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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 246, 247. 1916. 385 CHAP. 246.-An Act ‘ • · · J 11, rm. appeals at Asheville, Nongzw a term of the United States circuit court of [gag. wm _ (rubric, Nt. ree.] Be et enacted    Senate and House o;'Re;H1esentat·ives pif the United _ States of   in Congress ass d, at the 'u ges of the   °°“" °‘A** United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit shall {gm at MMM. annually logpn and hold a term 0 the court of said circuit at Ashe- yar. ee, p. usa, yille, 0 Carolina, at such time as may be fixed by the "‘“"""*°“· ]udges thereof. . Approved, July 17, 1916. CHAP. 247.-An Act To acce a deed of or couv ance from incoln July "· m°· Farm Association, a corporation, {ot the UnitedgSl:tates of Aogerica, of lagldl nlear the  town of Hodfenville, county of Larpe, Stats of Kentucky, embracing the homestead lP¤‘>u°» N0- Wl-I ¥£n"i.2¤“"i';‘.“e "’°°”€t“.§".L';.'?Z 1?.‘i.3“'€.‘.$ti”..."*2L°'§£22`Z”e¤b°..eg¤m”*t°g°'*`€‘ "i.r°” ‘°"° “‘°F“" endowment f10:id’€>f$50,¢X)0inrclation thereto. P 8 or er 0 an Be it enacted by the Senate and H0il8$(3{ 6’Il·¢6tl·’!768 of the United States of America in Congress assemb, ‘ at the United States of ,,,§,""‘*§¥’,_,,,,*?,‘?,,;°‘ *1** America hereby accepts title to the lands mentioned in the deed of wggiytghvgpf ¤¤• gift or convcypnce now in (possession of the Secretary of War totglether vm., xi. ’ °°8°°` with all the uildings an appurtenances thereon, especially em cabin in which Abraham Lmcoln wasbom and the memorial moles? the same, which deed of conveyance was executed on the elevent day of Apu}, nineteen hundred and sixteen, by the Lincoln Farm Association a corporation, to the United States of America, describing certain lands situated near the town of Hodgenville, county of Larue, State of Kentucky, which lands are more p_s;1rticularly identiiied and described in said deed or conveyance. e title to such ,,§`§_"° "“* *°'"‘ lands, buildings, and apipurtenances is accepted upon the terms and ' conditions stated in san deed or conveypnce, namely: That the land therein described together with the uildings and appurtenances thereon, shall be fyorever dedicated to the purposes of a national park or reservation, the United States of America agreeing to rotect and preserve the said lands, buildings, and appurtenances, and especially the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born and the memorial hall inclosing the same, from spoliation, destruction, and further disintegration, to the end that they may be preserved for all time, so far as may be; and further agreeing that there shall never be any charge or fee made to or asked from the public for admission to the said park or reservation. ' Sec. 2. That the United States of America hereby also accepts ,-,*{;‘_‘?°'“‘°“‘“‘“°‘° title to the endowment fund of $50,000 mentioned in the assignment - and transfer, now in the possession of the Secretary of War, which assignment and transfer was executed on the eleventh day of April, nineteen hundred and sixteen, by the Lincoln Farm Association, a corporation, to the United States of America, transferring and turnnéig over all its right, title, and interest in and to said endowment fun heretofore invested in certain stocks, bonds, and secrmtros held and owned bg the Lincoln Farm Association, and more particularly iden- commons tified an described in said assignment and transfer. title to said endowment fund is accepted upon the terms and conditions stated in said assignment and transfer, namely, that the United States of America shalliforever keep the said tract of land described in said deed, to ether with the buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging, drglicated to the urpose of a national park or reservation, and that there shall never be any charge or fee made to or asked from the public for admission to the said park or reservation; an_d further, shall forever protect,preserve,and maintain said lP11d,b\11l(l1DgS, and appurtenances, and especially the log cabm m which Abraham Lmcoln was 91890°-—vo1. 39-21- 1—-25
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