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 PUBLIC LAW 924-AUG. 2, 1956

940 Appropriation.

Irrigation works. M o v a b l e property.

v i r g i n Islands National Park.

Administration.

39 Stat. 535. Conditions and limitations.

CHAPTER 884

AN ACT To amend Public Law 551, chapter 616, Eighty-third Congress, second session. Be it enacted by the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 580, 43 U.S.C. 499a) is amended by adding thereto a new sentence reading as follows: " I n order to encourage the assumption by irrigation districts and water users' organizations of the operation and maintenance of irrigation works, the Secretary is authorized to use appropriated funds available for the project involved to acquire movable property for transfer at the time operation and maintenance is assumed under the terms and conditions hereinbefore provided." Approved August 2, 1956.

Public Law 925 August 2, 1956 [H. R. 5299]

ST A T.

SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may expend any funds made available by other Federal agencies or the Territory of Alaska to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved August 2, 4956.

Public Law 924 August 2, 1956 IS. 3556]

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CHAPTER 885

AN ACT rjQ authorize the estal)lishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a portion of the Virgin Islands of the United States, containing outstanding scenic and other features of national significance, shall be established, as prescribed in section 2 hereof, as the "Virgin Islands National Park". The national park shall be administered and preserved by the Secretary of the Interior in its natural condition for the public benefit and inspiration, in accordance with the laws governing the administration of the national parks (16 U.S.C. 1, and the following). SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, subject to the following conditions and limitations, to proceed in such manner as he shall find to be necessary in the public interest to consummate the establishment of the Virgin Islands National P a r k: (a) The acreage of the national park shall be limited to a total of not more than nine thousand five hundred acres of land area, such total to be comprised of not more than fifteen acres on the island of Saint Thomas, and not more than nine thousand four hundred and eighty-five additional acres to be comprised of portions of the island of Saint John and such small islands, rocks, and cays not in excess of five huridred acres in the general vicinity thereof as may be desirable for inclusion within the p a r k; (b) Tentative exterior boundary lines, to include land not in excess of the aforesaid acreage limitations, may be selected for the park in order to establish the particular areas in which land may be acquired pursuant to this Act, such tentative boundaries to be selected and adjusted as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Interior;

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