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 602 Tolls.

R i g h t to s e l l, transfer, etc.

Limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 86-339-SEPT. 21, 1959

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SEC. 2. The San Benito International Bridge Company may fix and charge tolls for transit over the bridge referred to in the first section of this Act in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, and the laws of the United States, applicable to such tolls, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed under the authority contained in section 4 of the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C.,sec.494). SEC. 3. The San Benito International Bridge Company may sell, assign, transfer, or mortgage the rights, powers, and privileges conferred on such Company by this Act to any public agency, or to an international bridge authority or commission, and any such agency, authority, or commission is authorized to exercise the rights, powers, and privileges acquired under this section (including acquisition by mortgage foreclosure) in the same manner as if such rights, powers, and privileges had been granted by this Act directly to such agency, authority, or commission. SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C., sec. 496), this Act shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge referred to in the first section of this Act is commenced within three years and completed within five years from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved September 21, 1959.

Public Law 86-339 September 21, 1959 [H. R. 8587]

AN ACT To provide for the equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reservation in California, and for other purposes.

A g u a Caliente Reservation, Calif. Al 1 otments, equalization.

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 (hereinafter called the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to do whatever is necessary and proper to equalize as nearly as possible the values of all allotments of land on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reservation in California in accordance with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2. Any member of the Agua Caliente Band (hereinafter called the "band") who is living on the date of the enactment of this Act and who has not received an allotment of land shall be given an allotment in accordance with the provisions of law existing prior to this Act. No further allotments of land shall thereafter be made to any other or future born members of the band, or to their heirs or devisees, except for the purpose of equalization. This prohibition against further allotments shall not be construed as a closing of the band's membership rolls. SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall determine on the basis of the contract appraisals that were made in 1957 and 1958 (1) the value of all unallotted tribal land, and (2) the value of the allotment of each allottee who is living on the date of this Act, excluding the value of any improvements thereon. Where lands of a living allottee have been sold under the supervision of the Secretary, their value for the purpose of equalization shall be the amount received from such sale, excluding the value assigned to any improvements thereon. Where lands of a living allottee have been fee patented to and sold by the allottee, their value for the purpose of equalization shall be the appraised value of the lands, excluding improvements, as of the time

Land v a l u e s.

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