An Act to abolish the United States Commission for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard
PL 83-26 (S.1041), enacted 05/13/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 24-APR. 30, 1953 
[67 STAT. 
Public Law 24 
CHAPTER 32 
>^ril 30, 1953 
^^ ACT 
[S. 1767] 
»ji(j amend and extend the provisions of tlie District of Columbia Emei'gency 
Rent Act of 1951. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of JRe'presentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 (b) 
D! c*^*cod*e 45- ^^ ^^^ District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951, as amended, 
1601. ' 
is hereby amended by striking "April 30, 1953" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "July 31, 1953". 
Approved April 30, 1953. 
Public Law 25 
CHAPTER 36 
May 13. 1953 
AN ACT 
—[H* R' 2936]— Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the State 
of California for use as a fairground by the 1(X-A District Agricultural 
Association, California. 
s t a t e of 
Cali 
fomia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assejiibled^ That the Secretary 
Conveyance. 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to 
the State of California all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the following described land in Siskiyou County, California, 
containing an area of thirty-four and one-half acres, more or less: 
South half of the south half of the southeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter, section 35, township 48 north, range 4 east. Mount Diablo 
Meridian, and lot 1, section 2, township 47 north, range 4 east. Mount 
Diablo Meridian, containing approximately thirty-nine and nine-
tenths acres; less five and four-tenths acres containing rights-of-way 
for county road, Bureau of Reclamation laterals and drains, and treat-
ment plant and sewer line to the city of Tulelake, California. 
Use of land. 
jgj,^-, 2. The land conveyed pursuant to the provisions of this Act 
shall be used only for public purposes, including but not limited to such 
purposes as are authorized for a district agricultural association, and 
the conveyance herein authorized shall be made upon the expressed 
condition that if the land shall be used for other purposes, the con-
veyance shall be held to be forfeited and the title shall revert to the 
United States. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
determine the facts and declare such forfeiture and reversion and such 
determination and declaration shall be final and conclusive. 
Approved May 13, 1953. 
May 13. 1953 
[S. 1041] 
Public Law 26 
CHAPTER 37 
AN ACT 
To abolish the United States Commission for the construction of a Washington-
Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the joint reso-
lution entitled "Joint resolution for the establishment of a commis-
sion for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettys-
burg Boulevard connecting the present Lincoln Memorial in the city of 
Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the State of Penn-
sylvania", approved May 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 285), is hereby repealed. 
Approved May 13, 1953.