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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 251 -253-JUNE 6, 1940 [CHAPTER 251] 241 AN ACT June 6, 1940 Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept on behalf of the United States [f. R. 8983] a gift of the yacht Freedom from Sterling Morton. [Public, No. 558] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on behalf of the United States, without expense to the Government, the yacht Freedom and her equipment as a gift from her owner, Sterling Morton, to the United States Naval Academy. Approved, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 252] AN ACT To transfer Hardeman County, Texas, from the Fort Worth division to the Wichita Falls division of the northern judicial district of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective thirty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the territory embraced in Hardeman County, Texas, shall be withdrawn from the Fort Worth division of the northern judicial district of Texas and shall constitute a portion of the Wichita Falls division of such district. Approved, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 253] AN ACT Yacht Freedom. Acceptance of, from Sterling Morton, au- thorized. June 6, 1940 [H. R. 9013] [Public, No. 559] Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 1125. 28 U. S. C. §189; Supp. V, § 189. Texas northern ju- dicial district, trans- fer of territory. June 6, 1940 To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide for the [H. B. 91151 parking of automobiles in the Municipal Center. [Public, No. 560] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia are authorized, in their dis- cretion, to permit such officers and employees of the District of Columbia Government as the Commissioners may select to park motor vehicles in any building or buildings now or hereafter erected upon squares numbered 490, 491, and 533, and reservation numbered 10, in the District of Columbia, known as the Municipal Center, and to make and enforce regulations for the control of the parking of such vehicles, including the authority to prescribe and collect fees and charges for the privilege of parking of such vehicles. SEC. 2. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further authorized, in their discretion, to permit the public to park motor vehicles in such portion or portions of squares numbered 490, 491, and 533, and reservation 10, in the District of Columbia, known as the Municipal Center, as may be set apart by the said Commissioners for such purpose, and to make and enforce such regulations as the Commissioners may deem advisable for the control of parking in such portion or portions of the Municipal Center as they may set apart for such purpose, including authority to restrict the privilege of parking therein to persons having business in the Municipal Cen- ter, and to make and enforce regulations to prohibit parking in all portions of the Municipal Center not set apart by the Commis- sioners for such purpose. The Commissioners are further authorized in their discretion, to prescribe and collect fees and charges for the privilege of parking motor vehicles in such portion or portions of District of Colum- bia. Municipal Center, parking of automo- biles by D. C. em- ployees, etc. Regulations, fees, etc. Parking facilities open to public in certain restricted areas. Regulations. Fees and charges. 193470--41-PrT. I - 16

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