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PUBLIC LAW 93-645-JAN. 4, 1975

[88 STAT.

appropriations, the Commission may obtain, by purchase, rental, donation, or otherwise, such additional property, facilities, and services as may be needed to carry out its duties. Upon the termination of the Commission all property, personal and real, and unexpended funds shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior. SEC. 4. I t shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare the plan referred to in the first section of this Act, and to submit the plan together with any recommendations for additional legislation, to the Congress not later than two years from the effective date of this Act. The plan for the Lowell Historic Canal District shall include considerations and recommendations, without limitation, regarding (1) the objectives to be achieved by the establishment, development, and operation of the area; (2) the types of use, both public and private, to bo accommodated; (8) criteria for the design and appearance of buildings, facilities, open spaces, and other improvements; (4) a program for the staging of development; (5) the anticipated interpretive, cultural, and recreational programs and uses for the area; (6) the pi-oposod ownership and operation of all structures, facilities, and lands; (7) areas where cooperative agreements may be anticipated; (8) estimates of costs, both public and private, of implementing the plan; and (9) procedures to be used in implementing and insuring continuing conformance to the plan. SEC. 5. The Commission shall be dissolved (1) upon the termination, as determined by its members, of need for its continued existence for the implementation of the plan and the operation or coordination of the entity established by the plan, or (2) upon expiration of a twoyear period commencing on the effective date of this Act, whereupon the completed plan has not been submitted to the Congress, whichever occurs first. SEC. 6. I t is contemplated that the plan to be developed may propose that the Commission may be authorized to— (1) acquire lands and interests therein within the Lowell Historic Canal District by purchase, lease, donation, or exchange; (2) hold, maintain, use, develop, or operate buildings, facilities, and any other properties; (3) sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of real or personal property as necessary to carry out the plan; (4) enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and any governmental unit within its boundaries, or any person, firm, association, or corporation as may be necessary; (5) establish (through covenants, regulations, agreements, or otherwise) such restrictions, standards, and requirements as are necessary to assure development, maintenance, use, and protection of the Lowell Historic Canal District in accordance with the plan; and ((>) borrow money from the Treasury of the United States in such amounts as may be authorized in appropriation Acts on the basis of obligations issued by the Commission in accordance wath terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any such obligations of the Commission. SEC. 7. Title to property of the Commission shall be in the name of the Commission, but it shall not be subject to any Federal, State, or municipal taxes. SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $150,000 for the preparation of the plan authorized by this Act. Approved January 4, 1975.

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