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SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 281, 282. 1925. 959 tional Park, and such rtion of the Smoky Mountains lying in Tennessee and North Cigrolina as may be recommended by him to be acéjuired and administered as a national park, to be known as the moky Mountains National Park, and in the Mammoth Lmds in M¤¤¤¤°*—“ Cave regions of Kentucky and also such other lands in the southern i3u£f\ii·.r:$ims of Km Appalachian Mountains as in his jud ment should be acquired and administered as national parks, and to receive dednite offers of donations of lands and moneys, and to secure such options Securmgopzienseze. as in his judgment may be considered reasonable and just for the purchase of lands within said boundaries, and to report to Congress thereon: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, for Promo, _ the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, appoint a §p$0°f'£i'”aS?*°° °° b° commission of five members, composed of a representative of the Interior Department and four national park experts, said four members to serve without compensation. Am t mound Sec. 2. A sum sufricient to secure options and to pay the necessary mu$Q`»ii¤.a° expenses of the commission in carrying out the provisions of this PMD-1$¤· Act, includin the salary of one clerk to the commission at a rate not to exceed $2,000 per annum, necessary traveling expenses of the members of the commission, and $10 per diem in lieu of actual cost of subsistence, in all, not to exceed $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated. Approved, February 21, 1925. Feb 21,1925. CHAP. 282.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to {grant a - petual easement for railroad right of was over and upon a portion o the milixy lP“b*"’· N°· *38-] reservation on Anastasia Islau , in the tate of Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repnesentatvkves of Anastasia mane, the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Flgmt John, Elem, Secretary of War be, and he is herebE, authorized and directed to Qg1rgg,¤vgy g;g¤I:_;1g grant and convey to the Saint Johns lectric Company, an electric ilfrymmnlexoutu. power and railroad corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Florida, its successors and assigns, a perpetual easement, subject to the proviso in section 2 herein, for electric railroad purposes over and upon the followingdescribed property, bein a part of the military reservation on Anastasia Island, in the gtate of Florida, to wit: Beginning at a point in old right of way of the Saint Johns D°°°"P“°°· Electric Company in the northeast quarter 0 the northeast quarter of section 28, township 7 south, range 30 east, said point of beginning being one hundred and twen?-live feet from the north line and five hundred and seventy-two eet from the west line of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 28, township 7 south, range 30 east, running thence generally in a southerly direction to a point in the half—section line of section 27 , township 7 south, range 30 east, said point being one hundred and eng ty-one feet east of the section line between sections 27 and 28, township 7 south, range 30 east; thence in a southeasterly direction to a point in the south line of lot 10 of section 27, township 7_ south. range 30 east, said point being three hundred and twenty-six feet east of the southwest corner of said lot 10; said perpetual easement to_be one hundred feet on each side of the center of the track of · railroad company and six thousand one hundred and thirty-eight _ feet in length; with full power to locate and construct railroad m?,{s'f’&Q‘°*‘°“ °‘ tracks, sidings, switches, stations, and other appurtenances thereon and to use said property for any and all purposes appurtenant to ,,,,,,,_,_ 1tS business: Provided, That no part of the property hereby granted F~¤¤i¤¤r<:wre¤r¤g; shall be used for any other than railroad purposes, and that when §,m°'°.,,°°°" °"°° 45822°——25‘l'———·63