Appropriation. Woodrow Wilson Centen derived from Commission activities, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000 for travel expenses of the members of the Commission and for other expenses that may be incurred in developing suitable plans provided for herein, and no appropriation shall be deemed to be authorized herein to carry out the purposes of this resolution in accordance with such plans unless an additional appropriation to carry out such purposes is expressly authorized by further legislation. Joint Resolution To increase the appropriation authorization for the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission, approved March 29, 1956 (70 Stat. 58) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint nial Celebration resolution to establish the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission, and for other purposes", approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964), is amended to read as follows: Commission. Appropriation. Woodrow Wilson Centen "SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in addition to sums previously appropriated to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution a sum not to exceed $48,500." Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation in connection with the centennial of the birth of Woodrow Wilson, approved April 27, 1956 (70 Stat. 118) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to nial Celebration establish the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission. Commission, and for other purposes", approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: Proclamation. "SEC. 6. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation, as soon as practicable in the year 1956, inviting the people of the United States to observe the centennial anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson with appropriate ceremonies and activities during that year." Joint Resolution Authorizing the creation of a commission to consider and formulate plans for the construction in the District of Columbia of an appropriate permanent memorial to the memory of Woodrow Wilson, approved October 4, 1961 (75 Stat. 783) Whereas Woodrow Wilson, as twenty-eighth President of the United States, won the enduring gratitude of the people of the United States and throughout the world for his farsighted and tireless efforts to achieve a lasting peace, with justice and freedom for all; and Whereas he so eloquently phrased the principles for which this country stands and provided, with his own high standards of integrity, vision, and compassionate good will an inspiration for generations to come: Now, therefore, be it Woodrow sion. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is hereby established a commission, to be known as the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission rial Commis(hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"), for the Establishment. purpose of considering and formulating plans for the design, construction, and location of a permanent memorial to Woodrow Wilson in Washington, District of Columbia, or in its immediate environs. The Commission shall, in general, decide on the advisability of one of two kinds of memorials: One which would be a monument similar to those which honor Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln; or one which will serve as a building of a functional nature, or, as it is often called, a "living memorial". The Commission shall study, among others, proposals to associate the memorial with the Washington International Center program for international visitors. (b) The Commission shall be composed of the Composition. following members: (1) Former Presidents of the United States, at their pleasure; (2) Two persons to be appointed by the President of the United States; (3) Two Senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (4) Two Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (5) Three members to be appointed by the President of the United States, one from each of the following: (A) The Woodrow Wilson Foundation; (B) The Woodrow Wilson Centennial Commission (now discharged); and (C) One member of the Department of the Interior, who shall be the Director of the National Park Service, or his representative. (c) The Commission shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. Vacancies occurring in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (d) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in carrying out the duties of the Commission. Reports to Authority. Appropriation. (e) The Commission shall report such plans, together with its recommendations, to the President and Congress at the earliest practicable date, and in the interim shall make annual reports of its progress to the President and Congress. However, such plans and recommendations shall not be reported until the Commission has obtained the assistance and advice of the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts if the memorial is to be located in the District of Columbia, or the assistance and advice of the National Capital Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Regional Planning Council if the memorial is to be located in the environs of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. The Commission is authorized to (a) make such expenditures for personal services and otherwise for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution as it may deem advisable from funds appropriated or received as gifts for such purpose; (b) accept gifts to be used in carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution or to be used in connection with the construction or other expenses of such memorial; and (c) hold hearings, organize contests, enter into contracts for personal services and otherwise, and do such other things as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $10,000 to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. II. LEGISLATION RELATING TO NATIONAL PARKS 1. Acadia National Park Home Owners' Loan Corporation tract, addition to park.. Page Act of December 22, 1944 89 Conveyance, for school purposes, of certain land in park to town of Tre- An Act Providing for the transfer of certain property from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation to the United States for national-park purposes, approved December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 914) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (herein called the "Corporation") is authorized and directed to convey and transfer to the United States of America, upon the terms and conditions provided in section 4 hereof, all right, title, and interest vested in the Corporation, at the date of such conveyance and transfer, in and to real property and interests therein in the county of Hancock, State of Maine, acquired by the Corporation through the foreclosure of that certain mortgage deed, dated October 20, 1933, executed to the Corporation by Percy B. Russell and Florence L. Russell, and appearing in book 642, page 389, of the Registry of Deeds of Hancock County, State of Maine. HOLC. certain prop erty in HanMaine. Conveyance of cock County, behalf of U.S. 40 U.S.C. 255; 1339 41 10 U.S.C. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior, for and on be- Acceptance on half of the United States of America, is authorized and directed to accept the conveyance and transfer of such property without regard to the provisions of section 355, as amended, section 1136, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (except the last paragraph of said section 355, as amended, which shall be applicable hereto), or any other provision of law. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized and directed to pay all necessary fees, charges, and expenses in connection with such conveyance and transfer. SEC. 3. Upon the conveyance and transfer of such property as herein provided, it shall be used and administered by the Secretary of the Interior solely for 677-347-63 -7 U.S.C. 5. Property to Acadia National Park. become part of 89 Cancellation of 12 U.S.C. 1463; Supp. III, § 1463. Adjustments on books and records. Acadia National Park, Approval of design of buildings, etc. national-park purposes, and it shall be deemed to constitute a part of the Acadia National Park. SEC. 4. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon such conveyance and transfer and in lieu of any other payment by the United States to the Corporation as consideration for the conveyance and transfer of such property, cancel bonds of the Corporation, in the principal sum of $18,000, purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury under or by reason of the provisions set forth in section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, approved June 13, 1933 (48 Stat. 128), as amended (which bonds are hereby made available to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of this section), and all sums due and unpaid upon or in connection with such bonds at the time of such cancellation and discharge, together with any accrued interest: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury and the Corporation are authorized and directed to make adjustments on their books and records as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (16 U.S.C. § 343b.) An Act To transfer jurisdiction of certain lands comprising a portion of Acadia National Park, Maine, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy, and for other purposes, approved July 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 519) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That control and jurisdiction over the followingdescribed lands now comprising a portion of the Acadia National Park, in the State of Maine, are hereby transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall retain the right to approve the design of the buildings and structures to be placed thereon. All that certain tract or parcel of land on Big Moose Island, Winter Harbor, Maine, which is bounded southerly and easterly by a chain link security fence, and northerly and westerly by the waters of Pond Island' Cove and Frenchman Bay, and which is more particularly described as beginning at a point on the shore at the high-water mark of Frenchman Bay on the southwesterly side of Big Moose Island, so called, thence following the chain link security fence as now erected by the three following courses and distances: North no degrees. five minutes west one hundred and fifty-three feet; thence north thirty degrees twenty-four minutes east one hundred and fifty-seven and seven-tenths feet; thence south eighty-nine degrees nine minutes east one thousand four hundred and fifty-five and three-tenths feet to a point and angle in the said security fence which bears north thirty |