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PUBLIC LAW 280-AUG. 8, 1953

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until June 30, 1954, all executive, legislative, and judicial authority necessary for the civil administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall continue to be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner and through such agency or agencies as the President of the United States may direct or authorize. SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated fcr a period not to exceed one year such sums, not to exceed $7,500,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution: Provided, however, That no new activity requiring expenditures of Federal funds shall be initiated without specific prior approval of the Congress. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1953 (Public Law 470, Eighty-second Congress, second session, 66 Stat. 445), the Island Trading Company of Micronesia shall not have succession after December 31, 1954. Approved August 8, 1953. Public Law 230

T r u s t Territory of Pacific Islands. Civil government.

Appropriation.

Island Trading: Company of Micronesia,

CHAPTER 384 AN ACT

To facilitate the management of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection with that system, 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 facilitate the administration of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas administered in connection therewith, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to carry out the following activities, and he may use applicable appropriations for the aforesaid system and miscellaneous areas for the following purposes: 1. Eendering of emergency rescue, fire fighting, and cooperative assistance to nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies and for related purposes outside of the National Park System and miscellaneous areas. 2. The erection and maintenance of fire protection facilities, water lines, telephone lines, electric lines, and other utility facilities adjacent to any area of the said National Park System and miscellaneous areas, where necessary, to provide service in such area. 3. Transportation to and from work, outside of regular working hours, of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, residing in or near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, such transportation to be between the park and the city, or intervening points, at reasonable rates to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior taking into consideration, among other factors, comparable rates charged by transportation companies in the locality for similar services, the amounts collected for such transportation to be credited to the appropriation current at the time payment is received: Provided, That if adequate transportation facilities are available, or shall be available by any common carrier, at reasonable rates, then and in that event the facilities contemplated by this paragraph shall not be offered. 4. Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all types of utility services to concessioners, contractors, permittees, or other users of such services, within the National Park System and miscellaneous areas: Provided, That reimbursements for cost of such utility services may be credited to the appropriation current at the time reimbursements are received.

August 8, 1953 [H. R. 1524]

National Park System. Administration.

Emergency sistance.

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Utility f a c i l i t i e s.

C a r l s b a d Cavern s Na^-ional Park. Transportation of employees.

Utility services for c o n c e s s i o n e r s, etc.

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