An Act to revise the boundaries of the Kings Mountain National Military Park, S.C., and to authorize the procurement and exchange of lands, and for other purposes
PL 86-62 (H.R.3496), enacted 06/23/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-62-JUNE 23, 1959 
[73 STAT, 
June 23, 1959 
[H. R. 3496] 
Public Law 86-62 
AN ACT 
To revise the boundaries of the Kings Mountain National Military Park, South 
Carolina, and to avithorize the procurement and exchange of lands, and for 
other purposes. 
Boundary r e v 
sion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rej)resentatives 
of the 
Nitionli mutary United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
Park, s.c. 
consolidate the Federal ownership of lands in, and to facilitate pro-
*• tection and preservation of, Kings Mountain National Military Park, 
South Carolina, the boundaries are hereby revised as follows: 
(1) Federally owned lands lying west of the easterly right-of-way 
line of State Koute P-11-123, containing approximately two hun-
dred acres, are excluded from the park; 
(2) Privately owned lands lying east of the easterly right-of-way 
line of State Route P-11-123, containing approximately eighty acres, 
are included in the park; and 
(3) Lands of the Mary Morris estate lying south of the southerly 
right-of-way line of the historic Yorkville-Shelbyville Road, and 
forming the triangle bounded by the new State Route P-11-86, the 
historic Yorkville-Shelbyville Road and the present park boundary 
(Old Houser tract), aggregating approximately sixty acres, are in-
cluded in the park. 
SEC. 2, The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands 
and interests in lands within the ^revised boundary by purchase, do-
nation, with donated funds, or by exchange, utilizing for such ex-
changes federally owned lands of approximately equal value ex-
cluded from the park pursuant to this Act. Federally owned lands so 
excluded which the Secretary of the Interior determines are not 
needed for such exchanges shall be disposed of in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 3. Lands and interests therein acquired pursuant to this Act 
shall thereupon become a part of the Kings Mountain National Mili-
tary Park and be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable 
thereto. 
Approved June 23, 1959. 
Ac qui s i t i o n of 
lands. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40US(;471 note. 
Applicability of 
laws, etc. 
June 23, 1959 
[H. R. 5262] 
M o n t e 
z u m a 
Castle N a t i o n a l 
Monument, 
A r i z . 
Boundary r e v i -
sion. 
Public Law 86-63 
AN ACT 
To revise the boundaries of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, 
Arizona, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senute and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
facilitate the administration and protection of the Montezuma Castle 
National Monument, Arizona, the boundaries thereof are hereby 
revised to include the following described lands: 
GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN 
Township 14 north, range 5 east: section 9, that portion 
southwest quarter southwest quarter located south and west of 
Creek, comprising about 2 acres; and section 16, southwest 
southwest quarter northwest quarter and section 17, southeast 
southwest quarter northeast quarter and south half southeast 
northeast quarter, comprising about 40 acres. 
of the 
Beaver 
quarter 
quarter 
quarter 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-64-JUNE 23, 1959 
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Township 15 north, range 6 east: section 31, that portion of the 
northwest quarter southeast quarter located south and east of Beaver 
Creek and not heretofore included in the Montezuma Well section of 
the said monument, comprising approxiniately 17 acres. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by 
purchase, donation, with donated funds, or otherwise and subject to 
such terms, reservations, and conditions as he may deem satisfactory, 
the land and interests in lands that aj^ included within the boundaries 
of the Montezuma Castle National Monument as revised by section 1 
of this Act. 
When so acquired, they shall be administered as a part 
of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended. 
Approved June 23, 1959. 
Ac qui s 11 i on of 
lands. 
43. 
16 use 1-4, 22, 
Public Law 86-64 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 1, 18, 22, 331, and 631 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1, 
41, 45, 731, 1031) to provide for automatic adjudication and reference in 
certain cases. 
June 23, 1959 
[H. R. 4692] 
Be it emicted hy the Senate and Houae of Reppe-Hentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) para-
graph (2) of section 1 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(2) 'Adjudication' shall mean a determination, whether by 
decree or by operation of law, that a person is a bankrupt;". 
(b) Paragraph (12) of such section is amended to read as fol-
lows : 
"(12) 'Date of adjudication' shall mean the date of the filing 
of any petition which operates as an adjudication, or the date 
of entry of a decree of adjudication, or if such decree is appealed 
from, then the date when such decree is finally confirmed or the 
appeal is dismissed;". 
SEC. 2. (a) Subdivision f of section 18 of the Bankruptcy Act 
(11 U.S.C. 41), as amended, is hereby repealed. 
(b) Subdivision g of such section is hereby relettered subdivision 
f and amended to read as follows: 
"f. The filing of a voluntary petition under chapters I to VII of 
this Act, other than a petition filed in behalf of a partnership by 
less than all of the partners, shall operate as an adjudication with 
the same force and effect as a decree of adjudication." 
SEC. 3. Subdivision a of section 22 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 
U.S.C. 45a) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"a. Unless the judge or judges direct otherwise, the clerk shall 
refer to a referee all cases filed under chapters I to VII, chapter XI, 
and chapter X I I I of this Act." 
SEC. 4. Section 331 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 731) is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 331. The clerk shall, unless the judge or judges direct other-
wise, refer the proceeding to a referee." 
SEC. 5. Section 631 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1031) is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 631. The clerk shall, unless the judge or judges direct othei^-
wise, refer the proceeding to a referee." 
Approved June 23, 1959. 
Bank ruptcy ad-
judication and ref-
erence. 
30 Stat, 544. 
Repeal. 
30 Stat. 551. 
30 Stat. 552. 
52 Stat. 908, 
52 Stat. 932.