An Act to amend section 4233 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the exemption from the admissions tax for athletic games benefiting crippled or retarded children shall apply where the participants have recently attended designated schools or colleges as well as where they are currently students.
PL 86-319 (H.R.4857), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-319-8EPT. 21, 1959 
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or interest in and to such lands on the part of the United States, the 
lawful owners thereof, all right, title, interest, claim, or demand 
that the United States may have in and to so much of the lands in 
blocks 80, 81, 82, 83, 93, and 94 of Irondale subdivision in section 28 
and in block 5 of South Irondale subdivision in section 33, all in 
township 2 south, range 67 west of the sixth principal meridian in 
Adams County, Colorado, lying north of the south right-of-way line 
of State Highway Numbered 2 (United States Numbered 6) adjacent 
to the Eocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colorado. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-319 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 485 7] 
Admissions tax. 
Athletic games. 
72 Stat. 88. 
26 u s e 4233. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 4233 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that 
the exemptions from the admissions tax for athletic games benefiting crippled 
or retarded children shall apply where the participants have recently attended 
designated schools or colleges as well as where they are currently students. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 
(11) of section 4233(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relat-
ing to exemptions from the tax on admissions) is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new sentence: "In determining 
whether a team participating in an athletic game is composed of 
students from elementary or secondary schools or colleges for pur-
poses of this paragraph or paragraph (1) (C) (i), an individual who 
is a member of such team shall be considered a student from an ele-
mentary or secondary school or a college if he was a student of such 
school or college at any time during the 8-month period ending on 
the date of the athletic game." 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to amounts paid on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-320 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 5257] 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1915 of title 28, United States Code, relating to proceedings 
in forma pauperis. 
62 Stat. 954. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1915 (a) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended by deleting the word "citi-
zen" and inserting in place thereof the word "person". 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 5892] 
Public Law 86-321 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of Minute Man National Historical Park in 
Massachusetts, and for other purposes. 
Whereas the outbreak of the War of the American Revolution was 
essential and prerequisite to the achievement of American independ-
ence, and the creation of a Federal Government; and 
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Whereas the events relating to the beginning of Kevolutionary hostili-
ties on the 18th and 19th of April 1775, and associated with Paul 
Revere, the Minute Men, and the British are of great importance in 
American history; and 
AVhereas a number of historic properties, buildings, sites, and objects 
in Boston, Massachusetts, and the vicinity, thereof, including the 
road and roadsites between Lexington and Concord, are intimately 
connected with the events that opened the war, and consequently, 
merit preservation and interpretation in the public interest as prime 
examples of the Nation's historical heritage: Therefore 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
preserve for the benefit of the American people certain historic struc-
tures and properties of outstanding national significance associated 
with the opening of the War of the American Revolution, Minute 
Man National Historical Park is hereby authorized to be established 
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
The park shall comprise not more than seven hundred and fifty 
acres as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior from within 
the area beginning at Fiske Hill and thence lying along Massachusetts 
Avenue, Marrett Road and Marrett Street in the town of Lexington, 
along Nelson Road, Virginia Road, Old Bedford Road, and North 
Great Road or State Route 2-A in the town of Lincoln, and along 
Lexington Road, Monument Street, Liberty Street and Lowell Road 
in the town of Concord to and including the North Bridge and proper-
ties on both sides of the Concord River in the vicinity of the North 
Bridge. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by 
donation or with donated funds, or with funds hereby authorized 
to be appropriated, lands and interests in lands within the area desig-
nated for the park. 
Administrative jurisdiction of Federal lands 
lying within the area designated for the park shall, with the concur-
rence of the Federal agency involved, be transferred to the Secretary 
of the Interior for administration as a part of the park. 
The park shall be established as Minute Man National Historical 
Park by notice in the Federal Register when the Secretary of the 
Interior finds that sufficient lands within the designated area have 
been acquired to warrant such establishment. 
SEC. 3. To provide further for the preservation and interpretation 
of historic sites, structures, and properties lying along the entire 
route or routes where significant events occurred on the 18th and 19th 
of April 1775, in the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Medford, and 
Somerville, and the towns of Arlington, Brookline, Concord, Lexing-
ton, and Lincoln, including the area generally described in section 1 
as lying between Fiske Hill and the North Bridge, the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized, in accordance with the purposes of this 
Act, to enter into cooperative agreements with the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, political subdivisions thereof, corporations, asso-
ciations, or individuals, and to erect and maintain tablets or markers, 
in accordance with provisions contained in the Act approved August 
21, 1935, entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of historic 
American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national signifi-
cance, and for other purposes (49 Stat. 666). 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to appoint an 
advisory commission of five members to advise him on the development 
of Minute Man National Historical Park, to consist of one member 
to be recommended by the selectmen of each of the towns of Concord, 
Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts; one member to be recom-
mended by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and 
one member to be designated by the Secretary. 
Minute Man Na-
t i o n a l Historical 
Park. 
Establishment. 
A c q u i s ition of 
land. 
Notice in F. R. 
Preservation 
historic sites. 
16USC4ei-468e. 
Advisory 
com-
mission. 
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Administration. 
Appropriation. 
SEC. 5. When established pursuant to this Act, the park shall be 
administered, protected, and developed by the Secretary of the Interior 
in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4), as amended and supplemented, and the 
Historic Sites Act of August 21,1935 (49 Stat. 666; U.S.C. 461-467). 
SEO. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $8,000,000, as may be needed for the acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands and for development of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park, of which not more than $5,000,000 shall be 
used for acquisition purposes, and in addition thereto, such sums as 
may be needed for its administration and maintenance. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-322 
September 21. 1959 
[H. R. 6128] 
AN ACT 
To provide for the division of the tribal assets of the Catawba Indian Tribe of 
South Carolina among the members of the tribe and for other purposes. 
Catawba 
Tribe. 
Division 
sets. 
of as-
P u b l i cation in 
F. R. 
Shares. 
Distribution. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That when a majority 
of the adult members of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, 
according to the most reliable information regarding membership that 
is available to the Secretary of the Interior, have indicated their 
agreement to a division of the tribal assets in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register a notice of that fact. 
The membership roll of the Catawba 
Indian Tribe of South Carolina shall thereupon be closed as of mid-
night of the date of such notice, and no child born thereafter shall be 
eligible for enrollment. The Secretary of the Interior with advice and 
assistance of the tribe shall prepare a final roll of the members of the 
tribe who are living at such time, and when so doing shall provide a 
reasonable opportunity for any person to protest against the inclusion 
or omission of any name on or from the roll. The Secretary's decisions 
on all protests shall be final and conclusive. After all protests are 
disposed of, the final roll shall be published in the Federal Register. 
SEC. 2. Each member whose name appears on the final roll of the 
tribe as published in the Federal Register shall be entitled to receive 
an apDroximately equal share of the tribe's assets that are held in 
trust by the United States in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act. 
This right shall constitute personal property which may be 
inherited or bequeathed, but it shall not otherwise be subject to aliena-
tion or encumbrance. 
SEC. 3. The tribe's assets shall be distributed in accordance with 
the following provisions: 
(a) If the State of South Carolina by legislation authorizes assets 
that are held by the State in trust for the tribe to be included in the 
distribution plan prepared by the Secretary in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, they may be included. 
(b^ The tribal council shall designate any part of the tribe's land 
that is to be set aside for church, park, playground, or cemetery pur-
poses and the Secretary is authorized to convey such tracts to trustees 
or agencies designated by the tribal council for that purpose and 
approved by the Secretary. 
(c) The remaining tribal assets shall be appraised by the Secretary 
and the share of each member shall be determined by dividing the total 
number of enrolled members into the total appraisal. 
The tribal