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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 263, 'i64-APR. 29, 1942 22U.S.C. §§611- 616. Continuance of ex- isting rules. April 29, 1942 [ H.R. 23201 (Public Law 533] Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Acceptance of ces- sion of exclusive juris- diction. Rights reserved to States. "RE PORTS TO THE CONGRESS "SEC. 11. The Attorney General shall, from time to time, make a report to the Congress concerning the administration of this Act, including the nature, sources, and content of political propaganda disseminated or distributed. "SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS "SEC. 12. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provisions to other persons or cir- cumstances, shall not be affected thereby. "SEC. 13. This Act is in addition to and not in substitution for any other existing statute. "SHORT TITLE "SEC. 14 . This Act may be cited as the 'Foreign Agents Registra- tion Act of 1938, as amended'." TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION SEC. 2. Upon the effective date of this Act, all powers, duties, and functions of the Secretary of State under the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 631), as amended, shall be transferred to and become vested in the Attorney General, together with all property, books, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations used by or available to the Secretary of State for carrying out the functions devolving on him under the above-cited Act. All rules, regulations, and forms which have been issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of said Act, and which are in effect, shall continue in effect until modified, superseded, revoked, or repealed. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the date of its approval, except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney General may make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules, regula- tions, and forms as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, April 29, 1942. [CIIAITER 264] AN ACT To accept the cession by the States of North Carolina and Tennessee of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 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 provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, approved March 18, 1929, and the act of the Legislature of the State of Tennes- see, approved April 12, 1929, ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over and within certain lands within said States as may be acquired for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are hereby accepted and sole and exclusive jurisdiction is hereby assumed bv the United States over such lands, saving, however, to the State of North Carolina and to the State of Tennessee, respectively, the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the area ceded by such State in suits or prosecutions for or on account of any rights acquired, 258 [56 STAT.

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