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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 314 , 315 -JULY 17, 1939 Appropriation au- thorized for partici- pation expenses. Post, p. 1307. Monument, erection. Allocations. Accounts and vouchers. Labor wage rates. 46 Stat. 1494. 40U.S.C. §276a; Supp. IV, i 276a. Report to Congress. SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $250,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and such sum when appropriated shall remain available until expended. Subject to the provisions of this Act and any subsequent Act appropriating the money authorized herein, the Commission is authorized to make any expenditures or allotments deemed neces- sary by it to fulfill properly the purposes of this Act (including the expenditure of not to exceed $10,000 for the erection of a suitable monument at or near the point on the international boundary between the United States and Mexico where Coronado first entered what is now the United States) and to allocate such sums to the said Coronado Cuatro Centennial Commission for expenditure as the Commission deems necessary and proper in carrying out the purposes of this Act for (1) the erection of monuments; (2) the erection and enlargement of museum facilities for the housing of historical and anthropological material and material illustrative of the arts and crafts of such States; (3) the preparation and publica- tion of historical pamphlets; (4) aiding in defraying the expenses of National, State, and local programs in celebration of such anni- versary; and (5) aiding in defraying any other expenses incurred in properly observing and commemorating such anniversary. All amounts and vouchers covering expenditures shall be approved by such person as the Commission may designate, but this provision shall not be construed to waive the submission of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit, nor to permit any obligations to be incurred in excess of the amount authorized to be appropriated herein. In the construction of buildings and exhibits requiring skilled and unskilled labor, the prevailing rate of wages, as provided in the Act of March 3, 1931, shall be paid. SEC. 6. The Commission shall transmit to Congress on or before January 3, 1941, a detailed statement of the manner of expenditure of any funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization contained in this Act. Approved, July 17, 1939. [CHAPTER 315] AN ACT July 17. 1939 Is. 23]61 To authorize an exchange of lands at the Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reser- [Public, No. 187] vation, Wyominlg. Fort Francis E. Warren Military Res- ervation, Wyo. Exchange of por- tions, authorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War is hereby authorized to convey to N. P. Black, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, all right, title, and interest of the United States to a portion of the Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reser- vation, Wyoming, consisting of twenty-five acres, more or less, and to convey another portion of the reservation consisting of ten acres, more or less, to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and to accept in exchange for such conveyances a deed from the said N. P. Black, conveying a fee-simple title to a tract of land consisting of thirty- five acres, more or less, lying contiguous to the reservation, the three conveyances to be made under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Approved, July 17, 1939. 1048 [53 STAT.