§ 176. Transfer of certain lands to Department of the Navy; conditions Control and jurisdiction over the following-described lands comprising a portion of the Acadia National Park, in the State of Maine, are transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy, but the Secretary of the Interior shall retain the right to approve the design of the buildings and structures to be placed thereon. All that certain tract or parcel of land on Big Moose Island, Winter Harbor, Maine, which is bounded southerly and easterly by a chain link security fence, and northerly and westerly by the waters of Pond Island Cove and Frenchman Bay, and which is more particularly described as beginning at a point on the shore at the high-water mark of Frenchman Bay on the southwesterly side of Big Moose Island, so called, thence following the chain link security fence by the three following courses and distances: North no degrees five minutes west one hundred and fifty-three feet; thence north thirty degrees twentyfour minutes east one hundred and fifty-seven and seven-tenths feet; thence south eighty-nine degrees nine minutes east one thousand four hundred and fifty-five and three-tenths feet to a point and angle in the said security fence which bears north thirty-four degrees fifty-four minutes west and is fifty feet distant at right angles from a point in the center line of the National Park Service road known as the Big Moose Island Road; thence turning to the left and following the said security fence in a general northerly direction but everywhere parallel with and fifty feet distant from the center line of the said Big Moose Island Road three thousand five hundred feet more or less to the high-water mark on the shore of Pond Island Cove; thence in a generally westerly and southerly direction but everywhere following the high-water mark of Pond Island Cove and Frenchman Bay seven thousand four hundred and seventy feet more or less to the place of beginning; except that portion thereof, containing twenty-five and ninety-six one-hundredths acres, which was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy pursuant to the Act of August 24, 1935 (ch. 644, 49 Stat. 795); the lands herein described containing one hundred and fifty-one and eighty-six one-hundredths acres after excluding the excepted portion. § 177. Retransfer authorized The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to retransfer jurisdiction over the property described in section 176 of this title to the Secretary of the Interior in the event such property hereafter becomes surplus to the needs of the Department of the Navy, in which event it again shall become a part of Acadia National Park. Sec. CHAPTER 9-BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK-TEXAS 201. Location; continuance as park. 202. Acquisition of additional land authorized. 203. Use of appropriated funds to purchase land for park prohibited. § 201. Location; continuance as park The Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, established, in part, June 12, 1944, by order of the Secretary, with an area of approximately seven hundred seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-five acres lying within the County of Brewster, State of Texas, shall continue as a national park with an authorized maximum area of approximately one million five hundred thousand acres lying within the Counties of Brewster and Presidio in the State of Texas. § 202. Acquisition of additional land authorized 1. The Secretary is authorized to acquire, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, any land or interests in land situated within sections 15, 22, 27, 34, block 234, Brewster County, Texas, which he shall consider to be suitable for addition to the Big Bend National Park. However, the aggregate cost to the United States of properties acquired under the provisions hereof shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. Properties acquired pursuant to this paragraph shall become a part of the park upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to procure, in a manner which he considers to be in the public interest, the remaining non-Federal land and interests in land within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park. § 203. Use of appropriated funds to purchase land for park prohibited Except as provided in section 202 of this title, the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any land within the area described in section 201 of this title, but such lands shall be secured by the United States only by public and private donations. CHAPTER 11-BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK-UTAH Sec. 221. Location; boundaries; continuance as park. 222. Extension of boundaries authorized. § 221. Location; boundaries; continuance as park The Bryce Canyon National Park situated in the Counties of Washington and Kane, State of Utah, established as a national monument June 8, 1924, and as a national park February 25, 1929, is continued as a national park embracing the following described area: South half southwest quarter section 2, south half south half section 3, southeast quarter southeast quarter section 4, east half section 8, all of sections 9 and 10, west half section 11, west half section 14, all of sections 15 and 16, east half northeast quarter northwest quarter, east half northwest quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter northwest quarter, south half northeast quarter southwest quarter, north half south half southeast quarter northwest quarter, and north half southeast quarter southwest quarter section 17, south half south half section 19, east half, southwest quarter, and south half northwest quarter section 20, all of section 21, west half west half east half and northeast quarter northeast quarter section 22, north half northwest quarter section 23, west half section 27, all of sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, and north half northwest quarter section 34, township 36 south, range 3 west; east half and southwest quarter section 25 and all of section 36, township 36 south, range 4 west; lots 3 and 4, south half northwest quarter section 4, west half, west half east half, northeast quarter northeast quarter, and southeast quarter southeast quarter section 8, and all of sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, township 37 south, range 3 west; all of section 1, south half section 2, south. half southeast quarter section 3, south half and northeast quarter section 10, all of sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, east half and east half southwest quarter section 16, east half southeast quarter section 20, all of sections 21, 22, 23, and 24, west half section 27, all of section 28, east half and east half southwest quarter section 29, south half section 31, all of section 32, and north half section 33, township 37 south, range 4 west; all of sections 5, 6, and 7, west half section 8, west half section 17, all of section 18, east half section 19, all of sections 20 and 21, west half west half section 22, west half west half section 27, all of sections 28 and 29, east half section 30, east half section 31, all of section 32, west half and northeast quarter section 33, and west half northwest quarter section 34, township 38 south, range 4 west; west half section 3, all of section 4, and east half section 5, township 39 south, range 4 west; all west of the Salt Lake meridian. 8 222. Extension of boundaries authorized For the purpose of preserving in their natural state the outstanding scenic features thereof and for the purpose of rounding out the boundary of Bryce Canyon National Park, the President of the United States may, upon the joint recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, add to the Bryce Canyon National Park, in the State of Utah, by Executive Proclamation, any or all of the following lands: East half and west half northeast quarter northwest quarter section 17, west half, east half west half east half section 22, township 36 south, range 3 west; north half section 2, north half, southwest quarter, and north half southeast quarter section 3, all of sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, northwest quarter section 10, northwest quarter and west half southwest quarter section 16, all of sections 17, 18, and 19, north half, southwest quarter, and west half southeast quarter section 20, all of section 26, east half section 27, northwest quarter and west half southwest quarter section 29, all of section 30, north half section 31, south half section 33, and all of sections 34, 35, and 36, township 37 south, range 4 west; all of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, east half section 8, all of sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, east half section 17, west half section 19, east half and east half west half section 22, all of sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, east half and east half west half section 27, west half section 30, west half section 31, southeast quarter section 33, east half, southwest quarter, and east half northwest quarter section 34, and all of sections 35 and 36, township 38 south, range 4 west; all west of the Salt Lake meridian. CHAPTER 13-CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARKNEW MEXICO Sec. 241. Boundaries; location; continuance as park. 242. Transportation furnished employees. § 241. Boundaries; location; continuance as park Carlsbad Caverns National Park, established as a national monument October 25, 1923, and as a national park May 14, 1930, is continued as a national park in the County of Eddy, State of New Mexico embracing the following described area: All of sections 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 36, township 24 south, range 24 east; lots 1 and 2 section 31, township 24 south, range 25 east; all of sections 24, 25, 35, and 36, township 25 south, range 22 east; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, township 25 south, range 23 east; all of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, west half section 11, west half section 14, and all of sections 15, 16, 17, and 18, township 25 south, range 24 east; north half and west half southwest quarter section 1, all of sections 2 and 11, west half west half section 12, west half west half section 13, and all of section 14, township 26 south, range 22 east; lots 1 and 2 and east half northwest quarter section 6, township 26, range 23 east; all east of the New Mexico principal meridian; with authority to enlarge said park by proclamation or proclamations of the President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, to include any or all of the following described lands: All of sections 1, 12, and 13, township 24 south, range 22 east; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 24 south, range 23 east; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 35, and 36, township 24 south, 24 east; all of sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, and 30, east half, southwest quarter, and east half northwest quarter section 31, and all of sections 32, 33, and 34, township 24 south, range 25 east; all of sections 34, 35, and 36, township 25 south, range 23 east, all of sections 1 and 2, east half section 11, all of sections 12 and 13, and east half section 14, township 25 south, range 24 east; all of sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 25 south, range 25 east; southeast quarter and east half southwest quarter section 1, east half and east half west half section 12, east half and east half west half section 13, and all of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 26 south, range 22 east; all of sections 4 and 5, east half and southwest quarter section 6, and all of sections 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, township 26 south, range 23 east; all east of the New Mexico principal meridian. § 242. Transportation furnished employees The Secretary may furnish transportation to and from work, outside of regular working hours, of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, residing in or near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, such transportation to be between the park and the city, or intervening points, at reasonable rates to be determined by the Secretary taking into consideration, among other factors, comparable rates charged by transportation companies in the locality for similar services, the amounts collected for such transportation to be credited to the appro |