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74TH C ONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS . 801, 802 . AUGUST 29, 1935 . [CHA PTER 801 .1

AN ACT August 29, 1935 .

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To provide for the Andrew Johnson Homestead National Monument . [Public, No . 388.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the tional Andrew Johnson Monument ; N as- - United States of America in Congress assembled, That when title to tablishment . the site of the Andrew Johnson Homestead and the site of the tailor shop in which Andrew Johnson worked (now owned and adminis- tered by the State of Tennessee), located in Greeneville, Tennessee, together with such buildings and property located thereon as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desir- able for national-monument purposes shall have been vested in the United States, said area and improvements, if any, together with the burial place of Andrew Johnson, now administered as a national ceme tery, shal l be desig nated and set a part by pr oclam ation of t he President for preservation as a national monument for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be called the "Andrew Johnson National Monument ." Acquisition of land, SEc . 2 . That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, etc' authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States out of any funds allotted and made available for this project by proper author- ity or out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of C. p . 785p . 35 7; U. s . August 1, 1888 (25 Stat . 357), or to accept by donation, such land, inte rest in la nd, a nd/or buil dings , str uctur es, a nd ot her p roper ty within the boundaries of said national monument as determined and fixed hereunder, and he is further authorized to accept donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof . Administ ration .

Sec . 3 . That the administration, protection, and development of .,

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the aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat . 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes ", as amended . Approved, August 29, 1935 . August 29, 1935. [S.1994.] [Public, No. 389.] [CHAPTER 802 .] AN ACT To amend the Inland W aterways Corporation Act, appr oved June 3, 1924, as amended. Inla nd Wa terway s Be it enacted b y the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Corporation Act, amendment .

Unite d Sta tes of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision 4. 5, Vol . 43, p . 978; Vol. 48, ,, (e) of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to create the Inland 968 ; U. S. C., p. 2247. Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the man- Certificate of con- venience whe n con- date and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 ducting a common car- o rier service on desig- f the Transportation Act, and for other purpose s ", a pp ro ve d Jun e nated rivers .

3, 1924, as amended, is amended by striking out the words " or Snake Rivers ", and inserting in lieu thereof " Snake, S acramento , San Joaquin, or Savannah Rivers " . Approved, August 29, 1935 .