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Public Law 741

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PUBLIC LAW 7 4 2 - J U L Y 20, 1956 C H A P T E R 650

AN ACT To amend section 401(e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1038 in order to authorize permanent certification for certain air carriers operating in Hawaii and Alasl^a.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativen of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 401(e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U.S.C. 481 (e))j is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (4) If any applicant who makes application for a certificate within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this paragraph shall show that on such date it or its predecessor in interest was an air carrier, furnishing service within either the Territory of Hawaii or the Territory of Alaska (including service between Alaska and adjacent Canadian territory) authorized by certificate or certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board to render such service within such Territory, and that any portion of such service between any points or for any class of traffic was performed pursuant to a temporary certificate or certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Board shall, upon proof of such facts alone, issue a certificate or certificates of indefinite duration authorizing such applicant to engage in air transportation within such Territory between the same points and in the same manner and for each such class of traffic as temporarily authorized by such certificate or certificates as of the date of enactment of this paragraph." Approved July 20, 1956. Public Law 742

July 20, 1956 [S. 3163]

C i v i l Aeronaut t i c s Act of 1938, amendment. 69 Stat, 49. A l a s k a and Hawaii. Air carriers.

CHAPTER 651

AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain property of the United States to the city of Corbin, Kentucky.

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 shall convey to the city of Corbin, Kentucky, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the tract of land containing six acres, more or less (together with all improvements thereon), located within that city, which tract of land was acquired by the Imited States from J. H. Early and his wife, Alice Early, as evidenced by the deed dated July 28, 1988, and recorded in the land records of Whitley County, Kentucky, on July 80, 1938, in book 140, at page 289, upon the payment by the city of Corbin of an amount equal to the fair market value of such tract of land (together with the improvements thereon) as determined by such qualified contract appraiser Or appraisers as the Administrator of General Services shall select. I n the event the city of Corbin fails to tender the purchase price within one year after being informed of the amount thereof by the Administrator, he is hereby authorized to dispose of said tract and improvements under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. SEC. 2. In order to carry out the purixjse of this Act, there are hereby transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Administrator of General Services the custody and control of the land referred to in the first section of this Act. Approved July 20, 1956.

July 20, 1956

[H. R. 8817]

Corbin, Ky. Conveyance.

63 Stat. 377. 40 USC 471 note. GSA. Custody and control.

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