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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. Cxs. 46, 47. 1931. 1043 highway department of either of such States, shall, at any time wit hin thre e years a fter the complet ion of s uch bridg e, inves tigate suc h costs and deter mine the accurac y and th e reasona bleness of the costs alleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and promoting such bridge ; for the purpose of such investigation, the said W. L. Eichendorf, his heirs. legal representatives, and assigns, shall make available all records in connection with the construction, financing, and promotion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, fin ancing, and promo tion of the brid ge, shal l be conc lusive f or the pur poses me ntioned i n sectio n 4 of t his Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all of the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act, is hereby granted to W. L. Eichendorf, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns ; and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure, or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though c onferred herein d irectly upon suc h corpora tion or person. SEC. 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 26, 1931. Fin dings o f Secre tary conclusive. Right to sell, etc ., co nfe rred. Amendment. January 26, 1931. CHAP. 47 .-An Act To pr ovi de for un ifo rm administration of the national [S .196 .1 parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 574 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tha t he reaft er no permit, license, lease, or other authorization for the prospecting, development, or utilization of the mineral resources within the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, or the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, shall be granted or made. SEC. 2 . That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior shall have authority to prescribe regulations for the surface use of any mineral land locations already made or that may hereafter be made within the bounda ries of Mount McKinley Nationa l Park, in the Terri- tory of Alaska, and he may require registration of all prospectors and miners who enter the park : Provided, That no resident of the United States who is qualified under the mining laws of the United States applicable to Alaska shall be denied entrance to the park for the purpose of prospecting or mining. SEC. 3 . That hereafter no permit, license, lease, or other authori- zation for the use of land within the Glacier National Park, Mon- tana, or the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, for the erec- tion and maintenance of summer homes or cottages shall be granted or made : Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, renew any permit, license, lease, or other authorization for such purpose heretofore granted or made. SEC. 4 . That he reafter the acqui sition o f rights of way for stea m or electric railways, automobile or wagon roads, within the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, under filings or proceedings under laws applicable to the acquisition of such rights over or upon the national- forest l ands of the Unit ed State s is proh ibited. SEC. 5 . That hereafter the acquisition of rights of way through the valleys of the north and middle forks of the Flathead River National parks, ad- ministration. Mineral prospecting, e tc,M esa Ver de, Col o, or Grand C anyon, Ariz ., forbidden. Mount McKinley, Alaska . Regulations for sur- face use of mineral lands within. Registration of min- ers, etc. Proviso. Entries. Glacier, Mont ., and Laesen Volcanic, Calif. Per mits fo r summer homes, etc ., prohibited. Pr ovis o Renewal of present leases, etc. Acq uisitio n of ri ghts of way forbidden. Lassen Volcanic, Calif. Cer tain va lleys of Flathead River, Gla- cier, Mont.

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