Volume 61 · 307
Public Law 80–212
To authorize the transfer of the Joseph Conrad to the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, for museum and youth-training purposes.
Approved July 9, 1947
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the transfer of the Joseph Conrad to the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, for museum and youth-training purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Maritime
Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Conn
Transfer of the Joseph Conrad.
Commission is authorized to give and deliver (at her present location, Saint Petersburg, Florida) to the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, the Joseph Conrad for use by the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, as a museum and for youth training purposes to be in large part devoted to creating interest in the merchant marine and maritime matters. The transfer of said ship to carry a provision that in the event the Maritime Commission should need the snip for training purposes then it shall be transferred to the Maritime Commission. The Maritime Commission is also authorized to place in the museum pictures, relics, flags, displays, and documents, for the purpose of creating interest in the American merchant marine and maritime matters. In the event the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Connecticut, should fail to accept under this Act, the Maritime Commission is authorized to give and deliver the said ship to the city of Saint Petersburg, Florida, for museum and youth-training purposes.
Approved July 9, 1947.