Joint resolution giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Alabama and the State of Florida establishing a boundary between such States
PL 83-351 (H.J.Res.347), enacted 05/06/1954

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(b) By virtue of the design and plan of said highway in relation to 
the three sections of Federal-Aid Primary Eoute Numbered 1 included 
in Federal-aid projects UI-29, UI-64, and FI-145, which permit 
unrestricted use of said sections without payment of tolls, it is hereby 
declared that the incorporation of said sections into said highway 
will not violate any provision of said Federal Highway Act, as 
amended and supplemented, or any regulation thereunder. 
If at any 
time the highway commissioner of the State of Connecticut shall 
determine to impose tolls upon or for the use of any one or more of 
said sections, all Federal-aid road funds theretofore paid or pro-
gramed for expenditure on such section or sections upon which tolls 
are to be imposed, shall be transferred for programing and expendi-
ture in cooperation with the Connecticut State Highway Department 
pursuant to the provisions of said Federal Highway Act, as now or 
hereafter amended and supplemented. 
At the time of such transfer, 
the project agreement with respect to the project for which the funds 
are transferred shall be canceled. 
Upon such cancellation, the Secre-
tary of Commerce is authorized and directed to credit the Federal 
pro rata share of such project agreement to the unprogramed balance 
of Federal-aid road funds of the same class last apportioned to the 
State of Connecticut. 
The amount so credited shall be in addition to 
all other funds then apportioned to said State and shall be available 
for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of said Federal 
Highway Act, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented. 
In 
lieu of the transfer thereof, the highway commissioner of the State of 
Connecticut may repay the Federal-aid road funds paid on any such 
section in the same manner and with the same effect as is provided with 
respect to the repayment of Federal-aid road funds in subsection (a) 
of this section. 
(c) Upon the repayment or transfer of Federal-aid road funds, as 
hereinbefore provided, any such section or sections included in the 
project with respect to which such repayment or transfer is made, 
shall become and be free from any and all restrictions contained in 
said Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, or any 
regulation thereunder, with respect to the imposition and collection of 
tolls or other charges thereon or for the use thereof. 
SEC. 23. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act 
short title. 
of 1954". 
Approved May 6, 1954. 
Public Law 351 
CHAPTER 182 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
May 6, 1954 
Giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Alabama 
[H. j . Res. 347] 
and the State of Florida establishing a boundary between such States. 
Whereas the Legislature of the State of Alabama passed an Act desig-
nated as Act Numbered 440, Senate bill numbered 231, which was 
approved by the Governor of such State on August 28,1953; and 
Whereas the Legislature of the State of Florida passed an Act desig-
nated as chapter 28141, Senate bill numbered 1155, which was 
approved by the Governor of such State on June 12, 1953; and 
Whereas such Acts both provided in substance that upon ratification, 
confirmation, and adoption of such Acts by the Congress of the 
United States, the boundary between such States at the mouth of 
the Perdido Eiver, and adjacent thereto, should be as follows: 
The middle of the Perdido River at its mouth, as defined by the 
Constitutions of the States of Alabama and Florida, is at latitude 
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and 
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Boundary agree-
ment. 
thirty degrees sixteen minutes fifty-three seconds north ana longi-
tude eighty-seven degrees thirty-one minutes six seconds west as 
the control point; 
That the boundary line at the mouth of Perdido River is 
fixed, as nearly as may be, in the axis of the mouth of said river, 
passing through the control point and running north and south 
and having as its northern terminus a point of latitude thirty 
degrees seventeen minutes two seconds north and longitude eighty-
seven degrees thirty-one minutes six seconds west, and as its 
southern terminus a point one thousand feet due south of the 
control point; 
That from the northern terminus of the boundary line at the 
mouth of the river, the boundary up the lower portion of said 
river be a straight line to a point of latitude thirty degrees 
eighteen minutes ho seconds north, longitude eighty-seven degrees 
twenty-seven minutes eight seconds west, thence by a straight 
line to a point in the center line of the Intracoastal Canal at longi-
tude eighty-seven degrees twenty-seven minutes no seconds west; 
That the seaward boundary between Florida and Alabama 
extends from the south end of the boundary line at the mouth of 
Perdido River, thence south no degrees one minute no seconds 
west to the seaward limit of each respective State; and 
Whereas such acts of the States of Alabama and Florida constitute 
an agreement between such States establishing a boundary line 
between them: Therefore, be it 
Resolved l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the consent of Con-
gress is hereby given to such agreement and to the establishment of 
such boundary, and such Acts of the States of Alabama and Florida 
are hereby approved. 
Approved May 6, 1954. 
May 6, 1954 
[H. R. 5627] 
Public Law 352 
CHAPTER 183 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 472, Eighty-first Congress, approved April 11, 1950, en-
titled "An Act to promote the national defense and to contribute to more 
effective aeronautical research by authorizing professional personnel of the 
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to attend accredited graduate 
schools for research and study." 
64 Stat. 43. 
50 u s e 160f. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America ifi Congress assembled, That section 6 of 
Public Law 472, Eighty-first Congress, is amended to read "The total 
of the sums expended pursuant to this Act, including all sums ex-
pended for the payment of salaries or compensation to employees on 
leave, shall not excepd $100,000 in any fiscal year.-'. 
Approved May 6, 1954. 
May 7,1954 
[H. R. 998] 
Public Law 353 
CHAPTER 191 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to the State of Idaho 
for certain land. 
Idaho. 
Land patent. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent or