[CHAPTER 298-1ST SESSION] [S. 497] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the purchase of public lands for home and other sites", approved June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the purchase of public lands for home and other sites", approved June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609), is hereby amended by striking out the words "prescribed: Provided further, That this Act shall not apply to any lands in the Territory of Alaska", and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "prescribe: Provided further, That any employee of the Department of the Interior, stationed in Alaska, notwithstanding such employment, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, purchase or lease one such tract in the Territory of Alaska, except business sites, under this Act". Approved July 14, 1945. [PUBLIC LAW 178-79TH CONGRESS AN ACT To amend paragraph 682 of title 16 of the United States Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 682 of title 16 of the United States Code, 1940 edition (Act of February 28, 1925, ch. 376, 43 Stat. 1091), be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the last sentence thereof. Approved August 11, 1945. (241) [CHAPTER 467-1ST SESSION] [8. 131] AN ACT To authorize the conveyance of the United States Fish Hatchery property at Butte Falls, Oregon, to the State of Oregon. 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 convey to the State of Oregon, at any time within three years, title to the property known as the United States Fish Hatchery property near Butte Falls, Jackson County, Oregon, consisting of thirteen and two hundred and twentyseven one-thousandths acres of land, together with improvements thereon. SEC. 2. Any conveyance executed by the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the purposes of this Act shall contain the express condition that the grantee shall use the property exclusively for fish cultural purposes, and the further express condition that the title and right to possession of the lands so conveyed, together with improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary, after notice to such grantee and after an opportunity for a hearing, that the grantee had ceased to use the property for such purposes; and such lands and improvements thereon, upon such reversion to the United States, shall be returned to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. Approved November 14, 1945. (242). [CHAPTER 50-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3028] AN ACT To amend the Act of August 17, 1937, as amended, relating to the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in the State of North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act approved August 17, 1937, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 16, sec. 459a-2), relating to the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in the State of North Carolina, is amended to read as follows: "Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, accept for administration, protection, and development by the National Park Service a minimum of ten thousand acres within the area described in section 1 of this Act, including the existing Cape Hatteras State Park, and, in addition, any other portions of the area described in section 1 hereof if the State of North Carolina shall agree that if all the lands described in section 1 of this Act shall not have been conveyed to the United States within fifteen years from August 17, 1937, the establishment of the aforesaid national seashore recreational area may, in the discretion of the said Secretary, be abandoned, and that, in the event of such abandonment, the said State will accept a reconveyance of title to all lands conveyed by it to the United States for said national seashore recreational area". Approved March 6, 1946. (243) [CHAPTER 108-2D SESSION] [8. 396] AN ACT Providing for the transfer of a certain fish hatchery in Comanche County, Oklahoma, to the city of Lawton. Oklahoma. 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 authorized and directed to convey to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the fish hatchery property which is located south of such city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, and which is now under the control of the Department of the Interior. Approved March 22, 1946. [PUBLIC LAW 332-79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To change the designation of Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, in the State of Montana, to "Custer Battlefield National Monument", and for other purровев. 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 Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, in the State of Montana, shall hereafter be known as the "Custer Battlefield National Monument", under which name this national monument shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery. Approved March 22, 1946. [CHAPTER 463-2D SESSION] [H. R. 5317] AN ACT To amend the Act establishing the Hot Springs National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 187), as amended (16 U. S. C. 372), is further amended by striking out the words "Eastern United States Judicial District of Arkansas" and inserting in lieu thereof "Western United States Judicial District of Arkansas". SEC. 2. Section 6 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 188), as amended (16 U. S. C. 376), is further amended by striking out the words "United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas" wherever they appear in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas". SEC. 3. Section 7 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 188), as amended (16 U. S. C. 377), is further amended by striking out the words "United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas”. SEC. 4. Section 8 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 189), as amended (16 U. S. C. 378), is further amended by striking out the words "Eastern District of Arkansas" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Western District of Arkansas". SEC. 5. Section 9 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 189), as amended (16 U. S. C. 379), is further amended by striking out the words "Eastern District of Arkansas" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Western District of Arkansas". SEC. 6. Section 12 of the Act of April 20, 1904 (33 Stat. 189, 16 U.S. C. 382), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. All persons who may be imprisoned for nonpayment of any fine or costs provided for by this Act or awaiting trial without bail, shall be confined in any approved jail situated in the Western District of Arkansas or at such place as may be otherwise designated". Approved June 24, 1946. (245) |