt from "An Act To amend the Act entitled 'An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes', approved June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269)," approved June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1979) TITLE II - BADLANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT extension authorized. SECTION 1. The boundaries of the Badlands National Boundary Monument, as established by the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1553), shall be, and are hereby, extended to include such lands adjacent or contiguous thereto, in the State of South Dakota, including, but not being restricted to, lands designated as submarginal by the Resettlement Administration, as may be determined by the President, by proclamation, within five years following the approval of this Act, to be necessary for the proper rounding out of the boundaries of said Monument or the administration thereof, providing the entire area of such Monument shall not exceed 250,000 acres. SEC. 2. That the provisions of the Act of August 25, Supervision. 1916, entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service and for other purposes", as amended, are hereby made applicable to and extended over such lands as may be added to the Monument under the authority of the foregoing section. (16 U.S.C. sec. 441a note.) 1 See proclamation No. 2320 of Jan. 25, 1939 (3 CFR, CUM.SUPP., 74), establishing the national monument. Boundary adjustment authorized..................................Act of June 29, 1936 Fort Marion National Monument, Fla. Adjustment of boundary. Acceptance of donations. Acquisition of lands. Addition of acquired lands to monument. Castillo de San Page 150 150 An Act To authorize the adjustment of the boundary of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to adjust the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument, Florida, in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle, and for said purpose is authorized to convey to adjacent property owners, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed satisfactory to him, title to such portions of monument land as he may determine to be no longer necessary for said monument, or he may accept in consideration therefor title to such portion of any adjacent property as he may deem desirable to satisfactorily adjust the boundary of said monu ment. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land or buildings, structures, and other property adjacent to and within a distance of one thousand five hundred feet of the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle and the Old City Gates, and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land adjacent to the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle and the Old City Gates as may be deemed desirable by him for addition to the monu ment. SEC. 3. That any lands acquired on behalf of the United States under the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same are hereby, added to the Fort Marion National Monument and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said monument. An Act To change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes, approved June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 312) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the area now within the Fort Marion National Monu X. NATIONAL MONUMENTS - CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS ment, in the State of Florida, shall hereafter be known as the "Castillo de San Marcos National Monument", under which name the aforesaid national monument shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the Fort Marion National Monument. 151 |