An Act to ratify and confirm Act 249 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, as amended, and to authorize the issuance of certain highway revenue bonds by the Territory of Hawaii
PL 84-716 (H.R.7426), enacted 07/14/1956

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approved by the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out the 
purposes of this Act." 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 716 
CHAPTER 602 
AN ACT 
July 14, 1956 
[H. R. 7426] 
To ratify and confirm Act 249 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, as amended, 
and to authorize the issuance of certain highway revenue bonds by the Terri-
tory of Hawaii. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemUed^ That the Territory 
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of Hawaii, any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act or any other •'°^f|^^^ j^j^ 
Act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, is authorized and 
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empowered to issue highw^ay revenue bonds in a sum not to exceed 
$50,000,000 payable from funds derived from high\yay vehicle fuel 
taxes, for the purpose of providing for the construction of highways 
in the Territory. 
The issuance of such revenue bonds shall not consti-
tute the incurrence of an indebtedness within the meaning of the 
Hawaiian Organic Act, and shall not require the approval of the 
President of the United States. 
SEC. 2. All bonds issued under authority of section 1 shall be issued 
pursuant to legislation enacted by the Legislature of the Territory 
which shall provide (1) that, so long as any of the bonds are out-
standing, highway vehicle fuel taxes shall be levied and collected in 
amounts at least sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal 
of the bonds and the interest thereon, as such principal and interest 
become due (except that interest due upon any such bonds during 
the first year after their date of issuance may be paid from the pro-
ceeds of sale of the bonds); (2) that the superintendent of public 
works of the Territory, or any officer or agency succeeding to his pow-
ers and duties in respect to highways, shall have the power to issue 
and sell the bonds and to expend the proceeds and provide for the 
repayment thereof, in accordance with standards and pursuant to pro-
visions which shall be set forth in such legislation; and (3) that the 
office of the superintendent of public works, or an office or agency 
succeeding to the powers and duties of that office in respect of high-
ways, shall be continued in existence and shall retain the powers and 
duties set forth in such legislation, so long as any of the bonds are 
outstanding. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the appli-
cation of Federal-aid highway funds to aid in the retirement of said 
bonds, to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Acts of Con-
gress relating to the use of such funds. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term "highway vehicle fuel taxes" 
means taxes in respect to the fuel for operating a motor vehicle or 
motor vehicles upon the highways, as defined and imposed by the laws 
of the Territory of Hawaii, but in the event the legislation providing 
for such tax levies the same in respect to other fuel and does not 
provide for the segregation of the taxes in respect to the fuel for oper-
ating a motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon the highways, then the 
term "highw^ay vehicle fuel taxes" includes as well all such taxes in 
respect to fuel as are commingled with the taxes in respect to the fuel 
for operating a motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon the highw^ays. 
SEC. 5. Act 249 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, is hereby 
amended to the extent of inserting in section 5961 therein set forth 
the public law number as may be assigned to this bill upon its 
enactment. 
Federal-aid high-
way funds. 
" H i g h w a y ve-
hicle fuel taxes." 
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SEC. 6. Act 249 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1955, as amended 
by section 5 above is hereby approved and ratified. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 717 
CHAPTER 603 
July 14. 1956 
AN A C T 
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.— To provide for settlement in part of certain claims of the Uintah and White 
River Bands of Ute Indians in Court of Claims case numbered 47568, through 
restoration of subsurface rights in certain lands formerly a part of the Uintah 
Indian Reservation. 
Uintah and White 
R i v e r B a n d s of 
68 Stat. 873. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That after accept-
indians. 
ance by the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, 
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in Utah, of the provisions of this Act and the filing by the Uintah 
and White River Bands of Ute Indians of an amendment to the peti-
tion in Court of Claims case numbered 47568, as provided in section 
5 hereof, all right, title, and interest in and to the mineral and oil 
and gas resources of the land described in section 6, shall be restored 
to tribal ownership and vested in the United States in trust for the 
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah, 
subject to valid leases, locations, or other claims that are outstanding 
as of the effective date of this Act and that are thereafter maintained 
in compliance with the laws under which they were initiated, and all 
rentals, royalties, or other payments received by the United States 
under or on account of such leases after the effective date of this Act 
shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit 
of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservations, in 
Utah, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 17,1926 (44 Stat. 
560), as amended (25 U. S. C , sec. 155), and shall be subject to divi-
sion between the full-blood and the mixed-blood groups, and shall be 
available for advance or expenditure, in accordance with the provi-
sions of sections 10 and 11 of the Act of August 27,1954 (68 Stat. 868). 
SEC. 2. The Ute Indian tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, 
in Utah, acting by the tribal business committee representing the full-
blood group, and the authorized representatives of the mixed-blood 
group (in accordance with section 10 of the Act of August 27, 1954, 
68 Stat. 868), may prospect, mine, drill, remove, process, or otherwise 
exploit any or all of the mineral and oil and gas resources of the land 
described in section 6 of this Act that are not covered by valid leases, 
locations, or other claims as of the effective date of this Act; may sell 
or otherwise dispose of any or all of the production obtained through 
the exploitation of such resources by said tribe; and may issue leases 
or permits for the prospecting, mining, drilling, removal, or processing 
of such resources. 
Each such action shall be in accordance with the 
provisions of law and of the constitution, bylaws, and corporate charter 
of said tribe that would be applicable to the taking of like action 
with respect to mineral resources within the Uintah and Ouray Res-
ervation. Any operations conducted pursuant to this section or under 
a lease or permit issued pursuant to this section shall also be subject 
to the direction and control of the Secretary of Agriculture to the 
extent provided in section 3 of this Act. The mineral resources of 
the land described in section 6 shall not be subject to disposition other-
wise than as provided in this section, except in pursuance of valid 
leases, locations or other claims existing at the time this Act becomes 
effective and thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under 
which the same w^ere initiated.