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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 304-306-JUNE 11, 1940 SEC. 2. The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as determined pursuant to this Act, shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and shall not include any land within the city limits of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Ten- nessee; or any lands adjacent thereto which the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Secretary of the Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for expansion of said cities. SEC. 3. 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 the said historical park as determined and fixed hereunder, and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land within said historical park as may be necessary for the comple- tion thereof. The title to any lands or interests in lands to be acquired pursuant to this Act shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 4. The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national historical park shall be exercised under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", as amended. Approved, June 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 305] AN ACT 263 Limitation on area. Lands excluded. Acceptance of dona- tions of land, etc., au- thorized. Provso. Acquisition of cer- tain lands from do- nated funds. 25 Stat. 357. 40U.S.C.§§257, 258. Administration, etc. 16U.S.C.§§1-4; Supp. V, § 1,2. June 11, 1940 To postpone for one year the date of the transmission to Congress by the United [H. R. 9595] States Coronado Exposition Commission of a statement of its expenditures. [Public, No. 587] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing Federal participation in the com- memoration and observance of the four-hundredth anniversary of the explorations of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado", approved July 17, 1939 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. The Commission shall transmit to Congress on or before January 3, 1942, a detailed statement of the manner of expenditure of any funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization contained in this Act." Approved, June 11, 1940. Four-hundredth an- ni ersary of the ex- plorations of Francis- co Vasquez de Coro- nado. 53 Stat. 1048. toport to ('ongress. [CHAPTER 306] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for an annual appropriation to meet the share of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts, and for participation in the meetings of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts and the commissions established by that Committee. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of Public Resolution Numbered 254, approved August 7, 1935 (49 Stat. 540), which terminates the provisions of the resolution as of June 30, 1941, is hereby repealed. Approved, June 11, 1940. June 11.1940 [FI. J. Res. 490] [Pub. Res., No. 80] International Tech- nical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts. Authorizations for appropriations. 22 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 266b.

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