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PUBLIC LAW 877-AUG. 1, 1956

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turning from the place of attendance: Provided, That in lieu of the mileage allowance provided for herein, witnesses who are required to travel between the Territories and possessions, or to and from the continental United States, shall be entitled to the actual expenses of travel at the lowest first-class rate available at the time of reservation for passage, by means of transportation employed: Provided further, That this section shall not appl}^ to Alaska. "When a witness is detained in prison for want of security for his appearance, he shall be entitled, in addition to his subsistence, to a compensation of $1 per day." Approved August 1, 1956. CHAPTER 827

Public Law 876

AN ACT To amend section 104, title 4, United States Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 104 of title 4, United States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection, to be designated subsection (c) and to read as follows: "(c) As used in this section, the term 'Territory' shall include Guam." Approved August 1, 1956. Public Law 877

August 1, 195(> [H. R. 11254]

T a x on m ot o r fuel, 61 Stat. 641.

CHAPTER 828 AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute a contract with the Tule Lake Irrigation District, California, 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, a repayment contract with the Tule Lake Irrigation District, California, substantially in the form in which said contract was negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192, 43 U.S.C. sec. 485f) and approved at an election of the district held on July 2, 1956. SEC. 2. I n aid of the administration of said contract and for other purposes— (a) credits may be given and payments made to the Tule Lake Irrigation District and the Klamath Irrigation District in accordance with said contract without further appropriation but, notwithstanding any other provision of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), said credits and payments shall be the only credits given or payments made to the Tule Lake Irrigation District. (b) repayment of those portions of the costs of the works of the Klamath project heretofore or hereafter constructed serving lands within the boundaries of the Tule Lake Irrigation District which are allocated by the Secretary to said lands shall be accounted for by application of the construction charge payments required to be made under the aforesaid contract and, to the extent to which the payments so required do not account in full for

August 1, 1956 [H. R. 12034]

Tule Lake Irrigation District, Calif.

43 USC ch. 12.

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