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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 322, 323. MAY 21,1934 . 791 Hoaeae and Honouliuli to po int designated as "J" on map file numbered 300 .8, dated November 15, 192 0 containing an ar ea of thirty-seven and nineteen one-hundredths acres, more or less, being the ri ght-o f-way for m ilita ry roa d con veyed to the United States of America by the trustees under the will and of the estate of James Campbell, deceased, by deed of conveyance dated September 27, 1921, and duly recorded in the office of the registrar of convey- ances in said Hon olul u in Boo k Nu mber ed 667 on p ages 5 to 10, inclusive. Approved, May 21, 1934 . [CHAPTER 323 .1 Description-Cont5. AN ACT May 21, 1934. To provide for an appropriation of $50,000 with which to make a survey of the 	[S .2825.] Old Indian Trail known as the "Natchez Trace", wit h a view of construct ing [Public, No. 244 .1 a national road on this route to be known as the " Natchez Trace Parkway ." Whereas the Natchez Trace was one of the most ancient and import- Natcbez Trace Park- ant ant Indian roads leading from the territory in the section of Preamble. Tennessee about Nashville in a southwest course, crossing the Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals a few miles below Muscle Shoa ls, then ce passi ng in a southwes t course through the Chic kasaw and Choctaw Indian lands in what is now Mississippi, in an almost direct course by Jackson, Mississippi, to Natchez ; and Whereas the Natchez Trace is located throughout almost its entire length on highlands between watersheds on the most suitable route over which to establish the national parkway through a section of the country greatly in need of such road facilities from a national standpoint to connect the North and East directly with the Natchez, New Orleans, and southwest section of the country ; and Whe re as the Natchez Trace was made famous for the se rvi ce it rendered in affording General Jackson a route over which much of his forces moved to take part in Jackson*s famous victory over the British at New Orleans, and also by reason of the fact that General Jackson returned with his army over this Trace to Nash- ville after the Battle of New Orleans ; and Whereas the Natchez Trace is known as one of the Nation's most famous old roads, and has been marked by handsome boulders wi th s uita ble insc ript ions by the Daug hter s of the Ame rica n Revolution at great expense, these boulders being placed every few miles from one end of the Trace to the other ; and Whereas unusual interest is being manifested in the building of a na tiona l pa rkwa y by the Gov ernm ent, Na tche z Tr ace orga niza - tions having been perfected in almost every county through which the Trace passes ; and Whereas the Government has recently adopted a policy and set up a division in the Department of the Interior, known as the " Na- tional Park Service" to engage ina nati onal w ay in layi ng out parks, reservations, and building parkways : Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d St ates of Amer ica in C ongr ess asse mbl ed, That there is tnoppror iat i eying. hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the Treasury of the United States, a sum not exceeding $50,000 to be used by the Depart- ment of the Interior through the National Park Service with which to make a survey of the Old Natchez Trace throughout its entire length leading fr om the section of Tennessee about Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi, the same to be known as the " Natchez Trace Parkway." The said survey shall locate the Natchez Trace as near