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PUBLIC LAW 6 59-AUG. 24, 1954

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Mississippi, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land, comprising approximately one and nine hundred fourteen one-thousandths acres (including accretions thereto, and any riparian rights appurtenant to such land) near the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, more particularly described as parcels 1 and 2 as shown on an official map of the United States Department of the Interior, identified as "Drawing No. N M P - VI C, 2028-A", dated August 15, 1951, and consisting of four sheets carrying such identification. Approved August 24, 1954.

Public Law 659

CHAPTER 908

August 24, 1954 AN ACT —[H' R' 9582]— r£Q provide for the disposition of surplus personal property to the Territorial government of Alaska. Alaska. Surplus property. 63 Stat. 377. 40 USC 4 71 note.

Definitions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, or any other provision of law, surplus personal property may be disposed of until December 31, 1956, to the Territorial government of Alaska at the request of the Governor of Alaska without reimbursement or transfer of funds when such surplus personal property is found by the Governor to be essential for the operations or activities of the Territorial government. SEC. 2. The terms "property" and "surplus property", as used in section 1 hereof, shall have the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to them in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. Approved August 24, 1954. Public Law 660

August 24, 1954 [H. R. 9630]

Black Canyon frr i g a t i o n District, Idaho. Repayment contract.

CHAPTER 909

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with the Black Canyon Irrigation District, Idaho, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States the amendatory repayment contract with the Black Canyon Irrigation District, Idaho, negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192; 43 U.S.C. 1946 edition, sec. 485f) and approved by the District's electors on April 20, 1954. SEC. 2. The Secretary is further authorized, on the basis of the principles set forth in the revised allocation and repayment report for the Boise Federal reclamation project, Idaho, dated September 21, 1953 (which report is in part the basis upon which the above-described amendatory repayment contract was negotiated), and subject to then existing contractual obligations of the United States in relation to the Boise project (1) to coordinate his operation of the facilities of the project with that of other Federal installations on the Boise and Payette Rivers, (2) to allocate an appropriate portion of the construction cost and of the operation and maintenance costs of the project to each of the functions (primarily irrigation, including irrigation poweFj commercial power, and flood control) served by it, and (3) to account for the return of the reimbursable allocations in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws.

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