54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 74, T -Mar91940 other purposes, approved March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. 305), as amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: "That in order to provide for the adequate housing, feeding, and transportation of the visiting public and residents of Mount McKin- ley National Park in Alaska, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the general funds of the Treasury a sum not to exceed the sum of $30,000; and the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, through such agency or agencies as he may designate, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate lodges, and other structures and appurtenances incident thereto; to purchase, upon such terms as he may deem proper, the personal property, structures, and buildings of the Mount McKinley Tourist and Transportation Company that are operated and used in said park under contract authorization by the Department of the Interior, and the equities of the Mount McKinley Tourist and Transportation Company in the business developed and conducted in connection therewith; to purchase or otherwise acquire motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles and all necessary fixtures and equipment, and to operate, repair, recondition, and maintain the same in order to carry out the purpose of this Act, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by law with regard to the purchase, maintenance, repair, or operation of motor-propelled, passenger-carrying vehicles; and to operate or sell the equipment and facilities herein authorized, directly or by contract or contracts with any individual, company firm, or corporation, under such schedule of rates, terms, and conditions, as he may deem proper." Approved, March 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 75] AN ACT 81 48U.S.C., §§301- 305, 307. Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska. Tourist facilities, etc. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p . 447. Purchase of Mount McKinley Tourist and Transportation Co., equities, etc. Motor vehicles. April 4, 1940 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to delegate certain regulatory functions. S. 1955] [Public, No. 446] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in culture, functions. this Act- (a) The term "regulatory order" means an order, marketing "Rentliororder." agreement, standard, permit, license, registration, suspension or revo- cation of a permit, license, or registration, certificate, award, rule, or regulation, if it has the force and effect of law, and if it may be made, prescribed, issued, or promulgated only after notice and hear- ing or opportunity for hearing have been given. (b) The term "regulatory fu ion" means the making, prescrib- ing, issuing, or promulgating, of a regulatory order; and includes (1) ion. determining whether such making, prescribing, issuing, or promul- gating is authorized or required by law, and (2) any action which is required or authorized to be performed before, after, or in con- nection with, such determining, making, prescribing, issuing, or promulgating. SEC. 2. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture deems that the Delegautionofregu delegation of the whole or any part of any regulatory function which the Secretary is, now or hereafter, required or authorized to perform will result in the more expeditious discharge of the duties of the Department of Agriculture he is authorized to make such delegation onne; si to any officer or employee designated under this section. The Secre- me'ntrof titles. tary is authorized to designate officers or employees of the Depart- ment to whom functions may be delegated under this section and to 193470---41-T . I-6
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