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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 340, 341 -JUNE 5, 1942 ized to employ, by contract or otherwise, without reference to section 3709, Revised Statutes, and at such rates of compensation as he may determine, architectural, engineering, technical, or professional cor- porations, firms, or individuals for the production of plans and specifications required for any War Department project, and for the supervision of its accomplishment. SEC. 13. That the provisions of section 1 (a) and 1 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense", approved July 2, 1940 (Public, Numbered 703, Seventy-sixth Congress), are hereby continued in effect and made applicable to moneys appropriated for the War Department for national defense purposes during the period prescribed in section 16 of this Act. SEc. 14. All existing limitations with respect to the number of serviceable airplanes, airships, and free and captive ballons that may be equipped and maintained are suspended. SEC. 15. Except as provided in section 8 of this Act, nothing in this Act shall be effective to limit or affect any power or authority granted or conferred by the First War Powers Act, 1941, or the Second War Powers Act, 1942. SEC. 16. The provisions of this Act shall remain in force during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the ter- mination of the war, or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may designate. Approved, June 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT To accept the cession by the Commonwealth of Kentucky of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Mammoth Cave National Park; to authorize the acquisition of additional lands for the park in accordance with the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 635); to authorize the acceptance of donations of land for the development of a proper entrance road to the 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 General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Ken- tucky, approved March 22, 1930 (Acts of 1930, ch. 132, p. 405), ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over, within and under such territory in the Commlonwealth as may be acquired for the Mammoth Cave National Park, are hereby accepted. Subject to the reservations made by the Commonwealth in the act of cession, the United States hereby assumes sole and exclusive jurisdiction over such territory. SEC. 2. The park shall constitute a part of the United States judi- cial district for the western district of Kentucky, and the district court of the United States in and for said district shall have jurisdic- tion over all offenses committed within the boundaries of the park. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in the park shall be subject to the same laws as fugitives from justice found in the Common- wealth of Kentucky. SEC. 3. All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflict- ing personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of the park, nor shall any fish be taken out of any of the waters of the park, except at such seasons and at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such general rules and regulations as 317 41U.S.C.§5. Prosecution of war program. 54 Stat. 712. 41U.S.C., prec. 1note; Supp. I, prec. 1 note. Airplanes, etc. Suspension of limi- tations as to number. War powers not af- fected; exception. 55 Stat. 838; ante, p. 176. 50U. S. C., Supp. I, app. §§ 601-622 . Period this Act shall remain in force. June 5, 1942 [H. R. 4676] [Public Law 581] Mammoth Cave National Park, Ky. Acceptance of ces- sion of exclusive juris- diction. Assignment to Kentucky western ju- dicial district. Fugitives from jus- tice. Hunting and fishing restrictions. Rules and regula- tions.

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