An Act to authorize the conveyance to Lake County, Calif., of the Lower Lake Rancheria, and for other purposes
PL 84-443 (H.R.585), enacted 03/29/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 442-MAR. 29, 1966 
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Nation's Christ-
mas Tree. 
AVhereas Sanger, (California, was, on October 1, 1949, recognized by 
the Post Office Department as the Nation's Christmas Tree City; 
and 
Whereas because of such dedication, and because of the work done 
and the interest shown by the citizens of Sanger, California, the 
Nation's Christmas Tree has become know^i nationally and inter-
nationally; and 
Whereas it is appropriate and desirable at this time to provide further 
recognition of the Nation's Christmas Tree as a living symbol of 
our American heritage: Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Senate mid House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assetnbled, That the General Grant 
tree, which is located in the Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno 
County, California, and which was dedicated by the Federal Gov-
ernment in 1926 as the Nation's Christmas Tree, is hereby declared 
to be a national shrine in memory of the mfen and women of the 
Armed Forces who have served and fought and died to keep this 
Nation free and to preserve the sipiritual, human, and civil rights 
which are the essence of our American heritage. The Secretary of 
the Interior, through the National Park Service, shall make appro-
priate provision for the perpetual care and maintenance of such 
shrine. 
SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to change the name of 
the General Grant tree. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
March 29, 1956 
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Public Law 442 
CHAPTER 99 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To increase the appropriation authorization for the Wooilrow Wilson Centennial 
Celebration Commission. 
Woodrow Wilson 
Centennial C e l e -
bration C o m m i s-
sion. 
69 Stat. 395. 
Appropriation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Ameiica in Congress assemhled^ That section 5 of the joint 
resolution entitled '"Joint resolution to establish the Woodrow Wilson 
Centennial Celebration 
Commission, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes", 
approved August 30,1954 (68 Stat. 964), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in addition 
to sums previously appropriated to carry out the provisions of this 
joint resolution a sum not to exceed $48,500." 
Approved March 29, 1956.. 
Public Law 443 
CHAPTER 100 
March 29, 1956 
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rp^j authorize the conveyance to Lake County, California, of the Lower I^nke 
Rancheria, and for other purix)ses. 
Be it enacted by the Semite and Hoime of Representatives 
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Conveyance. 
retary of the Interior is authorized to sell to the county of Lake, 
California, for the purpose of establishing an airport, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to real propeity described 
as south half northeast quarter, and lot 2, section 34, township 13 
north, range 7 west. Mount Diablo meridian, containing 140.46 acres, 
known as the Lower Lake Rancheria, except for a 41-acre tract de-
scribed in section 2. The deed shall be made from the Secretary 
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of the Interior to the Lake (^ouiity Board of Supervisors, and the 
purchase price shall be the fair market value of such property at 
the time of sale as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 
The 
proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the Indians of California in their 4 per centum 
judgment fund established under section 6 of the Act of May 18, 
1928 (ch. 623, 45 Stat. 601, 608). 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to issue a patent in fee or an unrestricted deed of conveyance to 
Harry Johnson for the following-described land, to Avit: Begin-
ning at a point on the east line of lot 2, of section 34, township 13 
north, range 7 west. Mount Diablo base and meridian, that is north 
48 degrees 21 minutes 45,5 seconds west, 2,561.46 feet from the 
southeast corner of section 34, said township and range; and from 
said point of beginning running thence north 48 degi'ees 17 minutes 
30 seconds west, 1,714.81 feet to a point on the west line of lot 2, 
of said section 34, that is north 48 degrees 19 minutes 42.2 seconds 
west, 5,141.47 feet from the southeast corner of said section 34; 
thence south, along the west line of lot 2 of said section 34 to the 
meander line of Clear Lake; thence southeasterly, along said 
meander line of Clear Lake, to the east line of lot 2, said section 34; 
and thence north, along the east line of lot 2, said section 34, to the 
point of beginning, containing 41 acres more or less. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
25 u s e 656. 
Harry Johnson. 
Post. 
p. 595. 
Public Law 444 
CHAPTER 101 
AN ACT 
To provide for the release by the United States of its rights and interests in 
certain land h)catod in Saginaw County, Michigan. 
March 29, 1956 
[H. R. 622] 
Saginaw County, 
Mich. 
Release of U. S. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the United 
States hereby relinquishes to the owner or owners of certain land in 
Saginaw County all rights which it may have under article 7 of the ^"*®'"^'*' *
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treaty with the Chippewa Nation of Indians in 1819 (7 Stat, 205) to 
construct roads through such land. 
Such land, which was granted 
by the United States to James Riley in 1823 pursuant to such treaty 
contains approximately 640.0 acres and is more particularly described 
as follows: 
Beginning at a post on the bank of the Saginaw River, the north-
west corner of the fraction of section 25, east of the Saginaw River in 
township 12 north of range 4 east from which an Ash 10 inches in 
diameter bears south 24 degrees east distant 20 links and a Maple 
7 inches in diameter bears north 18 degrees west distant 121^ links, 
thence east 115 chains and 80 links to a post on the line between ranges 
4 and 5 east from which an Elm 20 inches in diameter bears south 17 
degrees west distant 6 links, and an Ironwood 8 inches in diameter bears 
north 17 degrees east distant 6 links; thence north 62 chains to a post 
from which, a Sugartree 8 inches in diameter bears north 26 degrees 
east distant 15 links, and a White Oak 36 inches in diameter bears 
south 16 degrees 30 minutes east distant 44 links, thence west 72 chains 
and 46 links to a post on the east bank, Saginaw River, from which a 
Maple 12 inches in diameter bears south 62 degrees west distant 
20 links, and an Ash 12 inches in diameter bears north 64 degrees east 
distant 113 links, thence up the said river with the meanders thereof 
to the place of beginning. 
Approved March 29, 1956.