Joint resoution requiring the preparation of an estimate of the cost of reconstructing Ford's Theater in Washington, District of Columbia
PL 83-372 (S.J.Res.69), enacted 05/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 373-MAY 28, 1954 
143 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
),000,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. 
Approved May 27, 1954. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 372 
CHAPTER 240 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Requiring the preparation of an estimate of the cost of reconstructing Ford's 
Theater in Washington, District of Columbia. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemoled, That the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized and directed to cause a study to be made to deter-
mine the most appropriate treatment in order to preserve and interpret 
Ford's Theater in Washington, District of Columbia, as it was on April 
14, 1865, including an estimate of the cost of reconstructing the stage, 
boxes, and scenic setting. 
This information shall be contained in a 
report, together with the Secretary's recommendations with respect 
thereto, to the Congress. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior in his report to the Congress 
also shall include an estimate of the cost of reinstalling the famous 
Oldroyd collection of relics in the Ford Theater Building or in another 
suitable museum building to be erected on land to be acquired imme-
diately adjacent to the said Ford Theater Building, 
Approved May 28, 1954. 
May 28, 1954 
[S. J. Res. 09] 
Ford's 
Theater, 
Washington, D. C. 
Report. 
Public Law 373 
CHAPTER 241 
AN ACT 
To cousolidate the Parker Dam power project and the Davis Dam project. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the pur 
poses of effecting economies and increased efficiency in the construction, 
operation, and maintenance thereof and of accounting for the return 
of reimbursable costs, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and 
directed to consolidate and administer as a single project to be knoMii 
as the Parker-Davis project, Arizona-California-Nevada, the projects 
known as the Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, and the 
Davis Dam project, Arizona-Nevada: Provided^ That nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any way the Boulder Canyon 
Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment 
Act (54 Stat. 774), or the treaty between the United States of America 
and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington on February 3. 
1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and 
Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas, to 
the Gulf of Mexico: Provided further^ That nothing in this Act shall 
be construed to alter or affect in any way any right or obligation of the 
United States or any other party under contracts heretofore entered 
into by the United States. 
SEC. 2. Funds heretofore appropriated for the Parker Dam power 
project, Arizona-California, and the Davis Dam project, Arizona-
Nevada, shall be consolidated and shall be and remain available for the 
purposes for which they were appropriated. 
Approved May 28, 1954. 
May 28, 1954 
[H. R. 3598] 
P a r k e r - D a v i s 
p r o j e c t , 
A r i z . -
Calif.-Nev. 
43 u s e 617t. 
43 u s e 618o. 
59 Stat. 1219. 
Funds.