62 STAT.] 80rH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 use of areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, to remain available until expended, $15,000. Travel Division: For expenses necessary in carrying out the Act of July 19, 1940 (16 U. S . C . 18), including personal services in the District of Columbia; participation by the Travel Division in inter- national expositions and conferences dealing with travel; and printing and binding; $60,000. Recreational demonstration areas: For administration, protection, operation, and maintenance of recreational demonstration areas, $10,000. Salaries and expenses, National Capital parks: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, George Washington Memorial Parkway, monuments and memorials in the District of Columbia and area adjacent thereto, Lee Mansion, Battleground National Cemetery, Chopawamsic Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Federal parks in the District of Columbia, and other Federal lands authorized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), including the pay and allowances in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1924 (43 Stat. 174), as amended, of the United States park police force, purchase of revolvers and ammunition, purchase, cleaning, and repair of uniforms for police, guards, and elevator conductors, and equipment, per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Secretary not exceeding current rates for similar services in the District of Columbia, steno- graphic reporting service, carfare, and newspapers (not to exceed $100), $790,000. For investigations and studies of the recreational resources and the archeological remains in the river basins of the United States (except the Missouri River Basin), including reports, recommendations, and plans, in cooperation with the United States Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to the provisions of cooperative agreements, and including personal services in the District of Columbia, $137,954. Acquisition of lands: For the acquisition of privately owned lands or interests therein within the authorized boundaries of established areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including expenses incidental thereto and personal services in the District of Columbia, $200,000, to remain available until expended, of which $150,000 shall be available only for lands within Colonial National Historical Park; Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle- fields Memorial and Gettysburg National Military Parks; Manassas National Battlefield Park; Badlands, Dinosaur, George Washington Birthplace, Joshua Tree, Petrified Forest, and Scotts Bluff National Monuments; and Big Bend (parcels of land adjoining Big Bend National Park necessary to connect the park road system with State Highway 227), Glacier, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Kings Canyon, Lassen Volcanic, Mesa Verde, Mount Rainier, Olym- pic, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia, Yosemite, and Zion National Parks. Parkways, National Park Service: The Secretary is hereby author- ized to incur obligations and enter into contracts, not exceeding a total of $2,680,000, for the construction of the Blue Ridge, Natchez Trace, George Washington Memorial, and Foothills Parkways. For the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of roads, trails, utilities, and buildings without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U. S . C . 451), including personal services in the District of Columbia, $4,762,350, to remain available until expended, including $3,110,000 for roads and trails of which $150,000 shall be available only for completing the grading and resurfacing of Heintooga Ridge Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and $1,652,350 for the construction and repair of 1141 54 Stat. 773 . National Capital parks. D.C. Code §18-102, 8-106 notes. D. C. Code §4-201 et seq. Studies of recrea- tional resources, etc. Construction of roads, etc. 37 Stat. 460.
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