Arkansas. 70A Stat. 147. Limitation. Reservation. land situated adjacent to and in the immediate rear of the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. (16 U.S.C. § 361f.) An Act To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, to the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes, approved September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 594) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the State of Arkansas by quitclaim deed, without consideration and without regard to the provisions of section 2662 of title 10 of the United States Code, but subject to the conditions, limitations, and reservations hereinafter set forth, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately twenty-one acres, more or less, of land located at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, which comprise a part of the reservation presently occupied by the Army and Navy General Hospital, together with all buildings and improvements situated thereon and all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. (b) The conveyance authorized by this Act may not include any part of that portion of the Hot Springs National Park, comprising approximately three and onehalf acres hereinafter described by metes and bounds, presently occupied in part by the National Park Service, or any building, improvement, appurtenance, or utility appertaining thereto, or any personal property situated thereon. Such buildings, improvements, appurtenances, and utilities are hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior. The limitation made by the first sentence of this subsection applies to that portion of such park described as follows: Beginning at the west iron road gate post on the property line at Reserve Avenue at point A, northwesterly along the curb line to point B approximately midway along the curb line immediately east of building numbered 16; thence northeasterly to terminus of the rock wall at point C; thence northeasterly to the junction of the rock wall and the rock and masonry wall at point D; thence northeasterly along the rock and masonry wall to its junction with the United States Government property line at point E; thence southerly and westerly along the property line to the starting point at point A, containing approximately 3.5 acres, being the land shown on sheet 9 of 10 sheets, drawing numbered 109, entitled "Master Plan Army and Navy General Hospital, General Utility Map, as revised by the National Park Service, April 20, 1959, Dwg. No. NP-HS-7005." SEC. 2. The deed of conveyance executed pursuant to this Act shall expressly reserve to the United States (a) all mineral rights in the land so conveyed, and (b) full title to all thermal waters on and under such land. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant to the State of Arkansas a permit for the use of so much of such waters as may be required for the use of such land by the State for the purposes described in section 3 of this Act. SEC. 3. The deed of conveyance of real property au- Conditions. thorized by this Act shall include the conditions that (a) such property shall be used by the State of Arkansas as a vocational rehabilitation center or for other public health or educational purposes, (b) if at any time the Secretary of the Army determines, upon advice received from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, that the property so conveyed is not used for such purposes, title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and (c) in the event of any such reversion, title to all improvements made thereon by the State of Arkansas during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. reentry. SEC. 4. The deed of conveyance of the real property Right of authorized by this Act shall include appropriate provisions to insure that (a) whenever the Congress of the United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of emergency and upon the determination by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any and all improvements made thereon by the State of Arkansas, for a period not to exceed the duration of such state of war or national emergency plus six months, and (b) upon the termination of such use by the United States, the property shall be returned to the State of Arkansas, together with any or all improvements thereon and appurtenances appertaining thereto. SEC. 5. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall include such other reservations and conditions as he and the Secretary of the Interior shall determine to be required. in the public interest. and personal property. SEC. 6. Upon the execution of that deed of conveyance Equipment the Secretary of the Army is further authorized, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of the first section of this Act, to transfer to the State of Arkansas, without consideration, such equipment and personal property located at the Army and Navy General Hospital as he shall determine to be required for use by the State for the purposes stated in section 3 of this Act. 677-347--63 --10 Nonacceptance of conveyance. 40 U.S.C. 471 note. SEC. 7. In the event the State of Arkansas does not accept the conveyance authorized by this Act on or before June 30, 1960, the Secretary of the Army shall thereafter report to the Administrator of the General Services Administration as excess property pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended, all the lands and improvements thereon comprising the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and said lands and improvements thereon shall cease to be a part of the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. SEC. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may take custody and control of any or all of the lands and improvements thereon comprising the Army and Navy General Hospital, and restore such lands and improvements to the Hot Springs National Park, if (a) the State of Arkansas does not accept the conveyance authorized by this Act on or before June 30, 1960, or (b) title thereto reverts to the United States following the conveyance thereof to the State of Arkansas. 12. Isle Royale National Park Commissioner to be appointed solely by the United States District An Act To provide that appointments of United States commissioners for the Isle Royale, Hawaii, Mammoth Cave, and Olympic National Parks shall be made by the United States district courts without the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, approved April 21, 1948 (62 Stat. 196) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to accept the cession by the State of Michigan of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Isle Royale National Park, and for other purposes", approved March 6, 1942 (U.S.C., 1940 edition, Supp. V, title 16, sec. 408m), is amended by striking out "upon the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior of a qualified candidate". U.S.commissioners. to certain Page 139 140 Appointments national parks. 56 Stat. 134. SEC. 2. The first paragraph of section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the exercise of sole and exclusive jurisdiction by the United States over the Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes", approved April 19, 1930, as amended (U.S.C., 1940 edition, title 16, sec. 395e), is amended 46 Stat. 228. by striking out "upon the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior of a qualified candidate". SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to accept the cession by the Commonwealth of Kentucky of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Mammoth Cave National Park; to authorize the acquisition of additional lands for the park in accordance with the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 635); to authorize the acceptance of donations of land for the development of a proper entrance road to the park; and for other purposes", approved June 5, 1942 (U.S.C., 1940 edition, Supp. V, title 16, sec. 404c-5), is 56 Stat. 318. amended by striking out "Upon the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior of a qualified candidate, the" and inserting in lieu thereof "The". SEC. 4. The first sentence of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to accept the cession by the State of Washington of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Olympic National Park, and for other pur poses", approved March 6, 1942 (U.S.C., 1940 edition, 56 Stat. 137. Supp. V, title 16 sec. 256d), is amended by striking out "Upon the recommendation and approval of the Secre Isle Royale tary of the Interior of a qualified candidate the" and inserting in lieu thereof "The". (See 28 U.S.C. § 631 note.) An Act To authorize the enlargement of the administrative headquarters site for Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, Michigan, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1958 (72 Stat. 604) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase or donation, or with donated funds, a tract of land, or interests therein, located in Houghton, Michigan, fronting on Portage Lake and lying to the east of Franklin Street and to the north of Carroll Avenue, said land aggregating not more than three acres and being known as the Carroll Estate. The property so acquired shall be added to the existing nearby administrative headquarters site furnishing services and facilities required for the administration of Isle Royale National Park. SEC. 2. Any funds now or hereafter made available for purposes of construction or for purposes of operation and maintenance within Isle Royale National Park may be used for such purposes with respect to the administrative site and facilities relating thereto at Houghton, Michigan. Any land acquisition funds now or hereafter made available to the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of the national park system may be used by the Secretary for the acquisition of the property authorized to be added to the headquarters site pursuant to this Act. |