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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 109, 115, 117-MAR. 11, 13 , 15, 1948 Insofar as applicable and not in conflict with this Act, the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), providing for the establishment of a National Park Service, as amended and supplemented, shall govern the promotion and development of the national memorial. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $25,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved March 11, 1948. [CHAPTER 115] AN ACT To provide for the preservation of the frigate Constellation and to authorize the disposition of certain replaced parts of such vessel as souvenirs, 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 Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to repair, equip, and restore the frigate Constellation, as far as may be practicable, to her original condition, but not for active service, and to accept and use any dona- tions or contributions which may be offered for the aforesaid purpose. Except so far as is necessary to incur expense to carry out the pro- visions of section 2 of this Act, no action shall be taken to repair, equip, or restore such frigate until the Department of the Navy shall have received by donation or contribution, or by sales made pursuant to section 2 of this Act, a sum not less than 75 per centum of the estimated cost of said restoration as certified by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary's certification will include the cost of all repairs and equipment, and will exclude the pay and allowances of naval officers and enlisted men engaged in the restoration. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby further authorized to give or to sell, under such regulations as he may prescribe, such parts or pieces, including rigging, of the frigate Constellation, as are suit- able for use as relics, souvenirs, or mementos, and which cannot profit- ably or advantageously be used in restoring this vessel to original condition, to clubs, associations, or individuals making donations or contributions for the restoration of the frigate Constellation. The cost of converting the aforesaid material into relics, souvenirs or mementos shall be charged against, and the proceeds of such sales shall be added to, the fund created by authority of this Act. Approved March 13, 1948. [CHAPTER 117] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal, oil shale, agricultural and forestry products, and other substances, in order to aid the prosecution of the war, to conserve and increase the oil resources of the Nation, and for other purposes", approved April 5, 1944 (58 Stat. 190). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of April 5, 1944 (58 Stat. 190), is amended by changing the words "five years", in the first sentence, to read "eight years", and by changing the numeral "$30,000,000" in section 6 to read "$60,000,000" and by adding to section 1 of the Act the following: "and that not to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount authorized by this Act may be applied to a program of production research on secondary recovery from stripper oil fields and in refining processes". Approved March 15, 1948. 79 16U. .C.§§1-4, 22, 43. Appropriation au- thorized. March 13, 1948 [S. 1796] [Public Law 442] Frigate Constella- tion. Restoration. Relics, souvenirs, etc. March 15,1948 [H. R. 2161] [Public Law 443] Synthetic liquid fuels. 30 U.S.C.§ 321. 58 Stat. 191. 30U.S.C.§321 note.

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