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 1486 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 532, 533 . JUNE 5, 1936. Ante, p.484. SE C. 2. That portion of section 5 of such joint resolution of July 18, 1935, whi ch pr ecedes the first provi so, i s ame nded to rea d as follows Use of reservations. "SEC. 5. That the Superintendent of National Capital Parks, sub- ject to the app roval of the Directo r of National Park S ervice, is hereby authorized to grant permits to the citizens' executive com- mittee for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the use of any reservation or. other public spaces in the city of Washington on t he occasion of the s eventieth national e ncampment, in the month of September 1936, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or p ermanent injuries up on such reservations or public spaces, or statuary therein ; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes on the occa- et R evie un lanth an s, sion aforesaid such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the said city erection, use, etc. of Washington as they may d eem proper and necessary for the erection o f reviewing stands, platf orms, or othe r structures, and that no person or co rporation shall be a uthorized to erect o r use such stands, platfor ms, or other structu res without permissi on of said committee :". Approved, June 5, 1936 . [CHAPTER 533 .] June 5,1936. JOI NT RE SOLU TION	[H.J.Res.499.1 Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government of Sweden (Pub . Res ., No. 102.] and individuals an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, and for other purposes . Delaw are River val . Whereas there is to be held at Wilmington, Delaware, and Phila- ley tercentenary. Preamble . del phia, Pennsyl vania, and at several plac es in other States, durin g the year 1938, celebrations commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware Riv er Valley, sa id settlement being also t he first set tlement of th e colony of New Sweden, wh ich embraced parts of the present States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey ; and Whereas, in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly of the Sta te of Delaware, appr oved March 20, 1935, the Governor of said State has appointed a commission of eleven members, desig- nated as the Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission, with authority "to prepare plans for a fitting celebration by the State of Delaware on the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary in 1938 of the founding of the first permanent settlement and the establishment of the first permanent government upon the soil of Delaware and to cooperate with other commissions or committees representing the city of Wilmington ; historical, patriotic, and other societies of the State of Delaware and other States ; the governments of other States ; and the National Govern- ments of the United States and Sweden" ; and Whereas at its annual meeting held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Janua ry 17, 1935, the Penns ylvan ia Fe derat ion of Hist orica l Soc ieties (embra cing seventy- three constit uent histori cal societies ) adopted the following resolution : "Whereas p lans are in preparat ion to celebrate the tercentenary of the landing of the Swedes on the Delaware and the establish- ment of the first permanent white settlement, and the first gov- ernment in Pennsylvania, in 1638 : Now therefore, be it "Resolved, That this Feder ation pledge its hea rty endorsement to such commemoration ; and