An Act to provide for the addition or additions of certain lands to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes
PL 87-44 (H.R.5571), enacted 05/27/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87.44-MAY 27, 1961 
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Naval 
aviation, 
anniversary. 
Presentation. 
Whereas this fiftieth anniversary of naval aviation has great national 
and international significance in that military training of great 
historical importance has been carried on for fifty years; and 
"Whereas a celebration of the character planned will contribute greatly 
to the educational and cultural welfare and to the defense of the 
people of the United States by highlighting the great traditions of 
naval aviation which have been handed down through the years 
and which must be kept intact in today's troubled world; and 
Whereas appropriate recognition is taken of the contributions, the 
interest, and the warm friendship shown by the people of Pensacola 
and Escambia County for naval personnel and/or naval aviation 
through these fifty years; and 
Whereas the Congress of the United States recognizes the tremendous 
significance of fifty years of devoted labor and sacrifice that has 
gone into the compiling of this record w^hich has been established by 
naval aviation and by the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury is authorized to design and manufacture and to accept pay-
ment therefor from private sources, a galvano of appropriate design 
commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of naval aviation. 
The pay-
ment of such cost, if any, to the Government shall be reimbursed to 
the appropriation of the Bureau of the Mint, hj the Fiesta of Five 
Flags and Naval Aviators Homecoming Celebration, 330 Brent Build-
ing, Pensacola, Florida. 
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to present such galvano 
to the Secretary of the Navy in connection with this celebration of the 
fiftieth anniversary of naval aviation at Pensacola, Florida. 
Approved May 27, 1961. 
May 27, 1961 
[H. R. 5571] 
Public Law 87-44 
AN ACT 
To provide foi* the addition or additions of certain lands to the Efflgy Mounds 
National Monument in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Effigy Mounds UJIHQ^ States of America In Congress assembled. That, for the pur-
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poses 01 preserving certain important prehistoric Indian mounds and 
protecting existing wildlife and other natural values, the following 
described lands, consisting of approximately 272 acres, are hereby 
added to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in the State of Iowa: 
L ands. 
TRACT A 
Township 94 north, range 3 west, fifth principal meridian, Clayton 
County, Iowa: the portion of the southeast quarter southeast quarter 
of section 22 that lies between the easterly right-of-way line of the 
Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific Railroad and the section 
line common to sections 22 and 23; those portions of lot 1 (except 
the northerly 900 feet thereof), lot 2, and lot 3 that lie easterly of 
the easterly right-of-way line of said railroad, the unnumbered lot 
adjacent to lot 3; and the former meandered river channel between 
said lot 3 and said unnumbered lot, all in section 23; containing in 
all 138 acres more or less. 
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TRACT B 
Township 96 north, range 3 west, fifth principal meridian, Alla-
makee County, Iowa: Southwest quarter southeast quarter of section 
33, containing 40 acres more or less. 
TRACT 
c 
Township 96 north, range 3 west, fifth principal meridian, Alla-
makee County, Iowa: South half northeast quarter and south half 
northeast quarter northeast quarter of section 33, excepting the right-
of-way of Iowa State Highway Numbered 13; contaming 93.7 acres 
more or less. 
SEC. 2. The lands under the administrative control and jurisdiction 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within tract A are 
included in the monument subject to such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary and desirable in 
order to facilitate and control public access to the adjacent lands of 
the Upper Mississippi River AVild Life and Fish Refuge, and subject 
to the authority or the Secretary of the Interior to return them to 
the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service when 
they are no longer required for purposes of the monument. 
The lands 
under the administrative control and jurisdiction of the Corps of 
Engineers, United States Army, within tract A are included in the 
monument subject to the right of the Corps of Engineers to retain 
adequate flowage and navigation rights thereon to facilitate the 
operation and maintenance of lock and dam numbered 10, Upper 
Mississippi River, or the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
any dam affecting this location. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire 
the lands designated tract C by purchase or through donations. 
SEC. 4. All laws, rules, and regulations applicable to such national 
monument shall be applicable with respect to the lands described in 
the first section of this Act upon the addition of such land to such 
national monument. 
SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized the sum of not to exceed $2,000 
:^or the purpose of acquiring lands, interests in lands, and improve-
ments thereon as may be necessary for carrying out this Act. 
Approved May 27, 1961. 
Applicability. 
Appropri ati on. 
Public Law 87-45 
AN ACT 
To amend title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the payment 
of oi^erating-differential subsidy for cruises. 
May 27, 1961 
[H. R. 6100] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title VI of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1171-1182), is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section 613, to read 
as fQUOWS : 
"SEC. 613. (a) In this section, 'passenger vessel' means a vessel 
which (1) is of not less than ten thousand gross tons, and (2) has 
accommodations for not less than one hundred passengers. 
"(b) If the Board finds that the operation of passenger vessels with 
respect to which an application for operating-differential subsidy 
has been filed under section 601 of this title is required for at least 
two-thirds of each year, but not for all of each year, in order to fur-
Vessels. 
O f f - s e a s o n 
cruises. 
4 9 Stat. 2 0 0 1; 
52 Stat. 961. 
46 u s e 1171. 
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