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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . III. CHs . 308, 313, 314 . 1931 . 1423 a part of said park subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto . SEC . 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of t1oAcceptance of done- this Act the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept donations of land or right of way, or to acquire title to any land along or adjacent to the said Point Lookout Road as may be deemed desirable by him for the protection of said road, Exchangeauthorized . by exchange for any unappropriated public lands within sections 29 and 32, township 3 6 north, range 14 west, New Mexico principal meridian, of equal value ; the value of the lands offered for ex- Value ascertain ed . change hereunder and the value of the lands of the United States to be selected therefor shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct ; and the owners of lands Title . offered to the United States pursuant hereto shall, before the ex- change is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the lands offered in exchange . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o A mer ica in Cong ress as semb led That the Secretary Fort Sill Military f

y Reservation, Okla. of War is authorized to construct a paved road across the Fort Sill App rop ria tion fo r (Oklahoma) Military Reservation, over such route as he may deter- road construction mi ne, for wh ich an ap propriatio n is here by authori zed in suc h across , authori zed . amount as may be required to pay one-half the cost of the improve- ment of said road but not in excess of the amount that would be payable as Federal aid for the construction of a primary road of vol . 42, p. 212. equal length in the vicinity of said reservation under the Federal Prooieo . Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended : Provided, That Oklahoma, etc ., to the State of Oklahoma or civil subdivisions thereof or local interests contribute . concerned before construction of said road is commenced shall con- tribute an amount sufficient to cover the remainder of the cost of improving said road, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend such sum as may be so contributed concurrently with the appropriation herein authorized . Approved, February 27, 1931 . February 27, 1931 . CHAP . 314 . -An Act To au thoriz e and direct a pre limina ry examination [H . R . 8736.] of the Hocking River for the distance it flows through Athens County, Ohio .

[Public, No . 739.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary c cng River. H

e aami- of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a pre- nation of, to be made . liminary examination to be made of the Hocking River for the distance that it flows through Athens County, Ohio, with a view to control the floods from said river in accordance with the pro- visions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control vol. 39, p. 950. of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917, the m Limit of cost ; pay . cost thereof not exceeding $1,500 to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and con- tingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, February 27, 1931 . Approved, February 26, 1931 . CHAP . 313 .- An Act To provide for the paving of the Government road February 27, 1931 . [H. R. 7272.1 across Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Military Reservation . [Public, No . 738.]