[CHAPTER 134-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3150] AN ACT To revise and repeal certain Acts relating to rules of survey to permit departures from the system of rectangular survey when necessary on all public lands, 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 third paragraph of section 2395, Revised Statutes (43 Ú. S. C., sec. 75Î), is amended to read as follows: "Third. The township shall be subdivided into sections, containing, as nearly as may be, six hundred and forty acres each, by running parallel lines through the same from east to west and from south to north at the distance of one mile from each other, and marking corners at the distance of each half mile. The sections shall be numbered, respectively, beginning with the number one in the northeast section and proceeding west and east alternately through the township with progressive numbers, until the thirty-six be completed." SEC. 2. Section 2410, Revised Statutes (43 U. S. C., sec. 770), is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Interior may, by regulation, provide that departures may be made from the system of rectangular surveys whenever it is not feasible or economical to extend the rectangular surveys in the regular manner or whenever such departure would promote the beneficial use of lands." SEC. 3. Section 1 of the Act of April 13, 1926, entitled "An Act to authorize a departure from the rectangular system of surveys of homestead claims in Alaska, and for other purposes" (44 Stat. 243; 48 U. S. C., sec. 379), is hereby amended by deleting the following words: "and the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1918 (40 Stat. L. 632), insofar as they require that surveys executed thereunder, without expense to the claimant, must follow the general system of the public land surveys." SEC. 4. Section 2408, Revised Statutes (43 U. S. C., sec. 768), and section 2409, Revised Statutes (43 U. S. C., sec. 769), are hereby repealed. Approved April 29, 1950. [CHAPTER 492-2D SESSION] [H. R. 5866] AN ACT To adjust and define the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests, 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 portion of the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that is common to and between the park and the Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests hereafter shall be as follows: (a) Between the Pisgah National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park the boundary shall be as follows: Beginning at a point where North Carolina State Highway Numbered 284 first crosses the Cataloochee Divide, said point being common to the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2187 of July 10, 1936, and the boundary of said park, as authorized by the Act of May 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 616), as amended; thence following the divide northeasterly to the summit of Bent Knee Knob; thence northwesterly and northerly following Trail Ridge and White Oak Mountain to a point where the present national forest boundary leaves White Oak Mountain and running with same northwesterly across Cataloochee Creek to the southeast corner of a tract of national park land and northwesterly through the same following the crest of the ridge next south of the east boundary of the said tract to the old road on the summit of Longarm Mountain; thence southwesterly and northwesterly following the said road running with the top of Scottish Mountain and through a tract of national forest land to the south boundary of a tract of national park land just east of Mount Sterling Gap; thence northerly following the south and east boundaries of the said tract of national park land to the northeast corner thereof; thence northeasterly through a tract of national forest land, following the crest of the ridge parallel to and east of Mount Sterling Creek to the summit of the ridge terminated by the juncture of Mount Sterling Creek with its south prong; thence northwesterly across Mount Sterling Creek to the summit northeast of Ivy Gap; thence westerly to a point where the westerly boundary of a tract of Forest Service land diverges from North Carolina State Highway Numbered 284; thence with the highway northerly to a point where North Carolina Highway Numbered 284 joins Tennessee Highway Numbered 75 at the State line: (b) Between Nantahala National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the boundary shall follow the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2185 of July 9, 1936: (c) Between Cherokee National Forest (Unaka Division) and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the boundary shall follow the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2183 of July 8, 1936. SEC. 2. That, subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the boundaries of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as redefined by this Act, hereafter shall be a part of the national park and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national park. All federally owned lands eliminated from the national park by this Act shall hereafter be a part of the Pisgah National Forest and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations relating to such national forest. SEC. 3. That so much of the twenty-five-acre tract of land in Forney's Creek Township, Swain County, North Carolina, lying north of Lake Cheoah, proposed to be donated to the United States by the Carolina Aluminum Company, as now lies outside of the park boundaries authorized by the Act of May 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 616), as amended, shall, upon acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior, become a part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said park. Approved July 26, 1950. [PUBLIC LAW 641-81ST CONGRESS] [H. R. 3906] AN ACT To amend the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 (a), added by the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 631), to the Act of September 2, 1937 (50 Stat. 917), entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes", is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words and figures reading "not exceeding $25,000 for Alaska, and $10,000 each for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands", and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures reading "not exceeding $75,000 for Alaska, not exceeding $25,000 for Hawaii, and not exceeding $10,000 each for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Approved August 3, 1950. [CHAPTER 532-2D SESSION] [H. R. 7675] AN ACT To authorize the addition of certain land to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the State of Tennessee. 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 accept, as an addition to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, donations of not to exceed one thousand and four hundred acres of land and interests in land situated generally within the Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River lying west of the city of Chattanooga. SEC. 2. All property acquired pursuant to this Act shall become a part of the national military park upon the issuance of an appropriate order, or orders, by the Secretary of the Interior setting forth the revised boundaries of the park, such order or orders to be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. Lands so added to the park shall thereafter be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the park. Approved August 3, 1950. (359) [CHAPTER 658-2D SESSION] (H. R. 6533] AN ACT To provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management projects, 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 Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to cooperate with the States through their respective State fish and game departments in fish restoration and management projects as hereinafter set forth: No money apportioned under this Act to any State, except as hereinafter provided, shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of fish, shall have assented to the provisions of this Act and shall have passed laws for the conservation of fish, which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by fishermen for any other purpose than the administration of said State fish and game department, except that, until the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after passage of this Act, the assent of the governor of the State shall be sufficient. The Secretary of the Interior and the State fish and game department of each State accepting the benefits of this Act shall agree upon the fish restoration and management projects to be aided in such State under the terms of this Act, and all projects shall conform to the standards fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. For the purpose of this Act the term "fish restoration and management projects" shall be construed to mean projects designed for the restoration and management of all species of fish which have material value in connection with sport or recreation in the marine and/or fresh waters of the United States and include (a) such research into problems of fish management and culture as may be necessary to efficient administration affecting fish resources; (b) the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to guide and direct the regulation of fishing by law, including the extent of the fish population, the drain on the fish supply from fishing and/or natural causes, the necessity of legal regulation of fishing, and the effects of any measures of regulation that are applied; (c) the formulation and adoption of plans of restocking waters with food and game fishes according to natural areas or districts to which such plans are applicable, together with the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to the formulation, execution, and testing the efficacy of such plans; (d) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of water or land adaptable as hatching, feeding, resting, or breeding places for fish, including acquisition by purchase, |