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PUBLIC LAW 373-MAY 28, 1954

SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed ),000,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Approved May 27, 1954. Public Law 372

CHAPTER 240

JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the preparation of an estimate of the cost of reconstructing Ford's Theater in Washington, District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to cause a study to be made to determine the most appropriate treatment in order to preserve and interpret Ford's Theater in Washington, District of Columbia, as it was on April 14, 1865, including an estimate of the cost of reconstructing the stage, boxes, and scenic setting. This information shall be contained in a report, together with the Secretary's recommendations with respect thereto, to the Congress. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior in his report to the Congress also shall include an estimate of the cost of reinstalling the famous Oldroyd collection of relics in the Ford Theater Building or in another suitable museum building to be erected on land to be acquired immediately adjacent to the said Ford Theater Building, Approved May 28, 1954. Public Law 373

Appropriation.

May 28, 1954 [S. J. R e s. 09]

Ford's Theater, Washington, D. C.

Report.

CHAPTER 241

AN ACT To cousolidate the Parker Dam power project and the Davis Dam project. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur poses of effecting economies and increased efficiency in the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof and of accounting for the return of reimbursable costs, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to consolidate and administer as a single project to be knoMii as the Parker-Davis project, Arizona-California-Nevada, the projects known as the Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, and the Davis Dam project, Arizona-Nevada: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any way the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774), or the treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington on February 3. 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any way any right or obligation of the United States or any other party under contracts heretofore entered into by the United States. SEC. 2. Funds heretofore appropriated for the Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, and the Davis Dam project, ArizonaNevada, shall be consolidated and shall be and remain available for the purposes for which they were appropriated. Approved May 28, 1954.

May 28, 1954 [H. R. 3598]

Parker-Davis p r o j e c t, Ariz.Calif.-Nev.

43 USC 617t. 43 USC 618o. 59 Stat. 1219.

Funds.