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Resolution presented to U.S. Congress

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  • *g JOINT RESOLUTION. 7 To provide for the appointment of a Commission to investigate and report upon the most desirable area in Western North Carolina for the establishment of a National Park and Forest Reserve to be known as the Appalachian National Po Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Sec. 1. That a Commission consisting of three Senators, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker; and seven members to be appointed by the President of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, created to visit that part of the Appttlachian System of mountains located in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee and inspect the various sitesfin the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, the Balsam Mountains and the Black & Craggy Mountains]that seem to be most desirable for the location of a national park and forest reservation, to be known as The Appalachian s than five National Park, and to cover an area of not hundred thousand acres and not more than one million acres. Sec. 2. That the Commission .shall have in view,notx>nl: the establishment of a great national park in the^est for \ scenic beauty and national recreation, but also for the protection of forests and headwaters of great water sources in the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains. Sec. 3. That the Commission shall report not only as to the best location, but also as to the general topography of the country of each location, the approximate number of citizens living in each location, the percentage of arable and timbered land, the persons or companies that own the various tracts of land in each examined site, and the approximate price at which each of such locations can be bought by the Government. Sec. 4. That said Commission may designate a sub-committee of its number to make the investigation and report to the
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