An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey property to the county of Pierce, State of Washington.
PL 84-1008 (H.R.10184), enacted 08/06/1956

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applicable blocking regulations issued under Executive Order 
Numbered 8389, dated April 10, 1940, as amended, which remain 
in force at the time of the entry of such judgment; and 
(e) to transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury, pending the 
ultimate disposition thereof, the participating certificates issued 
to the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General pur-
suant to section 25 of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as 
amended. 
SEC. 2. (a) No person shall have any claim to any cash or other assets 
transferred by the Attorney General to the Secretary of the Treasury 
pursuant to section 1 except persons claiming cash transferred pur-
suant to subsection (c) or (d) thereof. 
(b) The cash or other assets transferred by the Attorney General to 
the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 shall not be liable 
to lien, attachment, garnishment, trustee process or execution, or sub-
ject to any order or decree of any court. This subsection shall not 
apply in the case of any lien, attachment, garnishment, trustee process 
or execution, or any order or decree of any court, arising out of any 
action which was pending or had been decided on or before July 1, 
1956. 
SEC. 3. The Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, is further 
amended by striking paragraph 15 of subsection (b) of section 9. 
SEC. 4. The word "person," as used herein, shall be deemed to mean 
an individual, partnership, association, or other unincorporated body 
of individuals, or corporation or body politic. 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
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Public Law 1008 
CHAPTER 1017 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey property to the county 
of Pierce, State of Washington. 
August 6, 1956 
[H. R. 10184] 
Be it enacted hy the Seiuite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed 
to the county of Pierce, State of Washington, for public use through 
the Brown's Point Improvement Club, incorporated and organized 
under the laws of the State of Washington as a nonprofit organization, 
the following strip of land, being a portion of the Brown's Point 
Coast Guard Light Station Reservation, Pierce County, State of 
Washington. 
Beginning at Government meander corner at the southwest corner 
of lot 1, section 17, township 21 north, range 3 east, Willamette 
meridian. Pierce County, Washington, located 53.09 feet north of the 
centerline of Tonowanda Avenue and 580 feet due west from the 
one-sixteenth corner between sections 16 and 17, township 21 north, 
range 3 east, Willamette meridian, thence north 29 degrees 13 minutes 
09 seconds west 56 feet to a point of beginning on the south boundary 
line of Coast Guard property, thence north 29 degrees 13 minutes 
09 seconds west 120 feet to a point on the Government meander line 
lot 1, thence east 364 feet to a point on the Coast Guard east boundary 
line, thence south 105 feet along the east boundary line to a point 
which is 3 feet east of a concrete monument located on the Coast 
Guard south property line, thence west along the south property line 
306 feet to the point of beginning, including any rights to contiguous 
tidelands not acquired by the State of Washington. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall 
contain a condition that, in the event the property so conveyed to 
P i e r ce County, 
Wash. 
Conveyance. 
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such county ceases to be used for public purposes, title therein shall 
revert to the United States. 
SEC. 3. The conveyance shall contain the express conditions that 
the Brown's Point Improvement Club shall move and reestablish the 
fence on the relocated south line of the said Coast Guard reservation, 
and shall provide an access gate, and provide and maintain a suitable 
access road therefrom through that portion of the strip of land con-
veyed, and property owned by said club, in order to provide access 
from the Government property to Tonawanda Avenue, Brown's Point, 
and upon failure to do so title in that portion of the strip of land 
conveyed shall revert to the United States. 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
August 6, 1956 
[H. R. 7181] 
Public Law 1009 
CHAPTER 1018 
AN ACT 
To provide for the designation of Mikveh Israel Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, as a unit of the Independence National Historical Park. 
M i k v e h 
Cemetery. 
Israel 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon com-
pliance with the provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Mikveh Israel 
Cemetery, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and containing the 
graves of Haym Salomon and other outstanding patriots of the Rev-
olutionary War who played important parts in the early history of 
the United States, shall be declared to be a unit of the Independence 
National Historical Park: Provided, 
That the United States shall 
not thereby assume any responsibility to provide for the administra-
tion, care, or maintenance of said Mikveh Israel Cemetery. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall become effective if and when the Mikveh 
Israel Congregation, through its duly authorized representatives, has 
executed an agreement in terms and conditions satisfactory to the 
Secretary of the Interior, providing for the continuing administration, 
care, and maintenance, without expense to the United States, of the 
Mikveh Israel Cemetery, whereupon said Secretary shall issue a 
notice declaring that said requirement has been met and that Mikveh 
Israel Cemetery is formally designated a unit of the Independence 
National Historical Park. 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
August 6, 1956 
[H. R. 9875] 
Public Law 1010 
CHAPTER 1019 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the tax on admis-
sions shall apply only if the amount paid for the admission exceeds 90 cents. 
T a x on admis-
sions. 
68A Stat. 497. 
26 u s e 4231. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (1) 
of section 4231 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to 
imposition of tax on admissions) is amended by striking out "50 cents 
or less" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "90 cents 
or less". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to amounts paid on or after the first day of 
the first month which begins more than ten days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act for admissions on or after such first day. 
Approved August 6, 1956.