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Public Law 327

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PUBLIC LAW 328-MAY 7, 1952 CHAPTER 242

JOINT RESOLUTION To fiive the Secretary of Commerce the authority to extend further certain charters of vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of existing law, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to extend further and continue the present charters of vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, which charters were made and entered into under the terms of section 306(a) of the Act of April 30, 1946 (Public Law 370, Seventy-ninth Congress), and were authorized to be extended under the provisions of the joint resolution approved April 28, 1951 (Public Law 25, Blighty-second Congress). Such charters may be further extended for such periods of time and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may, from time to time, determine to be required in the interest of the economy of the Philippines, but any such charter shall contain a provision requiring that the vessel shall be operated only in the interisland commerce in the Philippines. No such vessel shall be continued under charter, as authorized herein, beyond the completion of the first voyage terminating after June 30, 1953. Approved April 30, 1952. Public Law 328

April 30, 1952 [S. J. R e s. 144]

Philippines. Charters of v e s sels.

60 Stat. 137. 50 USC 1786. 65 Stat. 39.

CHAPTER 244

To provide for boundary adjustments of the Badlands National Monument, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to establish a more appropriate boundary for the Badlands National Monument and to consolidate Federal land ownership therein, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to adjust and redefine the exterior boundaries of the national monument by appropriate reductions or additions of land: Provided, That the total acreage of the national monument, as revised pursuant to this Act, shall not exceed its present area of approximately one hundred fifty-four thousand one hundred and nineteen acres. SEC. 2. The revision of boundaries of the national monument, as authorized in sections 1 and 5 of this Act, shall be accomplished by the issuance, by the Secretary of the Interior, of an appropriate order, or orders, such order or orders to be effective upon publication in the Federal Register: Provided, That federally owned land under the administrative jurisdiction of any other department or agency of the Federal Government shall be included within the monument only with the approval of the head of such department or agency. SEC. 3. Administrative jurisdiction over all Federal lands eliminated from the monument, by the issuance of an order or orders of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and the related provisions of title IV thereof: Provided, That all of such lands formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be subject to the mining and minerals-leasing laws: And pro-

May 7, 1952 [H. R.3540]

B a d lands National Monument, S. Dak.

Revision boundarie s.

of

Transfer of jurisdiction.

50 Stat. 525. 7 USC 1010-1029.

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