An Act to require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in interstate commerce.
PL 84-930 (H.R.11969), enacted 08/02/1956

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Thence south 1 degree 10 minutes 31 seconds east a distance of 212 
feet to a point; 
Thence north 88 degrees 49 minutes 29 seconds east a distance of 
758.90 feet, plus or minus, to a point for the northeast corner of this 
tract, said point being on the westerly right-of-way line of the Southern 
Pacific Company; 
Thence south 28 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds west along the said 
westerly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Company, a distance 
of 3,115.80 feet, plus or minus, to a point; 
Thence north 61 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds west along the right-
of-way line of said railroad company, a distance of 75 feet, plus or 
minus, to a point which is a common corner of this tract and the 
right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Company; 
Thence south 28 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds west along the west-
erly line of the Southern Pacific Company right-of-way line, a dis-
tance of 2,742 feet, plus or minus, to a point on said railroad company's 
right-of-way line and the north line of the Fred Wilson Road seventy-
foot right-of-way, said point also being the southeast corner of this 
tract; 
Thence south 88 degrees 41 minutes 07 seconds west along the north 
of line of Fred Wilson Road, said line being 35 feet north of said 
road's centerline and along the south line of this tract, a distance of 
1,122.32 feet, plus or minus, to the point of beginning, together with 
all the improvements thereon. 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Public Law 930 
CHAPTER 890 
AN ACT 
To require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in 
interstate commerce. 
August 2, 1956 
[H. R. 11969] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That it shall be 
unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction into 
interstate commerce any household refrigerator manufactured on or 
after the date this section takes effect unless it is equipped with a 
device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the inside, which 
conforms wuth standards prescribed pursuant to section 3. 
SEC. 2. Any person who violates the first section of this Act shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not 
more than $1,000, or both. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in 
the Federal Register commercial standards for devices which, when 
used in or on household refrigerators, will enable the doors thereof 
to be opened easily from the inside; and the standards first established 
under this section shall be so prescribed and published not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term "interstate commerce" includes 
commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of 
Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, 
Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, 
except that the first section of this Act shall take effect one year and 
90 days after the date of publication of commercial standards first 
established under section 3 of this Act. 
In the event of a change in 
H o u s e h o l d re> 
frigerators. 
Interstate s h i p -
ment. 
P u b l i c ation in 
FR of safety stand-
ards. 
Effective date:. 
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said commercial standards first established, a like period shall be 
allowed for compliance with said change in commercial standards. 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Public Law 931 
CHAPTER 891 
August 2, 1956 
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[H. R. 11696] 
To authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or 
Eskimos in Alaska. 
Alaska. 
H o m e s t ead al-
lotments to Indians 
or Eskimos. 
C o n v e y a n c e of 
title. 
A l l o t m e n t s in 
national forests. 
P r o o f of occu-
pancy. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of May 
17,1906 (34 Stat. 197; 48 U.S. C. 357), is hereby amended— 
(a) by inserting after the word "Indian" in the first sentence 
thereof the following: ", Aleut'^; 
(b) by inserting before the word "nonmineral" in the first sen-
tence thereof the following: "vacant, unappropriated, and unre-
served" ; 
(c) by inserting after the word "Alaska" the first time it 
appears in the first sentence thereof the following: ", or, subject 
to the provisions of the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415, 48 
U. S. C. 376-377), vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land 
in Alaska that may be valuable for coal, oil, or gas deposits,"; 
(d) by striking the period after the first sentence thereof and 
adding the following: ": Provided, That any Indian, Aleut, or 
Eskimo who receives an allotment under this Act, or his heirs, is 
authorized to convey by deed, with the approval of the Secretary 
of the Interior, the title to the land so allotted, and such convey-
ance shall vest in the purchaser a complete title to the land which 
shall be subject to restrictions against alienation and taxation 
only if the purchaser is an Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo native of 
Alaska who the Secretary determines is unable to manage the 
land without the protection of the United States and the convey-
ance provides for a continuance of such restrictions."; and 
(e) by adding two new sections as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Allotments in national forests may be made under this Act 
if founded on occupancy of the land prior to the establishment of the 
particular forest or if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that the 
land in an application for an allotment is chiefly valuable for agricul-
tural or grazing purposes. 
"SEC. 3. No allotment shall be made to any person under this Act 
until said person has made proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Interior of substantially continuous use and occupancy of the land 
for a period of five years." 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
August 2, 1956 
[H. R. 8226] 
Public Law 932 
CHAPTER 892 
AN ACT 
Stat 
To amend section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C, 
sec. 353). 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
s^hooriands. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of 
38 Stat. 1214; 66 the Act of March 4,1915, as amended (48 U. S. C , sec. 353), is further 
amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first para-
graph thereof a colon and the following language: ^'•Provided, That