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 57 STAT.] 78T- CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 101-103-MAY 25, 26, 1943 to apply for appointment or examination prior to June 27, 1943, or (b) who make such application but are not examined prior to said date, the foregoing limitation shall not apply until June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the present war shall terminate". SEC. 2 . That section 4 of said Act of June 27, 1942, is hereby amended by adding the following proviso: "Provided, That any officer described in the second proviso of section 2 of this Act shall, upon appointment, take rank with other officers in the order of seniority that would have been assigned had he been appointed prior to June 27, 1943." Approved May 25, 1943. [CHAPTER 102] AN ACT To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words "until June 30, 1943" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "until June 30,1945". Approved May 25, 1943. [CHAPTER 103] AN ACT To amend sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 262), relating to the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, and to grant the consent of Congress to such States to enter into a compact providing for the acquisition of property for such park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That sections 1 and 2 of the Act approved June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 262; 16 U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 16, sees. 261, 262), relating to the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, are hereby amended to read as follows: "That when title to such lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas, being portions of the Warriors Path of the Indians and Wilderness Road of I)aniel Boone, within Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia; and Claiborne County, Tennessee; as may be determined by the Secre- tary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historical park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such area or areas shall be, and they are hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by ap- propriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid areas. "SEO. 2. The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as determined pursuant to this Act, shall comprise not less than six thousand acres and shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and lands may be added to the park following its establishment within the afore- said limitations. The park shall not include any land within the city limits of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; which the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Sec- retary of the Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for expansion of said cities. 85 34 U. S. C., Supp. II, §338c. Rank. May 25, 1943 [S. 1041] [Public Law 58] Federal Reserve notes. Use of direct obliga- tions as collateral se- curity. 55 Stat. 395. 12 U. 8. C., Supp. II, § 412. May 26, 1943 [H. R. 18961 [Public Law 591 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Tenn., Ky.. and Va. Establishmeut pro- vi si ons. Total area. Lands excluded.

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