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PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
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N a t i o n ' s Christmas T r e e.

PUBLIC LAW 442-MAR. 29, 1966

Woodrow Wilson Centennial C e l e bration Commission. 69 Stat. 3 9 5. Appropriation.

CHAPTER 99

JOINT RESOLUTION To increase the appropriation authorization for the Wooilrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameiica in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the joint resolution entitled '"Joint resolution to establish the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration Commission, and for other purposes", approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in addition to sums previously appropriated to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution a sum not to exceed $48,500." Approved March 29, 1956.. Public Law 443

March 29, 1956

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ST A T.

AVhereas Sanger, (California, was, on October 1, 1949, recognized by the Post Office Department as the Nation's Christmas Tree City; and Whereas because of such dedication, and because of the work done and the interest shown by the citizens of Sanger, California, the Nation's Christmas Tree has become knowi nationally and internationaly; and Whereas it is appropriate and desirable at this time to provide further recognition of the Nation's Christmas Tree as a living symbol of our American heritage: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate mid House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General Grant tree, which is located in the Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County, California, and which was dedicated by the Federal Government in 1926 as the Nation's Christmas Tree, is hereby declared to be a national shrine in memory of the mfen and women of the Armed Forces who have served and fought and died to keep this Nation free and to preserve the sipiritual, human, and civil rights which are the essence of our American heritage. The Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, shall make appropriate provision for the perpetual care and maintenance of such shrine. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to change the name of the General Grant tree. Approved March 29, 1956. Public Law 442

March 29, 1956 [H. J. R e s. 4 4 3 ]

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rp^j authorize the conveyance to Lake County, California, of the Lower I^nke Rancheria, and for other purix)ses.

Be it enacted by the Semite and Hoime of Representatives of the LowerLakeRan- United States of America in Conqress assembled. That the Secn i a, Liaice ('Ounr retary of- the _ '.. is authorized to sell to the' county of. Lake, _ _. i ' __ _ _ _ tcy,e rCalifornia. Interior Conveyance. California, for the purpose of establishing an airport, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to real property described as south half northeast quarter, and lot 2, section 34, township 13 north, range 7 west. Mount Diablo meridian, containing 140.46 acres, known as the Lower Lake Rancheria, except for a 41-acre tract described in section 2. The deed shall be made from the Secretary