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 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 502, 503 . JUNE 4, 1936. 1 471 six-inch fir post above ground, scribed "US 4 4", in mound of stone, tine scription-Con- on rest side of McGregor-Marquette Road, four and fifty-eight one- hundred ths chains to the place of beginning, containing, according to survey, two and sixty-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less, subject to existing easements for roads and railroads. A strip of land four and one-half chains wide along the north side of lot 1 1 section 11, township 94 north, range 3 west, fifth prin- cipal meridian (excepting therefrom a strip of land containing s ixty- five one-h undre dths acres, being the right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway), the parcel thereby conveyed containing according to survey ten and eighty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less. Lot 4, section 11, township 94 north, range 3 west, fifth principal m eridi an (e xcept ing t heref rom a stri p of land conta ining thre e and nine one-hundredths acres being the right-of-way of the Chicago, Mil waukee, S aint Paul and Pac ific Rail way), th e parcel hereby conveyed containing according to survey forty-two and thirty-six one-hundredths acres, more or less. Lot 1 and the north half of lot 2, section 23, township 94 north, range 3 west, fifth principal meridian (excepting therefrom a strip of land containing s even and fifty-six one-hundredths acres, being the right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway), the parcel hereby conveyed containing according to survey seventy-five and twenty-four one-hundredths acres, more or less. The Sta te shall improve and maint ain the said land for such purpose, and not otherwise, and shall provide adequate conveniences for the public. No fee or other charge shall ever be imposed or exacted for admission of the public to the park or for use and enjoy- ment of the park by the public under such reasonable regulations as may be prescribe d by the S tate or it s authoriz ed officia ls. The State shall sedulously safeguard the wildlife in the park from molestation and destruction, and shall do everything reasonably necessary to safeguard the park from injury by fire, or otherwise, and shall prese rve the t imber an d other n atural gr owth in the park fr om depredation and destruction. In the event the State shall fail to maint ain the a foresaid granted land as a State p ark under the con ditio ns an d lim itati ons h erein pres cribe d, or upon aban donme nt of the park by the State, said land and all improvements thereon shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 4, 1936. [CH APTE R 503 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre tary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Big Blue River, an affluent of the Kansas River, and its tributaries with a view to the control of their floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitle d "An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacra mento Riv er, C alifo rnia, and for o ther purpo ses", approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropria- tion s her etofo re or here after made for exami natio ns, s urvey s, and contingencies of rivers and harbors. Approved, June 4, 1936. Co nditi ons imposed. Safeguarding wildlife, etc . Reversionary provi- sion. AN ACT June 4, 1936. To authorize a preliminary examination of Big Bl ue Riv er and its tributaries 	[H. R. 12370 .1 with a view to the control of their floods. [Public, No.651.] Big Bl ue River. Survey of, and trib- utaries, directed for controlling floods of. Vol. 39, p. 950. U.S.C.,p.1487.