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 964 Proviso. No fee allowe d. June 16, [H.R.7360.] [Public, No. 356.] Great Smoky Moun- tains National Park. Minimum are a for, established. Vol. 44, p. 616 . Land purchased from emergency work funds, made part of park. June 15, 1934. [H .R. 7759.]	 [Pub lic, No .357.] Me nominee Indian Reservation, Wis., tim- ber operations. Vol.35,p. 52, amend- ed . Fair market stump- age value of timber cut during fiscal year to be fixed. Payment to mem- ber s Pro vis o. Limitatio n on amount . 73d CONGRE SS. SESS. II. CHS. 537-539 . JUNE 15, 1934 . likewise oaths to accounts for travel or other expenses against the United States, but no compensation or fee shall be demanded or accepted for administering any such oaths. Chief clerks and assistant chief clerks in the Railway Mail Service are required, empowered, and authorized, when requested, to administer oaths to employees on appointment or promotion and to accounts for travel or other expenses against the United States with like force and effect as officers having a seal : Provided, That for such service no charge shall be made and no fee or money paid for such service shall be paid or reimbursed by the United States. Approved, June 15, 1934. [CHAPTER 538 .] AN ACT To establ ish a mini mum area f or the Gre at Smoky M ountains N ational Pa rk, and for o ther pu rposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es o f t h e United States of America in Congress assembled, That an area of four hundred thousand acres within the minimum boundaries of the G reat S moky M ounta ins Na tional Park, acqu ired o ne hal f by the peoples and States of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the United States, and one half by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, be, and the same is here by, esta blis hed as a com plet ed p ark for admi nist rati on, protection, and development by the United States, and so much of the Act of May 22, 1926 (44 Stat . 616 ), as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. That all lands purchased from funds heretofore allocated and made available by Executive order, or otherwise, or which here- after may be allocated and made available for the acquisition of lands for conservation or forestation purposes within the maximum boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as author- ized by the Act of May 22, 1926, be, and the same are hereby, made a part of the said park as fully as if originally acquired for that purpose. Appro ved, June 15, 1934. [CHAPTER 539 .] AN ACT To amend the law relating to timber operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act approved March 28, 1908 (35 Stat .L. 51), entitled "An Act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manufacture and sale of lum- ber, and the preservation of the forests on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin ", be, and is hereby, amended by adding at the end thereof the following : " The Secretary of the Interior shall at the end of each fiscal year ascertain and fix the fair market stumpage value of the fully matured and ripened green timber cut on said reservation during the fiscal year and shall during the succeeding fiscal year pay said amount in equal shares to each member of the Menominee Tribe of Indians, living and on the tribal rolls, on the last day of said fiscal year : Provided, That said amount so distributed during any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount actually earned from timber operations on said reservation during