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PUBLIC LAW 88-541-AUG. 31, 1964

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terms and conditions of any such transaction, including the price at which any land is so purchased or sold and the valuation of any lands so exchanged, shall be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary, the Yakima tribal council, and the individual Indian or Indians concerned. Any such exchange of lands shall be effected on the basis of approximately equal consideration with due allowance for the value of improvements in determining the value of such lands." SEC. 2. The first sentence of subsection 2(a) of such Act is repealed. SEC. 3. Subsection 3(b) of such Act is repealed. Approved August 31, 1964. Public Law 88-541 August 31, 1964 [H. R. 3071]

Fort L a m e d National Historic Site. Establishment.

P u b l i c a t i o n in Federal Register. Appropriation.

AN ACT To provide for the establishment of Fort Lamed as a national historic site, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to commemorate the significant role played by Fort Larned in the opening of the West, the Secretary of Interior may acquire on behalf of the United States by gift, purchase, or other means not more than seven hundred and fifty acres of land, or interests in land, which comprise the site and remaining historic structures of Fort Larned, located in Pawnee County, Kansas, or which he deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including nearby remains of the Santa Fe Trail. The land acquired by the Secretary shall be known as the Fort Larned National Historic Site, and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented: Provided, That establishment of such national historic site shall not become effective until the historic remains of old Fort Larned and adjoining historically significant lands have been acquired. SEC. 2. Notice of the boundaries of the site shall be published in the Federal Register. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $1,273,000 for acquisition and development costs, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 31, 1964. Public Law 88-542

August 31, 1964 [H. R. 8344]

National Mediation Board. Terms of office. 44 Stat. 579. 45 USC 154.

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To amend the Railway Labor Act to provide that the terms of office of members of the National Mediation Board shall expire on July 1.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third sentence of the initial paragraph of section 4 of the Railway Labor Act is amended to read as follows: "Each member of the Mediation Board in office on January 1, 1965, shall be deemed to have been appointed for a term of office which shall expire on July 1 of the year his term would have otherwise expired." Such paragraph is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Upon the expiration of his term of office a member shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and shall have qualified." Approved August 31, 1964.

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