An Act to repeal the act approved March 3, 1897, and to amend the act approved December 20, 1944, relating to fees for transcripts of certain records in the District of Columbia.
PL 86-178 (S.1371), enacted 08/21/1959

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August 21, 1959 
[S. 1371] 
Public Law 86-178 
AN ACT 
To repeal the Act approved March 3, 1897, and to amend the Act approved 
December 20, 1944, relating to fees for transcripts of certain records in the 
District of Columbia, 
D. C. death cer-
tificates, fees. 
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted 
hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
''An Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
to charge a fee for the issuance of transcripts from the records of the 
health department", approved March 3, 1897 (29 Stat. 695, ch. 693; 
sec. 6-103, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. Paragraph (g) of the first section of the Act entitled "An 
Act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 
(58 Stat. 819; sec. 1-244, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by 
striking out "such fees to be paid to the Collector of Taxes and" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "including, but not limited to, 
transcripts of records of births and deaths. No one transcript shall be 
made so as to apply to more than one birth or death. No fee shall be 
charged for certificates, copies or transcripts furnished the various 
departments of the United States Government for official purposes. 
Such fees shall not exceed the reasonably estimated cost of providing 
such copies, certificates, and transcripts, and shall be". 
SEC. 3. This Act shfi^ll take effect sixty days after approval. 
Approved August 21, 1959. 
August 24, 1959 
[S. 822] 
Public Law 86-179 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of certain property administered as a part of the 
San Juan National Historic Site to the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, 
in exchange for its development by the municipality in a manner that will 
enhance the historic site, and for other purposes. 
S a n J u a n Na-
tional H i s t o r i c 
Site. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
enhance the setting and to promote the public appreciation and 
enjoyment of the San Juan National Historic Site, the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to convey to the munici-
pality of San Juan, Puerto Eico, that certain tract of land described 
below: Provided, That in exchange therefor and in accordance with 
the requirements hereinafter set forth, the municipality shall develop 
and thereafter maintain such tract for public recreational purposes 
only, in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Sec-
retary which shall complement and enhance the national historic site. 
Beginning at point 1 which is at the northwesterly corner of Tetuan 
and Santo Cristo Streets, thence south 85 degrees 48 minutes west, 
56.6 feet to point 2; thence north 6 degrees 46 minutes west, 15.3 
feet to point 3; thence north 80 degrees 35 minutes east, 4.0 feet to 
point 4; thence north 7 degrees 42 minutes west, 22.7 feet to point 5; 
thence south 81 degrees 07 minutes west, 57.5 feet to point 6; thence 
south 10 degrees 07 minutes east, 9.5 feet to point 7; thence south 78 
degrees 26 minutes west, 149.2 feet to point 8; thence south 78 degrees 
26 minutes west, 17.5 feet to a point located 5 feet east of the retain-
ing wall for access road to Conception Bastion; thence south 11 
degrees 11 minutes east, 30 feet to a point 0.75 feet north of the north 
edge of the scarf wall; thence northeasterly in a straight line 260.13 
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feet, more or less, to a point on the Capilla del Cristo Building 2.0 
feet north of the scarf wall; thence along the wall of said building 
north 4 degrees 06 minutes east, 7.95 feet to a corner of the said 
Capilla del Cristo Building; thence still along said building north 
85 degrees 54 minutes east, 13.6 feet to the westerly line of Santo 
Cristo Street, produced; thence along the line of said street north 11 
degrees 97 minutes west, 18.1 feet to the point or place of beginning, 
already described, comprising an area of 0.36 acres, more or less, and 
being a portion of the 0.54-acre tract accepted by the Department of 
the Interior by transfer from the Secretary of the Army on February 
15, 1956. 
SEC. 2. The deed effecting the conveyance and exchange authorized 
by the first section of this Act shall include but need not be limited to 
the following conditions: 
(a) Prohibit use of the premises as an outdoor dining facility or 
for any other comparable purpose that, as may be determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior, would interfere with the use of the area 
as a public park; 
(b) Keserve permanently to the United States, for the purpose of 
maintaining and preserving the old city wall, a right or rights of 
access to the said wall through the conveyed property; 
(c) Keserve permanently to the United States all right, title, and 
interest in and to the vaults and tunnels connected to the old city wall 
and extending in part under the property to be conveyed, together 
with all rights of ingress and egress thereto; and 
(d) Provide that in the event the municipality of San Juan, Puerto 
Rico, does not proceed with the development of the aforesaid area as 
a public park and promenade for the benefit and enjoyment of the 
people in a manner and period of time satisfactory to the Secretary 
of the Interior, or if the municipality ceases to use the said area for 
the purposes for which it was conveyed, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Interior, all or any portion thereof, not so utilized, in its then 
existing condition, shall, upon a declaration to that effect by the 
Secretary, revert to the United States. 
Approved August 24, 1959. 
Condition!!. 
Public Law 86-180 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the city of Fort Myers, 
Florida, and Lee County, Florida", approved July 22,1958. 
August 24, 1959 
[S. 1330] 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled^ That paragraph (a) 
of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the 
city of Fort Myers, Florida, and Lee County, Florida", approved 
July 22,1958 (72 Stat. 401), is amended by striking out "$137,997.64" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$141,997.64". 
Approved August 24, 1959. 
72 Stat. 402. 
Public Law 86-181 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the Government of the Republic of Iceland. 
August 24, 1959 
[S. 1590] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not other-