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PUBLIC LAW 923-AUG. 2, 1956

shall receive, in books and other materials, upon requisition, that portion of the appropriation as is shown by the ratio between the number of blind pupils in public institutions (in the State) in which blind pupils are educated, other than institutions to which the preceding sentence is applicable, and the total number of blind pupils in the public institutions in which blind pupils are educated, in all of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The ratio referred to in each of the two immediately preceding sentences shall be computed upon the first Monday in January of each year; and for purposes of such sentences the number of blind pupils in public institutions in which blind pupils are educated shall be authenticated in such manner and as often as the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind shall require. For purposes of this Act, an institution for the education of the blind is any institution which provides education exclusively for the blind, or exclusively for the blind and other handicapped children (in which case special classes are provided for the blind); the chief State school officer of a State is the superintendent of public elementary and secondary schools in such State or, if there is none, such other official as the Governor certifies to have comparable responsibility in the State; and a blind pupil is a blind individual pursuing a course of study in an institution of less than college grade." SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act providing additional aid for the American Printing House for the Blind", approved August 4, 1919, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101), is further amended by striking out "$250,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$400,000". Approved August 2, 1956.

Public Law 923

Trust fund. 66 Stat. 89.

CHAPTER 883

AN ACT To provide port of entry and related facilities on the Alaska Highway at the Alaska-Canadian border in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to provide proper facilities for the public visiting Alaska and to assure the efficient discharge of governmental responsibilities and functions in connection therewith, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to select a suitable site for, and prepare a unified development plan of, the facilities needed for the comfort and convenience of the public, and for the office and housing needs of cooperating Federal agencies operating near the Alaska-Canadian border adjacent to the Alaska Highway in the Territory of Alaska. SEC. 2. The site selected by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of section 1 hereof shall consist of lands owned or controlled by the United States. If any lands within the site so selected by the said Secretary are under the jurisdiction of another department or agency of the Federal Government, they may be included in the site without reimbursement to such other department or agency after the written approval for their inclusion therein has been obtained from the head of the department or agency having jurisdiction thereover. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to make such arrangements with cooperating Federal, Territorial, or other governmental agencies as may be deemed by him to be necessary and appropriate for the use of the site and facilities selected and developed in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

August 2, 195i5 Ijl. R. 604]

Alaska Highway. Port of entry.

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