SIXTYJIHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 256, 257, 264. 1914. 699 Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby author- §,§;°°1;g£§;°$&m ized, whenever in his discretion the needs of foreign commerce may ment r¤r,m¤r be susrequire, to suspend by order, so far and for such length of time as he P°§‘l°Sj, me rm, ,,_ may deem desirable, the provisions of law prescribing that all the 795- watch officers of vessels 0 the United States registered for foreign trade shall be citizens of the United States. U it d Sum . Under like conditions, in like manner, and to like extent the Presi- speel1¤ii,ew.,msy11IiQ dent of the United States is also hereby authorized to suspend the °““1’°’“d°d· provisions of the law re uiring survey, inspection, and measurement y officers of the United States of foreign—built vessels admitted to American registry under this Act. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. E¤•¤*~ Approved, August 18, 1914. _GE[AP. 257.-An Act To increase the limit of cost of public building at Shelby- ioskiiif ville, Tennessee. - _ [Publ.ic,No.176.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreeentat·i*ves of the Unxited ‘ States of rlmeriea in Congress assembled, That the limit 0 cost of the §§*g},¥;Y‘f,1}1°;;,*`S‘;¤*{h_ United States post-office building at Shelbyville, Tennessee, be, and public b¤ud— the same is hereby, increased $5,000. mg ° ` Approved, August 20, 1914. - CHAI?. 264.-A.n Act To accept the cemion b the State of Montana of exclusive A¤§¤¤* 21% 1914- jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the (glacier National Park, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 177.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re entatbves 0 the United States of America in Congress assembler; Tglisthe provisions of the rsiiiiiiih. N°°°m° act of the Legislature of the State of Montana, approved February U,*f§{,‘i,1“§‘,§,d,,‘§‘°g‘,e‘}‘ seventeenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, ceding to are United States wdvd by M¤¤=¤¤¤· ' exclusive 'urisdiction over the territory embraced within the Glacier National l’ark, are hereby accelpted, and sole and exclusive jurisdiction is hereby assumed by the nited States over such territory, sav- SM rr<¤=¤¤¤. we ing, however, to the said State the right to serve civil or criminal rocess within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or (prosecution ibr or on acconmt of rights acquired, obligations incnure , or crimes · committed in said State but outside of said park, and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property, on the lands included in said park. All the laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States s all have force and effect in said park. All fu `- tives from justice taking refuge in said dpark shall be subject to tile same laws as refugees from justice foun in the State of Montana. _ _ SEQ. 2. _That said park shall constitute a part of the United States uQ$§§{§‘,;,°§g§§,‘gQP‘ 'ud1c1al_ district of Montana, and the district court of the United liltates m and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said boundaries. _ Sec. 3. That if any offense shall be committed in the Glacier ,, ;‘§,°‘;{mg; National Park, which offense is not prohibited or the punishment is ism not specifsicallkgprovided for by any law of the United States, the otfen er shall subject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of Montana in orce at the time of the commission of the oiiense may provide for a like offense in said State- and nc subsequent repeal of any such law of the State of Montana shall aiiect any prosecution for said offense committed within said park.
