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Sec. 6. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as altering, amend- g(j^''°PfJ^y, "^^?. '" 

 ing, or repealing the existing exemptions from taxation of property et^fp^poJes'^'' '^""^' 

 used for educational, charitable, or religious purposes. Subject to (,ai°Jff°"^™f^' i°^„ '^' 

 the jirovisions of this Act, the legislative authority of the respective ^^ ° ^''"' "^^ ''"^' 

 municipalities is hereby empowered to alter, amend, or repeal, sub- 

 ject to the approval of the Governor, any law now imposing taxes 

 on real and personal jDroperty. 



Approved, May 26, 1936. 



[CHAPTER 451.] 



AN ACT 



May 26, 1936, 

 To provide for the establishment of the Fort Frederica National Monument, at |H. R. 8431.] 



Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and for other purposes. [Public, No. ai7.] 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United /States of America in Congress assembled, That when title tion°fMoimnrDTs'*'*t 

 to the site of Fort Frederica, on Saint Simon Island, Georgia, and simon isjandroa.^ 

 such other related sites located thereon, as may be designated by Establishment of. 

 the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his discretion, as 

 necessary or desirable for national-monument purposes, shall have 

 been vested in the United States, said area not to exceed eighty acres 

 shall be, and is hereby, set apart as a national monument for the 

 benefit and inspiration of the peojile, and shall be called the "Fort 

 Frederica National Monument". 



Sec. 2. That the Secretary of tlie Interior be, and he is hereby, tjo^f'jj''""^'' "' '^°'^' 

 authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, 

 structures, and other property within the boundaries of the said 

 national monument as determined and fixed hereunder, and dona- 

 tions of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the title 

 and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior: Provided, That he may acquire on belialf of purchase of land from 

 the United States out of any donated funds, either by purchase at donated funds. 

 prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the pro- 

 visions of the Act of August 1, 1888, such tracts of land within the p°'o; ^c' V n'ss 

 said national monument as may be necessary for the completion 

 thereof. 



Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his Maintenance ot mu- 

 discretion, to maintain in some suitable structure within the national ^'™' 

 monument a museum for relics and records pertaining to Fort 

 Frederica, and for other articles of national and patriotic interest, 

 and in his discretion to accept, on behalf of the United States, for 

 installation in such museum, articles which may be offered as addi- 

 tions to the museum. 



(b) Any State or political subdivision thereof, organization, or Erection of monu- 

 individual may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, ™™'^ °'' p '"^"s " 

 erect monuments or place tablets commemorating historic events or 

 persons connected with the history of the area, within the bound- 

 aries of the Fort Frederica National Monument. 



Sec. 4. The administration, protection, and development of the Administration. 

 aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direction 

 of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, sub- 

 ject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled "An c.Tp.fgi.''' ^^' "' ^' 

 Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", 

 as amended. 



Approved, May 26, 1936. 



