278 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 354-MAY 28, 1948 [62 STAT. operate, improve, and maintain within the Territory of Alaska a public airport at or near Anchorage and a public airport at or near Fairbanks (including all buildings and other structures necessary or desirable therefor) adequate for the needs of the air-transportation services and air commerce of the United States serving the Territory of Alaska and foreign countries by way of points within the Territory of Alaska. Acquisition of land. SEC. 2 . For the purpose of carrying out this Act the Administrator is authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise (including transfer with or without compensation from Federal agencies or the Territory of Alaska or any political subdivision thereof), such lands and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary or desirable for the construction, protection, maintenance, improvement, and operation of said airports. Rights-of-way. SEC. 3 . For the purpose of this Act the Administrator is empow- ered to acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise (includ- ing transfer with or without compensation from Federal agencies or the Territory of Alaska or any political subdivision thereof), rights- of-way or easements for roads, trails, pipe lines, power lines, railroad spurs, and other similar facilities necessary or desirable for the proper operation of the airports. Highways and The Administrator is authorized to construct any public highways bidges . or bridges from the cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks to whatever airport locations may be selected. Upon completion said highways and bridges shall be transferred to the Territory of Alaska without charge and thereafter be maintained by the Territory. Maintnance, etc., SEC. 4 . The Administrator shall have control over and responsibility o airpo. for the care, operation, maintenance, improvement and protection of the airports, together with the power to make and amend such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to the proper exercise thereof: Provided,That the authority herein contained may be dele- gated by the Administrator to such official or officials of the Civil Aeronautics Administration within the Territory of Alaska as the Administrator may designate. iLeasei of properly SEC. 5 . The Administrator is empowered to lease under such condi- tions as he may deem proper and for such periods as may be desirable (not to exceed ten years) space or property within or upon the airports for purposes essential or appropriate to the operation of the airports. Contracts for fuel, SEC. 6 . The Administrator is authorized to contract with any person for the performance of services at or upon the airports necessary or desirable for the proper operation of the airports, including but not limited to, contracts for furnishing food and lodging, sale of aviation fuels, furnishing of aircraft repairs and other aeronautical services, and such other services as may be necessary or desirable for the travel- ing public. No such contract shall extend for a period of longer than 41 U.S...C 5. ten years and the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to such contracts or the leases authorized under section 5 hereof. fromother Govern- SEC. 7. Any executive department, independent establishment, or ment agencies. agency of the Federal Government or the Territory of Alaska, for the purposes of carrying out this Act, is authorized to transfer to the Administrator, upon his request, any lands, buildings, property, or equipment under its control and in excess of its own requirements which the Administrator may consider necessary or desirable for the construction, care, operation, maintenance, improvement, or protection of the airports. Violations; penalty. SEC. 8 . Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Administrator under this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
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