An Act to include the present area of Zion National Monument within Zion National Park, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.
PL 84-695 (H.R.10535), enacted 07/11/1956

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of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, are hereby ratified and confirmed, 
subject to the provisions of this Act, such authorization to be over 
and above any limitations on the amount of the bonded debt of the 
city and county of Honolulu and on the amount of the debt which 
may be incurred by said city and county in any one year imposed 
by the Hawaiian Organic Act, and such authorization shall also be 
in addition to all other issues authorized by the Congress: Provided^ 
however^ That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit 
the amendment of said Acts of said Territory by the legislature 
thereof, from time to time, to provide for changes in the improve-
ments authorized by said Acts. 
SEC. 2. Any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act or any other 
Act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, the Territory of 
Hawaii may authorize the city and county of Honolulu to issue gen-
eral obligation bonds for public improvements in an amount not 
exceeding 2 per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate 
or $14,000,000, whichever is the greater, in any single calendar year: 
Provided^ That the total indebtedness of said city and county shall 
not exceed 10 per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate 
or $70,000,000, whichever is the greater, at any one time: Provided 
further^ That any indebtedness incurred pursuant to specific author-
ization of the Congress, including indebtedness incurred pursuant to 
section 1 hereof, shall be included in computing such total indebtedness. 
SEC. 3. The bonds issued under authority of this Act may be serial 
bonds payable in substantially equal annual installments, the first 
installment to mature not later than five years and the last install-
ment to mature not later than thirty years from the date of such 
issue. Such bonds may be issued without the approval of the Presi-
dent of the United States. 
Approved July 11, 1956. 
Limitation. 
Bond Umitation. 
48 u s e 491 note. 
Debt limitation. 
Serial bonds; ma-
turity. 
Public Law 695 
CHAPTER 568 
AN ACT 
To include the present area of Zion National Monument within Zion National 
Park, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes. 
July 11, 1956 
[H. R. 10535] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That for the purpose 
of combining Zion National Park and Zion National Monument, Utah, 
in a single national park unit, in the interest of efficient administra-
tion and to preserve adequately the features thereof, Zion National 
Park hereafter shall comprise the present area of the National Park 
and the present area of the Zion National Monument: Provided^ That 
the enactment of this Act shall not affect adversely any valid rights 
or privileges heretofore existing within the areas hereby established 
as the Zion National Park. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to administer 
Zion National Park as hereby established in accordance with his 
authority over the park heretofore granted by the Congress and in 
accordance with the general laws governing areas of the national park 
system. 
SEC. 3» All funds heretofore made available for purposes of Zion 
National Park and Zion National Monument may be used for purposes 
of Zion National Park as established by this Act. 
Approved July 11, 1956. 
Zion N a t i o n a l 
Park. 
Ad mini stra tion. 
Funds.