An Act to provide for the conveyance of a portion of the former prisoner of war camp, near Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, to the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes
PL 84-618 (H.R.8404), enacted 06/25/1956

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thereon a post office building at Hogansville, Georgia. Such building 
has not been constructed, and the land has been declared surplus to the 
jieeds of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 2. The propei-ty referred to in section 1 of this Act is a parcel 
of land located on the south side of East Main Street, bounded by 
High Street and Loyd Street in the city of Hogansville, Georgia, con-
taining approximately twenty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty 
square feet, known as the post office site, Hogansville, Georgia, acquired 
by condemnation, order and confirming judgment of which were filed 
May 13, 1954, in the office of the clerk of the superior court, Troup 
C^ounty, Georgia, and recorded in book 95, page 492, 
SEC. 3. If at any time within the twenty years next following the 
conveyance provided for herein the realty so conveyed is no longer 
used for public purposes, title to such realty, together with all im-
provements thereon, shall revert to the United States of America. 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
June 25, 1956 
[H. R. 8102] 
Public Law 617 
CHAPTER 442 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of moneys arising from deductions made from 
carriers on account of the loss of or damage to inilitary or naval material 
in transit, and for other purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
Deduction made 
from carriers. 
10 u s e 1289. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That moneys arising 
from deductions made from carriers on account of the loss of or 
damage to military or naval material in transit for account of the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, or Air Force shall be credited to the 
proper appropriation, account, or fund out of which such or similar 
material may be replaced. 
SEC. 2. The seventh paragraph under the heading "Ordnance 
Department" of the Act of March 2, 1905 (33 Stat. 840), is amended 
by deleting therefrom the words "moneys arising from deductions 
made from carriers on account of the loss of or damage to military 
stores in transit shall be credited to the proper appropriation or funds 
out of which such or similar stores shall be replaced and". 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
June 25, 1956 
[H. R. 8404] 
Public Law 618 
CHAPTER 443-
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the former prisoner of war 
camp, near Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, to the State of Wyoming, 
and for other purposes. 
State of Wyoming. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed, upon certifica-
tion to him by the Secretary of Defense and the Governor of Wyoming 
that the property described in section 2 of this Act is needed for the 
training or support of the National Guard of Wyoming, to convey 
the property to the State of Wyoming, by quitclaim deed, without 
monetary consideration therefor, upon such terms and conditions as the 
Administrator determines to be necessary to properly protect the 
interests of the United States: Provided, 
however, That such deed 
of conveyance by express term shall— 
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(a) reserve to the United States all mineral rights including 
gas and oil; 
(b) reserve to the United States right of exclusive use without 
charge therefor of such property together with any improvements 
thereon during any period of national emergency; and 
(c) specify that said property shall be used for the training of 
the National Guard or for other military purposes, and in the 
event of nonuse for such purpose, shall, in its then existing condi-
tion together with any improvements thereon, at the option of the 
United States as determined and exercised by the Secretary of 
Defense, revert to the United States. 
SEC. 2. The real property to be conveyed to the State of Wyoming 
is described as follows: 
All the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7, 
township 32 north, range 71 west, except seventy-four one-hundredths 
acre in the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 7, such excepted portion being more particularly 
described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of said 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7, bearing north 
60 degrees 53 minutes east a distance of 1,504.2 feet; thence south 29 
degrees 10 minutes east on present fence line a distance of 124 feet; 
thence south no degrees 21 minutes east on present fence line to the 
south boundary of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 7; thence south 89 degrees 28 minutes west on present fence 
line a distance of 58.33 feet to a point on the west line of the northeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7; thence north no degrees 
28 minutes west on said west line of the northeast quarter of the south-
east quarter of said section 7, a distance of 590 feet to the point of be-
ginning; and containing in all thirty-nine and twenty-six one-hun-
dredths acres, more or less, subject to an easement granted to the town 
of Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, for a pipeline for transporta-
tion of water, together with the right of ingress and egress, said pipe-
line running parallel with and distant 27 feet west of the centerline 
of the LaPrele County Road. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the con-
veyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Wyoming. 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
Public Law 619 
CHAPTER 444 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Register Act, as amended, so as to provide for tlie effec-
tiveness and notice to the public of proclamations, orders, regulations, and 
other documents in a period following an attack or threatened attack upon the 
continental United States. 
June 25, 1956 
[H.R. 10417] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves 
of the 
United States of America in (^ongress assembled^ That section 5 of 
the Act of July 26, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 501; 44 U. S. C. 305) 
is amended by adding the following new subsection: 
"(c) In the event of an attack or threatened attack upon the con-
tinental United States, by air or otherwise, and a determination by the 
President that as a result of such attack or threatened attack (i) publi-
cation of the Federal Register or filing of documents with the Division 
is impracticable, or (ii) under existing conditions publication in the 
Federal Register would not serve to give appropriate notice to the 
public of the contents of documents, the President may, without regard 
to the provisions of this Act or of the Administrative Procedure Act 
(60 Stat. 237), or of any other provision of law, suspend all or any part 
Federal R e g i s -
ter. 
Suspension of re-
quirements for fil-
ing of documentii. 
5 u s e 1001 note. 
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