An Act to improve the active duty promotion opportunity of Air Force officers from the grade of captain to the grade of major
PL 86-335 (H.R.8189), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-334-SEPT. 21, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
^ress), is amended by striking out "the property situated in square 724 
m the city of Washington, District of Columbia, described as lots 
819,820,821,822, 823, and 824" and inserting in lieu thereof "the prop-
erty situated in square 757 in the city of Washington, District of 
Columbia, described as lots 38, 20, and 19". 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-334 
September 21, 1959 
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A C T 
[H. R. 8035] 
rp^j designate the Dyberry Dam and Reservoir, Lackawaxen River Basin, Penn-
sylvania, as the General Edgar Jadwin Dam and Reservoir. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
jadwin^'^Dim^'^Ind ^'^'Hed States of AtneHca in Congress assembled, That the dam and 
Reservoir. 
reservoir known as the Dyberry Dam and Reservoir, authorized to be 
constructed in the Lackawaxen River Basin by section 203 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1176; Public Law 858, Eightieth 
Congress), shall be known and designated hereafter as the "General 
Edgar Jadwin Dam and Reservoir". 
Any law, regulation, map, docu-
ment, record, or other paper of the United States in which such dam 
and reservoir are referred to shall be held to refer to such dam and 
reservoir as the "General Edgar Jadwin Dam and Reservoir." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-335 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 8189] 
rp^ improve the active duty promotion opportunity of A.ir Force officers from the 
grade of captain to the grade of major. 
September 21, 1959 
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 the date of enactment of this Act and ending at 
the close of June 30, 1961, any authorized strength prescribed for the 
70A Stat. 498. 
grade of major by or under section 8202 of title 10, United States Code, 
may be exceeded 1)y not more than three thousand. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-336 
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A C T 
September 2 1, 1959 
[H. R. 8409] 
r^H) extend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
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International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended, is amended 
us follows: 
(1) The first sentence is amended by striking out "under the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement of 1949" and all that follows and inserting 
63 Stat. 2173. 
jj-^ jjg^^ tlicreof "uiidcr the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 
signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, Uruguay, 
and certain wheat importing countries, along with the agreements 
usT^709 ^'*^' ' (the agreement of 1953, the International Wheat Agreement, 1956, 
and the International Wheat Agreement. 1959, signed by the United 
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States and certain other countries) revising and renewing such Agree-
ment of 1949 for periods through July 31, 1962 (hereinafter collec-
tively called the 'International Wheat Agreement')." 
(2) There is inserted immediately before the last sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: "Such net costs in connection with the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement, 1959, shall include those with respect to 
all transactions which qualify as commercial purchases (as defined in 
such agreement) from the United States by importing member coun-
tries." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-337 
AN A C T 
September 21, 1959 
To authorize the sale of forty acres of land owned by the Creek Tribe of Indians. 
[H. R. 85 14] 
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 authorized to sell all of the right, title, and interest 
of the United States and of the Creek Tribe of Indians in the southeast 
quarter northeast quarter section 3, township 9 north, range 16 east, 
Indian base and meridian, containing approximately 40 acres, and 
located near the Eufaula Indian boarding school, Oklahoma. The 
land may be offered for sale to the city of Eufaula, Oklahoma, at its 
appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, and if 
the offer is not accepted the land may be sold on the basis of competitive 
bids for not less than its appraised value or an amount substantially 
equal thereto. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Indian Tribe. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Indians. 
Creek Tribe. 
Sale of lands. 
Public Law 86-338 
AN ACT 
To authorize the San Benito International Bridge Company to construct, main-
tain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Los Indios, Texas. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 8582] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the San Benito 
International Bridge Company of San Benito, Texas, is authorized to 
construct a toll bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande, 
at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Los Indios, 
Texas, and for a period of sixty-six years from the date of completion 
of said bridge, to maintain and operate same and to collect tolls for the 
use thereof, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters 
of such river in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An 
Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", 
approved March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C, sees. 491 to 498, inclusive), 
subject to— 
(1) the conditions and limitations contained in this Act; 
(2) the approval of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico; and 
(3) the approval of the proper authorities in the Republic of 
Mexico; 
with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of such 
bridge. 
Bridge construc-
tion. 
Los Indios, Tex. 
34 Stat. 84. 
33 use 491 note.