Public Law 465.

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(/us/pl/74/464).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That when titleRichmond National Battlefield Park, Va. Establishment, when title to land, etc., acquired. to all such lands, structures, and other property in the military battlefield area or areas in the city of Richmond, Virginia, or within five miles of the city limits of said city or within five miles of the boundary of the present Richmond Battlefield State Park, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his discretion as necessary or desirable for national battlefield park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such area or 1156areas shall be, and they are hereby, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be known as the “Richmond National Battlefield Park”:*Proviso*.Certain State parks to be included. *Provided*, That such area or areas shall include, at least, the Richmond Battlefield Parks now belonging to the State of Virginia.

Sec. 2. Acceptance of donations. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept in behalf of the United States donations of lands, interest in lands, buildings, structures and other property within the boundaries of the said park as herein authorized and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands purchased or otherwise *Proviso*.Acquisition by purchase, etc.Vol. 25, p. 357; [U. S. C., p. 1785](/us/usc/p1785).acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land within the said national battlefield park as may be necessary for the completion thereof.

Sec. 3. Administration, etc. The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national battlefield park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Vol. 39, p. 535; [U. S. C., p. 591](/us/usc/t/s591).Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended. Approved, March 2, 1936. To authorize the incorporated city of Skagway, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, and for such purpose to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $12,000, and for other purposes. 1936-03-02 114 Chapter 49 Stat. 1156 74 2 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 114.] AN ACT To authorize the incorporated city of Skagway, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, and for such purpose to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $12,000, and for other purposes. March 2, 1936.[[H. R. 9130.](/us/bill/74/hr/9130).][[Public, No. 465](/us/pl/74/465).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Skagway, Alaska.Bond issue authorized for specified public works.

That the incorporated city of Skagway, in the Territory of Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered to undertake all or any part of the hereinafter described municipal public works, to wit: Construction and reconstruction of sidewalks, reconstruction and reconditioning of city hall, and regrading, construction, and reconstruction of streets and crossings, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not *Proviso*.Maximum amount.exceeding $12,000: *Provided*, That the total amount of bonds issued and outstanding at any time under authority of this Act and under Vol. 48, p. 611.authority of Public Law Numbered 174, Seventy-third Congress, approved April 25, 1934 (48 Stat. 611), shall not exceed the sum of $40,000.

Sec. 2. Special election required. Before said bonds shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of the said city of Skagway, Alaska, at which election the question of whether such bonds shall be issued in the amount above specified for the purpose hereinbefore set forth shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said city of Skagway, Alaska, whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said city for purposes of municipal taxation. The form of the ballot shall be such that the electors may vote for or against the issuance of bonds for the purposes herein specified up to the amount Notice.herein authorized.

Not less than twenty days’ notice of such election shall be given to the public by posting notices of same in three conspicuous places within the corporate limits of the city of Skagway, Alaska, one of which shall be at the front door of the United States post office at Skagway, Alaska. The election notice shall specifically state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued for the 1157purposes herein specified. The registration for such election, theConduct of election. manner of conducting the same, and the canvass of the returns of said election shall be, as early as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in said municipality; and such bonds shall be issued for the purposes herein authorized only upon condition that not less than a majority of the votes cast at such election in said municipality shall be in favor of the issuance of said bonds for such purpose.

Sec. 3. The bonds herein authorized shall be coupon in formForm, etc., of bonds. and shall mature in not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof. Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may be in such denomination or denominations, may mature in such amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding thirty years from the date thereof, may be payable in lawful money of the United States at such place or places, may be sold at either public or private sale, may be nonredeemable or redeemable (either with or without premium), and may carry such registration privileges as to either principal and interest, or principal only, as shall be prescribed by the common council of said city of Skagway.

The bonds shall bear the signatures of the mayor and of the clerk of the city of Skagway, and shall have impressed thereon the official seal of said municipality. The coupons to be annexed to such bonds shall bear the facsimile signatures of the mayor and of the clerk of said municipality. InValidity of signatures, etc. case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, said signatures or countersignatures, whether manual or facsimile, shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if said officers had remained in office until such delivery.

Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the commonInterest rate. council of the city of Skagway, not to exceed, however, 6 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and said bonds shall be sold at not less than the principal amount plus accrued interest. Sec. 4. The bonds herein authorized to be issued shall be generalBonds deemed municipal obligations. obligations of the city of Skagway, Territory of Alaska, payable as to both interest and principal from ad valorem taxes which shall be levied upon all of the taxable property within the corporate limits of such municipality in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on and the principal of such bonds as and when the same become due and payable.

Sec. 5. No part of the funds arising from the sale of said bondsUse of funds restricted. shall be used for any purpose or purposes other than those specified in this Act. Said bonds shall be sold only when and in such amountsSale limitations. as the common council of the city of Skagway shall direct; and the proceeds thereof shall be distributed only for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned and under the orders and direction of said common council from time to time as such proceeds may be required for said purposes.

Sec. 6. The city of Skagway is hereby authorized to enter intoContracts with United States for bond sale, etc.Vol. 48, p. 200; [U. S. C., p. 1799](/us/usc/p1799). contracts with the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act and Acts amendatory thereof and Acts supplemental thereto, and revisions thereof, and the regulations made in pursuance thereof, and under any further Acts of the Congress of the United States to encourage public works, for the relief of unemployment, or for any other public purpose, including the Emergency Relief*Ante*, p. 115.

Appropriation Act of 1935, for the sale of bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or for the acceptance of a grant of money to aid said municipality in financing any public works; or to enter into contracts with any persons or corporations, public or1158 private, for the sale of such bonds; and such contracts may contain such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by and between the common council of said city of Skagway and the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any such purchaser.

Sec. 7. Effective date. This Act shall take effect immediately. Approved, March 2, 1936. To provide for safeguarding of traffic on Military Road. 1936-03-02 115 Chapter 49 Stat. 1158 74 2 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 115.] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for safeguarding of traffic on Military Road.

March 2, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 488](/us/bill/74/hjres/488).][[Pub. Res., No. 75](/us/bill/74/pubres/75).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, National Airport Corporation.Use of part of Military Road granted to. That permission is hereby granted to the National Airport Corporation to use as a part of the runway of its airport located near the City of Washington, District of Columbia, such part of the road commonly known as Military Road as may be necessary to connect the two parts of the said airport now separated by the said road; that part of the road to be used for such runway to be determined by the *Provisos*.Use as public road continued.Vol. 37, p. 583.Department of Commerce: *Provided*, That the part of the road hereinabove described shall continue in use as a public road and be open to the public, as contemplated by the Act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 569, 583), except when necessarily closed during its use for the landing and taking off of airplanes: *And provided further*,Conditions.

That the permission herein granted shall be effective only so long as the said National Airport Corporation provides, maintains, and operates such traffic signals or other safety devices as shall be approved by the Department of Commerce to protect airplane and vehicular traffic on and over the part of the road herein authorized to be used. Sec. 2. Parking, etc., prohibited.Any person who, knowingly, during its use for the landing or taking off of airplanes, enters, attempts to enter, or who at any time parks upon that part of the road herein authorized to be used Penalty.shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisoned not to exceed six months, or both.

Sec. 3. Jurisdiction over offenses. Jurisdiction over offenses committed in violation of this joint resolution is hereby vested in the nearest commissioner, judge, or court of the United States having jurisdiction in the premises. Sec. 4. Amendment, etc. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution. Approved, March 2, 1936. To amend sections 416 and 417 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia. 1936-03-03 121 Chapter 49 Stat. 1158 74 2 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 121.] AN ACT To amend sections 416 and 417 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia. March 3, 1936.[[S. 399](/us/bill/74/s/399).][

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