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SEO. 4. The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national historical park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", as amended.

Approved, June 11, 1940.

[PUBLIC-No. 631-76TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 367-3D SESSION]
[H. R. 7643]

AN ACT

To facilitate and simplify national-forest administration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That permits, contracts, agreements, or other instruments requiring payments into the Treasury of the United States on account of sale of national-forest products, use of national-forest land, or other sources of nationalforest revenue, including contributions by cooperators in connection with authorized activities of the Forest Service, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 20, title 41, United States Code, when the permit or other instrument does not require payment to the Government in excess of $300 in any one fiscal year. Approved, June 15, 1940.

[PUBLIC-No. 650-76TH CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 412-3D SESSION]

[S. 2983]

AN ACT

To authorize the sale of lumber and other forest products obtained from the forests on Indian reservations by Indian enterprises.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lumber and other forest products produced by Indian enterprises from the forests on Indian reservations may be sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes.

Approved, June 24, 1940.

[CHAPTER 516-3D SESSION]

[H. R. 8919]

AN ACT

To authorize the setting aside of an area within the Canal Zone to preserve and conserve its natural features for scientific study, for providing and maintaining facilities for such study, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and directed to set aside within the Canal Zone an area in Gatun Lake known as Barro Colorado Island in which the natural features shall, except in event of declared national emergency, be left in their natural state for scientific observation and investigation.

SEC. 2. The purpose of setting aside such an area is to preserve and conserve its natural features, including existing flora and fauna, in as nearly a natural condition as possible, thus providing a place where duly qualified students can make observations and scientific investigations for increase of knowledge, under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the President of the National Academy of Sciences and three distinguished biologists of the United States of America, appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences with the approval of the Secretaries of War, Agriculture, Interior, and the Smithsonian Institution, shall constitute the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area. The President of the National Academy of Sciences shall be the chairman of the Board and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution the vice chairman. The biologists of distinction appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences shall each serve for a term of three years: Provided, That of the three first appointed, one shall be designated to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. Vacancies in appointed membership occurring from any cause shall be filled in the same manner as the appointment and for the same period. The members of the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area shall serve without compensation but subsistence and travel expenses incident to attendance of called meetings of the Board may, on appropriate action of the Board, be paid from funds available to it.

SEC. 4. The Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area shall (a) meet in Washington, District of Columbia, at least once in each calendar year to consider policies and procedures for carrying out the purpose of this Act; (b) determine the policy, prescribe conditions under which studies may be pursued within the area, and promulgate regulations for carrying out the purposes

of this Act; (c) be responsible for the construction and maintenance of laboratory and other facilities on the area provided for the use of students authorized to carry on studies within the confines of the area; (d) deposit into the Treasury of the United States sums donated or subscribed or collected to be expended for carrying out the purposes of this Act; (e) in its discretion, fixed charges that may be made for use of laboratory or other facilities provided students authorized to make observations and investigations within the prescribed area and provide for the collection of such sums for deposit into the Treasury of the United States; (f) make such disposal of any moneys donated, subscribed, collected, or otherwise provided as in their judgment is to the best interest in carrying out the purpose of this Act: Provided, That sums contributed or appropriated for specific purposes shall be used for such purpose only; and (g) through its chairman submit to the Congress of the United States not later than the 15th day of each January a report of activities and operations during the preceding year.

SEC. 5. At each annual meeting, or at special meetings should occasion so demand, the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area shall appoint an executive officer whom they may authorize to carry out functions of the Board. With the approval of the Board the executive officer may select and designate a resident manager to assist in carrying out the policy, conditions, and regulations approved by the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area in compliance with the purposes of this Act. The executive officer and the resident manager shall receive such compensation for their services as may be allowed by the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area.

SEC. 6. All moneys received by donation, subscription, fees, or otherwise, except the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 7, for carrying out he purposes of this Act shall be deposited into the Treasury as trust funds and are hereby appropriated for such purposes. Disbursements of such funds shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury through the Division of Disbursement on requisitions or vouchers signed by or on authority of the executive officer of the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area. SEC. 7. There is authorized to be appropriated annually, from money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 for expenses necessary in the administration of this Act and for the maintenance of laboratory or other facilities provided for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Approved, July 2, 1940.

[CHAPTER 581-3D SESSION]

[S. 3617]

AN ACT

Granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact relating to control and reduction of pollution in the Ohio River drainage basin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent and approval of Congress is hereby given to an interstate compact relating to the control and reduction of the pollution of the streams of the Ohio River drainage basin negotiated and entered into or to be entered into under authority of Public Resolution Numbered 104, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 8, 1936, and now ratified by the States of New York, Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana, and by the State of Ohio (whose ratification is to go into effect at the time at which the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia enter into said compact as parties and signatory States), also by the State of West Virginia (whose ratification is to go into effect at the time at which the States of New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania enter into said compact as parties and signatory States), which compact reads as follows:

"SECTION 1.—

"OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMPACT "BETWEEN THE STATES OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE, AND WEST VIRGINIA

"Pursuant to authority granted by an Act of the 74th Congress of the United States, Public Resolution 104, approved June 8, 1936, conferences of delegates appointed to draft the compact were held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 1936; Jan. 17, 1938; May 24, 1938; June 13, 1938; October 11, 1938.

"Whereas, a substantial part of the territory of each of the signatory states is situated within the drainage basin of the Ohio River; and

"Whereas, the rapid increase in the population of the various metropolitan areas situated within the Ohio drainage basin, and the growth in industrial activity within that area, have resulted in recent years in an increasingly serious pollution of the waters and streams within the said drainage basin, constituting a grave menace to the health, welfare, and recreational facilities of the people living in such basin, and occasioning great economic loss; and

"Whereas, the control of future pollution and the abatement of existing pollution in the waters of said basin are of prime importance to the people thereof, and can best be accomplished through the coop

eration of the States situated therein, by and through a joint or common agency;

"Now, Therefore, The States of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

"ARTICLE I

"Each of the signatory States pledges to each of the other signatory States faithful cooperation in the control of future pollution in and abatement of existing pollution from the rivers, streams, and waters in the Ohio River basin which flow through, into or border upon any of such signatory States, and in order to effect such object, agrees to enact any necessary legislation to enable each such State to place and maintain the waters of said basin in a satisfactory sanitary condition, available for safe and satisfactory use as public and industrial water supplies after reasonable treatment, suitable for recreational usage, capable of maintaining fish and other aquatic life, free from unsightly or malodorous nuisances due to floating solids or sludge deposits, and adaptable to such other uses as may be legitimate.

66 'ARTICLE II

"The signatory States hereby create a district to be known as the 'Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation District,' hereinafter called the District, which shall embrace all territory within the signatory States, the water in which flows ultimately into the Ohio River, or its tributaries.

"ARTICLE III

"The signatory States hereby create the 'Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission,' hereinafter called the Commission, which shall be a body corporate, with the powers and duties set forth herein, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the signatory States or by act or acts of the Congress of the United States.

"ARTICLE IV

"The Commission shall consist of three commissioners from each State, each of whom shall be a citizen of the State from which he is appointed, and three commissioners representing the United States Government. The commissioners from each State shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by the laws of the States from which they shall be appointed, and any commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the State from which he shall be appointed. The commissioners representing the United States shall be appointed by the President of the United States, or in such other manner as may be provided by Congress. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties; but nothing herein shall prevent the appointment of an officer or employee of any State or of the United States Government.

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