An Act to amend the act to promote the education of the blind, approved March 3, 1879, as amended, so as to authorize wider distribution of books and other special instructional material for the blind, to increase the appropriations authorized for this purpose, and for other purposes
PL 84-922 (S.3259), enacted 08/02/1956

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(^) Effective when all claims of the tribe that are now pending be-
fore the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Claims have been 
finally adjudicated, all powers of the Secretary of the Interior or 
other officer of the United States to take, review, or approve any 
action under the constitution and bylaws of the tribe are hereby 
terminated. Any powers conferred upon the tribe by such constitu-
tion which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
terminated. Such termination shall not affect the power of the tribe 
to take any action under its constitution and bylaws that is consistent 
with this Act without the participation of the Secretary or other officer 
of the United States. 
Ron of members. 
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5 Nothing in this Act shall affect any claims heretofore filed 
against the United States by the Peoria Tribe. 
SEC. 6. The Peoria Tribe shall have a period of six months from 
the date of this Act in which to prepare and submit to the Secretary 
a proposed roll of the members of the tribe living on the date of this 
Act, which shall be published in the Federal Register. The proposed 
roll shall be prepared in accordance with eligibility requirements pre-
scribed in the tribe's constitution and bylaws. If the tribe fails to 
submit such roll within the time specified in this section, the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall prepare a proposed roll for the tribe, which 
shall be published in the Federal Register. 
Any person claiming 
membership rights in the tribe or any interest in its assets, or a repre-
sentative of the Secretary on behalf of any such person, may, within 
sixty days from the date of publication of the proposed roll, file an 
appeal with the Secretary contesting the inclusion or omission of the 
name of any person on or from such roll. The Secretary shall review 
such appeals and his decisions thereon shall be final and conclusive. 
^Publication in After dispositiou of all such appeals by the Secretary, the roll of the 
tribe shall be published in the Federal Register, and such roll shall 
be final for the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
August 2, 1956 
[S. 3259] 
Public Law 922 
CHAPTER 882 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act to promote the education of the blind, approved March 3, 
1879, as amended, so as to authorize wider distribution of books and other 
special instructional material for the b ind, to increase the appropriations 
authorized for this purpose, and for other purposes. 
Education of the 
blind. 
20 Stat. 468. 
E X p e n diture of 
appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the paragraph 
of section 102 of the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U. S. C. 
102), labeled "First'' is amended to read as follows: 
"First. Such appropriation shall be expended by the trustees of the 
American Printing House for the Blind each year in manufacturing 
and furnishing books and other materials specially adapted for in-
struction of the blind; and the total amount of such books and other 
materials so manufactured and furnished by such appropriation shall 
each year be distributed among all the public institutions, in the 
States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, in which blind 
pupils are educated. 
Each public institution for the education of 
the blind shall receive, in books and other materials, upon requisition 
of its superintendent, that portion of the appropriation as is shown 
by the ratio between the number of blind pupils in that institution 
and the total number of blind pupils in all of the public institutions 
in which blind pupils are educated. Each chief State school officer 
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shall receive, in books and other materials, upon requisition, that por-
tion of the appropriation as is shown by the ratio between the num-
ber of blind pupils in public institutions (in the State) in which blind 
pupils are educated, other than institutions to which the preceding 
sentence is applicable, and the total number of blind pupils in the 
public institutions in which blind pupils are educated, in all of the 
States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The ratio re-
ferred to in each of the two immediately preceding sentences shall 
be computed upon the first Monday in January of each year; and for 
purposes of such sentences the number of blind pupils in public in-
stitutions in w^hich blind pupils are educated shall be authenticated 
in such manner and as often as the trustees of the American Printing 
House for the Blind shall require. 
For purposes of this Act, an 
institution for the education of the blind is any institution which pro-
vides education exclusively for the blind, or exclusively for the blind 
and other handicapped children (in which case special classes are 
provided for the blind) ; the chief State school officer of a State is 
the superintendent of public elementary and secondary schools in 
such State or, if there is none, such other official as the Governor cer-
tifies to have comparable responsibility in the State; and a blind pupil 
is a blind individual pursuing a course of study in an institution of 
less than college grade." 
SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act providing additional aid for 
the American Printing House for the Blind", approved August 4, 
1919, as amended (20 U. S. C. 101), is further amended by striking 
out "$250,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$400,000". 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Trust fund. 
66 Stat. 89. 
Public Law 923 
CHAPTER 883 
AN ACT 
To provide port of entry and related facilities on the Alaska Highway at the 
Alaska-Canadian border in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
August 2, 195i5 
Ijl. R. 604] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
provide proper facilities for the public visiting Alaska and to assure 
the efficient discharge of governmental responsibilities and functions 
in connection therewith, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and 
directed to select a suitable site for, and prepare a unified development 
plan of, the facilities needed for the comfort and convenience of the 
public, and for the office and housing needs of cooperating Federal 
agencies operating near the Alaska-Canadian border adjacent to the 
Alaska Highway in the Territory of Alaska. 
SEC. 2. The site selected by the Secretary of the Interior in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 1 hereof shall consist of lands 
owned or controlled by the United States. If any lands within the site 
so selected by the said Secretary are under the jurisdiction of another 
department or agency of the Federal Government, they may be in-
cluded in the site without reimbursement to such other department or 
agency after the written approval for their inclusion therein has been 
obtained from the head of the department or agency having jurisdic-
tion thereover. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to make such 
arrangements with cooperating Federal, Territorial, or other govern-
mental agencies as may be deemed by him to be necessary and appro-
priate for the use of the site and facilities selected and developed in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
Alaska Highway. 
Port of entry. 
Agency coopert 
tion. 
Use.