FOREWORD This volume is the first printed supplement to the publication, Laws Relating to the National Park Service, The National Parks and Monuments, which was issued in 1933. The large number of enactments contained herein are indicative of the expanding interest of the people and the Congress of the United States in the areas administered by the National Park Service. The growth of the National Park System in recent years denotes recognition by the American public of the need for preserving for all time the outstanding natural and historic values of their country. NEWTON B. DRURY Director, National Park Service 9. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 11, Hot Springs National Park........... 12. Isle Royale National Park.......... 13. Kings Canyon National Park......... 14. Mammoth Cave National Park...... 15. Mount McKinley National Park.. 16. Olympic National Park....... 19. Shenandoah National Park.. 20. Wind Cave National Park... 21. Yellowstone National Park.. 22. Yosemite National Park.......... 1. Mount Rushmore National Memorial... 2. Coronado International Memorial project... 1 Except laws relating to the parks of the District of Columbia. .. i. Ackia Battleground National Monument......... 2. Andrew Johnson National Monument......... 9. Fort Frederica National Monument project.......... 10. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine..... 11. Fort Pulaski National Monument 12. Fort Stanwix National Monument project.......... I. GENERAL LEGISLATION Buildings in national parks, limit of cost $3,000 except under express .Act of June 28, 1938 .Excerpt from Act of May 9, 1935 Motor Carrier Act.. .Excerpts from Act of August 9, 1935 National military parks, national parks, battlefield_sites, national monuments, and miscellaneous memorials [formerly] under control of the War Department-protection of such areas ..............Act of March 2, 1933 National Park Service-official designation to replace designation as the Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations.. ..Excerpt from Act of March 2, 1934 National Park Trust Fund Board, establishment of "National Park Trust Fund".. ...........Act of July 10, 1935 National parkways, location upon public lands or other Federal reservations. Administration of parkway appropriations in accordance with regulations........... .......Excerpt from Act of September 5, 1940 Oaths to expense accounts, authorizing park officials to administer....... ..Act of June 6, 1939 Oaths in connection with employment, designated employees to administer...... .Excerpt from Act of June 26, 1943 Park, Parkway, and recreational-area programs in the United States, study of, planning by States with aid of National Park Service........ .....Act of June 23, 1936 ......... Recreational Demonstration Areas, to authorize disposition thereof ...........Act of June 6, 1942 ............. 3 17 1 For legislation relating to specific historic sites and national parkways, see VIII and XI, pages 131 and 183, respectively. 2 See Executive Orders No. 6166 and 6228, pages 203 and 205, relating to transfer of functions over such areas from the War Department to the Interior Department. 3 The Recreational Demonstration Areas were transferred from the Resettlement Administration to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order No. 7496, November 14, 1936 (1 Fed. Reg. 1946; 16 U. S. C. sec. 459r). They were acquired by the United States under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200) and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115). |