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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS . 554-556 . JUNE 15, 1936 . [CH APTER 554 .] June 15, 1936 .

AN ACT [H.R.9183.1

To prov ide for the extensio n of the boundaries of the Hot Springs N ational Park [Public, No. 684 .1

in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Hot Springs Na- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the boundaries tional Park, Ark . Boundaries ex- of the Hot Springs National Park in the State of Arkansas be, and te nded . the same are hereby, extended to include the following land, to wit Lot 11,block101;lot5,block185;lot6,block186;lots56,and7, block 187; and lots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 15, block 188, United States Hot Springs Reservation, as surveyed, mapped, and plotted by the United States Hot Springs Commission, and any of such lands when acquired by the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the United States shall be and remain a part of the Hot Springs National Park, subject Proviso .

to all laws and regulations applicable thereto : Provided, That the Purchase; cost limi- lands hereinabove described may be acquired within funds already cation . appropriated and at a cost not to exceed $15,000 . Approved, June 15, 1936 . [CH APTER 555 .] June 15,1936

JOI NT R ESO LUT ION . [S .J. Res. 267.]

Authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the New [Pub.Res., No. 105.]

York World's Fair 1939, Incorporated, in the city of New York during the year 1939 . New York World's Whereas there is to be held at New York City during the year 1939 Fa,r 1939, Incorporated .

, Preamble. a worlds fair, which has for its purpose the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the first President of the United States of America and of the establish- ment of the national government in the city of New York

and

Whereas, because of its location and purpose, its scope and aims, said world's fair is deserving of the support and encouragement of the Government of the United States of America : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United President requested States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President of the to invi te p artic ipati on by fore ign count ries . United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and respectfully requested by proclamation, or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite foreign countries and nations to such proposed world's fair with a request that they participate therein . Approved, June 15, 1936 . [CHAPTER 556 .] JOINT RESOLUTION June 15, 1936 . [S. J. Res.151.]

Making provi sion for a national celebration of the b icentenary of the bi rth of [Pub. Res ., No . 106.1

Charles Carroll of Carrollt on, wealthiest signe r of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . ofBCentsacaofoit oh Whereas Charles Carroll of Carrollton during his lifetime of nearly Carrolltonn a century rendered services of paramount importance to his Prea mble,

country; and Whereas on February 18, 1776, more than four months before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams stated that "in the cause of American liberty, his zea l, fortitude, and pers erver ance 1 have b een so con spicuous t hat he is said to be marked out for a peculiar vengeance by the friends of administration; but he continues to hazard his all, his immense fortune, the largest in America, and his life"; and 1 So in original .