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PUBLIC LAW 35 1-MAY 6, 1954

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(b) By virtue of the design and plan of said highway in relation to the three sections of Federal-Aid Primary Eoute Numbered 1 included in Federal-aid projects UI-29, UI-64, and FI-145, which permit unrestricted use of said sections without payment of tolls, it is hereby declared that the incorporation of said sections into said highway will not violate any provision of said Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, or any regulation thereunder. If at any time the highway commissioner of the State of Connecticut shall determine to impose tolls upon or for the use of any one or more of said sections, all Federal-aid road funds theretofore paid or programed for expenditure on such section or sections upon which tolls are to be imposed, shall be transferred for programing and expenditure in cooperation with the Connecticut State Highway Department pursuant to the provisions of said Federal Highway Act, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented. At the time of such transfer, the project agreement with respect to the project for which the funds are transferred shall be canceled. Upon such cancellation, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to credit the Federal pro rata share of such project agreement to the unprogramed balance of Federal-aid road funds of the same class last apportioned to the State of Connecticut. The amount so credited shall be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to said State and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of said Federal Highway Act, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented. I n lieu of the transfer thereof, the highway commissioner of the State of Connecticut may repay the Federal-aid road funds paid on any such section in the same manner and with the same effect as is provided with respect to the repayment of Federal-aid road funds in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Upon the repayment or transfer of Federal-aid road funds, as hereinbefore provided, any such section or sections included in the project with respect to which such repayment or transfer is made, shall become and be free from any and all restrictions contained in said Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, or any regulation thereunder, with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges thereon or for the use thereof. SEC. 23. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954". Approved May 6, 1954. Public Law 351

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CHAPTER 182 JOINT RESOLUTION

Giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Alabama and the State of Florida establishing a boundary between such States. Whereas the Legislature of the State of Alabama passed an Act designated as Act Numbered 440, Senate bill numbered 231, which was approved by the Governor of such State on August 28, 1953; and Whereas the Legislature of the State of Florida passed an Act designated as chapter 28141, Senate bill numbered 1155, which was approved by the Governor of such State on June 12, 1953; and Whereas such Acts both provided in substance that upon ratification, confirmation, and adoption of such Acts by the Congress of the United States, the boundary between such States at the mouth of the Perdido Eiver, and adjacent thereto, should be as follows: The middle of the Perdido River at its mouth, as defined by the Constitutions of the States of Alabama and Florida, is at latitude

May 6, 1954

[H. j. Res. 347]

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