An Act to indemnify against loss all persons whose swine were destroyed in July 1952 as a result of having been infected with or exposed to the contagious disease, vesicular exanthema
PL 83-535 (S.2583), enacted 07/27/1954

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Public Law 535 
PUBLIC LAW 536-JULY 27, 1954 
CHAPTER 580 
AN ACT 
To indemnify against loss all persons whose swine were destroyed in July 1952 as 
a result of having been infected with or exposed to the contagious disease 
vesicular exanthema. 
563 
July 27, 1954 
[S. 2583] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to indemnify in an amount 
equal to 50 per centum of their loss, but not exceeding the indemnity 
paid by the State, all persons whose swine were destroyed under 
authority of law in July 1952 as a result of having been infected with 
or exposed to the contagious disease vesicular exanthema. 
SEC. 2. The payment of indemnities under the provisions of this 
Act shall be limited, in the absence of Federal appraisal, to those 
losses w^here required proof of such losses has been made to the State 
and 50 per centum of said loss has been paid by such State. 
SEC. 3. Payments made pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall 
be made from funds currently available to the Department of 
Agriculture. 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
S w i n e destruc-
tion. 
Indemnity paj^-
ments. 
Limitation. 
Funds. 
Public Law 536 
CHAPTER 581 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Southeastern Interstate 
Forest Fire Protection Compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent and 
approval of Congress is hereby given to the Southeastern Interstate 
Forest Fire Protection Compact, as hereinafter set out. 
Such com-
pact reads as follows: 
SOUTHEASTERN INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE 
PROTECTION COMPACT 
July 27,1954 
[S. 2786] 
Southeastern In-
t e r s t a t e 
Forest 
F i r e 
Protection 
Compact. 
Consent and ap-
p r o v a l r,t C o n -
gress. 
ARTICLE I. 
The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and 
control of forest fires in the Southeastern region of the United States 
by the development of integrated forest fire plans, by the maintenance 
of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member states, by pro-
viding for mutual aid in fighting forest fires among the compacting 
states of the region and with states w^hich are party to other Regional 
Forest Fire Protection compacts or agreements, and for more adequate 
forest protection. 
ARTICLE II. 
This compact shall become operative immediately as to those states 
ratifying it whenever any two or more of the states of Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Kentuckj^, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which are con-
tiguous have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. 
Any 
state not mentioned in this article w^hich is contiguous with any mem-
ber state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by 
the legislature of each of the member states.