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 54 STAT.] 7 6 TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 316-318-JUNE 11, 1940 [CHAPTER 316] AN ACT 299 June 11, 1940 To facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon [H. . 2009] lands within the exterior boundaries of the Angeles National Forest, California. [Public, No. 591] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission established by section 4 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 513), is hereby authorized to acquire by pur- chase any lands, or interests therein, within the boundaries of the Angeles National Forest, in the State of California, which, in his judgment, should become the property of the United States in order that they may be so managed with other lands of the United States as to minimize soil erosion and flood damage, and to pay for said lands, or interests therein, from the entire receipts from occupancy of public land or from the sale of natural resources other than mineral, within the Angeles National Forest, which receipts are hereby authorized to be appropriated for that purpose until said lands have been acquired: Provided, That any appropriated amounts which are unexpended and unobligated at the close of the fiscal year for which appropriated shall be transferred to the national-forest receipts of that fiscal year and amounts so transferred and such part of the entire receipts of any fiscal year as are not appropriated shall be disposed of in like manner as other national-forest receipts. Approved, June 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 317] AN ACT Authorizing the selection of a site in the District of Columbia and the erection thereon of a statue of George Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the Capitol is authorized and directed to select a suitable site within the Capitol grounds of the United States in the District of Columbia for the erection of a statue of George Washington, and to erect thereon the replica in bronze, cast by the Gorham Company and now in its possession, of the statue by J. Q. A. Ward, which stands on the steps of the Subtreasury Building in the city of New York. Such statue shall be erected upon a suitable granite pedestal, the design of which shall be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 318] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of North Carolina for use in connection with the Blue Ridge Parkway certain land within the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the State of North Carolina. 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 is authorized and directed to convey to the State of North Carolina for use as a right-of-way in connection with the Blue Ridge Parkway in the State of North Carolina all right, title, and Angeles National Forest, Calif. Acquisition of lands in, for soil erosion, etc., control. 36 Stat. 962. Payment from For- est receipts, etc. Appropriation au- thorized. Proviso. Transfer of unex- pended appropria- tions. June 11, 1940 [H. R. 6158] [Public, No. 592] District of Colum- bia. Statue of George Washington. Site. Pedestal. Appropriati on authorized. June 11, 1940 [H. R. 6668] [Public, No. 593] Blue Ridge Park- way, N. 0. Conveyance of land to State of N. C., authorized.

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