An Act to authorize the county of Custer, State of Montana, to convey certain lands to the United States
PL 84-536 (S.3254), enacted 05/24/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 53©-MAY 24, 1956 
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68 Stat. 963. 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the construction of 
bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes", approved 
August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 961; Public Law 704, Eighty-third Con-
gress), shall be known and designated hereafter as the "Woodrow 
Wilson Memorial Bridge" in honor of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-
eighth President of the United States. Any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States in which such 
bridge is referred to shall be held to refer to such bridge as the "Wood-
row Wilson Memorial Bridge". 
Approved May 22, 1956. 
Public Law 536 
CHAPTER 319 
May 24, 1956 
AN ACT 
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IJIQ authorize the county of Custer, State of Montana, to convey certain lands 
to the United States. 
Custe r County, 
Mont. 
Conveyance. 
M i l e s 
Mont. 
C i ty. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of 
Custer, State of Montana, may, notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Act of April 15, 1924 (^43 Stat. 97), convey by quitclaim deed to 
the United States of America, for acceptance by the Secretary of the 
Interior under existing law, the following tract of land: 
That portion of tract "C" as shown on the supplemental plat of 
townships 7 and 8 north, range 47 east, principal meridian, Montana, 
accepted by the assistant commissioner of the General Land Office on 
March 23, 1927, which is described as follows: Beginning at a point 
on the south boundary of tract "C", 669.23 feet north 73 degrees 10 
minutes west of corner numbered 11 of tract "C", which point is 80 
feet south 28 degrees 08 minutes west of the fair grounds boundary 
fence; thence north 61 degrees 52 minutes west, parallel with and 80 
feet from the fair grounds boundary fence, a distance of 1,280.123 
feet to the west boundary of tract "C"; thence south 16 degrees 50 
minutes west along the west boundary of tract "C", a distance of 
250.84 feet to corner numbered 3 of tract "C"; thence south 73 degrees 
10 minutes east along the south boundary of tract "C", a distance of 
1,255.33 feet to the place of beginning, containing 3.614 acres, more 
or less. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell to 
the city of Miles City, Montana, under the terms and conditions of 
sections 2, 3, and 6 of the Act of June 16, 1950 (64 Stat. 233), as 
amended, any portion of the lands conveyed to the United States 
under section 1 of this Act which the Secretary determines is excess 
to the needs of the Department of the Interior. 
Approved May 24, 1956. 
May 24, 1956 
[S. J. Res. 166] 
Public Law 537 
CHAPTER 320 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To designate the dam and reservoir to be constructed on the Lower Cumberland 
River, Kentucky, as Barkley Dam and Lake Barkley, respectively. 
Whereas the Congress is keenly aware that the late Senator Alben 
William Barkley was so devoted to the people of the United States 
that he dedicated his life in unselfish public service to secure peace, 
to provide happiness, and to preserve freedom for the citizens of 
the United States, rising to the positions of Representative, Senator, 
and Vice President in said service: and 
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PUBLIC LAW 639-MAY 28, 1966 
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Whereas the Congress deems it fitting that the fine qualities of states-
manship, patriotism, and loyalty exemplified in the life of the late 
Alben William Barkley should not be forgotten by the people he 
served so well: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam to be con- L^"^lrid!fy^ K^ 
structed on the Lower Cumberland River, Kentucky, authorized by 
Designatioii 
the Flood Control Act of 1954, and the reservoir to be formed by the 
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waters impounded by such dam, shall hereafter be known as Barkley 
Dam and Lake Barfeley, respectively, and any law, regulation, docu-
ment or record of the United States in which such dam and reservoir 
are designated or referred to shall be held to refer to such dam and 
reservoir under and by the name Barkley Dam and Lake Barkley, 
respectively. 
Approved Mav 24, 1956. 
Public Law 538 
CHAPTER 325 
AN A C T 
May 28, 1956 
To amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 so as to provide for the utilization 
[S. 2286] 
of privately owned shipping services in connection with the transportation of 
privately owned vehicles. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 901 of 
the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, is amended by adding 
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at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(c) That notwithstanding any other provision of law, privately 
owned American shipping services may be utilized for the transporta-
tion of motor vehicles owned by Government personnel whenever 
transportation of such vehicles at Government expense is otherwise 
authorized by law." 
Approved May 28, 1956. 
Public Law 539 
CHAPTER 326, 
AN ACT 
f^^y 28, 1956 
Relating to the issuance of certain patents in fee to lands within the Blackfeet 
[H. R. 4604] 
Indian Reservation, Montana. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary n^se^tiln^uont^ 
of the Interior is authorized, on application therefor, to issue to each 
holder of an exchange assignment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, 
Montana, a patent to the lands that are covered by such exchange 
assignment. 
The patent shall include all oil, gas, coal, and other 
minerals in the land unless the Indian to whom the patent is issued 
reserved the right to such minerals in the land that was transferred 
by him to the tribe, or unless he did not have the right to such minerals 
in the land so transferred. 
The patent shall be a patent in fee if in 
the judgment of the Secretary the applicant is able to manage his own 
affairs without governmental assistance, and shall be a trust patent 
if the Secretary determines that the applicant needs governmental 
assistance in handling his affairs. 
Any trust created by such patent 
may be terminated by the Secretary when in his judgment the need 
therefor has ended. 
Approved May 28, 1956.