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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 477-479, 481 . JUNE 2, 3,1936 . 13 95 SEC. 5. Employees of the Perry's Victory Memo rial Commission at the time of the enactment of this legis lation, may, in the discret ion o f the Se cretary of the I nterior, be empl oyed by the Nati onal Par k Service, in the administration, protection, and development of said national monument. SEC. 6. That the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1919 (40 Stat . 1322-1324), and Acts supplemental thereof and amendatory thereto and all other Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Approved, June 2, 1936 . [CHA PTER 479 .] JO INT RES OLUT ION Authorizing the presentation of silver medals to the personnel of the Second By rd Antarctic Expedition. Reso lved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and hereby is, directed to cause to be made at the United States Mint such number of silver medals as he may deem ap propriate and necessary, re spectively, t o be presente d to the deser v- ing personnel of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition that spent the winter night at Little America or who commanded either one of the expedition ships throughout the expedition, to express the high ad mirati on in which the C ongres s and the American people hold their heroic and undaunted accomplishments for science, unequaled in th e history of polar explorat ion. Approved, June 2, 1936. Emploreees. Inc onsistent provi- sions repealed. [CHAPTER 478 .] AN ACT June 2.1936. Gra nti ng the consent of Congress to the Mississippi Sta te Hi ghw ay Commission 	[S. 4633 .1	to c onst ruct, maintain, and operate a free hig hway bridge across the Pasca- [Public, No. 632.] goula River at or near Wilkerson's Ferry, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Mississippi State Highway C ommiss ion to cons truct, maint ain, and op erate a free high way bridge and approaches thereto across the Pascagoula River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Wilkerson's Ferry, Mississippi, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navi- gable waters," approved March 23, 1906. SEc. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Ap proved, June 2, 1936. Pascagoula River. Mississippi m a re bridge at '5 ilk erson's Ferrre. Construction. Vol.34,p.84. U.S.C.,p.1474. Amendm ent. June 2, 1936. [S.J. Res.209.] [Pub. Res.,No.98 .1 Se cond Brerd Ant- arctic Expedi tion. Medals to be pre- sented to personnel of . Ante, p. 1 76. [CHAPTER 481 .] AN ACT June 3, 1936 . To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the Arkansas Centennial 	[8 .4384 .1 Celebration, at Little Rock, Arkansas, the Texas Centennial, at Dallas, Texas, [Public, No. 633.] and the National Confederate Reunion, at Shreveport, Louisiana, betw een t he dates from June 6 to June 16, 1936, inclusive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pres ident i s author ized to permit t he band of the U nited St ates Mar ine Corp s to attend and give concerts at the Arkansas Centennial Celebration, at Little Rock, Arkansas, the Texas Centennial at Dallas, Texas, and the National Confederate Reunion at Shreveport, Louisiana between the dates from June 6 to June 16, 1936, inclusive. Marine Band. Att en dan ce of, at Ark ansa s Centen nial Celebration, the Texas Centennial, and the National Confederate Reunion, authorized.