An Act to provide for 5-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities Control Board with one of such terms expiring in each calendar year
PL 84-254 (S.2375), enacted 08/05/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 255-AUG. 9, 1955 
Public Law 254 
CHAPTER 580 
AN ACT 
To provide for five-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities 
Control Board with one of such terms expiring in each calendar year. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That section 12 (a) 
of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 is amended by strik-
ing out the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"The terms of office of the members of the Board in office on the date 
of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act 
shall expire at the time they would have expired if such Act had not 
been enacted. 
The term of office of each member of the Board ap-
pointed after the date of enactment of the Subversive Activities Con-
trol Board Tenure Act shall be for five years from the date of expira-
tion of the term of his predecessor, except that (1) the term of office 
of that member of the Board who is designated by the President 
and is appointed to succeed one of the two members of the Board whose 
terms expire on August 9, 1955, shall be for four years from the date 
of expiration of the term of his predecessor, and (2) the term of office 
of any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the ex-
piration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall 
be for the remainder of the term of his predecessor. 
Upon the ex-
piration of his term of office a member of the Board shall continue to 
serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have 
qualified." 
SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Subversive Activities Control 
Board Tenure Act". 
Approved August 5, 1955. 
539 
August 5, 1955 
[S. 2375] 
S u b v e r s i v e Ac-
tivities C on t r ol 
Board Tenure Act. 
64 Stat. 997. 
50 u s e 791. 
Public Law 255 
CHAPTER 615 
AN ACT 
To authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educa-
tional, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the 
grant of long-term leases. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assevioled, That any restricted 
Indian lands, whether tribally or individually owned, may be leased 
by the Indian owners, with the approval of the Secretary of the 
Interior, for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, or 
business purposes, including the development or utilization of natural 
resources in connection with operations under such leases, for grazing 
purposes, and for those farming purposes which require the making 
of a substantial investment in the improvement of the land for the 
production of specialized crops as determined by said Secretary. All 
leases so granted shall be for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years, 
excepting leases for grazing purposes, which shall be for a term of not 
to exceed ten years. Leases for public, religious, educational, recrea-
tional, residential, or business purposes with the consent of both parties 
may include provisions authorizing their renewal for one additional 
term of not to exceed twenty-five years, and all leases and renewals 
shall be made under such terms and regulations as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. Restricted lands of deceased Indians may be leased under 
this Act, for the benefit of their heirs or devisees, in the circumstances 
August 9, 1955 
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Indians. 
Leasing of re-
stricted lands. 
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STAT. 
and by the persons prescribed in the Act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 745; 
•25 U. S. C, 1946 edition, sec. 380, as amended) : Provided, That if the 
authority of the Secretary under this section is delegated to any sub-
ordinate official, then any heir or devisee shall have the right to appeal 
the action of any such official to the Secretary under such rules and 
regulations as he may prescribe. 
SEC. 3. The Act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 783; 25 U. S. C. 396) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following 
proviso: ": Provided, That if the said allottee is deceased and the heirs 
to or devisees of any interest in the allotment have not been determined, 
or, if determined, some or all of them cannot be located, the Secretary 
of the Interior may offer for sale leases for mining purposes to the 
highest responsible qualified bidder, at public auction, or on sealed 
bids, after notice and advertisement, upon such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. The Secretary of the 
Interior shall have the right to reject all bids whenever in his judg-
ment the interests of the Indians will be served by so doing, and to 
readvertise such lease for sale". 
SEC. 4. No rent or other consideration for the use of land leased under 
this Act shall be paid or collected more than one year in advance, unless 
so provided in the lease. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior shall approve no lease pursuant 
to this Act that contains any provision that will prevent or delay a 
termination of Federal trust responsibilities with respect to the land 
during the term of the lease. 
SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to repeal 
any authority to lease restricted Indian lands conferred by or pursuant 
to any other provision of law. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 256 
CHAPTER 616 
August 9. 1955 
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Authorizing construction of certain public works on the Mississippi River for the 
protection of Saint Louis, Missouri. 
Flood p r o t e c-
tion. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Appropriat ion. 
Be it e?iacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the project for 
flood protection at Saint Louis, Missouri, is hereby authorized sub-
stantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Docu-
ment Numbered 57, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of 
$123,020,000. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[S. 72] 
Public Law 257 
CHAPTER 617 
AN ACT 
To provide that certain lands acquired by the United States shall be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as national forest lands. 
Lincoln National 
Forest, N. Mex. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That those certain 
lands situated within the boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest, 
New Mexico, which were conveyed to the United States by the State