Joint resolution changing the date for the counting of tlae electoral votes in 1957
PL 84-436 (H.J.Res.517), enacted 03/24/1956

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March 21, 1956 
[H. R. 2552] 
Great Lakes con-
necting channels. 
Modification. 
Appropriation. 
PUBLIC LAW 434~MAR. 21, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
Public Law 434 
CHAPTER 90 
AN ACT 
To authorize the modification of the existing project for the Great Lakes 
connectiiifi^ channels above Lake Erie. 
Be it enacted hy the />lenate and Hou^e of Refresentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in (Jongress assemMed^ That the project 
for improvement of the Great Lakes connecting channels above Lake 
Erie is hereby modified to provide controlling depths of not less than 
twenty-seven feet, the work to be prosecuted under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers 
ill accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers, in the 
report submitted in Senate Document Numbered 71, Eighty-fourth 
Congress, first session. 
SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessaiy to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved March 21, 1956. 
Public Law 435 
CHAPTER 91 
March 24, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5556] 
Authorizing a preliminary examination and survey <
»
f McGirts Creek, Phulda, 
for tiood control. 
McGirts C r e e k , 
Fla. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in, Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby author-
ized and directed to make a preliminary examination and survey with a 
view to determining the advisability of making improvements for 
flood control in McGirts Creek, a tributary of Saint Johns River, in 
Florida. 
Approved March 24, 1956. 
March 24, 1956 
[H. J. Res. 517] 
3 use 15. 
Electoral votes, 
count. 
Public Law 436 
CHAPTER 92 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Changing tlie date for the counting of tlae elect(»ral votes in 1
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Whereas January 6,1957, is a Sunday; and 
AVhereas Public Law 771, Eightieth Congress (62 Stat. 672, 675), 
provides that "•(\)ugress shall be in session on the sixth day of 
.laniuuy succeeding every meeting of the (Presidential) electors" 
for the pur))ose of counting the electoral votes: Therefore be it 
Resolved by the Senate and lionise of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the two Houses of 
Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on 
Monday, the seventh day of January 1957, at one o'clock post 
meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws 
relating to the election of President and Vice President of the United 
States, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer; 
that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the President of 
the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the 
part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as 
they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates 
and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which 
certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon 
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in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; 
and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing 
of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear 
from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained 
and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, 
the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, 
who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announce-
ment shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, 
elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, 
together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the 
two Houses. 
Approved March 24, 1956. 
Public Law 437 
CHAPTER 93 
AN ACT 
To extend the time within which the State of Louisiana may make initial pay-
ment on the purchase of certain property from the United States. 
March 24, 1956 
[H. R. 7927] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
p°^^^^|!'f 
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Act entitled "An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain property ment. ^ *' ^ ^^^ 
under the jurisdiction of the Housing and Home Finance Administra-
tor to the State of Louisiana", approved August 4, 1955 (Public Law 
235, Eighty-fourth Congress), is amended bv striking out "six 
months" and inserting in lieu thereof "one year . 
Approved March 24, 1956. 
69 Stat. 495. 
Public Law 438 
CHAPTER 94 
AN ACT 
To revise the boundaries of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, in 
the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes. 
March 24, 1956 
[S. 1529] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the follow-
ing-described lands are hereby made a part of the Theodore Roosevelt 
National Memorial Park, subject to all laws and regulations applicable 
thereto: Beginning at a point in block 11 of the village of Medora, 
North Dakota, said point being on the northerly right-of-way line 
of Third Avenue a distance of 160 feet westerly from the northwest 
corner of the intersection of Third Avenue and Main Street; thence 
northerly a distance of 140 feet to a point on a line parallel to and 160 
feet westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of Main Street; thence 
easterly 10 feet along a line parallel to and 140 feet northerly of the 
northerly right-of-way line of Third Avenue to a point 150 feet west-
erly of the westerly right-of-way line of Main Street; thence northerly 
20 feet along a line parallel to and 150 feet westerly of the westerly 
right-of-way line of Main Street to a point on a line parallel to and 
160 feet northerly of the northerly right-of-way line of Third Avenue; 
thence easterly along said line a distance of 150 feet to a point on the 
westerly right-of-way line of Main Street; thence northerly a dis-
tance of 40 feet along said westerly right-of-way line of Main Street 
to a point 200 feet northerly from the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Third Avenue and Main Street; thence easterly along a 
line parallel to and 200 feet northerly of the northerly right-of-way 
Theodore Roose-
velt National Me-
morial Park. 
Boundaries.