Appropriation. may prescribe during open seasons prescribed by applicable local, State, and Federal law. The Secretary shall consult with officials of the State of California and any political subdivision thereof who have jurisdiction of hunting and fishing prior to the issuance of any such regulations, and the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with such officials regarding such hunting and fishing as he may deem desirable. SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, except that no more than $14,000,000 shall be appropriated for the acquisition of land and waters and improvements thereon, and interests therein, and incidental costs relating thereto, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. XIV. LEGISLATION RELATING TO NATIONAL CEMETERIES 1 1. Approach Roads to National Cemeteries and National Military Parks Page Conveyance to States of approach roads to national cemeteries and military parks-‒‒‒ Act of March 3, 1925 517 An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey to the States in which located Government owned or controlled approach roads to national cemeteries and national military parks, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1104) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized in his discretion, subject to such conditions as may seem to him proper, to convey by proper quitclaim deed to any State, county, municipality, or proper agency thereof, in which the same is located, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Government owned or controlled approach road to any national cemetery or national military park: Provided, That prior to the delivery of any conveyance under this Act the State, county, or municipality to which the conveyance herein authorized is to be made shall notify the Secretary of War in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road or roads included in such conveyance: Provided further, That upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance herein authorized, the jurisdiction of the United States of America, which has been heretofore ceded to the United States by a State over the roads conveyed, shall thereby cease and determine and shall thereafter vest and be in the particular State in which such roads are located. (Repealed. See 16 U.S.C. § 418. See 16 U.S.C. § 8e for same delegation of power to Secretary of the Interior, p. 16.) 1 See also "An Act To establish and to protect National Cemeteries," approved February 22, 1867 (14 Stat. 399), and amendments thereto approved July 1, 1870 (16 Stat. 188); May 18, 1872 (17 Stat. 135); and June 8, 1872 (17 Stat. 345). 2. Selection of Superintendents of National Cemeteries Superintendents of national cemeteries to be selected from meritorious disabled veterans.. Act of March 24, 1948 Page 518 Superintend ents of national cemeteries. Repeal. An Act To provide for selection of superintendents of national cemeteries from meritorious and trustworthy members of the armed forces who have been disabled in line of duty for active field service, approved March 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 84) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That superintendents of the national cemeteries shall be selected from meritorious and trustworthy members of the armed forces who have been honorably separated from the service of the United States, and who have been disabled in line of duty for active field service. SEC. 2. Section 4874, Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 24, sec. 275), is hereby repealed. (24 U.S.C. § 275.) 3. Antietam National Cemetery Authorization for Secretary of War to take charge of the Gettysburg and A Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to take charge of the Gettysburg and Antietam National Cemeteries, approved July 14, 1870 (16 Stat. 390) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, directed to accept and take charge of the soldiers' national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Antietam national cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland, whenever the commissioners and trustees having charge of said cemeteries are ready to transfer their care to the general government. That when the afore-mentioned cemeteries are placed under the control of the Secretary of War, that they be taken care of and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to establish and protect national cemeteries," approved February twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Excerpt from "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purposes," approved August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 371, 401) National Cemetery, Antietam, Maryland : * ** * Page War to take 519 519 Secretary of charge of the and Antietam Gettysburg national cemeteries. 1867, ch. 61, Vol. 14, p. 399. Preserving, battle, etc. etc., lines of For the purpose of surveying, locating, and preserving the lines of battle of the Army of the Potomac and of the Army of Northern Virginia at Antietam, and for marking the same, and for locating and marking the position of each of the forty-three different commands of the Regular Army engaged in the battle of Antietam, and for the purchase of sites for tablets for the marking Sites for of such positions, fifteen thousand dollars. And all lands acquired by the United States for this purpose, whether by purchase, gift, or otherwise, shall be under Supervision of the care and supervision of the Secretary of War. U.S.C. § 446.) (16 tablets. lands acquired. 4. Chattanooga National Cemetery Transferred to War Department__ Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tenn. Transfer of jurisdiction. Transfer of funds. Page Act of December 7, 1944 520 An Act To transfer jurisdiction over the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, from the Department of the Interior to the War Department, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1944 (58 Stat. 797) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, is hereby transferred from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of War for administration in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to national cemeteries administered by the War Department. The unexpended balance of any funds available for administration of the Chattanooga National Cemetery, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, shall be transferred to the Secretary of War, and may be expended hereafter by him for the same purposes for which such funds were made available. |