Public Law 240.

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(/us/pl/76/239)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Coast Guard.[36 Stat. 538.](/us/stat/36/538)[33 U. S. C. § 716.](/us/usc/t33/s716) That the last clause of section 9 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., 538; U. S. C., title 33, sec. 716), is amended to read as follows: " “and the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to employTemporary employment of draftsmen, etc., at seat of government. temporarily at the seat of government, draftsmen and engineers for the preparation of plans and specifications for vessels, lighthouses, aids to navigation, and other works for the Coast Guard that may be authorized or appropriated for by Congress, to be paid from the appropriations applicable to such works.

” " Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to acquire bySaint Louis, Mo., site for depot. purchase and/or lease the necessary land for locating a Coast Guard depot at or in the vicinity of Saint Louis, Missouri, and he is authorized to erect thereon such wharves, docks, buildings, or other structures as he may determine to be necessary. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase aAtlantic City, N. J., servicing base. site for a servicing base for the Coast Guard at or in the vicinity of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of War is authorized to transfer to theYerba Buena Island Military Reservation, Calif.; transfer of portion for Coast Guard use. Treasury Department for the use of the Coast Guard, the tract of land no longer needed for military purposes and comprising the whole of tract numbered 2 of the United States Military Reservation on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, State of California, containing twenty-six and fifty-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, exclusive of the two parcels, together containing two and sixty-nine one-hundredths acres, now under the control and jurisdiction of the Navy Department, all as shown on map numbered 6797–101, entitled Yerba Buena Island, California (Goat Island) Reservation Map”, dated December 1935, revised to May 21, 1938, on file in the office of the Quartermaster General, War Department, Washington,53 Stat. 1131District of Columbia, the specific tract of land to be more fully described by metes and bounds at the time of transfer.

Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and empoweredRochester Harbor Lighthouse property, Charlotte, N. Y. to lease for a period not to exceed twenty-five years to the New York Central Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existingLicense for right-of-way across, granted the N. Y. Central R. R. Co. under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York and other States, its successors and assigns, for railroad track purposes, that portion of the Rochester Harbor Lighthouse property at Charlotte, New York, now occupied by wye track of said railroad company under the terms and provisions of a revocable license granted by the Department of Commerce, which license expires by limitation during 1939, or such modification thereof as may be deemed to be in the public interest.

The New York Central Railroad Company for suchYearly rental. use of the property in question shall pay the same yearly rental as stipulated in stated existing revocable license or such yearly rental as may be hereafter determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall grant*Provisos*.Restrictions.or convey or be held to grant or convey to said railroad company, its successors or assigns, during such time as it or they may hold, said land under the lease hereby authorized, nor any right or privilege to take or remove any of such land or structures other than the property of the said railroad company: *Provided further*, That theTermination of lease upon failure to comply.

Secretary of the Treasury may at any time during the said lease period of twenty-five years, at his discretion, terminate and cancel said lease, in case said company shall fail to comply with the stipulated terms or conditions. It shall also be stipulated in the leaseRestoration of property. hereby authorized that upon termination or expiration the said railroad company shall promptly remove from the land all of its property and restore the same to the condition when first taken or condition otherwise satisfactory to the Government.

Sec. 6. Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the SecretaryStony Point Light Station Reservation, N. Y., exchange of properties. of Commerce to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, a body politic of the State of New York, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, Rockland County, New York, including certain appurtenant structures, and for other purposes”, approved July 30, 1937 (50 Stat. 549), is amended[50 Stat. 549.](/us/stat/50/549) by striking out “the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, a body corporate and politic established by compact between the States of New York and New Jersey, authorized by joint resolution of Congress approved August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 719)”; and section 2 of[50 Stat. 719.](/us/stat/50/719) such Act of July 30, 1937, is amended by striking out “In exchange for the property to be transferred the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park shall transfer title to the United States to” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to accept on behalf of the United States”.

Approved, July 27, 1939. For the protection of the water supply of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska. 53 Stat. 1131 389 Chapter July 27, 1939 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 389] AN ACT For the protection of the water supply of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska. July 27, 1939[[H.

R. 2413](/us/bill/76/hr/2413)][[Public, No. 240](/us/pl/76/240)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Ketchikan, Alaska.Designated lands set aside as municipal water-supply reserves. That the two tracts of public lands within the areas hereinafter described, situated in the Territory of Alaska, are hereby reserved from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, whether under the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, and set aside as municipal water-supply reserves for the use and benefit53 Stat. 1132of the people of the city of Ketchikan, a municipal corporation of the Territory of Alaska, as follows, to wit:

(a)Starting at the eastDescription. end of the Ketchikan Public Utilities Dam, situated at lower end of the lower Ketchikan Lake, and extending thence in a northwesterly direction, following the divide to the summit of Minerva Mountain; thence in a northerly direction along the divide to the summit of Diana Mountain; thence following the high divide around the Ketchikan Lakes and Granite Basin over the summits of Dude Mountain and John Mountain; and thence in a southerly direction along the divide to the summit of Sylvis Mountain to the summit of Deer Mountain; thence in a westerly direction along the small divide to Ketchikan Creek at a point approximately four thousand eight hundred feet below the dam; thence along Ketchikan Creek to the dam, the place of beginning; said area being the drainage area of Ketchikan Lakes and Granite Basin above the Ketchikan city water supply,

(b)And starting at the east end of the Ketchikan Public Utilities Dam at lower end of Carlanna Lake, and extending thence along the small divide in a northerly direction to the summit of Ward Mountain; thence along the high divide in an easterly direction to the summit of Juno Mountain; thence along the same divide in a southeasterly direction to the summit of Minerva Mountain; thence in a southerly direction along the small divide to the eastern side line of United States Survey 1229, of E. A. Heath, approximately two thousand eight hundred and fifty feet from the northeast corner of said survey; thence along said side line to the northeast corner; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary line to the northwest corner of said survey; thence in a northerly direction along the divide to Carlanna Lake Dam, the point of beginning; said area being the drainage area of Carlanna Lake and Hoadley Creek above the Ketchikan city water supply. Sec. 2. The public lands heretofore described and reserved forJurisdiction and administration. municipal water-supply purposes, not a part of the Tongass National Forest, shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, and those within the Tongass National Forest shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, for the purpose of storing, conserving, and protecting from pollution the said water supply, and preserving, improving, and increasing the timber growth on said lands, to more fully accomplish such purposes; and to that end said municipality shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, to the use of any and all parts of the lands reserved for the storage and conveying of water and construction and maintenance thereon of all improvements for such purposes: *Provided*, That the merchantable timber on*Provisos.* Sale of timber.the land to be used by the said municipality which is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior may be sold by the said Secretary under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him: *And provided further*, That the right to the use by the city of KetchikanReversionary provision. of the lands reserved by this Act shall terminate upon the abandonment of the use by such municipality in accordance with the terms of this Act, and upon a finding of such nonuse or abandonment, for a period of two years, by the head of the department having jurisdiction over the land involved, whereupon the reservation created by this Act shall terminate to the extent of such lands involved. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of AgricultureRegulations to be prescribed and enforced. are hereby authorized to prescribe and enforce such regulations as may be found necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including the right to forbid persons other than those authorized 53 Stat. 1133 by them and the municipal authorities of said municipal corporation from entering or otherwise trespassing upon these lands, and any violation of this Act or of regulations issued thereunder shallPenalty for violation. be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as is provided for in section 5050, Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933. Sec. 4. Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid right orExisting rights not impaired. claim to any part of said lands heretofore acquired under any law of the United States. Approved, July 27, 1939. To provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States. 53 Stat. 1133 390 Chapter July 27, 1939 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 390] AN ACT To provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States. July 27, 1939[[H. R. 4646](/us/bill/76/hr/4646)][

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