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PUBLIC LAW 360-MAY 17, 1954

66 Stat. 49. 50 USC app. 2005 note.

Effective date.

Shoshone Cavern National Monu* ment. Abolishment.

J e f f e r s o n National Expansion Memorial, Mo.

CHAPTER 203

AN ACT To authorize the abolishment of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument and the transfer of the land therein to the city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recreational use, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Shoshone Cavern National Monument, established by Executive proclamation of September 21, 1909 (36 Stat. 2501), is hereby abolished and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey, without cost, the lands embraced therein, aggregating two hundred and ten acres, to the city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recreational use, upon such terms and conditions as he shall find to be equitable and in the public interest. I n order that the city may provide adequate public access to such property from the Cody-Yellowstone Highway (U. S. Nos. 14 and 20), the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to convey without cost a right-of-way to the city. I n the event that the city of Cody shall fail to devote the said monument lands to the purposes of public park and recreational site within ten years after the date of the enactment of this Act or shall fail to maintain such land for such purposes for any period of five consecutive years subsequent to its devotion to such use or shall fail to provide adequate measures for fire control and watershed protection for the lands, or shall devote such lands or any part thereof to any other use not consistent with the purposes of this Act, such lands and all improvements thereon shall revert to the United States. I n such an event, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to declare a forfeiture of all grants and conveyances made pursuant to this Act and to administer such properties in accordance with the public land laws of the United States. Approved May 17, 1954. Public Law 361

May 17, 1954 [H. R. 6549]

ST A T,

Act entitled "An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of the W a r Claims Act of 1948", approved April 9, 1952, is amended by striking out "within one year after the date of enactment of this Act", and inserting in lieu thereof "on or before August 1, 1954". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall not be construed to extend the life of the W a r Claims Commission for any period of time. SEC. 3. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of April 9, 1953. Approved May 13, 1954. Public Law 360

May 17, 1954 [H. R. 6251]

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CHAPTER 204

AN ACT To provide for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance with the plan approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be constructed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri, an appropriate national memorial to those persons who made possible the territorial expansion of the United States,

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