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PUBLIC LAW 85-330-FEB. 15, 1958

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the William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam, and shall be dedicated as a monument to his distinguished public service. Any law, regulation, map, document, or record of the United States in which such lock and dam is referred to shall be held and considered to refer to such lock and dam by the name of the "William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam". Approved February 15, 1958. Public Law 85-330 February 15, 1958 [H. R. 6078]

AN ACT To provide for the erection of suitable markers at Fort Myer, Virginia, to commemorate the first flight of an airplane on an Army installation, 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 Army shall provide for the erection of a suitable marker at Fort Myer, Virginia, to commemorate the first flight of an airplane on an Army installation, which occurred on September 3, 1908, when Wilbur and Orville Wright demonstrated their "flying machine" for possible purchase by the Army. Such marker shall be unveiled with appropriate military ceremonies on September 3.1958, the fiftieth anniversary of such flight, for first gjjc 2. The Secretary of the Army shall also provide for the erection of a suitable bronze plaque at Fort Myer, Virginia, to mark the approximate site of the first crash of an airplane on an Army installation, which occurred on September 17, 1908. As a result of such crash. Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge subsequently lost his life and became the first Army officer to pay the supreme sacrifice in an effort to aid man's endeavor to fly. Approved February 15, 1958.

F t. Myer, Va. Marker for first airplane flight.

Plaque crash.

Public Law 85-331 February 20, 1958 [H. R. 7052]

Merchant Marine Academy.

Cadets, appointments, etc.

AN ACT To amend section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for appointments of cadets from the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,, That section 216 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (70 Stat. 25; U. S. Code, title 46, sec. 1126 (b)), is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) is amended (a) by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence thereof a comma and the words: "and by the Governors of the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia", and (b) by inserting before the period at the end of the third sentence thereof a semicolon and the following: "but two vacancies shall be allocated each year to the Canal Zone, to be filled by qualified candidates nominated by the Governor of the Canal Zone from among the sons of residents of the Canal Zone and the sons of personnel of the United States Government and the Panama Canal Company residing in the Republic of Panama, one vacancy each shall be allocated each year to Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, to be filled by qualified candidates nominated by the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, and four

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