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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 462, 463-AUG. 4, 1947 otherwise from the said city of Pierre: Provided further, That this assignment, transfer and gift is subject to the consent, acceptance, confirmation, and acquiescence of the Congress of the United States of America."; and in accordance with the resolution of the State Game, Fish, and Parks Commission of the State of South Dakota, dated December 16, 1946, by which said Commission did resolve as follows: "Whereas the city of Pierre, South Dakota, transferred, signed, and gave all of its right, title, and interest in and to Farm Island, Hughes County, South Dakota, an island in the Missouri River, to the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota, on the condition that the said Farm Island shall be used by the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission for such purposes as are now or may hereinafter be authorized by the laws of the State of South Dakota, exclusive of said Commis- sion's right to sell the property of the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota: "Be it Resolved, by the Game, Fish, and Parks Commnission of the State of South Dakota, That the assignment, transfer, and gift by the city of Pierre, South Dakota, of its interest in Farm Island to the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks as evidenced by Resolu- tion Numbered 376 adopted by the Board of City Commissioners of said city of Pierre on July 2, 1946, be, and the same is hereby, accepted; "Be it Further Resolved, That the acceptance of said assignment shall in no way disturb or alter the rights of the Sunshine Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Girl Scouts of America, to the several tracts of said Farm Island now occupied by said organizations by virtue of license, lease, or otherwise, from the city of Pierre: Provided further, That the acceptance of this assignment, transfer, and gift is subject to the consent, acceptance, confirmation, and acquiescence of the Congress of the United States of America." Provided, That said transfer shall be on the express condition that said Farm Island shall be used only for such purposes as are now or may hereafter be authorized by the laws of the State of South Dakota, exclusive of said Commission's right to sell the property of said Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of Sout l)iakota, and upon the failure of said condition the said island shall revert to the United States, to be disposed of by future legislation only. SEC. 2 . The proviso in section 1 and sections 2, 3. 4, and 5 of the t 1 epeals; IurLdic. Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 648), as amended by the Act of June 17 1940 (54 Stat. 540), are hereby repealed, and exclusive civil, 54Sat405. criminal, and administrative jurisdiction of the said Farm Island shall continue to be in the State of South Dakota on and after the passage and approval of this Act. Approved August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 463] A%7 Ai"Pl Ac -j . August 4,1947 Authorizing the construction of flood-control works on the Little Sioux River and H.R. 4111] its tributaries in Iowa. [Public Law 34] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the project for flood control on the Little Sioux River and its tributaries, recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Little Sioux River. Project for flood con- trol. 741