An Act to provide for adjustments in the lands or interests therein acquired for the Demopolis Lock and Dam, Alabama, by the reconveyance of certain lands or interests therein to the former owners thereof
PL 84-312 (H.R.3235), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 3^ 1-AUG. 9, 1955 
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68A Stat. 849. 
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7122. 
of 1989 or section 7121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, relating 
to closing agreements, and other than section 3761 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1989 or section 7122 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954, relating to compromises), refund or credit of such overpay-
ment may, nevertheless, be made or allowed if claim therefor is filed 
within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
No 
interest shall be allowed or paid on any overpayment if refund or 
credit of such overpayment would not be allow^able but for this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9,1955 
[H. R. 2851] 
Public Law 311 
CHAPTER 671 
AN ACT 
To make corn meal anu wheat flour available to needy persons. 
Agriculture. 
49 Stat. 774. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Corn m
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* and United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
wheat flour for re- of Agriculture IS hereby authorized upon specific request of the Gov-
ernor of any State during the period commencing with the date of 
this Act and ending June 30, 1957, to make available, pursuant to 
clause (2) of section 32 of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 
U. S. C. 612c) for distribution by State agencies, other than institutions 
and schools, directly to families and persons determined by appro-
priate State or local public welfare agencies to be in need, wheat flour 
and corn meal in such quantities as the Secretary of Agriculture 
determines can be efl'ectively distributed and utilized within such 
period without regard to the requirement contained in said section 
32, that such funds be devoted principally to perishable nonbasic 
agricultural commodities and their products, but not more than 
$15,000,000 of such funds shall be devoted in any fiscal year to carry-
ing out this Act. Such flour and meal shall be made available by the 
Secretary upon such conditions as he deems to be in the public interest, 
to such State agency or agencies as may be designated by the proper 
State authority and approved by the Secretary, and at one or more 
central locations in such State. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 312 
CHAPTER 672 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 3235] 
Demopolis Lock 
and Dam, Ala. 
Reconveyance. 
AN ACT 
To provide for adjustments in the lands or interests therein acquired for the 
Demopolis Lock and Dam, Alabama, by the reconveyance of certain lands or 
interests therein to the former owners thereof. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and Hovse of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) in order 
to provide for adjustments in the lands or interests in land hereto-
fore acquired for the Demopolis Ix)ck and Dam project to conform 
such acquisition to a lesser estate in lands now being acquired to com-
plete the real estate requirement of the project, the Secretary of the 
Army is authorized to reconvey any such land or interests in land 
heretofore acquired to the former owners of such land whenever 
(1) he shall determine that such land or interest is not required for 
public purposes, and (2) he shall have received an application for 
reconveyance as hereinafter provided. 
(b) The Secretary shall give notice, in such manner (including 
publication) as he shall by regulation prescribe, to the former owner