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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 326 -328-JUNE 30, 1944 645 guardhouses, or other places of detention of the United States armed orces or in penitentiaries or other institutions employed by the United States for the detention or treatment of prisoners, at the expense of the state on whose behalf the prisoner is detained. SEC. 6 . This Act shall be operative with respect to the military, itationofopera. naval, or air forces of any foreign state only after a finding and declaration by the President that the powers and privileges provided herein are necessary for the maintenance of discipline. The President may at any time revoke such finding and declaration. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 327] AN ACT June 30, 1944 To authorize the conveyance of Harrison Park in the city of Vincennes to Vin- [H. R . 3306] cennes University. [Public Law 385] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to author- ize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain real estate belonging to the United States, and vesting the title to certain other lands in the city of Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, and for other pur- poses", approved March 3, 1881, the city of Vincennes is authorized to convey all its right, title, and interest in and to the tract of land known as "Harrison Park", title to which was vested in such city by such section 2, and all improvements on such land, to the board of trustees for the Vincennes University. The conveyance executed by the city of Vincennes shall contain the express condition that if such board of trustees shall at any time cease to use such property for school purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to alienate such property, title thereto shall revert to the city of Vincennes, subject to the same limitations as now exist: Provided, That, in the event such conveyance involves the transfer of ownership or control over the Old Territorial Capitol Building or Legislative Hall, which was removed to a site in the park in 1919, the transfer of the aforesaid park land shall be contingent upon the making of arrangements satis- factory to the Secretary of the Interior for the preservation of the structure. Approved June 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 328]N ACT AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Harpers Ferry National Monument. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept donations of land, interest in land, buildings, structures, and other property in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, not to exceed one thousand five hundred acres, as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the evidence of title to such lands to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. Any Federal land within the area designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for monument purposes shall be transferred to the administration of the Department of the Interior and when so transferred shall become a part of the monument: Proided, That the Federal department or agency having administration over such land shall agree in advance to such transfer. Vincennes Univer- sity. Conveyance of Harrison Park 21 Stat. 06 Reversionary pro vision. Preservation of Old Territorial Capitol Building. June 30, 1944 [H. R. 3524] [Public Law 380] Harpers Ferry Na- tional Monument. Acceptance of dona- tions. Transer o Fedeal and.