Creating the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia: Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 9394, a Bill to Provide for the Establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and VirginiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - 32 pages |
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Page 3 - That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the use and management of the parks, monuments, and reservations...
Page 32 - I second the motion. The CHAIRMAN. It has been moved and seconded that the bill be favorably reported. All in favor of the motion make it known by saying
Page 4 - Provided further, That no such property shall be acquired or contract or agreement for the acquisition thereof made which will obligate the general fund of the Treasury for the payment of such property, unless or until Congress has appropriated money which is available for that purpose.
Page 19 - Whereas there is now pending in the Congress of the United States...
Page 3 - An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.
Page 2 - Park shall be exercised under the direction 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; 16 USC 1 and the following), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes...
Page 3 - States, said lands shall be, and are hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the...
Page 25 - Board, shall have full power and authority to acquire by gift or purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, areas, properties, lands or any estate or interest therein, of scenic beauty, recreational utility, historical interest, remarkable phenomena or any other unusual features which in the judgment of...
Page 3 - ... of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
Page 3 - Is dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Mount McKinley National Park.