An Act to amend section 401 (e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 in order to authorize permanent certification for certain air carriers operating in Hawaii and Alaska
PL 84-741 (S.3163), enacted 07/20/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 742-JULY 20, 1956 
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Public Law 741 
CHAPTER 650 
AN ACT 
To amend section 401 (e) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1038 in order to 
authorize permanent certification for certain air carriers operating in Hawaii 
and Alasl^a. 
July 20, 1956 
[S. 3163] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representativen 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 401 (e) 
of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 481 (e) )j 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
" (4) If any applicant who makes application for a certificate within 
one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph shall show that on such date it or its predecessor in interest 
was an air carrier, furnishing service within either the Territory of 
Hawaii or the Territory of Alaska (including service between Alaska 
and adjacent Canadian territory) authorized by certificate or cer-
tificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil 
Aeronautics Board to render such service within such Territory, 
and that any portion of such service between any points or for any 
class of traffic was performed pursuant to a temporary certificate or 
certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil 
Aeronautics Board, the Board shall, upon proof of such facts alone, 
issue a certificate or certificates of indefinite duration authorizing such 
applicant to engage in air transportation within such Territory be-
tween the same points and in the same manner and for each such class 
of traffic as temporarily authorized by such certificate or certificates as 
of the date of enactment of this paragraph." 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
C i v i l Aeronaut 
tics Act of 1938, 
amendment. 
69 Stat, 49. 
A l a s k a 
and 
Hawaii. 
Air carriers. 
Public Law 742 
CHAPTER 651 
AN ACT 
July 20, 1956 
To provide for the conveyance of certain property of the United States to the 
[H. R. 8817] 
city of Corbin, Kentucky. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Admin-
istrator of General Services shall convey to the city of Corbin, Ken-
tucky, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
tract of land containing six acres, more or less (together with all im-
provements thereon), located within that city, which tract of land was 
acquired by the Imited States from J. H. Early and his wife, Alice 
Early, as evidenced by the deed dated July 28, 1988, and recorded in 
the land records of Whitley County, Kentucky, on July 80, 1938, in 
book 140, at page 289, upon the payment by the city of Corbin of an 
amount equal to the fair market value of such tract of land (together 
w^ith the improvements thereon) as determined by such qualified con-
tract appraiser Or appraisers as the Administrator of General Services 
shall select. 
In the event the city of Corbin fails to tender the pur-
chase price within one year after being informed of the amount thereof 
by the Administrator, he is hereby authorized to dispose of said tract 
and improvements under the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
SEC. 2. In order to carry out the purixjse of this Act, there are hereby 
transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Administrator 
of General Services the custody and control of the land referred to in 
the first section of this Act. 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
Corbin, Ky. 
Conveyance. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
GSA. 
Custody and con-
trol.