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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 293, 294-JUNE 8, 1940 [CHAPTER 293] AN ACT June 8, 1940 [H. R. 9441] To accept the grant to the United States of certain land by the State of South [Public. No. 582] Carolina and to authorize its use by the United States Coast Guard. Sullivans Island, S.C . Acceptance of cer- tain land in. Description. Use by U. S. Coast Guard. Acquisition of title, etc.; availability of funds. June 8, 1940 [H. J . Res. 260] 'Pub.Res..No. 78] Statue of Jobn Mar- shall. Removal of, to new site, authorized. Selection of new site. Appropriation an- thorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right, title, and interest to and in, and jurisdiction over, the following- described lands, situated in the township of Sullivans Island, in the county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, granted and ceded to the United States for the purposes of the United States Govern- ment by an act of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina approved July 1, 1939, be, and the same are hereby, accepted by the United States: All that tract, piece, or parcel of land, situate, lying, and being on the western end of Sullivans Island, in the county of Charleston, State aforesaid, being all the land lying to the northward and westward of the western boundary of the road leading to Cove Inlet Bridge, and to the northward and westward of the west line of Church Street. The above tract of land shall specifically include lots num- bered 1 through 17, inclusive, including the half lots, and also includ- ing all that portion of Middle Street which lies to the northward and westward of the west boundary of Church Street extended, together with the water lots and marshes; all of which is shown on map of Sullivans Island Waterworks, made by the John McCrady Company, dated November 1937, and on file in the office of the Board of Town- ship Commissioners for Sullivans Island, South Carolina. SEC. 2. That the premises embraced in the foregoing description so granted and ceded by the State of South Carolina and accepted by the United States may be used by the United States Coast Guard for its lawfully authorized purposes. SEC. 3. That the right, title, or interest of any person in or to any portion of the premises embraced in the foregoing description or any buildings, structures, or improvements thereon may be acquired by the use of funds in any available appropriation of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of the Treasury in behalf of the United States by donation, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise to satisfy the condi- tion of section 2 of the aforesaid Act of the State of South Carolina approved July 1, 1939. Approved, June 8, 1940. (CHAPTER 294] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the removal of the statue of John Marshall from its present site on the Capitol Grounds to a new site in proximity to the Supreme Court Build- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the Capitol is authorized and directed to move the statue of John Marshall from its present site on the Capitol Grounds to a new site either on the grounds of the Supreme Court Building or on the Capitol Grounds between the Capitol and the Supreme Court Building. Such new site shall be selected by the United States Supreme Court. SE. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. Approved, June 8, 1940. 260 [54 STAT.