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73d CONGRES S . SESS. II. CHS . 694, 695 . JUNE 21, 1934 . Park : Provided, That all contributions of money received shall be deposited in the Treasu ry of the Uni ted States an d credited to a fund to be desig nated "Mono cacy N ationa l Mil itary Park f und ", which fund shall be applied to and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for carrying out the provisions of this Act . Sta tes may mark lines of battle of their SEC . 7. It shall be lawful for the authorities of an State having tro ops . had troop s at the Battl e of Monocacy to enter upo n the lands an d approaches of the Monocacy National Military Park for the pur- pose of ascertaining and marking the line of battle of troops engaged therein : Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designate d the position of the lines and the prop osed methods o f marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise, including the design and inscription for the same, shall be submitted to the Secre- tary of the Interior and shall first receive written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports to be made to him in each case by the Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations : Provided, That no discrimina- tion shall be made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of the Interior may be used by any other State . Penalty for d estroy- SEC . 8. If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary in g, inlunng, ete., prop- erty . of the Interior, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, enclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breast- works, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any United States commissioner or court, of the jurisdiction in which the offense may be committed, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the United States commissioner or court, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than $5 nor more than $500 . SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Interior shall have the power to make all needful rules and regulations for the care of the park, and for the establishment and marking of lines of battle and other historical features of the park . SEC . 10 . For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the sum of $50,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated . Appro ved, June 21, 1934 . Proviso. Contributions to be deposited to credit of special fund . Provisos. Approval of m arking, etc No discrimination in designating lines . Rules, etc ., preseribed . Appropriation thor,zcd . June 21 . 1934. to he au- [CHAPTER 695 .] AN ACT [H .R .8833 .1 To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three- [Public, No . 446 .1

hundredth anniver sary of the founding of the Colony of Co nnecticut . Be it enacted by t1re Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d Stat es of Ameri ca in Congre ss assembled, That, in com- memoration of the three-hun dredth annive rsary of the f ounding of the Colony of Connecticut, there shall be coined by the Director of the Mint twenty-five thousand silver 50-cent pieces of standard size, Tercentenary of founding Col ony of Connecticut . Silver 50-cent picces to be coined, in com- memoration of.