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PUBLIC LAW 85-224-AUG. 30, 1957
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meaning of section 246(d) of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as added by the Act of June 29, 1948 (ch. 706, 62 Stat. 1075). The market value of Canal Zone Government property conveyed under this directive shall be removed from the capital investment of the United States in the Canal Zone Government without charge to the costs of operation of that agency. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be required for the necessary replacement of property or facilities of the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government conveyed or rendered excess as the result of the treaty or memorandum, such amounts to be charged to the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government, respectively. Approved August 30, 1957.
Public Law 85-224 August 30, 1957 —I^H- R- 8^26]—
AN ACT rJ^^^ amend section 16(c) of the Revised Orf,'anic Act of the Virgin Islands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and IJouHe of RepreMentatiDes of the United State-H of America in Congrefis ani<.empled^ That subsection (c) of section 16 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497, 504; 48 U.S.C. 1952 edition, supp. IV, sec. 1597 (c)) is bo^ds°/et'?.*"** *° amended by adding thereto the following additional sentence: "'The chairman and members of any board, authority, or commission established by the laws of the Virgin Islands shall, if the laws of the Virgin Islands hereafter provide, also be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the legislature, if such board, authority, or commission has quasi-judicial functions: Provided, That no law of the Virgin Islands dealing with the chairmanship, membership, or chairmanship and membership of any such board, authority, or commission, and requiring an appointment or appointments to be made with the advice and consent of the legislature, shall relate to more than one such board, authority, or commission, nor shall it relate to any other legislative matter." Approved August 30, 1957. Virgin Islands.
Public Law 85-225 August 30, 1957 [H, R. 7864]
Alaska. Recreational facilities.
AN ACT To amend the Act of May 4, 1956 (70 Stat. 130), relating to the establishment of public recreational facilities in Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of May 4, 1956 (70 Stat. 130), is hereby amended by inserting in place of the word "transfer" in the first sentence thereof the words "conveyance or other disposition", and by deleting the entire third sentence and substituting therefor the following sentence: "Upon such terms and conditions as he may consider to be in the public interest, the Secretary may convey, or otherwise dispose of, to appropriate Territorial agencies and communities such of the aforesaid public facilities and land relating thereto as he shall deem in the public interest." Approved August 30, 1957.
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