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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 626, 27-DEC. 20 , 1944 (b) For the construction and maintenance of parkways, to give access to national parks and national monuments, or to become con- necting sections of a national parkway plan, over lands to which title has been transferred to the United States by the States or by private individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $30,000,000, to become available at the rate of $10,000,000 a year for each of the three successive post-war fiscal years. (c) For the construction, improvement, and maintenance of Indian reservation roads and bridges and roads and bridges to provide access to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $6,000,000 for the first post-war fiscal year and a like amount for each of the second and third post-war fiscal years: Provided, That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges constructed shall be approved by the Public Roads Administration before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be under the general supervision of the Public Roads Administration. SEC. 11. Federal highway funds shall not be used for the recon- struction or relocation of any highway giving access to an airport (if such airport has been constructed or extended after the date of enactment of this Act), or for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway which has been or may be closed or the usefulness of which has been or may be impaired by the location or construction of any airport (if such airport has been constructed or extended after the date of enactment of this Act), unless, prior to such extension or con- struction, as the case may be, the State highway department and the Public Roads Administration have concurred with the officials in charge of the airport that the location of such airport or extension thereof and the consequent reconstruction or relocation of the high- way are in the public interest. SEC. 12. On any highway or street hereafter constructed with Fed- eral aid in any State, the location, form, and character of informa- tional, regulatory, and warning signs, curb and pavement or other markings, and traffic signals installed or placed by any public author- ity, or other agency, shall be subject to the approval of the State highway department with the concurrence of the Public Roads Administration; and the Commissioner of Public Roads is hereby directed to concur only in such installations as will promote the safe and efficient utilization of the highways. SEC. 13. If any section, subsection, or other provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such section, subsec- tion, or other provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 14 . This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944". Approved December 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 6271 AN ACT Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy for additional ordnance manufacturing and production facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000 for necessary tools, equip- 843 Access parkways to national parks, etc. Appropriation au- thorized. Indian reservation roads and bridges. 26U. . c.. 318a. Approval by Public Roads Administration. Access roads to air- ports. Location etc., of signs, markings, and traffic signals. Approval. Saving clas. Short title. December 3, 1944 [8.2194] [Public Law 62 Navy. Ordnance nmauufa turing facities 09. W1 _ an-