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 PUBLIC LAWS--HS. 180, 181 -JUNE 8, 1949 [CHAPTER 180] AN ACT June 8, 1949 [H. R. 1357] To authorize the establishment of the Saint Croix Island National Monument, [Public Law 871 in the State of Maine. St. Croix Island Na- tional Monument, Maine. Acquisition oflands. Publication ofnotice. Acquisition of addi- tional property. Appropriation au- thorized. June 8, 1949 [H. R. 3341] [Public Law 88] U. S. Marine Band. Attendance at an- nual reunion of Con- federate Veterans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of establishing a Federal area of national historical importance for the benefit of the people of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept, for national monument pur- poses, on behalf of the United States, the donation of all non-Federal lands and interests in land situated on Saint Croix (Dochet) Island, located in the Saint Croix River, in the State of Maine. The Secre- tary is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he may consider to be in the public interest, not to exceed fifty acres of land or interests therein situated on the mainland, such property to be used for general administrative purposes and for a landing dock in order to provide a suitable approach and ready access to the island. SEC. 2. Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient land and interests in land situated on the island have been acquired by the United States for the establishment of a suitable national monument, such acquired property, and any Federal prop- erties on the island that are not required for other public purposes, shall be established as the "Saint Croix Island National Monument". An order of the Secretary of the Interior, constituting notice of such determination, shall be published in the Federal Register. Following establishment of the national monument, other properties situated upon the island may become a part of the monument upon acquisition of title to such properties by the United States, and Federal properties situated upon the island, upon a determination by the agency adminis- tering such Federal properties that they are no longer required by that agency, may be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior by such agency to become a part of the national monument. Notice of the addition of any such properties to the monument shall be published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior. There shall be excluded from the national monument, for such time as the United States Coast Guard shall consider it to be necessary, any portion of the island which is being used and which is required for the purposes of a Coast Guard light station. SEC. 3. The national monument shall be administered by the Secre- tary of the Interior through the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S . C . 1-4), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666- 16 U. S. C. 461-467). SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved June 8, 1949. [CHAPTER 181] AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Band at the Fifty-ninth Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans to be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 27 through September 29, 1949. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to permit the band of the United States Marine Corps to attend and give concerts at the Fifty-ninth reunion of the Confed- 158 [63 STAT.

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