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PUBLIC LAW 390-AUG. 14, 1955

period shall be determined in accordance with the accounting practices now prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission, but the said deficiency shall not include any allowance for amortization of such company's property for obsolescence or loss to such company by reason of the termination of its franchise: Provided further, That such deficiency shall not exceed the increased labor costs approved by the Commissioners for the contract period and that this deficiency shall be further reduced by the increased income derived by such company from any fare increase which may be granted by the Public Utilities Commission as a direct offset to the increased labor costs. SEC. 4. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, with the approval of the Public Service Commission of the State of Maryland, exercise any of the powers granted in this Act within the portion of the State of Maryland which is provided with public transportation by the Capital Transit Company (including subsidiaries). SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of Capital Transit Company or its successors in interest to continue railroad service to the Potomac Electric Power Company as currently performed by the East Washington Railway Company, nor shall it affect its present rights with relation thereto. SEC. 6, There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary, if any, over and above the revenues received from operations herein provided for, to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 7. Effective as of the date of the termination of the charter and all rights of franchise of the Capital Transit Company as provided for in section 2 of this Act, such company shall, upon the order of the Comniissioners of the District of Columbia, remove from the streets and highways at its own expense all of its properties and facilities and shall thereupon restore such streets and highways in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1941 (55 Stat. 499). SEC. 8. If any provision contained in this Act be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not be deemed to affect or impair the validity of the remainder or of any other part of this Act. Approved August 14, 1955.

Maryland*

P o to m ac E l e c tric Co.

Appropriation.

Removal of prope r t i e s and- facilities.

Separability.

CHAPTER 880

Public Law 390 AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease any unassigned lands on the Colorado lUver Indian Reservation, Arizona, and for other purposes.

August 14, 1955 [S. 2039]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for a period of indun'l e°8 er vl-' two years after the date of this Act the Secretary of the Interior is tion» authorized to lease any unassigned lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona, that were set apart by the United States for the Indians of the Colorado River and its tributaries, for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, or business purposes, including the development or utilization of natural resources in connection with operations under such leases, for grazing purposes, and for those farming purposes which require the making of a substantial investment in the improvement of the land for the production of specialized crops as determined by said Secretary. All leases so granted shall be for a Term of l e a s e s. term of not to exceed twenty-five years, excepting leases for grazing jDurposes, which shall be for a term of not to exceed ten years. Leases

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