74 TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 134 . MAY 20, 1935.
285 [CHAPTER 134 .1 JOINT RESOLUTION May 20, 1935. For the establishment of a commission for the construction of a Washington- __[S. J. Res. 43.1 Lin coln Me mori al G ett ysbu rg Boulevard c onne ctin g the p rese nt Linc oln [Pub. Res ., No .19 .1 Memorial in the city of Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the St ate of Pennsylvania. Resolrved by the Senate and Home of Repr esent ative s of the United States of Americ a in Congress assembled, That there is Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Boulevard Comm is- Commission for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Si Fstahl.shment, Gettysburg Boulevard connecting the present Lincoln Memorial in composi tion, etc . the city of Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the State of Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), and to be composed of thirteen commissioners, as follows : The President of the United States ; Presiding Officer of the Senate, the Speak er of the Ho use of Repre sentat ives, and th e Pres ident of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ex officio
- two per-
sons to be appointed by the President of the United States
- one
Se nat or fr om the State of Mar yl and and one Se na tor fr om the State of Pennsylvania, to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate ; the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Depart- ment of Agriculture ; the Director, National Park Service, Depart- ment of Interior ; Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia ; and one Representative from the State of Maryland and one from the State of Pennsylvania, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives . The commissioners shall serve No compensation . without compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number . SEa. 2 . That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of Ap prop ria tio n an- any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thorized . $10,000, to be expended by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this resolution . SEC . 3 . That it shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare a et Preparation of plans, plan or plans in cooper ation with the Bureau of Publi c Roads, Department of Ag riculture ; the Highway Departments of Penn- sylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia to further commem- orate the public services of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln by the construction of a boulevard or highway connecting the present Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in the city of Washington with the Gettysburg battlefield in the State of Pennsylvania ; and to give due and proper consideration to any plan or plans which may be submitted to it. SEC . 4. That the Commission after selecting a chairman and a r
e Chairm an, vic e bairman and secre- vic e cha irman from among its members, may emplo y a secre tary tary. and such other assistants as mar be needed for clerical work con- ic Other pe rso nal se rve nected with the duties of the Commission and may also engage the services of expert advisers, and may fix their respective com- pensations within the amount appropriated for such purposes . SEC . 5. That the commissioners shall be paid their actual and pensvel, etc ., ex- SEC .
traveling, hotel, and other expenses incurred in the dis- charge of their duties out of the amount appropriated . SEC . 6 . That the Commission shall on or before one year after Report to con gress . the date of enactment of this resolution, make a report to the Con- gress, in order that enabling legislation may be enacted, provided such enabling legislation stipulates that the said highway or boule- Con str ucti on und er yard shall be constructed by the Highway Departments of Pennsyl- Fe deral supervi sion . vania, Maryland, and District of Columbia, under the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agri- culture, from funds provided by the said State of Pennsylvania,
