An Act to provide for the disposition of surplus personal property to the Territorial government of Alaska
PL 83-659 (H.R.9582), enacted 08/24/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 6 59-AUG. 24, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Mississippi, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
certain land, comprising approximately one and nine hundred four-
teen one-thousandths acres (including accretions thereto, and any 
riparian rights appurtenant to such land) near the city of Vicksburg, 
Mississippi, more particularly described as parcels 1 and 2 as shown on 
an official map of the United States Department of the Interior, iden-
tified as "Drawing No. NMP-VIC, 2028-A", dated August 15, 1951, 
and consisting of four sheets carrying such identification. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Public Law 659 
CHAPTER 908 
August 24, 1954 
AN ACT 
—[H' R' 9582]— r£Q provide for the disposition of surplus personal property to the Territorial 
government of Alaska. 
Alaska. 
Surplus property. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 4 71 note. 
Definitions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That notwith-
standing any provision of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended, or any other provision of law, sur-
plus personal property may be disposed of until December 31, 1956, 
to the Territorial government of Alaska at the request of the Gov-
ernor of Alaska without reimbursement or transfer of funds when 
such surplus personal property is found by the Governor to be essen-
tial for the operations or activities of the Territorial government. 
SEC. 2. The terms "property" and "surplus property", as used in 
section 1 hereof, shall have the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to 
them in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Public Law 660 
CHAPTER 909 
August 24, 1954 
[H. R. 9630] 
Black Canyon fr-
rigation 
District, 
Idaho. 
Repayment c o n -
tract. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract 
with the Black Canyon Irrigation District, Idaho, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States 
the amendatory repayment contract with the Black Canyon Irrigation 
District, Idaho, negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192; 43 U. S. C, 1946 edition, 
sec. 485f) and approved by the District's electors on April 20, 1954. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is further authorized, on the basis of the 
principles set forth in the revised allocation and repayment report 
for the Boise Federal reclamation project, Idaho, dated September 21, 
1953 (which report is in part the basis upon which the above-described 
amendatory repayment contract was negotiated), and subject to then 
existing contractual obligations of the United States in relation to 
the Boise project (1) to coordinate his operation of the facilities of 
the project with that of other Federal installations on the Boise and 
Payette Rivers, (2) to allocate an appropriate portion of the con-
struction cost and of the operation and maintenance costs of the 
project to each of the functions (primarily irrigation, including irriga-
tion poweFj commercial power, and flood control) served by it, and 
(3) to account for the return of the reimbursable allocations in 
accordance with the Federal reclamation laws.