Joint resolution to designate the General Grant tree (known as the Nation's Christmas Tree) in Kings Canyon National Park, California, as a national shrine
PL 84-441 (H.J.Res.194), enacted 03/29/1956

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SEC. 4. The land exchange authority relating to Theodore Eoose- th»u*^**°"*^* *"" 
velt National Memorial Park prescribed by section 3 of the Act of 
April 25,1947 (61 Stat. 52), and by section 2 of the Act of June 12, 
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1948 (62 Stat. 384), shall be applicable also to the lands described in 24ib. 
section 1 of this Act. 
Approved March 24, 1956. 
Public Law 439 
CHAPTER 96 
AN ACT 
To provide for the return to the town of Hartford, Vermont, of certain land 
which was donated by such town to the United States as a site for a veterans 
hospital and which is no longer needed for such purposes. 
March 29. 1956 
[S. 1565] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed to the town of Hartford, Vermont, all of the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to that portion, consisting of 
approximately fifty-three and six-tenths acres, of the tract of land 
heretofore donated by such town to the United States for the purpose 
of providing a site for a veterans hospital, which has been determined 
to be in excess of the amount needed for the purposes of such hospital 
and transferred to the General Services Administration for disposi-
tion as surplus property. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
Hartford, Vt. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 440 
CHAPTER 97 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 15, 1955, Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress 
(69 Stat. 324), by increasing the appropriation authorization for the Aircraft 
Control and Warning System. 
March 29, 1956 
[S. 3452] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ Tliat the Act of 
July 15, 1955, Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress (69 Stat. 
324), is hereby amended as follows: 
(1) With respect to various locations under the heading "OUTSIDE 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" and subheading "AIKCRAJT CONTKOL 
AND WARNING SYSTEM"' in section 301 strike out "$98,552,000" and 
insert in place thereof "$170,552,000". 
(2) In clause (3) of section 502 thereof strike out the amounts 
"$458,563,000" and "$1,207,902,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$530,563,000" and "$1,279,902,000" respectively. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
Aircraft Control 
and Warning Sys-
tem. 
69 Stat. 347. 
Public Law 441 
CHAPTER 98 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To designate the General Grant tree (known as the Nation's Christmas Tree) 
in Kings Canyon National Park, California, as a national shrine. 
March 29. 1956 
[H. J. Res. 194] 
Whereas the General Grant tree, growing in the Kings Canyon 
National Park, California, was dedicated by the Federal Govern-
meiit on April 28, 1926, at the request of the citizens of Sanger, 
California, as the Nation's Christmas Tree; and 
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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 
[H. J. Res.443] 
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. 
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of the 
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of America 
in Conqress assemhled. That the Sec-
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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