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PUBLIC LAW 298-AUG. 9, 1955

62 Stat. 697. 18 USC 2 8 3, 2 8 4.

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entitled "An Act to create a Commission to be known as the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission", approved August 5, 1953 (67 Stat. 366; 36 U.S.C. 426), is amended as follows: (1) By inserting immediately after the word "salary" at the end of the first sentence of the first paragraph a comma and the following: "except that the members of such Commission shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission. Service of an individual as a member of the Commission shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99) or section 283 or 284 of the United States Code". (2) By inserting, in the second sentence of the first paragraph, immediately after the words "erection on Corregidor Island of" the following: "a building and other structures, including". (3) By striking out, in the second paragraph, the words "a replica of the Statue of Liberty on Corregidor Island" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "a suitable memorial on Corregidor Island, which may include buildings, tunnels, roads, and a replica of the Statue of Liberty". (4) By inserting immediately after the second paragraph the following new paragraph: " (a) To accept, in its discretion, from any source, public or private, money or other gifts to be used for the purpose of making surveys and investigations, formulating, preparing and considering plans and estimates for the construction of as well as for the actual construction of such memorial or other expenses of such memorial. "(b) To secure directly from any executive department or independent establishment information, suggestions, estimates, and assistance, and each such department or independent agency is authorized to furnish such help as may be requested by the Commission. "(c) To decide, after consultation with a similar commission in the Philippines, as to the type of memorial, including all structures, repairs, roads, and improvements on Corregidor Island; and to decide as to the manner in which any money shall be raised in gifts, public subscriptions, or otherwise, and to decide how any and all funds received by the Commission shall be expended for the development and completion of a memorial on Corregidor Island. " (d) To establish offices in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in or outside of the United States, and procure the necessary supplies and equipment for the operation of any such office. "(e) To contract for work, supplies, materials, and equipment inside and outside of the United States and engage, by contract or otherwise, the services of architects and other technical and professional personnel. "(f) To adopt a seal which shall be judicially noticed." (5) By striking out, in the last paragraph, the words "a replica of the Statue of Liberty" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "a memorial". (6) By inserting at the end of the last paragraph the following: "Thereafter the Commission shall annually submit to the President a report of the progress of the work of the Commission and a statement of its financial transactions during the preceding year, and the President shall transmit such report to the Congress of the United States. Before the conclusion of its work, the Commission shall promptly submit a final report, and the Commission shall cease to exist ninety days after such submission of such final report. The records and archives of the Commission shall, when no longer required by the Commission, be deposited with the National Archives.".

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