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[70 Stat. 186]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 186]

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PUBLIC LAW 53©-MAY 24, 1956

68 Stat. 963.

Custe r County, Mont. Conveyance.

Miles Mont.

C i ty.

CHAPTER 319

AN ACT IJIQ authorize the county of Custer, State of Montana, to convey certain lands to the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Custer, State of Montana, may, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of April 15, 1924 (^43 Stat. 97), convey by quitclaim deed to the United States of America, for acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior under existing law, the following tract of land: That portion of tract " C " as shown on the supplemental plat of townships 7 and 8 north, range 47 east, principal meridian, Montana, accepted by the assistant commissioner of the General Land Office on March 23, 1927, which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south boundary of tract "C", 669.23 feet north 73 degrees 10 minutes west of corner numbered 11 of tract "C", which point is 80 feet south 28 degrees 08 minutes west of the fair grounds boundary fence; thence north 61 degrees 52 minutes west, parallel with and 80 feet from the fair grounds boundary fence, a distance of 1,280.123 feet to the west boundary of tract " C "; thence south 16 degrees 50 minutes west along the west boundary of tract "C", a distance of 250.84 feet to corner numbered 3 of tract " C "; thence south 73 degrees 10 minutes east along the south boundary of tract "C", a distance of 1,255.33 feet to the place of beginning, containing 3.614 acres, more or less. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell to the city of Miles City, Montana, under the terms and conditions of sections 2, 3, and 6 of the Act of June 16, 1950 (64 Stat. 233), as amended, any portion of the lands conveyed to the United States under section 1 of this Act which the Secretary determines is excess to the needs of the Department of the Interior. Approved May 24, 1956. Public Law 537

May 24, 1956 [S. J. R e s. 166]

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the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes", approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 961; Public Law 704, Eighty-third Congress), shall be known and designated hereafter as the "Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge" in honor of Woodrow Wilson, the twentyeighth President of the United States. Any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States in which such bridge is referred to shall be held to refer to such bridge as the "Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge". Approved May 22, 1956. Public Law 536

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CHAPTER 320

JOINT RESOLUTION To designate the dam and reservoir to be constructed on the Lower Cumberland River, Kentucky, as Barkley Dam and Lake Barkley, respectively.

Whereas the Congress is keenly aware that the late Senator Alben William Barkley was so devoted to the people of the United States that he dedicated his life in unselfish public service to secure peace, to provide happiness, and to preserve freedom for the citizens of the United States, rising to the positions of Representative, Senator, and Vice President in said service: and