Joint resolution directing a study and report by the Secretary of Agriculture on burley tobacco marketing controls
PL 84-96 (S.J.Res.60), enacted 06/28/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 96-JUNE 28, 1955 
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TAT, 
"When any person is convicted of a violation of tliis Act, the court in 
its judgment of conviction may, in addition to the penalty prescribed, 
order the confiscation and disposal of such items described herein which 
were found in the possession or under the immediate control of such 
person at the time of his arrest." 
SEC. 4. The analysis of chapter 71 of title 18 of the United States 
Code is amended by inserting, immediately after and underneath item 
1464, as contained in such analysis, the following new item: 
"1465. Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution." 
Approved June 28, 1955. 
Public Law 96 
CHAPTER 191 
June 28. 1955 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[s. J. Rea» 60] 
Directing a study and report by the Secretary of Agriculture on burley tobacco 
marketing controls. 
Burley tobacco< 
Report t o Con-
g r e s s on market-
ing, etc* 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of 
developing basic information which will aid the Congress in formulat-
ing an improved program for the production and marketing of burley 
tobacco, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed (a) to 
make a study of the various methods of marketing control which have 
been or could be made applicable to burley tobacco, including farm 
marketing quotas, poundage limitations, acreage limitations, and a 
combination of both poundage and acreage limitations, and (b) to 
submit to the Congress on or before November 1,1955, a detailed report 
thereon showing among other things the probable costs, effects, and 
feasibility of each type of operation studied and what legislation, 
if any, would be needed to put it into effect. The Secretary may con-
duct such hearings and receive such statements and briefs as are neces-
sary to carry out the purpose of this joint resolution. 
Approved June 28, 1955. 
June 28, 1955 
[H. R. 208] 
Public Law 97 
CHAPTER 192 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, to 
negotiate and enter into a compact relating to their interests in, and the 
apportionment of, the waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries as 
they affect such States. 
A r k a n s a s and 
Oklahoma< 
Water apportion-
ment compacta 
U. S
< representa-
tive. 
Report, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of 
Congress is hereby given to the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma to 
negotiate and enter into a compact relating to the interests of such 
States in the development and protection from pollution of the water 
resources of the Arkansas River and its tributaries, and providing for 
an equitable apportionment among them of the waters of the Arkansas 
River and its tributaries flowing between such States, and for matters 
incident thereto, upon the condition that one qualified person appointed 
by the President of the United States shall participate in such nego-
tiations as chairman, representing the United States, and shall make 
a report to the President of the United States and the Congress of the 
proceedings and of any compact entered into. 
Such compact shall not 
be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto until it shall 
have been ratified by the legislatures of each of the respective States, 
and approved by the Congress of the United States.