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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 732-JUNE 29, 1948 Act of November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, estimated 42 Stat. 21 to cost $10,000 or more per mile, exclusive of bridges, shall be adver- 23U.S. tised and let to contract. If such estimated cost is less than $10,000 per mile, or if, after proper advertising, no acceptable bid is received, or the bids are deemed excessive, the work may be done by the Secre- tary of Agriculture on his own account. SEC. 4. (a) For the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and Park roa maintenance of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat. 16 U. s.. 1053), as amended, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated authPre the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1951. (b) For the construction and maintenance of parkways, to give Access par access to national parks and national monuments, or to become con- necting sections of a national parkway plan, over lands to which title has been transferred to the United States by the States or by private individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of auPthoPze p $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951. (c) For the construction, improvement, and maintenance of Indian Indian re reservation roads and bridges and roads and bridges to provide access to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized U. S.. to be appropriated the sum of $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June authorized. 30, 1950, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951: Provided, That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges constructed shall be approved by the Public Roads Administration before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be under the general supervision of the Public Roads Adminis- tration. SEC. 5. All provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838), not inconsistent with this 23 U..0. Act, shall remain in full force and effect. SEC. 6. The first paragraph of section 21 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S . C . 21), is hereby amended 42Stat. 17 . to read as follows: "That so much, not to exceed 33/4 per centum, of all moneys appro- Research st priated or authorized to be appropriated for expenditure under the provisions of this Act, as the Federal Works Administrator may deem necessary for administering the provisions of this Act and for carry- ing on necessary highway research and investigational studies inde- pendently or in cooperation with the State highway departments and other research agencies, and for publishing the results thereof, shall be deducted therefrom for such purposes when the apportionment is made and the amount so deducted shall be available until expended from appropriations made under the provisions of this Act: Provided, Revisd apr That should the apportionment of the amounts authorized for the third en postwar fiscal year be made in accordance with section 4 of the Federal- Aid Highway Act of 1944 before the approval of this Act, a revised s ta 840 apportionment may be made and the increased amount authorized by this section deducted for administration, research, and investiga- tional studies." SEC. 7. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of S hor t u ae - 1948". Approved June 29, 1948. 1107 8. C. §23. ds and 5§ Sa-8c. riation kways. riation servation dges. 318a. iation udies, portion ,60-3.

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