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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. Cus. 444 146. 1929:

1443 incurred, any criminal or civil proceeding commenced, or any author- ity conferre d thereunder, except as he rein provided in connection with the liquidation of the remaining assets and the winding up of the af fairs of the said co rporati on, un til the Secret ary of the Tr easury shall find that such liquidation will no longer be advantageous to the United States and that all of its lawful obligations have been met, whereupon he shall retire any capital stock then out standing, pay into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts the unused balance of the moneys belongi ng to the cor poration, and make the fina l report of the corporation to the Congress . Thereupon the corporation shall be deemed to be dissolved . Approved, March 1, 1929 . Retirement of stock, etc ., and dissolution of corporation . March 1, 1929. CHAP. 445 .-An Act To consolidate or acquire alienated lands in Lassen [Hƒ. R . 11406 .] Volcanic National Park, in the State of California, by exchange .

[Public, No. 896.] - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Na- United States of America in Congress assembled, That, when the ti nals Park, Calif I va- public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of the in by achangef lands Interior be and he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to accept, on behalf of t he United Sta tes, title to any land with in exterior boundaries of Lassen Volcan ic National P ark which, in the opinion of the Director of the National Park Service, are chiefly valuable for forest or recreational and national-park purposes, and in exchange there for may paten t not to exce ed an equal va lue of such national-park land within the exterior boundaries of said national park; or the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the grantor eah3 nger al lowed in to cut and remove an equal value of timber in exchange therefor from certain designated areas within the exterior boundaries of said national park : Provided, That such timber shall be cut and removed rr«visa . from such designated area in a manner that will not injure the condition s' national park for recreational purposes and under such forestry re gulati ons as shall b e stip ulated, the va lues i n each case to be de ter- mined by the Secretary of the Interior . Lands conveyed to the Accepted land s added United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become to the Park . a part of Lassen Volcanic National Park . Approved, March 1, 1929 . CHAP. 446 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate

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47 04 .] 1, 1929. and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a [Public, No . 897.] national park to be known as the Tropic Everglades National Park in the State of Florida, and for other purposes. Be it ena cted by the Se nate and Hous e of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Tropic Ever glades of th e Interior be, and he is he reby, directe d to investig ate and National Park ' and Inv est iga tio n

re- report to Congress as to the desirability and practicability of estab- pe rt directed as to estab- lishing a national park, to be known as the Tropic Everglades advisability of estab- Na tional Park, in th e eve rglade s of D ade, Monroe, and Collie r Counties of the State of Florida, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States and to preserve said area in its natur al state, inc luding in his report full i nformation as to the ownership, value, estimated cost to acquire and character of the lands involved and his opinion as to whether such areas measure up to nati onal par k st anda rds . Any approp riations for the National do~ Pak fr o- Na- Park Service shall be available for the necessary expenses of such investigation . Approved, March 1, 1929.