An Act to authorize land exchanges for purposes of Colonial National Historical Park, in the State of Virginia; to authorize the transfer of certain lands of Colonial National Historical Park, in the State of Virginia, to the Commonwealth of Virginia; and for other purposes
PL 84-448 (H.R.5280), enacted 03/29/1956

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shall be established by concurrent resolution of the Congress or by 
determination of the President". 
SEC. 3. That the third sentence of the first section of said Act is 
hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words "The amount allowed 
on account of personal injury or death shall be limited to reasonable 
medical, hospital, and burial expenses actually incurred, except that", 
and by capitalizing the next following word "no". 
SEC. 4. That the amendment made by the third section of this Act 
shall be effective only with respect to claims accruing after the date of 
its enactment. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
Effectivity. 
Public Law 447 
CHAPTER 104 
AN ACT 
To abolish the Castle Pinckney National Monument, in the State of South 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
March 29, 1956 
[H. R. 4391] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Castle 
Pinckney National Monument, South Carolina, is hereby abolished 
and the property contained therein is hereby authorized to be disposed 
of in accordance with the laws relating to the disposition of surplus 
Federal property. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
Castle Pinckney 
Nat'l. 
Monument, 
S. C. 
Public Law 448 
CHAPTER 105 
AN ACT 
To authorize land exchanges for ijurposes of Colonial National Historical Park, 
in the State of Virginia; to authorize the transfer of (;ertain lands of Colonial 
National Historical Park, in the State of Virginia, to the Commonwealth of 
Virginia; and for other purposes. 
March 29. 1956 
[H. R. 5280] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Jloune of RepveHentatlves of the 
United States of America in Con(ivei^H axsemhTed,, That for the purpose 
of preserving more effectively for the public benefit the historic prop-
erties within (\)loiiial Xational Historical Park, Virginia, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to consuiinnate desirable land 
exchanges, as hereafter prescribed, and thereby to reduce and adjust 
the boundaries of the park. Any lands eliminated from the park here-
under shall not subsequently be added to the park except by Act of 
Congress. 
In furtherance of these purposes, the Secretary is authorized on 
l)ehalf of the Ignited States to accept from grantors title to non-
Federal land and intei'ests in land, together with the improvements 
thereon, situated within the authorized park boundaries, and in 
exchange therefor, to convey by deed on behalf of the United States 
to the aforesaid grantors land or interests therein, togetlier with the 
improvements thereon, situated within C^olonial National Historical 
Park that may be used advantageously for exchange purposes. 
The 
aforesaid exchanges are authorized to be made without additional 
compensation by either party to the exchange when the pi'operties to 
be exchanged are of approximately equal value. When, however, the 
properties are not of approximately equal value, as may be determined 
by the Secretary, an additional payment of funds shall be required by 
the Secretary or by the grantor of non-Federal properties, as the case 
C o l o n i a l 
Na-
t i o n a l 
Historical 
Park, Va. 
Land exchanges. 
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Transfer. 
may be, in order to make an equal exchange. Tlie Secretary is author-
ized to use any land acquisition funds relating to the National Park 
System for such purposes. 
The Secretary may consununate land 
exchanges herein authorized upon such terms, conditions, and pro-
cedures as he may tind to be necessary or desirable in carrying out 
the pin-poses of this Act: and in evaluating non-Federal properties 
to l)e acquired hereunder, he is authorized to make such allowance as 
he may find to be equitable for the value of any residential properties 
that may be situated upon land to be acquired pursuant to this Act. 
If expedient and in the public interest to do so, he may assist in the 
removal of structures from ])roperty to be acquired hereunder through 
the exchange procedure, and he may coo])erate with public or private 
agencies and persons in the securing of housing for the aforesaid 
grantoi-s who may require new housing acconnnodations or facilities 
as a result of the land exchanges herein authorized. 
SKC. 2, The Secretary is further authorized to transfer without com-
pensation up to fifteen acres of the Colonial National Historical Park, 
Virginia, to the (\mnnonwealth of Virginia for use by agencies of the 
Commonwealth in the establishment of a State Park in furtherance of 
the purposes of the (\)lonial National Historical Park. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
March 29, 1956 
[H. R. 4680] 
Public Law 449 
CHAPTER 106 
AN ACT 
Affirming that title to a certain tract of land in California vested in tlie State of 
California on .Tannary 21, 1897. 
Be it enacted ^y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United' States of America in Congress assenihled, That all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to tract 39, township 4 north, 
range 18 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, as identined on the 
plat of survey approved August 5, 1931, by the United States Super-
visor of Surveys and accepted on March 2,1932, by the Assistant (Com-
missioner of the General Land Office of the Department of the 
Interior, vested in the State of California on January 21, 1897, the 
date on which the original plat of survey of such lands was accepted 
by the Commissioner of the General Land Office of such Department 
under the school land grant made to such State by the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide for the Survey of the Public Lands in California, 
the granting of Preemption Rights therein, and for other purposes'", 
approved March 3,1853 (10 Stat. 244), and that the United States has 
not held any interest in such lands since the date on Avhich title to it 
so vested in the State of California. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
March 29, 1956 
[ H. R. 4802] 
Public Law 450 
CHAPTER 107 
AN ACT 
To authorize the execution of mortj?ages and deeds of trust on indi\idual Indian 
trust or restricted land. 
Indians. 
Mortgages 
and 
deeds of trust. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the individual 
Indian owners of any land which either is held by the United States 
in trust for them or is subject to a restriction against alienation im-
posed by the United States are authorized, subject to approval by the