[CHAPTER 764-2D SESSION] [H. R. 2096] AN ACT To amend section 11 of the Act approved June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 317), relating to Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second paragraph of section 11 of the Act approved June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 317,319; 16 U.S. C. sec. 404c-11), is hereby amended to read as follows: "In order to provide for acquisition of property on behalf of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of not to exceed $350,000. Any of the funds appropriated pursuant to the provisions hereof which are not needed to acquire property as authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be used to acquire lands and interests in lands required for the development of a proper and suitable entrance road to Mammoth Cave National Park, as authorized in section 12 of this Act. The funds heretofore deposited in the Treasury under special fund receipt account 146664 shall, upon the passage of this Act, be transferred to the general fund of the Treas ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That no part of this authorization shall be used for road development or construction until after all the lands within the maximum boundaries, as authorized by the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 635), have been acquired by purchase, condemnation or otherwise." Approved June 30, 1948. (316) [CHAPTER 806-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3416] AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Pensacola National Monument. 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 to receive on behalf of the United States, the following parcels of land, together with any improvements thereon, now located in the harbor defenses of Pensacola on lands owned by the Department of the Army, in Escambia County, State of Florida, not needed by either the War or Navy Department and transferred in accordance with existing law: (1) Old Fort San Carlos and Old Fort Barrancas (approximate area four acres). (2) Old Fort Redoubt (approximate area four acres). (3) Old Fort Pickens (approximate area five acres). SEC. 2. The property acquired under the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall be held by the Secretary of the Interior pending determination by the said Secretary as to its national significance for national monument purposes. In the event that the said Secretary shall determine it to be in the national interest the area, upon the publication of a Secretarial order in the Federal Register, shall constitute the Pensacola National Monument, set apart for the preservation of historical associations connected with Pensacola and its harbor defenses. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have supervision, management, and control of such national monument, and shall restore, maintain, and preserve it in a suitable and enduring manner which, in his judgment, will provide for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to maintain either in an existing structure acquired under the provisions of section 1 of this Act or in a building constructed by him for the purpose of a museum for relics and records pertaining to Pensacola and its harbor defenses and for other articles of national and patriotic interest, and to accept on behalf of the United States, for installation in such museum, articles which may be offered as additions to the museum. SEC. 4. In the event that the said Secretary shall determine that the area would be more suitably administered as a State historical park, the said Secretary is hereby authorized to transfer title to the land, and jurisdiction of the area, to the State of Florida: Provided, That the State shall perpetually maintain the area for State historical park use. In the event that the State shall ever abolish the historical park, or attempt to alienate the lands, title shall revert to the United States. SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 136-1ST SESSION] [S. 812] AN ACT To protect scenic values along Oak Creek Canyon and certain tributaries thereof within the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter mining locations made under the mining laws of the United States within the following-described lands within the Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona: Sections 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 34, of township 19 north, range 6 east; and sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, and 34 of township 18 north, range 6 east; and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, southeast quarter of section 8, sections 9, 10, 11, and 12 of township 17 north, range 6 east; Gila and Salt River base and meridian, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. SEC. 2. That hereafter all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the above-described area shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture. SEC. 3. That valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under this Act, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire. Approved May 24, 1949. [PUBLIC LAW 79-81ST CONGRESS] AN ACT To include certain lands in the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the boundaries of the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, are hereby extended to include fractional township 25 north, range 15 east, New Mexico principal meridian, and, subject to all valid and existing claims, all lands of the United States within said township are hereby made parts of the Carson National Forest and hereafter shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto. Approved May 31, 1949. 71-490 O-66-22 [CHAPTER 180-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 1357] AN ACT To authorize the establishment of the Saint Croix Island National Monument, in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of establishing a Federal area of national historical importance for the benefit of the people of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept, for national monument purposes, on behalf of the United States, the donation of all non-Federal lands and interests in land situated on Saint Croix (Dochet) Island, located in the Saint Croix River, in the State of Maine. The Secretary is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he may consider to be in the public interest, not to exceed fifty acres of land or interests therein situated on the mainland, such property to be used for general administrative purposes and for a landing dock in order to provide a suitable approach and ready access to the island. SEC. 2. Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient land and interests in land situated on the island have been acquired by the United States for the establishment of a suitable national monument, such acquired property, and any Federal properties on the island that are not required for other public purposes, shall be established as the "Saint Croix Island National Monument". An order of the Secretary of the Interior, constituting notice of such determination, shall be published in the Federal Register. Following establishment of the national monument, other properties situated upon the island may become a part of the monument upon acquisition of title to such properties by the United States, and Federal properties situated upon the island, upon a determination by the agency administering such Federal properties that they are no longer required by that agency, may be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior by such agency to become a part of the national monument. Notice of the addition of any such properties to the monument shall be published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior. There shall be excluded from the national monument, for such time as the United States Coast Guard shall consider it to be necessary, any portion of the island which is being used and which is required for the purposes of a Coast Guard light station. SEC. 3. The national monument shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S. C. 1-4), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U. S. C. 461-467). SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved June 8, 1,949. |