An Act to declare the portion of the waterway at Bridgeport, Conn., known as the west branch of Cedar Creek, a non-navigable stream.
PL 84-151 (S.1469), enacted 07/12/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 151-JULY 12, 1955 
[69 ST A T . 
63 Stat. 394. 
41 u s e 252(c). 
P u b l i c ation in 
FR. 
••'(d) In exercising the authority contained in section 411 within the 
southwestern portion of the District of Columbia, the Administrator 
of General Services is hereby authorized, pursuant to section 302 (c) 
(14) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended, to negotiate purchase contracts, in accordance with 
title I I I of such Act. 
In negotiating such contracts, the Adminis-
trator shall take all practicable steps to insure competition among 
prospective contractors. 
"(e) The limitation of three years set forth in the second sentence of 
section 411 (e) shall be read as five years with respect to purchase 
contracts for projects within the southwestern portion of the District 
of Columbia. 
"(f) In transmitting the prospectus required by section 411 with 
respect to any proposed purchase contract for a project within the 
southwestern portion of the District of Columbia, which shall be 
published in the Federal Register for a period of ten consecutive days 
from date of submission to the respective committees, the Adminis-
trator shall not be required to include the certificate referred to in 
subdivision (3) of section 411 (e)." 
Approved July 12, 1955. 
July 12,1955 
[S. 1469] 
Public Law 151 
CHAPTER 332 
AN ACT 
To declare the portion of the waterway at Bridgeport, Connecticut, known as 
the west branch of Cedar Creek, a nonnavigable stream. 
B r i d g e 
Conn. 
N o n n a v i 
stream. 
p o r t , 
gable 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the portion 
of the waterway in which is located the west branch of Cedar Creek 
in the town of Bridgeport, Connecticut, lying north of a line extending 
north 78 degrees 56 minutes 01 second east from a point (773 feet 
from the northwest corner of the existing bulkhead and pier line) 
whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers' Harbor Line System are 
south 937.23 and west 1,108.40, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable 
water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and 
laws of the United States. 
SEC. 2. The line herein before described shall be established as a 
combined pierhead and bulkhead line of the west branch of Cedar 
Creek. 
SEC. 3. Any project heretofore authorized by an Act of Congress, 
insofar as such project relates to the above-described portion of the 
west branch of Cedar Creek, is hereby abandoned. 
SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved July 12,1955.; 
July 12, 1955 
[S. 1300] 
Public Law 152 
CHAPTER 333 
AN ACT 
To declare a certain portion of the waterway at Greenwich, Connecticut (in 
which is located the Greenwich Harbor), a nonnavigable stream. 
Greenwich, Conn. 
N o n n a v i gable 
stream. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the portion of 
the waterway in which is located the Greenwich Harbor in the town