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[70 Stat. 777]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 777]

70 S T A T. ]

777

PUBLIC LAW 859-AUG. 1, 1956

Fi SEC. 4. Facilities shall be provided for the development of thefish^f^s h and wlldresourcas. and wildlife resources of the project area including facilities to permit increased minimum water releases from Lake Tahoe and restoration of the Pyramid Lake fishery. The cost of such facilities, including operation and maintenance, shall be nonreimbursable. The cost to the Limitation. Federal Government of constructing these facilities shall not exceed $2,000,000. This amount shall not include the cost of measures undertaken, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080, 16 U.S.C. 661a), to mitigate damages to fish and wildlife re- 16 USC 662. sources occasioned by the Washoe project as authorized by section 1 of this Act. Appropriation. SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Washoe reclamation project the sum of $43,700,000 plus such amounts, if any, as may be req^uired by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved therein and, in addition thereto, such sums as may be required to operate and maintain the project: Provided, That the appropriation of funds for the construction, operation, or maintenance of facilities authorized by section 4 of this Act shall not be from the reclamation fund. Approved August 1, 1956.

Public Law 859

CHAPTER 810

AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey certain lands in the State of Rhode Island to the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Administrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately three and four-tenths acres of land, including improvements thereon, in such town, upon payment by said town of the fair market value of said property as determined by said Administrator after competent appraisal and upon such terms and conditions as may in the determina* tion of said Administrator be necessary to protect the interest of the United States. Such land, which is part of a tract formerly held by the Department of the Navy and declared surplus to the needs of such Department, is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Post Road which point is 100 feet northerly from a concrete bound at the northwest corner of land now or formerly of Dot Seafood Company; thence the line runs in a northerly direction 500 feet bounded westerly by said Post Road; thence turning an interior an^le of 90 degrees, 5 minutes, 20 seconds, the line runs m an easterly direction 262.74 feet; thence turning an interior angle of 96 degrees, 32 minutes, 1 second, the line runs in a southerly direction 503.27 feet; thence turning an interior angle of 83 degrees, 27 minutes, 59 seconds, the line runs in a westerly direction 320.0 feet to the point of beginning; said line being 100 feet from and parallel to the northerly line of land now or formerly of the Dot Seafood Company and making an interior angle of 89 degrees, 54 minutes, 40 seconds with the first described line; the last three courses being bounded northerly, easterly and southerly by land of the United States of America. The above-described tract contains three and four-tenths acres more or less. Approved August 1, 1956.

August i, 195S [S. 319S]

North Kingstown, R. I. Conveyance.