An Act to authorize the abolishment of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument and the transfer of the land therein to the city of Cody, Wyo., for public recreational use, and for other purposes
PL 83-360 (H.R.6251), enacted 05/17/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 360-MAY 17, 1954 
[68 ST A T , 
66 Stat. 49. 
50 u s e app. 2005 
note. 
Effective date. 
Act entitled "An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of the War Claims Act 
of 1948", approved April 9, 1952, is amended by striking out "within 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act", and inserting in 
lieu thereof "on or before August 1,1954". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall not be construed to 
extend the life of the War Claims Commission for any period of time. 
SEC. 3. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of 
April 9,1953. 
Approved May 13, 1954. 
May 17, 1954 
[H. R. 6251] 
Public Law 360 
CHAPTER 203 
AN ACT 
To authorize the abolishment of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument and 
the transfer of the land therein to the city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recre-
ational use, and for other purposes. 
Shoshone Cavern 
N a t i o n a l 
Monu* 
ment. 
Abolishment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That Shoshone 
Cavern National Monument, established by Executive proclamation 
of September 21, 1909 (36 Stat. 2501), is hereby abolished and the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey, without cost, the 
lands embraced therein, aggregating two hundred and ten acres, to the 
city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recreational use, upon such terms 
and conditions as he shall find to be equitable and in the public interest. 
In order that the city may provide adequate public access to such 
property from the Cody-Yellowstone Highway (U. S. Nos. 14 and 20), 
the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to convey without cost 
a right-of-way to the city. 
In the event that the city of Cody shall fail to devote the said monu-
ment lands to the purposes of public park and recreational site within 
ten years after the date of the enactment of this Act or shall fail to 
maintain such land for such purposes for any period of five consecu-
tive years subsequent to its devotion to such use or shall fail to provide 
adequate measures for fire control and watershed protection for the 
lands, or shall devote such lands or any part thereof to any other use 
not consistent with the purposes of this Act, such lands and all improve-
ments thereon shall revert to the United States. In such an event, the 
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to declare a forfeiture 
of all grants and conveyances made pursuant to this Act and to admin-
ister such properties in accordance with the public land laws of the 
United States. 
Approved May 17, 1954. 
May 17, 1954 
[H. R. 6549] 
Public Law 361 
CHAPTER 204 
AN ACT 
To provide for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 
at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance with the plan 
approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, 
and for other purposes. 
J e f f e r s o n Na-
tional 
Expansion 
Memorial, Mo. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
authorized to be constructed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the 
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Saint 
Louis, Missouri, an appropriate national memorial to those persons 
who made possible the territorial expansion of the United States,