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
PL 84-923 (H.R.604), enacted 08/02/1956

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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. 
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Appropriation. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided^ That 
the Secretary of the Interior may expend any funds made available 
by other Federal agencies or the Territory of Alaska to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 2, 4956. 
Public Law 924 
August 2, 1956 
IS. 3556] 
Irrigation works. 
Movable prop-
erty. 
CHAPTER 884 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 551, chapter 616, Eighty-third Congress, second session. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the Act of 
July 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 580, 43 U. S. C. 499a) is amended by adding 
thereto a new sentence reading as follows: "In order to encourage 
the assumption by irrigation districts and water users' organizations 
of the operation and maintenance of irrigation works, the Secretary 
is authorized to use appropriated funds available for the project in-
volved to acquire movable property for transfer at the time operation 
and maintenance is assumed under the terms and conditions herein-
before provided." 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Public Law 925 
CHAPTER 885 
August 2, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5299] 
rjQ authorize the estal)lishment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and for 
other purposes. 
v i r g i n Islands 
National Park. 
Administration. 
39 Stat. 535. 
Conditions and 
limitations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That a portion of 
the Virgin Islands of the United States, containing outstanding scenic 
and other features of national significance, shall be established, as 
prescribed in section 2 hereof, as the "Virgin Islands National Park". 
The national park shall be administered and preserved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in its natural condition for the public benefit and 
inspiration, in accordance with the laws governing the administration 
of the national parks (16 U. S. C. 1, and the following). 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, subject to 
the following conditions and limitations, to proceed in such manner as 
he shall find to be necessary in the public interest to consummate the 
establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park: 
(a) The acreage of the national park shall be limited to a total of 
not more than nine thousand five hundred acres of land area, such 
total to be comprised of not more than fifteen acres on the island of 
Saint Thomas, and not more than nine thousand four hundred and 
eighty-five additional acres to be comprised of portions of the island 
of Saint John and such small islands, rocks, and cays not in excess 
of five huridred acres in the general vicinity thereof as may be desirable 
for inclusion within the park; 
(b) Tentative exterior boundary lines, to include land not in excess 
of the aforesaid acreage limitations, may be selected for the park in 
order to establish the particular areas in which land may be acquired 
pursuant to this Act, such tentative boundaries to be selected and 
adjusted as may be necessary by the Secretary of the Interior;