An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to return certain lands to the police Jury of Caddo Parish, La
PL 82-267 (H.R.4749), enacted 03/04/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 267-MAR. 4, 1952 
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Studies and in^ 
vestigations. 
Report to House 
Committee. 
bridge so constructed will be of material benefit to the Federal Govern-
ment in the event that the dispersal of Federal agencies becomes an 
accomplished fact; and that the construction of such a bridge is hereby 
declared to be a desirable project. 
SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
authorized and directed to proceed immediately to make such studies 
and investigations as ma}' be deemed necessary to determine (1) the 
most suitable site for the construction, maintenance, and operation of 
a bridge over the Potomac River, including approaches thereto and 
connecting roads in the District of Columbia and in the State of 
Virginia; (2) the relative need for such bridge as against the need 
for other bridges within the District of Columbia, and as to which 
of such bridges should have priority for construction; (3) the char-
acter and volume of traffic that would use such bridge and whether 
such traffic would be predominantly local or would include a sub-
stantial volume of general north and south traffic for which such 
bridge would serve as a bypass of the most congested areas of the 
District of Columbia and the city of Washington; (4) the best location 
of approach roads and direct connections with the Mount Vernon 
Boulevard and U. S. Route 1 where it passes through Alexandria and 
with the Shirley Memorial Highway, together with the control of 
access to such approach or connecting roads and with appropriate 
recommendation regarding acquisition of the lands that would be 
required to provide right-of-way therefor both in the State of Virginia 
and in the District of Columbia; (5) the preliminary plans for and 
the approximate cost of such a bridge and what would constitute a 
fair and reasonable basis for distributing such costs as between the 
District of Columbia, the State of Virginia, and the Federal Govern-
ment; (6) and such other information as would be helpful to the 
Congress in deciding whether the construction of such bridge should 
be authorized. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall 
initiate and enter into such agreement as may be necessary for making 
and financing the studies and investigations herein authorized with 
the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, and the 
Department of Highways, State of Virginia, and shall enlist the 
cooperation of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and of any 
subdivision of the State of Virginia in which any part of such bridge 
or its approaches or connecting roads would be located, in the studies 
and investigations made i)ursiuint to such agreement. The Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to make such use 
of federally owned and controlled lands at and adjacent to the site 
of the bridge as may be necessary for making the studies and investiga-
tions authorized by this Act. A report of the results of such studies 
and investigations, together with recommendations based thereon, 
shall be made to the House Committee on the District of Columbia 
by the Commissioners of said District within six months after approval 
of this Act. 
Approved March 3, 1952. 
March 4, 1952 
[H.R.47493 
Public Law 267 
CHAPTER 77 
AN ACT 
AuthoriziiiL the Secretiiry of Agriculture to return certain lands to the Police 
Jury of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepTesentatives 
of the 
Cadd^'pJuh^^La. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to return, by appropriate 
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conveyance, to the Police Jury, Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, 
without cost, that certain tract of land obtained by the United States 
comprising thirty-eight and eight-tenths acres more or less, in town-
ship 16 north, range 13 west, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, donated by 
the Police Jury of Caddo Parish in the year 1930 to the United States 
of America for use in pecan production research, being the same 
lands obtained by the Police Jury of Caddo Parish from Mrs. Cecelia 
Leonard Ellerbe, said lands being no longer needed by the United 
States for that purpose. 
Approved March 4, 1952. 
Public Law 268 
CHAPTER 78 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to except the Territory of Alaska 
from certain restrictions upon the making of Federal contributions, and to 
amend the provisions thereof relating to the taking of oaths bj' certain civil 
defense personnel. 
March 5, 1952 
[S. 1244] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenioled^ That (a) the second fens-^Ac^^^r^so*" 
sentence of subsection 201 (i) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 amendment's. 
(Public Law 920, Eighty-first Congress) is amended by striking out 
fn ^u^sc^i"*** 
the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and 2281. 
^^^' 
the following: ''''Provided further, 
That the limitations upon the 
making of Federal contributions contained in the second, third, and 
fourth provisos of this sentence may be varied for the Territory of 
Alaska." 
(b) Subsection 403 (b) of such Act is amended by inserting, immedi-
ately after the second sentence thereof, the following new sentence: 
"After appointment and qualification for office, the director of civil 
defense of any State, and any subordinate civil defense officer within 
such State designated by the director in writing, shall be qualified to 
administer any such oath within such State under such regulations as 
the director shall prescribe." 
Approved March 5, 1952. 
64 Stat. 1255. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
2255. 
Public Law 269 
CHAPTER 79 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 848, Eighty-first Congress, second session. 
March 5, 1952 
[H.R. 2398] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembledj That section 3 of the 
Act of September 27, 1950, Public Law 848, Eighty-first Congress, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. Construction of the Vermejo reclamation project shall not 
be commenced until the President shall have approved a project report 
and there shall have been established, pursuant to the laws of the 
State of New Mexico, an organization with powers satisfactory to the 
Secretary, including the power to tax real property within its boun-
daries (which boundaries shall include the lands to be benefited by the 
project works) and the power to enter into a contract or contracts with 
the United States for payment or return, as the case may be, of the 
reimbursable costs of the project and such contract or contracts shall 
have been duly executed." 
Approved March 5, 1952. 
64 Stat. 1072. 
Vermejo r e c l a-
mation p r o j e c t , 
N. Mex.