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PUBLIC LAW 178-JULY 26, 1955

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2. Ninety degrees no minutes one thousand ninety-nine and seventenths feet along same and along said eight thousand foot south coordinates line and across school grant 7 Apana 6 to high-water mark; 3. Thence along high-water mark, along sea, the direct azimuth and distance being: two hundred six degrees thirty-three minutes thirty seconds four hundred eighty-two and nine-tenths feet; 4. Two hundred fifty-nine degrees thirty-three minutes fifteen seconds six hundred eighty feet along L. C. Aw. 7712:1 to M. Kekuanaoa and passing over a rock called Kuwaia, marked K + K at six and eighttenths leet to the point of beginning. Area, ten and twenty-five one-hundredths acres. SEC. 2. Upon the vesting of title in the United States to such lands Establishment, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary and suitable for historical park purposes in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this Act, the City of Refuge National Historical Park shall be established by order of the said Secretary, which shall be ^^ublication in published in the Federal Register. Any other lands within the area described above shall become a part of the national historical park upon the vesting of title thereto in the United States and ujDon publication of an appropriate supplemental order by the said Secretary in the Federal Register, SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure, by la^/s! * "'*'"*"* ^' " donation or purchase, with any funds that may be available for that purpose, lands and interests in lands which may be needed for the City of Refuge National Historical P a r k within the area described in section 1 hereof. SEC. 4. I n order to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in consolidating in Federal ownership lands within the area described above, and to facilitate acquisition of the lands needed for the national historical park, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii is also authorized to acquire lands for said park, at the expense of the Territory of Hawaii by exchange or otherwise, in accordance with procedure prescribed by the Act of February 27, 1920 (41 Stat. 452). le use 392. SEC. 5. The City of Refuge National Historical Park shall be Administration, administered by the Secretary of the Interior subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1946 edition, secs. 1-4), as amended and supplemented, and such additional authority compatible therewith as is contained in the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 1946 edition, secs. 461-467), with regard to preservation of historic sites and objects of national significance. Approved July 26, 1955.

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CHAPTER 386

AN ACT July 26, 1955 To amend the Act incorporating The American Legion so as to redefine eligibility —1: ! L. for membership therein.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate The American Legion", approved September 16, 1919 (41 Stat. 285, title 36, U.S.C. 1940 edition, sec. 43), OS amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. That the purpose of this corporation shall be: To uphold an4 defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to promote peace and good will among the peoples of the United States and all the nations of the earth; to preserve the memories and incidents of

The A m e r l e a n Legion.

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