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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 488 -490-JUNE 16, 1938 [CHAPTER 488] JOINT RESOLUTION June 16, 1938 To provide for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Peter Gabriel [H. J . Res. 631] Muhlenberg. [Pub. Res., No. 115] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $25,000 be, and the same is hereby, authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, at Woodstock, in the State of Virginia, with the advice of the Com- mission of Fine Arts. The said sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the county of Shenandoah or the citizens thereof shall cede and convey to the United States such suitable site as may in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior be required for said monument: And pro- vided further, That the United States shall have no responsibility for the care and upkeep of the monument. Approved, June 16, 1938. General Peter Ga- briel Muhlenberg, monument. Appropriation au- thorized for erection, at Woodstock, Va. Provisos. Site. Care and upkeep. [CHAPTER 489] JOINT RESOLUTION June 16, 1938 Amending paragraph (4) of subsection (n) of section 12B of the Federal Reserve [H. J. Res. 665] Act, as amended. [Pub. Res., No. 116] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (4) of subsection (n) of section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is amended by striking out "Until July 1, 1938, whenever" and insert- ing in lieu thereof "Whenever". Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 490] JOINT RESOLUTION Creating the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Niagara River at or near the city of Niagara Falls, New York. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to facilitate international commerce, the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, here- inafter created, and hereinafter referred to as the Commission, and its successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Niagara River, at or near the city of Niagara Falls, New York, and the city of Niagara Falls, Canada, at a point suitable to the interests of vehicular traffic, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, subject to the conditions and limi- tations contained in this joint resolution and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in the Dominion of Canada. For like pur- poses said Commission and its successors are hereby authorized to purchase, maintain, and operate all or any existing bridges across the Niagara River, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this joint resolution and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in the Dominion of Canada. SEC. 2 There is hereby conferred upon the Commission and its successors and assigns all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use such real estate and Federal Deposit In- surance Corporation. Power to make loans, etc., to avert threatened loss. 49 Stat. 1237 . 12 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 264 (n) (4). June 16, 1938 [H. J. Res. 688] [Pub. Res., No. 117] Niagara River. Niagara Falls Bridge Commission may bridge, at Ni- agara Falls, N. Y. Post, p. 770. 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S. C. 55491- 498. Approval of Can- ada. Purchase,operation, etc.,of existing bridges authorized; limita- tions. Acquisition of real estate, etc., in New York. 767