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[53 STAT. Telephones in Gov- Appropriations herein made for the National Park Service shall ernment-owned resi- dences, etc. be available for the installation and operation of telephones in Gov. ernment-owned residences, apartments, or quarters occupied by employees of the National Park Service. Roads and trails. Roads and Trails, National Park Service: For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of nec- essary bridges, in the national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including the Boulder Dam National Recreational Area, and other areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 46 Stat. 1053. (16 U. S . C . 8a and 8b), as amended, including the roads from Glacier 16U.s .c . 8a,8b . Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the Colonial National international boundary, and for the acquisition of lands and interests nect'nri arkays.c in land and expenses incidental thereto necessary for the construction of connecting parkways for the Colonial National Historical Park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 49 Stat.1483; 52Stat. 5, 1936 (49 Stat. 1483), as amended by the Act of June 28, 1938 (Pub- 16 u. s. c. supp. lie Law Numbered 753, Seventy-fifth Congress), and pursuant to the 46Iv.ta81-81h. authorization of the Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1490), $3,500,000, 16 u.. C.C 443c; to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: SuPrpoiI'so . Provided, That not to exceed $60,000 of the amount herein appropri- Services in the Dis ated may be expended for personal services in the District of Colum- bia during the fiscal year 1940. Blue dge and Blue Ridge and latchez Trace Parkways: For continuing the con- waez Trace ark- struction and maintenance, under the provisions of section 8 of the 52 Stat. 635. Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635), of the Blue Ridge and Natchez Vehicles. Trace Parkways, including not exceeding $3,100 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carry- ing vehicles, to be immediately available and remain available until expended, $4,500,000, of which amount not to exceed $50,000 shall be Proisavailable for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, Alfotmentstodesig- That $1,350,000 and any other sums received from other sources for nated states. said Natchez Trace Parkway shall he allotted and expended ratably between the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee according to mileage of said parkway in each respective State and said allot- Statement ofexpen- ments shall be used for no other purpose: Provided further, That the diturestoCongress. Secretary of the Interior shall make a detailed statement of expendi- tures from this appropriation to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations at the beginning of the next regular session of Con- gress. Historic sites and Historic sites and buildings: For carrying out the provisions of the buildings. Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic Amer- ican sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, 49 Stat. upp and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), iv, 461. including personal services in the District of Columbia, $24,000. Water rights, inves- Investigation and purchase of water rights: For the investigation tigations, etc. and establishment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the admin- istration and public use of the national parks and monuments, and including not exceeding $500 for the purchase, maintenance, opera- tion, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $42,000. andgrounbds, D . C. Salaries and general expenses, public buildings and grounds in the Salaries and ex- District of Columbia: For administration, protection, maintenance, pases. and improvement of public buildings, monuments, memorials, and grounds in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the National Archives Building; per PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119-MAY 10, 1939 730