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Pursuant to the provisions of clause 2a, rule XIII, of the Rules of the House of Representatives, proposed changes in existing law are set forth below in the right-hand column. The existing law is set forth in the left-hand column.

[PUBLIC LAW 38-80TH CONGRESS]
(U. S. C., title 16, secs. 241-247)

EXISTING LAW

SECTION 1. That all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land, title to which is vested in the United States of America, and being in the State of North Dakota, and within the boundaries particularly described, as follows, to wit: Beginning at the point where the north line of the right-of-way of United States Highway Numbered 10 intersects the east boundary of section 36, township 140 north, range 101 west, fifth principal meridian; thence southwesterly and northwesterly along the north line of said right-of-way through section 1, township 139 north, range 101 west, and sections 36, 35, 34, 27, 28, and 29, township 140 north, range 101 west, to the west boundary of said section 29; north along section lines to the northwest, corner of said section 29; west along section line to the southwest corner of section 19, township 140 north, range 101 west; north along township line to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 24, township 140 north, range 102 west; west to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 24; north to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 24; westerly along section lines to the southwest corner of section 16, township 140 north, range 102 west; northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of section 4, township 140 north, range 102 west; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 34, township 141 north, range 102 west; northerly through the center of sections 34 and 27 to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 27 of said township 141 north, range 102 west; easterly along section lines to the northeast corner of section 28, township 141 north, range 101 west; south along section lines to the southeast corner of said section 28; east along section line to the northeast corner of section 34, township 141 north, range 101 west; south to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 35, township 141 north, range 101 west; easterly through center of sections 35 and 36 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of

THIS BILL

SECTION 1. That all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land, title to which is vested in the United States of America, and being in the State of North Dakota, and within the boundaries particularly described, as follows, to wit: Beginning at the point where the north line of the right-of-way of United States Highway Numbered 10 intersects the east boundary of section 36, township 140 north, range 101 west, fifth principal meridian; thence southwesterly and northwesterly along the north line of said right-of-way through section 1, township 139 north, range 101 west, and sections 36, 35, 34, 27, 28, 29, and 30, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence northwesterly and southwesterly along the north line of the right-of-way of said highway to be relocated as shown on the right-of-way plat for project SNFAP 283C (3) filed for record in the office of the register of deeds, Medora, North Dakota, book numbered 2 of plats, page 68, on June 13, 1942, through section 25 and the east half of the northeast quarter of section 26, township 140 north, range 102 west, to the point of intersection with the east sixteenth section line of said section 26; thence north along the sixteenth section line to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 26; thence northwesterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 23, township 140 north, range 102 west; thence westerly along the sixteenth section line to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22; township 140 north, range 102 west; thence southerly along the east section line to the southeast corner of said section 22; thence westerly along the south line of said section 22 to the point of intersection with the right bank of the Little Missouri River; thence northerly and westerly along the right bank of said river to the point of intersection with the east line of section 21, township 140 north, range 102 west; thence southerly along the east line of said section 21, to the intersection with the north line of the right-of-way of the Northern Pacific Railway, which point lies north of said

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said section 36 of said township 141 United States Highway Numbered 10; north, range 101 west; south to the thence westerly along the north line of southeast corner of said section 36; said right-of-way to the point of interthence east along township line to the section with the north line of the rightnortheast corner of lot 3, section 2, of-way of said United States Highway township 140 north, range 101 west; Numbered 10; thence westerly along the southerly through the center of sections north line of the right-of-way of said 2 and 11 to the southeast corner of the highway through said section 21 to the southwest quarter of said section 11, intersection with the west line of said township 140 north, range 101 west; section 21; thence northerly along the easterly along section lines to the north-west line of said section 21, and sections east corner of section 13 of said town- 16 and 9, township 140 north, range 102 ship 140 north, range 101 west; south- west, to the northwest corner of said erly along township line to the north- section 9; thence northwesterly along a west corner of section 19, township 140 line to the northwest corner of Governnorth, range 100 west; easterly along ment lot 5 of section 5, township 140 north line of said section 19 to the north- north, range 102 west; thence continuing east corner of the northwest quarter; northwesterly along a line to the northsoutherly through center of sections 19, west corner of Government lot 1 of 30, and 31 to the northwest corner of the section 6, township 140 north, range 102 Southeast quarter of section 31; easterly west; thence easterly along the townalong the center of said section 31 to the ship line to the southwest corner of the northeast corner of the southeast quar- southeast quarter of section 34, townter; southerly along the east line of said ship 141 north, range 102 west; thence section 31 to the southeast corner; northerly along the quarter section line westerly along the township line to the to the northwest corner of the said southeast line of section 36, township 140 east quarter of section 34; thence northnorth, range 101 west; northerly along westerly along a line to the southwest the township line between townships corner of section 27, township 141 140 north, range 100 west and 140 north, north, range 102 west; thence northerly range 101 west to the north right-of-way along the west line of said section 27, to line of United States Highway Num- the southwest corner of the northwest bered 10, the place of beginning, con- quarter of said section 27; thence northtaining thirty-five thousand two hun- easterly along a line to the southwest dred and seventy acres, more or less, are corner of the southeast quarter of section hereby dedicated and set apart as a 22, township 141 north, range 102 west; public park for the benefit and enjoy- thence continuing northeasterly along a ment of the people, and shall be known line to the southwest corner of the northas the Theodore Roosevelt National west quarter of section 23, township 141 Memorial Park. The Secretary of the north, range 102 west; thence continuing Interior is authorized, in his discretion, northeasterly along a line to the northto construct and maintain a road or east corner of said northwest quarter of highway through the park connecting section 23; thence easterly along the with a State or Federal highway. north lines of said section 23, and section 24, township 141 north, range 102 west; to the northwest corner of section 19, township 141 north, range 101 west; thence continuing easterly along the north line of said section 19 to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said section 19; thence southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 20, township 141 north, range 101 west; thence easterly along the sixty-fourth section line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 20; thence southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 21, town

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ship 141 north, range 101 west; thence easterly along the sixteenth section lines to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22, township 141 north, range 101 west; thence southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 27, township 141 north, range 101 west; thence easterly along the north lines of said section 27, and sections 26 and 25, township 141 north, range 101 west, to the northeast corner of said section 25; thence southerly along the township line to the northwest corner of section 31, township 141 north, range 100 west; thence southeasterly along a line to the southeast corner of said section 31; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of Government lot 7 of section 2, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 1, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 7, township 140 north, range 100 west; thence easterly along the quarter section line to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section 7; thence southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of section 17, township 140 north, range 100 west; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to a point which is 33 feet west of the east line of said section 17, and 33 feet north of the south line of said section 17; thence southerly on a line which lies 33 feet west of and parallel to the east lines of sections 20, 29, and 32 of township 140 north, range 100 west, to the point of intersection with the north right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 10; thence westerly along the north line of said right-of-way through said sections 32 and 31, township 140 north, range 100 west, to the point of intersection with the east boundary of section 36, township 140 north, range 101 west, the place of beginning, containing forty-nine thousand one hundred and fifty-three and seventy-nine onehundredths acres more or less."

EXISTING LAW

SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to obtain by purchase or condemnation proceedings, as part of said Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, lots 2, 3, 4, and 6 of section 33, township 144, range 102, and to reconstruct thereon the log ranch house thirty by sixty feet, the log blacksmith shop sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable twenty by thirty feet, log dog house, three log rectangular corrals, and one log circular corral, as they existed at the time the premises were occupied by Theodore Roosevelt: Provided, That the total cost of such land and buildings shall not exceed $40,000.

SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to erect a monument in memory of Theodore Roosevelt, in the village of Medora, North Dakota, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts: Provided, That the cost of the monument shall not exceed $35,000 and there shall be conveyed to the United States such suitable site as may in the judgment of the Secretary be required for said monument: Provided further, That the village of Medora, or other public agency or organization, shall furnish, in writing, assurance satisfactory to the Secretary of its willingness to assume the perpetual care and upkeep of the monument.

SEC. 7. That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry, under the land laws of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purposes whatsoever, or shall affect the right of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.

SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

THIS BILL

SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to obtain by purchase or condemnation proceedings, as part of said Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, lots 6 and 7, seetion 33, township 144 north, range 102 west; southeast quarter of southeast quarter, section 32, township 144 north, range 102 west; lots 4 and 5, section 4, township 143, range 102 west; lot 1 and southeast quarter of northeast quarter, section 5, township 143, range 102 west, containing two hundred and fifty-eight and eighteen one-hundredths acres, and to reconstruct thereon the log ranch house thirty by sixty feet, the log blacksmith shop sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable sixteen by twenty feet, one log stable twenty by thirty feet, log dog house, three log rectangular corrals, and one log circular corral, as they existed at the time the premises were occupied by Theodore Roosevelt: Provided, That the total cost of such land and buildings shall not exceed $40,000.

SEC. 6. Repeal existing law.

SEC. 6. That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purposes whatsoever,' or shall affect the right of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.

SEC. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

80TH CONGRESS 2d Session

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

REPORT No. 1694

ESTABLISHING THE SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, FROM THE LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF JUNE 1, 1938 (52 STAT. 608)

APRIL 7, 1948.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. WELCH, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 5822]

The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5822) to establish the Saratoga National Historical Park, in the State of New York, from the lands that have been acquired by the Federal Government for that purpose pursuant to the act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 608), and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

EXPLANATION OF THE BILL

The purpose of this bill is to permit immediate establishment of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York.

The park was authorized in the Saratoga National Historical Park Act of June 1, 1938. The Federal Government now has acquired through donation and by purchase, 1,865 acres of land within the area of the Saratoga battlefield.

The act of June 1, 1938, required that the Federal Government secure "all" of the lands and property within the designated park area before giving it the status of an established park. The Department of the Interior, however, has found it impossible to acquire all of the designated area with the funds made available for that purpose. The Department believes that the land already acquired is sufficient for the initial establishment of the park, and requests that congressional approval be given therefor.

H. R. 5822 also authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept the Gen. Philip Schuyler mansion property and surrounding lands.

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