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 72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 7 6 7 - A U G. 27, 1958

ards of this section, and designed to give information in the specific interest of the traveling public. (b) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to enter into agreements with State highway departments (including such supplementary agreements as may be necessary) to carry out the national policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section with respect to the Interstate System within the State. Any such agreement shall include provisions for regulation and control of the erection and maintenance of advertising signs, displays, and other advertising devices in conformity with the standards established in accordance with subsection (a) of this section and may include, among other things, provisions for preservation of natural beauty, prevention of erosion, landscaping, reforestation, development of viewpoints for scenic attractions that are accessible to the public without charge, and the erection of markers, signs, or plaq^ues, and development of areas in appreciation of sites of historical significance. Upon application of the State, any such agreement may, within the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce, consistent with the national policy, provide for excluding from application of the national standards segments of the Interstate System which traverse incorporated municipalities wherein the use of real property adjacent to the Interstate System is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use is clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial, and any such segment excluded from the application of such standards shall not be considered in computing the increase of the Federal share payable on account thereof. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 109 of this title, if an agreement pursuant to this section has been entered into with any State prior to July 1, 1961, the Federal share payable on account of any project on the Interstate System within that State provided for by funds authorized under the provisions of section 108 (b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended by section 8 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958, to which the national policy and the agreement apply, shall be increased by onehalf of one per centum of the total cost thereof, not including any additional cost that may be incurred in the carrying out of the agreement. The increase in the Federal share which is payable hereunder shall be paid only from appropriations from moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which such appropriations are hereby authorized. (d) Whenever any portion of the Interstate System is located upon or adjacent to any public lands or reservations of the United States, the Secretary of Commerce may make such arrangements and enter into such agreements with the agency having jurisdiction over such lands or reservations as may be necessary to carry out the national policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section, and any such agency is authorized and directed to cooperate fully with the Secretary of Commerce in this connection. (e) Whenever a State shall acquire by purchase or condemnation the right to advertise or regulate advertising in an area adjacent to the right-of-way of a project on the Interstate System for the purpose of implementing this section, the cost of such acquisition shall be considered as a part of the cost of construction of such project and Federal funds may be used to pay the Federal pro rata share of such cost. Keimbursement to the State shall be made only with respect to that portion of such cost which does not exceed 5 per centum of the cost of the right-of-way for such project.

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