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PUBLIC LAW 86-215-SEPT. 1, 1959

Proposed memorial competition.

Reports to Presi d e n t and Congress. Appropriation.

69 Stat. 694.

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SEC. 2. The Commission is authorized to hold a competition or competitions for the proposed memorial, and to award a suitable prize or prizes in connection therewith, but may refuse to employ any successful competitor if it deems that his design should not be used. The competition for the proposed memorial shall be carried out so as to insure that it will be harmonious as to location, design, and land use with the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. In holding the competition the Commission shall avail itself of the assistance and advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, of the National Capital Planning Commission, and of the National Park Service, and such Commissions and Service shall, upon request, render such assistance and advice. SEC. 3. The Commission shall report the result of the competition, together with its recommendations, to the President and Congress at the earliest practicable date. SEC. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $150,000 to be expended by the Franklin Delano Koosevelt Memorial Commission in organizing the competitions for plans for the design of the memorial, as authorized by subsection (c) of section 2 of the joint resolution, approved August 11, 1955. Approved September 1, 1959.

Public Law 86-215 September 1, 1959 [S. 900]

utilization of exc e s s property, expenses. 68 Stat. 1051.

AN ACT To amend section 204(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to extend the authority of the Administrator of General Services to pay direct expenses in connection with the utilization of excess real property and related personalty, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the second sentence of subsection (b) of section 204 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 388, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 485 (b)) is further amended by deleting the word "dispositions" from the second sentence of said subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the words "utilization of excess property and the disposal". Approved September 1, 1959.

Public Law 86-216 September 1. 1959

[H. R. 303]

Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. Conveyance.

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IJIQ provide for the conveyance of certain real property in the District of Columbia to the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to convey to the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, all right, title, and interest of the District of Columbia in and to the real property in the District of Columbia described in section 2 of this Act: Provided, That whenever the said real property no longer is occupied by the said association for the purposes of said association, all right, title, and interest of the said association in and to such property shall revert to the District of Columbia. As used in this section, the term "purposes of said association", means substantially the purposes of the said association as they were

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