An Act relating to the establishment of public recreation facilities in Alaska, and for other purposes.
PL 84-507 (H.R.4047), enacted 05/04/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 507-MAY 4, 1956 
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Substitute proj 
ects* 
Additional sums. 
^^Q iQQ jj^ addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated to 
the Atomic Energy Commission by section 101 of this Act, there are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy (Commis-
sion to accomplish the purposes of this Act sucli sums of money as may 
be currently available to the Atomic Energ}^ Commission. 
SEC. 106. Funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to start any other new project for 
which an estimate was not included in this Act if it be a substitute for 
a project authorized in subsections 101 (a), 101 (b), or 101 (f), and the 
estimated cost thereof is within the limit of cost of the project for 
which substitution is to be made, and the Coifimission certifies that— 
(a) the project is essential to the common defense and security; 
and 
^b) the new project is required by changes in weapon charac-
teristics or weapon logistic operations; 
(c) it is unable to enter into a contract with any person, includ-
ing a licensee, on terms satisfactory to the Commission to fur-
nish from a privately owned plant or facility the product or serv-
ices to be provided in the new project. 
Approved May 3, 1956. 
Public Law 507 
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ACT 
May 4, 1956 
[H. R. 4047] 
Relating to the establishment of public recreation facilities in Alaska, and for 
other purposes. 
Alaska. 
Recreation facil-
ities. 
Appropriations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Atnerica in dongress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior, as an aid in the settlement and development of the 
Territory of Alaska, for a period of five years after the approval of 
this Act, is authorized to construct campgrounds and parking areas, 
including necessary access roads thereto, and other public recreation-
area facilities in Alaska and to maintain them pending their transfer 
to appropriate Territorial agencies and communities: Provided^ That 
no lodges, hotels, or other structures providing overnight accommoda-
tions for the public shall be constructed pursuant to this Act. 
Such 
public recreation facilities may be constructed upon lands under the 
Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that are not needed for other 
public purposes. 
The Secretary is authorized to transfer, upon such 
terms and conditions as he may consider to be in the public interest, 
to appropriate Territorial agencies and communities for operation 
and maintenance such of the aforesaid public facilities and land relat-
ing thereto as he shall deem in the public interest. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum 
of $100,000 per year for each of the fiscal vears ending June 30,1957, 
June 30, 1958, June 30, 1959, June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961. 
Approved May 4, 1956. 
May 9,1956 
[H. R. 6162] 
Public Law 508 
CHAPTER 237 
AN ACT 
To provide for longer terms of office for the justices of the Supreme Court of 
Hawaii and the circuit courts of Hawaii. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first para-
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graph of section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended (48 
U. S. C , sec. 633), is amended effective at noon, January 20, 1957, by 
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striking out "That the President shall nominate and, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices 
of the supreme court, the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold 
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their respective offices for the term of four years, unless sooner removed 
by the President" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The 
President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, 
who shall hold office for the term of seven years unless sooner removed 
by the President, and the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold 
office for the term of six years, unless sooner removed by the President". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply notwithstand-
ing the provisions of section 1864 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (48 U. S. C , sec. 1463a). 
Approved May 9, 1956. 
Public Law 509 
CHAPTER 238 
AN A C T 
May 9. 1956 
To permit articles imported fi-om foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
[H. R. 8942] 
at the International Theatre Equipment Trade Show, New York, New Yorli, 
to be admitted .without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
I n t e r n a t i o n a l 
Theatre Equipment 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre-'feyitatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That any article ^„__„^^ ^ 
which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition TVadlTiho'^ 
at the International Theatre Equipment Trade Show (hereinafter in exhibit*8. *"*'^ '"^ 
this Act referred to as "exposition"), to be held at New York, New 
York, from September 19 to September 25, 1956, inclusive, by the 
Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association, Incor-
porated, a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, or main-
taining foreign exhibits at such exposition, upon which there is a tariff 
or customs duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff or 
customs duty or any fees or charges, under such regulations as the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. 
SEC. 2. It shall be lawful at any time during or within three months 
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after the close of such exposition to sell within the area of the exposi-
tion any articles provided for herein, subject to such regulations for 
the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. 
All such articles, when 
withdrawn for consumption or use in, the United States, shall be'sub-
ject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue 
laws in force at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles 
which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental 
handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed accord-
ing to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry here-
under for consumption or entry under the general tariff' law. 
SEC. 3. Imported articles provided for herein shall not be subject to nie*nu^^^ require-
any marking requirements of the general taritl' laws, except when such 
articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in 
which case they shall not be released from customs custody until prop-
erly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because such 
articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. At any time within three months after the close of the exposi- aruci^.°™"*"* **' 
tion, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the United