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31. Pensacola National Monument Project

Authority to accept lands and establish monument or transfer to State of
Florida for State historical park use....
Act of July 2, 1948

Pensacola

National Monument, Fla.

Acquisition of land.

Publication in
Federal
Register.

Supervision,

etc.

Museum.

Page

446

An Act To provide for the establishment of the Pensacola National Monument, approved July 2, 1948 (62 Stat. 1220)

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). (16 U.S.C. § 450gg.)

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. (16 U.S.C. § 450gg-1.)

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. (16 U.S.C. § 450gg2.)

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. (16 U.S.C. § 450gg-3.)

Transfer of
State.

title, etc., to

Reversion

to U.S.

authorized.

SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such Appropriation sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (16 U.S.C. § 450gg note.)

32. Pipestone National Monument

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Addition of certain lands to monument authorized__-_Act of June 18, 1956 448

Pipestone

National Monument, Minn.

An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Pipestone National Monument in the State of Minnesota, approved June 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 290)

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 add to the Pipestone National Monument such part of the Pipestone school reserve, not exceeding two hundred and fifty acres, as he deems necessary to protect archeological remains, to acquire by purchase or condemnation not exceeding ten acres of non-Federal land, as he deems necessary to improve the boundary and administration of the Pipestone National Monument Federal land, and to redefine the exterior boundaries of the Pipestone National Monument to include the lands so transferred and acquired pursuant to this Act. All lands added to the Pipestone National Monument pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 804). (16 U.S.C. § 445d.)

33. Rainbow Bridge National Monument

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Monument to be protected from impairment in connection with Colorado
River storage project----
-Act of April 11, 1956 449

Excerpts from “An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Colorado River storage project and participating projects, and for other purposes," approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105, 106)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as

sembled, That, in order to initiate the comprehensive Colorado River development of the water resources of the Upper Colo- storage project rado River Basin, for the purposes, among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River, storing water for beneficial consumptive use, making it possible for the States of the Upper Basin to utilize, consistently with the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the apportionments made to and among them in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, 63 Stat. 31. respectively, providing for the reclamation of arid and semiarid land, for the control of floods, and for the generation of hydroelectric power, as an incident of the foregoing purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized (1) to construct, operate, and maintain the Initial units. following initial units of the Colorado River storage project, consisting of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, transmission facilities and appurtenant works: Curecanti, Flaming Gorge, Navajo (dam and reservoir only), and Glen Canyon:

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Provided further, That as part of the Glen Canyon Unit the Secretary of the Interior shall take adequate protective measures to preclude impairment of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument.

Rainbow Bridge ment.

National Monu

34. Saint Croix Island National Monument Project Establishment of monument and acceptance of lands authorized____

St. Croix

Island National

Monument,

Maine.

lands.

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Act of June 8, 1949 450

An Act To authorize the establishment of the Saint Croix Island National Monument in the State of Maine, approved June 8, 1949 (63 Stat. 158)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress

Acquisition of 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. (16 U.S.C. § 450hh.)

notice.

Acquisition of additional property.

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 Publication of 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

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