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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 267, 276, 277-JUNE 7, 8, 1940 [CHAPTER 267] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make studies of productivity and labor costs in industry Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor is authorized and directed to make continuing studies of productivity and labor costs in the manufacturing, mining, transportation, distri- bution, and other industries. For the purpose of making the study, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed $100,000 for the first fiscal year. The Secretary of Labor is directed to submit annually to the Congress a report of the findings of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in com- plying with this joint resolution. Approved, June 7, 1940. [CHAPTER 276] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations, including trust or restricted allotments, within the State of Kansas, to the same extent as its courts have jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within the State in accordance with the laws of the State: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the courts of the United States of jurisdiction over offenses defined by the laws of the United States committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations. Approved, June 8, 1940. [CHAPTER 277] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041), providing for the administra- tion and maintenance of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the States of Virginia and North Carolina, by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the administration and maintenance of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the States of Virginia and North Carolina, by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041), be amended to read as follows: "That all lands and easements heretofore or hereafter conveyed to the United States by the States of Virginia and North Carolina for the right-of-way for the projected parkway between the Shenan- doah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, together with sites acquired or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appur- tenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred feet 249 June 7, 1940 [H. J. Res. 265] [Pub. Res., No. 77] Bureau of Labor Statistics, Depart- ment of Labor. Studies of produc- tivity, etc., in indus- tries. Appropriation thorized. Post, p. 1043. aun Report to Congress. June 8, 1940 [H. R . 3048] [Public, No. 6651 Kansas. Jurisdiction over of- fenses involving cer- tain Indians. Proviso. Noninterference with jurisdiction of U. S. courts. June 8, 1940 [H. R. 42821 [Public, No. 506] Blue Ridge Park- way, Va. and N. C. 16 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 4031. Projected parkway between Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks to be known as.

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