Public Law 157.
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(/us/pl/74/156).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the lands inZuni Indian Reservation, N. Mex.Designated forest lands transferred to. townships 8 and 9 north, ranges 16 and 17 west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, comprising the Miller Division of the Cibola National Forest, are hereby eliminated from the Cibola National Forest and withdrawn as an addition to the Zuni Indian Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights of any persons thereto.
Approved, June 20, 1935. To provide for the establishment of the Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. 1935-06-20 49 Stat. 393 283 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 283.] AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
June 20, 1935.[[S. 2131](/us/bill/74/s/2131).][[Public, No. 157](/us/pl/74/157).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That when title toBig Bend National Park, Tex.Establishment. such lands as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for recreational park purposes within the boundaries to be determined by him within the area of approximately one million five hundred thousand acres, in the counties of Brewster and Presidio, in the State of Texas, known as the “Big Ben” area, shall haveArea, location, etc. been vested in the United States, such 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 “Big Bend National Park”: *Provided*, That the United States shall not*Proviso*.Lands secured by donation only. purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the aforesaid area, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public and private donations.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in hisAcceptance of title. discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in the previous section hereof as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Exclusive jurisdiction required. no land for said park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Texas to the United States. 394 Sec. 3.
National Park Service to administer, etc. The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the Vol. 39, p. 535; [U. S. C., p. 591](/us/usc/p591).provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, *Proviso*.Water Power Act not applicable.Vol. 41, p. 1063; [U. S.
C., p. 694](/us/usc/p694).as amended: *Provided*, That the provisions of the Act of June 10, 1920, known as the “Federal Water Power Act”, shall not apply to this park. Approved, June 20, 1935. To amend section 289 of the Criminal Code. 1935-06-20 49 Stat. 394 284 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 284.] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend section 289 of the Criminal Code.
June 20, 1935.[[S. J. Res. 42](/us/bill/74/sjres/42).][[Pub. Res., No. 34](/us/bill/74/pubres/34).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Criminal Code.Vol. 35, p. 1145; Vol. 48, p. 152; [U. S. C., p. 702](/us/usc/p702). That section 289 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 468) be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 289. Offenses committed in places under Federal jurisdiction. Whoever, within the territorial limits of any State, organized Territory, or District, but within or upon any of the places now existing or hereafter reserved or acquired, described in Adoption of State laws to punish.section 272 of the Criminal Code (U.
S. C., title 18, sec. 451), shall do or omit the doing of any act or thing which is not made penal by any laws of Congress, but which if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, or District in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in force on April 1, 1935. and remaining in force at the time of the doing or omitting the doing of such act or thing, would be penal, shall be deemed guilty of a like offense and be subject to a like punishment.
" Approved, June 20, 1935. To amend section 4865 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 1935-06-24 49 Stat. 394 286 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 286.] AN ACT To amend section 4865 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. June 24, 1935.[[S. 1180](/us/bill/74/s/1180).][
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