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Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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The Weaver bill, designed to reduce the minimum acreage for a national park from 427,000 to 400,000 acres to avoid delays in its opening, passed the U.S. House late Monday, April 18. It includes technical changes and provisions for using allocated funds for emergency conservation work. The bill is now before the Senate, introduced by Senator Bachman of Tennessee.
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WASHINGTON, April 18.-The Weaver bill, designed to lower the basic acreage from 427,000 to 400,000 acres, as the minimum area for acceptance, on which the park may be formally inaugurated, was passed in the lower house late Monday.
The bill also contains some other technical changes, which are expected to avoid delay in opening of the park.
The Weaver bill already is before the senate, having been introduced by Senator Bachman, of Tennessee, and it will be pressed for passage there. In addition to the changes mentioned, the bill contains a clause which would make available certain funds already allocated for the purchase of land in the park area for emergency conservation work purposes.
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Washington
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Late Monday, April 18
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bill passed in the house; now before the senate for passage
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The Weaver bill lowers the basic acreage from 427,000 to 400,000 acres as the minimum for park acceptance and inauguration, includes other technical changes to avoid delays in opening, and makes certain allocated funds available for emergency conservation work in the park area.