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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · June 3, 1916 · Public Law 825

Public Law 825.

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(/us/pl/74/824).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, National Defense Act, amendment.Assistant to Chief of Engineers and increased commissioned strength provided.Vol. 41, p. 768; Vol. 42, p. 723.[U. S. C., p. 238](/us/usc/238).*Proviso.*Increase in Army commissioned strength. That section 11, (Corps of Engineers), National Defense Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to provide one additional assistant to the Chief of Engineers with the rank of brigadier general, and one hundred and eighty-five additional officers in grades from colonel to second lieutenant, inclusive: *Provided*, That the legally authorized commissioned strength of the Regular Army is increased by one hundred and eighty-five, which said increase shall be allotted to the Corps of Reserve officers for active duty.Engineers: *Provided further*, That the President is hereby authorized to call to active duty with the Regular Army such number of officers of the Organized Reserves and for such time as may be necessary to meet the demands made and to be made upon the Engineer Vol. 41, p. 776: [U.
S. C., p. 249](/us/usc/249).Funds available for designated officers on nonmilitary public works.Corps of the Regular Army notwithstanding the provisions of section 37a of the Act of June 3, 1916, as amended: *Provided*, That officers of the Corps of Engineers and the Reserve officers of the Corps of Engineers employed primarily on duty connected with nonmilitary public works prosecuted under the direction of the Chief 1975of Engineers, including river and harbor improvements, flood control, and other such works, shall, while so employed, be paid their pay and allowances, mileage and travel allowances from the appropriation for the work or works upon which they are employed: *And provided further*, That the number of officers so engaged and To be exclusive of commissioned strength of the Regular Army.so paid shall be exclusive of the commissioned strength of the Regular Army as now or hereafter limited by the funds appropriated for “Pay of the Army” in the annual War Department Appropriation Act.
Approved, June 26, 1936. To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, in the State of South Carolina. 1936-06-26 840 Chapter 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 49 Stat. 1975 74 2 public [CHAPTER 840.] AN ACT To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, in the State of South Carolina.
June 26, 1936.[[H. R. 255](/us/bill/74/hr/255).][[Public, No. 825](/us/pl/74/825).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That for the purpose Battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C.Designation of lands on site of, for battle-field-site purposes.of commemorating the battle which occurred at Eutaw Springs, in the State of South Carolina, during the Revolutionary War, when title to such lands on the site of the Battle of Eutaw Springs as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior in the exercise of his discretion as necessary or desirable for battlefield-site purposes, shall be vested in the United States, said area shall be set apart as a battle-field site for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be Name designated.called the Eutaw Springs Battlefield Site.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Acceptance of land, etc., donations.authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, and/or buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of the said battlefield site as determined and fixed hereunder, and donations of funds for the purchase and/or maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That he may acquire on behalf of the*Proviso.*Purchases from donated funds.Condemnation.Vol. 25, p. 357.[U.
S. C., p. 1785](/us/usc/1785). United States out of any donated funds, either 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 on the said battlefield site as may be necessary for the completion thereof. Sec. 3. The administration, protection, and development of the Administration, etc., by National Park Service.aforesaid battlefield site 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, entitled “An Act to establish Vol. 39. p. 535.[U.
S. C., p. 591](/us/usc/591).a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended. Approved, June 26, 1936. To provide for an investigation to determine whether the water rights of the United States have been violated in the Clear Lake Watershed, California, and for other purposes. 1936-06-26 841 Chapter 49 Stat. 1975 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 841.] AN ACT To provide for an investigation to determine whether the water rights of the United States have been violated in the Clear Lake Watershed, California, and for other purposes. June 26, 1936.[[H. R. 6773](/us/bill/74/hr/6773).][
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