An Act to authorize and direct the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make such studies and investigations deemed necessary concerning the location and construction of a bridge over the Potomac River, and for other purposes
PL 82-266 (H.R.5235), enacted 03/03/1952

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Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore'' wherever it appears therein and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Archbishop of tlie Eonian Catholic Arch-
diocese of Washington". 
Approved February 29, 1952. ' 
Public Law 264 
CHAPTER 72 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 388), entitled "An Act to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust titles to lands acquired by the United 
States which are subject to his administration, custody, or control". 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the Act 
approved July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 388), is hereby amended by striking 
out the words "within ten years'' and inserting in lieu thereof "within 
twenty years". 
Approved March 3, 1952. 
March 3. 1952 
[H.R.3981] 
5 u s e 567. 
Public Law 265 
CHAPTER 73 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947. 
March 3. 1952 
[H.R.4419] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16 of 
the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, as amended, 
is amended further by renumbering section 16 as "SEC. 16. (a)" and by 
adding thereto the following new subsection: 
"(b) Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the 
Board of Education, on the written recommendation of the Superin-
tendent of Schools, may employ not more than fifteen retired members 
of the armed services of the United States as teachers of military 
science and tactics in the public high schools of the District of 
Columbia, and such teachers so employed shall be entitled to compensa-
tion in accordance with the salary schedule in this Act, in addition to 
their retired pay and allowances." 
Approved March 3, 1952. 
61 Stat. 259. 
Public Law 266 
CHAPTER 74 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Connnissioners of the District of Columbia to make 
such studies and investigations deemed necessary concerning- the location and 
construction of a bridge over the Potomac Kiver, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled, That it is hereby 
declared that the free circulation of traffic across the Potomac River 
between Virginia and a point within the District of Columbia is a 
Federal and regional problem, the benefits of which will accrue to the 
public generally as well as to the citizens of the District of Columbia 
and of the States of Maryland and Virginia and is necessary to the 
health, safety, and welfare of the general public; that a bridge at this 
location will also provide for the free movement of all kinds of traffic 
between Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland; that a 
March 3, 1952 
[H.R.5235] 
District of Co-
lumbia. 
Potomac River 
bridge. 
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Studies and in^ 
vestigations. 
Report to House 
Committee. 
bridge so constructed will be of material benefit to the Federal Govern-
ment in the event that the dispersal of Federal agencies becomes an 
accomplished fact; and that the construction of such a bridge is hereby 
declared to be a desirable project. 
SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
authorized and directed to proceed immediately to make such studies 
and investigations as ma}' be deemed necessary to determine (1) the 
most suitable site for the construction, maintenance, and operation of 
a bridge over the Potomac River, including approaches thereto and 
connecting roads in the District of Columbia and in the State of 
Virginia; (2) the relative need for such bridge as against the need 
for other bridges within the District of Columbia, and as to which 
of such bridges should have priority for construction; (3) the char-
acter and volume of traffic that would use such bridge and whether 
such traffic would be predominantly local or would include a sub-
stantial volume of general north and south traffic for which such 
bridge would serve as a bypass of the most congested areas of the 
District of Columbia and the city of Washington; (4) the best location 
of approach roads and direct connections with the Mount Vernon 
Boulevard and U. S. Route 1 where it passes through Alexandria and 
with the Shirley Memorial Highway, together with the control of 
access to such approach or connecting roads and with appropriate 
recommendation regarding acquisition of the lands that would be 
required to provide right-of-way therefor both in the State of Virginia 
and in the District of Columbia; (5) the preliminary plans for and 
the approximate cost of such a bridge and what would constitute a 
fair and reasonable basis for distributing such costs as between the 
District of Columbia, the State of Virginia, and the Federal Govern-
ment; (6) and such other information as would be helpful to the 
Congress in deciding whether the construction of such bridge should 
be authorized. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall 
initiate and enter into such agreement as may be necessary for making 
and financing the studies and investigations herein authorized with 
the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, and the 
Department of Highways, State of Virginia, and shall enlist the 
cooperation of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and of any 
subdivision of the State of Virginia in which any part of such bridge 
or its approaches or connecting roads would be located, in the studies 
and investigations made i)ursiuint to such agreement. The Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to make such use 
of federally owned and controlled lands at and adjacent to the site 
of the bridge as may be necessary for making the studies and investiga-
tions authorized by this Act. A report of the results of such studies 
and investigations, together with recommendations based thereon, 
shall be made to the House Committee on the District of Columbia 
by the Commissioners of said District within six months after approval 
of this Act. 
Approved March 3, 1952. 
March 4, 1952 
[H.R.47493 
Public Law 267 
CHAPTER 77 
AN ACT 
AuthoriziiiL the Secretiiry of Agriculture to return certain lands to the Police 
Jury of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepTesentatives 
of the 
Cadd^'pJuh^^La. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to return, by appropriate