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PUBLIC LAW 789-JULY 25, 1956

River at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, connecting the military reservation with the lands belonging to the Department of Justice in Platte County, Missouri. SEC. 2. The provisions in the Second Deficiency Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 687) requiring that said bridge shall be open to use by the public under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney General is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. The Department of the Army is authorized to remove the said bridge as it constitutes an unreasonable obstruction to navigation and such appropriation is hereby authorized as may be necessary for its removal and the relocation of the Government-owned utilities now carried by said bridge serving the lands belonging to the Department of Justice in Platte County, Missouri, Approved July 25, 1956,

Public Law 788

CHAPTER 717

AN ACT To provide that lock and dam numbered 17 on the Black Warrior River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known and designated as the John Hollis Bankhead lock and dam.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in honor of the late Senator John Hollis Bankhead, and in recognition of his outstanding service in securing the improvement of the Black Warrior River, Alabama, lock and dam numbered 17 on such river shall hereafter be known and designated as the John Hollis Bankhead lock and dam, and shall be dedicated to his memory as a monument to his distinguished public service. Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such lock and dam is designated or referred to as lock and dam numbered 17 shall be held and considered to refer to such lock and dam under and by the name of the John Hollis Bankhead lock and dam. Approved July 25, 1956.

Public Law 789

Appropriation.

July 25, 1956 [S. 2424]

J o h n Hollis Bankhead lock and dam.

CHAPTER 718

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Ajjriculture to convey to the Territory of Alaska certain lands in the city of Sitlta, known as Baranof Castle site.

July 25, 1956 [S. 3344]

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to convey, without reimbursement therefor, to the Territory of Alaska, for use as a historic monument site, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to the following described lands, containing 1.349 acres, more or less, and improvement thereon, known as the Baranof Castle site: The tract of land formerly occupied by the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, more particularly shown on the plat of Sitka Townsite, Alaska, United States survey numbered 1474, tract A, approved April 2, 1925, as the United States Reserve for Agricultural Investigations and Weather Service: Provided, That if the Territory of Alaska shall attempt to transfer title to or control over these lands, or to devote them to a use other than as a historic monument site title thereto shall revert to the United States. Approved July 25, 1956.

Baranof C a s t i e s i t e, Alaska. Conveyance.

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