An Act relating to the use of storage space in the Hulah Reservoir to provide water for the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma
PL 84-843 (H.R.8940), enacted 07/30/1956

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three years prior to the date of the application, been adjudicated or 
discharged as a bankrupt, or was a general partner of a partnership 
or officer or holder of more than 10 per centum of the stock of a cor-
poration adjudicated or discharged as a bankrupt, unless the applicant 
furnishes a bond of such nature and amount as may be determined by 
the Secretary or other assurance satisfactory to the Secretary that the 
business of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with this 
Act." 
SEC. 5. Section 8 (b) of such Act (7 U. S. C, sec. 499h (b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The Secretary may, after thirty days' notice and an oppor- nlense.*""""''^ 
tunity for a hearing, suspend or revoke the license of any commission 
merchant, dealer, or broker who, after the date given in such notice, 
continues to employ in any responsible position any individual whose 
license has been revoked or is under suspension or who was responsibly 
connected with any firm, partnership, association, or corporation 
whose license has been revoked or is under suspension. 
Employment 
of an individual whose license has been revoked or is under suspension 
for failure to pay a reparation award or who was responsibly connected 
with any firm, partnership, association, or corporation whose license 
has been revoked or is under suspension for failure to pay a repara-
tion award after one year following the revocation or suspension of 
any such license may be permitted by the Secretary upon the filing by 
the employing licensee of a bond, of such nature and amount as may 
be determmed by the Secretary, or other assurance satisfactory to the 
Secretary that its business will be conducted in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act;". 
SEC. 6. Section 13 (a) of such Act (7 U. S. C , sec. 499m (a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
" (a) The Secretary or his duly authorized agents shall have the right 
to inspect such accounts, records, and memoranda of any commission 
merchant, dealer, or broker as may be material (1) in the investigation 
of complaints under this Act, or (2) to the determination of ownership, 
control, packer, or State, country, or region of origin in connection 
with commodity inspections, or (3) to ascertain whether section 9 of 
this Act is being complied with, and if any such commission merchant, 
dealer, or broker refuses to permit such inspection, the Secretary may 
publish the facts and circumstances and/or, by order, suspend the 
license of the offender until permission to make such inspection is 
given. 
The Secretary or his duly authorized agents shall have the 
right to inspect any lot of any perishable agricultural commodity 
covered by this Act, and if any commission merchant, dealer, or broker 
having ownership of or control over such lot fails or refuses to author-
ize or allow such inspection, the Secretary may, after thirty days' 
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, publish the facts and circum-
stances and/or, by order, suspend the license of the offender for a pe-
riod not to exceed ninety days." 
Approved July 30, 1956. 
46 Stat. 536. 
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Public Law 843 
CHAPTER 787 
AN ACT 
Relating to the use of stoi-age space in the Hulah Reservoir to provide water for 
the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 
July 30, 1956 
[H. R. 8940] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Secre- owa.'*'**"^"*' 
tary of the Army is hereby autliorized to contract with the city of 
waUr fromHuiaii 
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, upon such terms and for such period, not to ^*"'^°^'"* 
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exceed fifty years, as he may deem reasonable, for the use of not to ex-
ceed fifteen thousand four hundred acre-feet of stora^ space in the 
Hulah Reservoir, for the purpose of providing such city a regulated 
water supply. 
(b) The project for the Hulah Reservoir on the Caney River, 
authorized by the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of 
certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for 
other purposes"', approved June 22,1936, is hereby modified in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) All moneys received by the Chief of Engineers pursuant to this 
Act shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscel-
laneous receipts. 
(d) Nothing in this Act shall affect water rights under State law. 
Approved July 80, 1956. 
Public Law 844 
CHAPTER 788 
July 30, 1956 
[H. R. 7891] 
Hawaii. 
E x c h a n g e 
lands. 
of 
Sale of lands. 
Applications. 
Effective date. 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the exchanges and sales of public lands within or adja-
cent to the district of Puna, county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, for the 
relief of persons whose lands were destroyed by volcanic activity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoitse of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Commis-
sioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii is authorized and 
directed to exchange public lands within or adjacent to the district of 
Puna, county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, for lands within the 
county of Hawaii destroyed by volcanic activity occurring during 
March and April 1955. The Territory may not convey lands exceed-
ing forty acres in area or $5,000 in value. For the purposes of the 
exchange the destroyed lands are to be appraised at the market value 
just prior to the time of destruction, but the value of improvements 
such as crops and buildings shall be excluded therefrom. 
SEC. 2. After the limits of exchange have been exhausted the Com-
missioner is authorized to sell to those who have been unable to re-
place all the lands destroyed public lands within or adjacent to the 
district of Puna, county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, not exceed-
ing eighty acres in area, or the area of destroyed land, whichever is 
less, deducting therefrom the area conveyed by the Territory by ex-
change as provided in section 1. Such a sale shall be made without 
{mblic auction, drawing or lot or the approval of the board of public 
ands. 
SEC. 3. If the lessor of any destroyed lands should fail to exchange 
or purchase lands to replace his destroyed lands, his lessee may pur-
chase under the provisions of this Act public lands not exceeding 
eighty acres in area or the area of destroyed land leased by him, which-
ever IS less. 
SEC. 4. In order to come within the provisions of this Act, persons 
must file applications showing the area and approximate value of 
lands, owned or leased by them, which were destroyed by volcanic 
activity, within two years of the date of approval of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Except as changed herein, all applicable provisions of the 
Organic Act oi Hawaii remain in force. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its 
approval. 
Approved July 30, 1956.