An Act to authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of the Government who are notaries public.
PL 84-681 (S.1542), enacted 07/11/1956

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Public Law 678 
CHAPTER 536 
AN ACT 
Tuly 9, 1956 
To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, during the 
period beginning on July 1, 1956, and ending on June 30, 1957, the 
public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of section 21 of the 
Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, shall be temporarily increased i\ ^i}: ^h^ 
by $3,000,000,000. 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 679 
CHAPTER 537 
AN ACT 
July 9, 1956 
To continue the effectiveness of the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended, and 
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the Act of July 28,1945, as amended, relating to war-risk hazard and detention 
benefits until July 1, 1957. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201 of 
the Act of December 2, 1942 (ch. 668, 56 Stat. 1033), as amended, is 
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further amended by deleting the words "July 1, 1956" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "July 1,1957^. 
SEC. 2. Section 5 (b) of the Act of July 28, 1945 (ch. 328, 59 Stat. 
505), as amended, is further amended by deleting the words "July 1, 
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1956" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1957". 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 680 
CHAPTER 553 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
July ll, 1956 
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To authorize an appropriation to provide for certain costs of United States 
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participation in the International Bureau for the Publication of Customs 
Tariffs. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of State the sum of $44,975 
for payment by the United States of certain contributions for the 
support of the International Bureau for the Publication of Customs 
Tariffs for the period beginning April 1,1950, and extending through 
the fiscal year expiring June 30,1957. 
Approved July 11, 1956. 
Public Law 681 
CHAPTER 554 
AN ACT 
July 11,1956 
To authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of the Government 
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who are notaries public. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That civilian officers Exp*e^nle ^"^"f 
and employees of the departments and establishments of the Federal i955. 
(Tovernment and the municipal government of the District of Colum-
bia who are required to serve as notaries public in connection with the 
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performance of official business shall be paid an allowance to be estab-
lished by the department or establishment concerned not to exceed 
the expense required to be incurred by them in order to obtain their 
commission from and after January 1,1955. 
SEC. 2. Funds available to the departments and establishments of 
the Federal Government and the municipal government of the District 
of Columbia for personal services or general administrative expenses 
shall be available to carry out the purposes of this Act, 
SEC. 3. This Act may be cited as the "Notaries Public Expense Act 
of 1955". 
Approved July 11, 1956. 
Public Law 682 
CHAPTER 555 
July 11. 1956 
AN ACT 
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Authorizing the reconstruction, enlargement, and extension of the bridge across 
the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
stmctitn.* ''*'^*'"' United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
Rock Island, 111. of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the city of Rock Island, 
Illinois, or its assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge 
across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois, and to a 
place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa", approved March 18, 
52 Stat. 110. 
1938, is amended by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "That" and 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The city of Rock Island, Illinois, or any State or political 
subdivision thereof which may have acquired the bridge constructed 
pursuant to the subsection (a) of this section, is hereby authorized, 
subject to the prior approval of the plans by the Chief of Engineers 
and the Secretary of the Army, to reconstruct and enlarge such bridge 
and to reconstruct, enlarge, and extend the approaches to such bridge, 
including, but not limiting the generality of the foregoing, the alter-
ing, widening, laying out, opening, or constructing of any streets, 
avenues, or boulevards within or without any municipality deemed 
necessary by said city, or any State, public agency, or political sub-
division that may take over or acquire said bridge in order to provide 
adequate traffic regulations and approach or approaches to the said 
bridge: Provided^ That such approaches shall include only those 
necessary portions of streets, avenues, and boulevards which are 
directly connected with the bridge, or which are located immediately 
adjacent thereto, and whose principal use is to provide access to the 
bridge." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of such Act of March 18, 1938, is amended by 
inserting "(including reconstructing, enlarging, and extending such 
bridge and its approaches)" after "and its approaches". 
SEC, 3. Section 4 of such Act of March 18,1938, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 4. In fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such 
bridge the same shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to 
pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating 
the bridge and its approaches (including the reasonable cost of recon-
structing, enlarging, and extending such bridge and its approaches) 
under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund suffi-
cient to amortize the cost of such bridge and its approaches, including 
reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible, under reason-
able charges, but within a period of not to exceed thirty years from 
the completion of the reconstruction, enlargement, and extension of 
Rates of toll.