An Act to authorize the San Benito International Bridge Co., to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Los Indios, Tex
PL 86-338 (H.R.8582), enacted 09/21/1959

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States and certain other countries) revising and renewing such Agree-
ment of 1949 for periods through July 31, 1962 (hereinafter collec-
tively called the 'International Wheat Agreement')." 
(2) There is inserted immediately before the last sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: "Such net costs in connection with the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement, 1959, shall include those with respect to 
all transactions which qualify as commercial purchases (as defined in 
such agreement) from the United States by importing member coun-
tries." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-337 
AN A C T 
September 21, 1959 
To authorize the sale of forty acres of land owned by the Creek Tribe of Indians. 
[H. R. 85 14] 
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 sell all of the right, title, and interest 
of the United States and of the Creek Tribe of Indians in the southeast 
quarter northeast quarter section 3, township 9 north, range 16 east, 
Indian base and meridian, containing approximately 40 acres, and 
located near the Eufaula Indian boarding school, Oklahoma. The 
land may be offered for sale to the city of Eufaula, Oklahoma, at its 
appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, and if 
the offer is not accepted the land may be sold on the basis of competitive 
bids for not less than its appraised value or an amount substantially 
equal thereto. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Indian Tribe. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Indians. 
Creek Tribe. 
Sale of lands. 
Public Law 86-338 
AN ACT 
To authorize the San Benito International Bridge Company to construct, main-
tain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Los Indios, Texas. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 8582] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the San Benito 
International Bridge Company of San Benito, Texas, is authorized to 
construct a toll bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande, 
at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Los Indios, 
Texas, and for a period of sixty-six years from the date of completion 
of said bridge, to maintain and operate same and to collect tolls for the 
use thereof, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters 
of such river in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An 
Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", 
approved March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C, sees. 491 to 498, inclusive), 
subject to— 
(1) the conditions and limitations contained in this Act; 
(2) the approval of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico; and 
(3) the approval of the proper authorities in the Republic of 
Mexico; 
with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of such 
bridge. 
Bridge construc-
tion. 
Los Indios, Tex. 
34 Stat. 84. 
33 use 491 note. 
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Tolls. 
R i g h t 
to 
sell, 
transfer, etc. 
Limitation. 
SEO. 2. Tlie San Benito International Bridge Company may fix 
and charge tolls for transit over the bridge referred to in the first 
section of this Act in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, 
and the laws of the United States, applicable to such tolls, and the 
rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until changed under the 
authority contained in section 4 of the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 
U.S.C.,sec.494). 
SEC. 3. The San Benito International Bridge Company may sell, 
assign, transfer, or mortgage the rights, powers, and privileges con-
ferred on such Company by this Act to any public agency, or to an 
international bridge authority or commission, and any such agency, 
authority, or commission is authorized to exercise the rights, powers, 
and privileges acquired under this section (including acquisition by 
mortgage foreclosure) in the same manner as if such rights, powers, 
and privileges had been granted by this Act directly to such agency, 
authority, or commission. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of 
March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C., sec. 496), this Act shall be null and void 
unless the actual construction of the bridge referred to in the first 
section of this Act is commenced within three years and completed 
within five years from the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 8587] 
Public Law 86-339 
AN ACT 
To provide for the equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm 
Springs) Reservation in California, and for other purposes. 
A g u a 
Caliente 
R e s e r v a t i o n , 
Calif. 
A l 1 o t m e n t s , 
equalization. 
Land values. 
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 (hereinafter called the "Secretary") is authorized and 
directed to do whatever is necessary and proper to equalize as nearly 
as possible the values of all allotments of land on the Agua Caliente 
(Palm Springs) Reservation in California in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Any member of the Agua Caliente Band (hereinafter called 
the "band") who is living on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and who has not received an allotment of land shall be given an allot-
ment in accordance with the provisions of law existing prior to this 
Act. No further allotments of land shall thereafter be made to any 
other or future born members of the band, or to their heirs or devisees, 
except for the purpose of equalization. This prohibition against fur-
ther allotments shall not be construed as a closing of the band's mem-
bership rolls. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall determine on the basis of the con-
tract appraisals that were made in 1957 and 1958 (1) the value of all 
unallotted tribal land, and (2) the value of the allotment of each 
allottee who is living on the date of this Act, excluding the value of 
any improvements thereon. 
Where lands of a living allottee have 
been sold under the supervision of the Secretary, their value for the 
purpose of equalization shall be the amount received from such sale, 
excluding the value assigned to any improvements thereon. 
Where 
lands of a living allottee have been fee patented to and sold by the 
allottee, their value for the purpose of equalization shall be the 
appraised value of the lands, excluding improvements, as of the time