An Act to provide for the establishment of the Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes
PL 89-207 (S.7), enacted 09/28/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-206-SEPT. 28, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
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amended." 
(b) Subsection (d) of section 2 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
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"((J) The President may also appoint from time to time such other 
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persons as he may deem necessary to represent the United States in 
organs and agencies of the United Nations. The President may, with-
out the advice and consent of the Senate, designate any officer of the 
United States to act without additional compensation as the repre-
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Council or the Trusteeship Council (1) at any specified session thereof 
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ular representative or (2) in connection with a specified subject matter 
at any specified session of either such Council in lieu of the regular 
representative. 
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Council of the United Nations in the absence or disability of the 
representatives provided for under section 2 (a) and (b) or in lieu 
of such representatives in connection with a specified subject matter." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of such Act is hereby further amended by redesig-
nating subsections (e) and (f) to be subsections (f) and (g) respec-
tively; and by adding after subsection (d) the following new sub-
section : 
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"(^) ^ho President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
office of the United Senate, shall appoint a representative of the United States to the 
Nations. 
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status who shall serve at the pleasure of the President and subject 
to the direction of the Secretary of State. 
Such person shall, at the 
direction of the Secretary of State, represent the United States at 
the European office of the United Nations, and perform such other 
functions there in connection with the participation of the United 
States in international organizations as the Secretary of State may, 
from time to time, direct." 
Approved September 28, 1965. 
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Publication in 
Federal Register. 
79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-207-SEPT. 28, 1965 
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Public Law 89-207 
AN A C T 
September 28, 1965 
To provide for the establishment of the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National 
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Recreation Area, in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to sen'e^a Rock"^' 
provide for the public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment thereof National Recrea. 
by the people of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture shall "£"3^^^!^;^^ ^^' 
establish the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area 
in the State of West Virginia, 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the "Secre-
tary") shall— 
(1) designate as soon as practicable after this Act takes effect 
the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area within 
and adjacent to, and as a part of, the Monongahela National Forest 
in West Virginia, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred 
thousand acres comprised of the area including Spruce Knob, 
Smoke Hole, and Seneca Rock, and lying primarily in the drain-
age of the South Branch of the Potomac River, the boundaries of 
which shall be those shown on the map entitled "Proposed Spruce 
Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area", dated March 1965, 
which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and 
(2) publish notice of the designation in the Federal Register, 
together with a map showing the boundaries of the recreation 
area. 
SEC. 3. ^a) The Secretary shall acquire by purchase with donated 
Acquisition of 
or appropriated funds, by gift, exchange, condemnation, transfer from ^" ^' ^ ^' 
any Federal agency, or otherwise, such lands, waters, or interests 
therein within the boundaries of the recreation area as he determines 
to be needed or desirable for the purposes of this Act. For the pur-
poses of section 6 of the Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 897, 903), 
the boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest, as designated by 
the Secretary pursuant to section 2 of this Act, shall be treated as if 
they were the boundaries of that forest on January 1, 1965. Lands 
waters, or interests therein owned by the State of West Virginia or 
any political subdivision of that State may be acquired only with the 
concurrence of such owner. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal 
property located within the boundaries of the recreation area may, 
with the concurrence of the agency having custody thereof, be trans-
ferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary for use by him in implementing the purposes of this Act. 
(c) In exercising his authority to acquire lands by exchange the 
Secretary may accept title to non-Federal property within the recrea-
tion area ancl convey to the grantor of such property any federally 
owned property in tlie State of West Virginia under his jurisdiction. 
(d) The portion of the moneys paid to the State of West Virginia 
under the provisions of section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 500), for exj)enditure for the benefit of Pendleton 38^stat^*44\"' 
and Grant Counties, West Virginia, may be expended as the State 
legislature may prescribe for the benefit of such counties for public 
schools, public roads, or other public purposes. 
SEC. 4. (a) After the Secretary acquires an acreage within the area t*^"ff°°nt"l"^^" 
designated pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 2 of this Act that d^^eiopmeni^ 
is in his opinion efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes 
of this Act, he shall institute an accelerated program of development 
of facilities for outdoor recreation. 
Said facilities shall be so devised 
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[79 STAT. 
Administration. 
Hunting and 
fishing. 
to take advantage of the topography and geographical location of the 
lands in relation to the growing recreation needs of the people of the 
United States. 
(b) The Secretary may cooperate with all Federal and State author-
ities and agencies that have programs which will hasten completion 
of the recreation area and render services which will aid him in 
evaluating and effectuating the establishment of adequate summer 
and winter outdoor recreation facilities. 
SEC. 5. The administration, protection, and development of the 
recreation area shall be by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance 
with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to national forests, 
in such manner as in his judgment will best provide for (1) public 
outdoor recreation benefits; (2) conservation of scenic, scientific, his-
toric, and other values contributing to public enjoyment; and (3) such 
management, utilization, and disposal of natural resources as in his 
judgment will promote, or is compatible with, and does not signifi-
cantly impair the purposes for which the recreation area is established. 
SEC, 6. The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands 
and waters under his jurisdiction within the Spruce Knob-Seneca 
Rocks National Recreation Area in accordance with applicable Federal 
and State laws. The Secretary may designate zones where, and estab-
lish periods when, no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public 
safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment, and shall issue 
regulations after consultation with the Department of Natural 
Resources of the State of West Virginia. 
Approved September 28, 1965. 
Public Law 89-208 
September 28, 1965 
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A C T 
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To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to prescribe penalties 
for the handling and collection of dishonored checks. 
District of 
Columbia. 
Penalties for 
dishonored 
checks. 
Be it enacted hy the Senute and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Co'ngress assembled^ That the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to 
prescribe and impose as a penalty, in addition to any other penalties 
provided by law, an amount to be paid by any person who gives or 
causes to be given a check in payment of any tax, assessment, fee, 
charge, or other obligation due the Government of the District of 
Columbia, and such check is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid. 
The amount of the penalty shall be prescribed from time to time by 
the Commissioners and shall be based on the approximate cost borne 
by the District of Columbia in handling and collecting such dishonored 
or unpaid checks. Upon imposition, such penalty shall be collected 
in the same manner as the original obligation due the District of Co-
lumbia and any receipt theretofore given in reliance upon such check 
shall be null and void and no other receipt shall be given for the 
payment of the original indebtedness until the penalty has also been 
paid. 
This Act shall not apply to a check which is not paid because 
of the death of the drawer thereof. 
Approved September 28, 1965.