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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3o SESS.-CHS. 316, 317-JUNE 1, 1938 of the Interior may, within six months after the approval of this Act, designate as necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of said his- torical park as determined and fixed hereunder and donations of funds for the purchase or maintenance thereof, the title and evi- dence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States, out of any donated funds, by purchase when pur- chasable at prices deemed by him reasonable, otherwise by condemna- tion under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land within the said historical park as may be necessary for the completion thereof. SEC. 3. That the administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national historical park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Serv- ice, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other pur- poses", as amended. Approved, June 1, 1938. [CHAPTER 317] AN ACT To provide for the purchase of public lands for home and other sites. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to sell or lease, to any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who has filed his declaration of intention to become such a citizen, as required by the naturalization laws, a tract of not exceeding five acres of any vacant, unreserved, surveyed public land, or surveyed public land withdrawn or reserved by the Secretary of the Interior for any other purposes, or surveyed lands withdrawn by Executive Orders Num- bered 6910 of November 26, 1934, and 6964 of February 5, 1935 for classification, which the Secretary may classify as chiefly valuable as a home, cabin, camp, health, convalescent, recreational, or business site in reasonably compact form and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, at a price to be determined by him, for such use: Provided,That no tract shall be sold for less than the cost of making any survey necessary to properly describe the land sold; that no person shall be permitted to purchase more than one tract under the provisions of this Act, except upon a showing of good faith and reasons satisfactory to the Secretary, and that patents for all tracts purchased under the provisions of this Act shall contain a reservation to the United States of the oil, gas, and other mineral deposits, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribed 1: Provided further, That this Act shall not apply to any lands in the Territory of Alaska. Approved, June 1, 1938. 'So in original. 36525°-38 39 609 Acceptance of dona- tions, etc. Proviso. Purchase of lands from donated funds. 25 Stat. 357. 40U.S.C.§257. Supervision by Na- tional Park Service. 39 Stat. 535. 16 U. S.C. §1. June 1, 1938 [H. R. 8008] [Public, No. 577] Public lands. Sale or lease for home, etc., sites au- thorized. Classification of lands. Price. Provisos. Purchase restric- tions. Mineral, etc., reser- vation. Not applicable to Alaska.

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