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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 40, 41 -MAR. 4 , 1940 Movement of stock and vehicular traffic Transfer of funds. Use for recreational purposes. Motor-vehicle li- censes. Proviso. Privilege limitation. Administration, etc. 16U.8.0.,ch.1; Supp. V, ch. 1. following described lands, to wit: Section 9, south half, section 10, southwest quarter, and that part of the east half south of Generals Highway; section 11, that part south of Generals Highway; section 13, that part south of Generals Highway; section 14, that part south of Generals Highway, section 15, east half, northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 21, southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter; section 22, east half, east half of the northwest quarter, south- west quarter of the northwest quarter and southwest quarter; section 23; section 24, that part south of Generals Highway; sections 25 and 26; section 27, east half, northwest quarter, and that part of the southwest quarter north and east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; section 34, that part east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; sections 35 and 36, township 14 south, range 28 east; all of sections 1 and 2; section 3, that part east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; section 11, that part east and north of the crest of Redwood Mountain; all of section 12; section 13, that part north of the Sequoia National Park boundary, township 15 south, range 28 east, Mount Diablo meridian, which shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the said park. Such extension of the General Grant grove sec- tion of the said park shall not interfere with the movement of stock and vehicular traffic without charge, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, to and from national forest lands on either side of the said park extension. The Kings Canyon National Park shall receive and use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for General Grant National Park. SEC. 3. That the National Park Service shall, under the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, admin- ister for public recreational purposes the lands withdrawn. SEC. 4. That any motor-vehicle license issued for Sequoia National Park shall be applicable to Kings Canyon National Park, and vice versa: Provided, That in order to insure the permanent preservation of the wilderness character of the Kings Canyon National Park the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, limit the character and number of privileges that he may grant within the Kings Canyon National Park. No privileges shall be granted for a period in excess of five years. SEC. 5 . That the administration, protection, and development of the Kings Canyon National Park shall be exercised under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", as amended. Approved, March 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 41] March 4, 1940 [H. R . 65061 [Public, No. 425] Bankruptcy Act of 1898, amendments. 50 Stat. 655. 11 U. o.0,Supp. V, 1i43 (a). Petition for compo- sition of obligations. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States", approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 83a of chapter IX of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States", approved July 1, 1898, as amended, be, and it is hereby, amended by inserting immediately after the first paragraph of said section 83a the following: "Where- ever the petition seeks to effect a plan for the composition of obliga- tions represented by securities, or evidences in any form of rights 44 [54 STAT.