An Act to authorize the acceptance of donations of land in the State of North Carolina for the construction of an entrance road at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and for other purposes
PL 88-120 (H.R.3887), enacted 09/06/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-120-SEPT. 9, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
Niland-Blythe Road, that portion of section 22 lying southeast-
erly of the northwesterly line of the Niland-Blythe Road, sections 
23 to 28 inclusive, sections 33 to 36 inclusive; 
township 10 south, range 16 east, sections 1 to 4 inclusive, that 
portion of section 5 lying easterly of the westerly line of the 
Niland-Blythe Road, that portion of section 6 lying south-
easterly 01 the northwesterly line of the Niland-Blythe Road, 
that portion of section 7 lying southeasterly of the northwesterly 
line of the Niland-Blythe Road, sections 8 to 36 inclusive; 
township 10 south, range 17 east, sections 1 to 36 inclusive; 
township 10 south, range 18 east, sections 6 to 8 inclusive; sec-
tions 16 to 22 inclusive, and sections 25 to 36 inclusive; 
township 10 south, range 19 east, sections 31 and 32; 
township 11 south, range 15 east, sections 1 to 3 inclusive, and 
section 12; 
township 11 south, range 16 east, sections 1 to 18 inclusive; 
sections 20 to 28 inclusive, and sections 34 to 36 inclusive; 
township 11 south, range 17 east, sections 1 to 36 inclusive; 
township 11 south, range 18 east, sections 1 to 36 inclusive; 
township 11 south, range 19 east, sections 4 to 11 inclusive, sec-
tions 14 to 23 inclusive, and sections 26 to 35 inclusive; 
township 12 south, range 16 east, sections 1, 2, and 12; 
township 12 south, range 17 east, sections 1 to 18 inclusive, sec-
tions 20 to 28 inclusive, and sections 35 and 36; 
township 12 south, range 18 east, sections 1 to 36 inclusive; 
township 12 south, range 19 east, sections 2 to 10 inclusive, 
north hall of section 11, sections 15 to 22 inclusive, and sections 
27 to 34 inclusive: 
township 13 south, range 18 east, sections 1 to 6 inclusive, east 
half of section 8, and sections 9 to 11 inclusive; 
township 13 south, range 19 east, north half of section 5, and 
nortli halt of section 6; San Hei-nardino base and meridian. 
Approved September 6, 1963. 
Public Law 88-120 
September 9, 1963 
[H. R. 3887] 
Great Smoky 
Mountains Na-
tional Park, N. C. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acceptance of donations of land in the State of North Carolina 
for the construction of an entrance road at Great Smoky Mountains National 
Park, and for other purposes. 
Bs it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representativea 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
provide suitable access to the Cataloochee section of Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to select the location of an entrance road from a point on North Caro-
lina Highway Numbered 107 close to its point of interchange with 
Interstate Route Numbered 40, near Hepco, North Carolina, to the 
eastern boundary of the park in the vicinity of the Cataloochee section, 
and to accept, on behalf of the LTnited States, donations of land and 
interests in land for the construction of the entrance road, and to 
construct the entrance road on the donated land: Provided, That the 
right-of-way to be acquired, by donation, for the entrance road shall 
be of such width as to comprise not more than an average of one 
htm.dred and twenty-five acres per mile for its entire length of about 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-123-SEPT. 11, 1963 
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four and two-tenths miles, constituting in the aggregate about five 
hundred and twenty-five acres of land. 
All property acquired pursuant to this Act shall become a part of 
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park upon acceptance of title 
thereto by the Secretary, and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable thereto. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of an entrance road on land acquired pursuant to this Act not 
more than $1,160,000. 
Approved September 9, 1963-
Appropriation au-
chorization. 
Public Law 88-121 
AN ACT 
Authorizing construction of a bank protection project on the (Juyandot River at 
Barboursville, West Virginia. 
Be it e/ruivted by the, Senate mid House of Rep'reaentdtiven of the 
United States of America, In ('ongre-ss as.se7nblea, That the (^hief of 
Engineers is hereby authorized to construct such emergency protective 
works as he deems necessary to repair and restoi-e the banks of the 
Guyandot River in the vicinity of Water Street in Barboursville, West 
Virginia, and to prevent further erosion thereof, at a total Federal 
cost of not to exceed $150,000. This works is authorized on the condi-
tion that local interests shall furnisli all required lands or interests 
therein, hold and save the United States free from damages, and main-
tain and operate the works after completion. 
Approved September 9, 1963. 
Septembers, 1963 
[H. R. 2671] 
Guyandot River. 
Barboursville, 
W. Va. 
Public Law 88-122 
AN ACT 
To modify the tioocl control project for Rend Lalje, Illinois. 
September 9, 1963 
[H. R. 4823] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bep'resentatives of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the flood 
control project for Rend Lake, Illinois; authorized in section 203 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1962, is hereby modified to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to credit local interests against their required 
payment for water supply for any work done by such interests on 
such project, if he approves such work as being in accordance with 
the project as authorized. 
Approved September 9, 1963. 
Rend Lake, 111. 
Flood control. 
76 Stat. 1180. 
Public Law 88-123 
A N A C T 
Septemberll, 1963 
To designate the McGee Bend Dam and Reservoir <
m the Angelina River, Texas, 
[H. R. 7594] 
as the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir. 
Designation. 
Be it enucted hy the Senate and House of Rep'resentatives of the 
United States of America in (^ongress assemhled, That the McGee 
s a
m Ray 
bum D
a
m 
J^end Dam and Reservoir on the Angelina River, Texas, hereafter °'^^^f^^^°}^-
shall be known and designated as the "Sam Rayburn Dam and 
Reservoir". 
Any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other 
paper of the Tnited States in which McGee Bend Dam and Reservoir 
is referred to shall he held to refer to such dam and reservoir as the 
"Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir". 
Approved September 11, 1963.