An Act to consolidate Vicksburg National Military Park and to provide for certain adjustments necessitated by the installation of a park tour road, and for other purposes.
PL 88-37 (S.386), enacted 06/04/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-37-JUNE 4, 1963 
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Public Law 88-37 
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7>e it enacted lnj the Senate and Ilonne of Repre-sentdtires of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhied, That, in order to 
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preserve and protect the essential liistorical features of Vicksburg- tionai Military 
National Military Park in the State of Mississippi and to enhance fd^'tion°"^° 
visitor enjoyment and safety by means of a park tour road and through 
the consolidation of park lands, the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized, in his discretion, and under such terms and conditions as 
he determines are in the public interest— 
(a) to quitclaim to the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, approxi-
mately one hundred and fifty-four acres of land, including the 
roads thereon and the park land abutting said roads, in exchange 
for the city's agreeing to place the roads in its road system and 
thereby assume jurisdiction and maintenance thereof, and upon 
the further agreement of the city to maintain the parklike char-
acter of so much of the park land conveyed to it and abutting the 
road as the Secretary may prescribe, said land being generally 
that part of Vicksburg National Military Park lying south of 
Fort Garrott with the exception of Navy Circle, South Fort, and 
Louisiana Circle: Provided^ That title to so much of said abutting 
park land prescribed by the Secretary and covered by said agree-
ment of the city to maintain the parklike character thereof shall 
revert to the United States if its parklike character is not main-
tained; to quitclaim to Warren County, Mississippi, upon like 
terms and conditions approximately twentj^-foiir acres of land, 
including the road and abutting park land, being known as 
Sherman Avenue and the Sherman Avenue spur; to release or 
quitclaim to Warren County or any other appropriate political 
subdivision of the State all interest which the Ignited States of 
America has, if any, in those portions of any public road located 
on park land Avhich are no longer required for park purposes: 
Provided^ That the United States shall reserve from the convey- 
Reservations; 
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historical monuments, means of access thereto, and such other 
easements as the Secretary determines are required for the con-
tinued administration of said monuments as a part of Vicksburg 
National Military Park; and 
(b) to acquire not in excess of five hundred and forty-four 
acres of land, or interests in land, for addition to Vicksburg 
National Military Park, such authority to include purchase and 
condemnation with appropriated funds but not to constitute a lim-
itation upon existing authority to accept donations; and 
(c) to enter into agreements with duly authorized officials of 
the city of Vicksburg and Warren County relative to the effect 
which the installation of a one-way park tour road with controlled 
access will have upon the existing local road systems; subject to 
the availability of funds, to obligate the United States to make 
provision for such alterations, relocations and construction of 
local roads, including procurement of rights-of-way therefor and 
the subsequent transfer thereof to the State or its appropriate 
political subdivisions which shall thereupon assume jurisdiction 
and maintenance, as the Secretary and said officials agree are 
directly attributable to the installation of the park tour road; and 
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Jurisdiction. 
Appropriation. 
to transfer to the city or county jurisdiction and maintenance of 
service roads which the Secretary constructs on park lands to 
properties that otherwise would be denied access because of the 
installation of the park tour road. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall not, without first obtaining the 
consent of the city and county officials referred to in subsection (c), 
convert the portion of the existing road known as Confederate Avenue 
lying between Graveyard Road and Fort Garrott into a one-way park 
tour road with controlled access, or otherwise limit the use of such 
portion by local traffic, until the United States has provided for such 
alterations, relocations, and construction of local roads (including 
procurement of rights-of-way) as the Secretary and said officials agree 
are directly attributable to the installation of such park tour road. 
SEC. 2. Upon the delivery and acceptance of the conveyances herein 
authorized, any jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States 
by the State of Mississippi over the lands and roads transferred shall 
thereby cease and thereafter rest in the State of Mississippi. 
SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $2,050,000, as are required for acquisition of lands 
and interests in lands and for construction and relocation of roads 
pursuant to this Act. 
Approved June 4, 1963. 
June 10, 1963 
[S. 1409] 
Public Law 88-38 
AN ACT 
To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the paynit^nt of wages hy 
employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce. 
Be it enacted by the Seruite and Hou.se of Repre-sentatives of the 
Equal Pay Act 
United States of America, in Congres.s as.semhled, That tliis Act mav 
be cited as the "P^qual Pay Act of 1963;'. 
of 1963. 
Discrimination 
prohibited. 
5 2 Stat. 1062; 
63 Stat. 912. 
29 u s e 206. 
DECLARATION OF PXTKPOSE 
SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence in industries 
engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce of 
wage differentials based on sex— 
(1) depresses wages and living standards for employees neces-
sary for their health and efficiency; 
(2) prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor 
I'esources; 
(3) tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, 
and obstructing commerce; 
(4) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce: 
and 
(5) constitutes an unfair method of competition. 
(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through 
exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the 
several States and with foreign nations, to correct the conditions above 
referred to in such industries. 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as 
amended (29 U.S.C. et seq.), is amended by adding thereto a new 
subsection (d) as follows: 
"(d) (1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions 
of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which 
such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex 
by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less