An Act to direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to the city of Mobile, Ala., all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land
PL 86-311 (H.R.2386), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-313-SEPT. 21, 1959 
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Public Law 86-311 
A N A C T 
September :21, 1959 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to tlie city of 
[H. R. 2386] 
Mobile, Alabama, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to certain land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatines 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services shall convey to the city of Mobile, Ala-
bama, by quitclaim deed for the current appraised fair market value 
of the Government's interest as determined by the Administrator of 
General Services, all the right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the land described in the deed, dated June 28, 1939, by 
which the United States of America conveyed certain lands to the 
city of Mobile, Alabama, recorded on page 256 of deed book 285, 
probate court records. Mobile County, Alabama. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall expire one year after the date of its enact-
ment unless the conveyance authorized and directed hereby is effected 
prior thereto. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Mobile, 
Ma. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 86-312 
AN ACT 
To fix the official station of retired judges assigned to active duty. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 2982] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 374 of re^^inct ^"'^^**' 
title 28 of the ITnited States Code is amended to read as follows: 
62statr904,908. 
"§ 374. Residence of retired judges; official station 
•'Retired judges of the United States are not subject to restrictions 
iis to residence. The place where a retired judge maintains the actual 
abode in which he customarily lives shall be deemed to be his official 
station for the purposes of section 456 of this title." 
SEC 2. Item 374 in the analysis of chapter 17 of title 28 of the United 
States (^ode, immediately preceding section 371 of such title, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"374. Residence of retired judges ; official station." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-313 
A N A C T 
September 21, 1959 
To extend for an additional three years the time within which the State of Mlchi- 
[H. R. siso] 
gan may commence and complete the construction of certain projects heretofore 
authorized by the Congress. 
Be it enacted 
by the Senate 
and House 
of Representatives 
of 
the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress 
assembled, 
T h a t the Act 
f'^'^^' ^ R^^er 
entitled "Adi Act authorizing the State of Michigan, acting through MICH. ^^^ 
'^"' 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-314-SEPT. 21, 1959 
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the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, 
maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from a point in or 
near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the Prov-
ince of Ontario, Canada'', approved December 16,1940 (54 Stat. 1222; 
Public Law 889, Seventy-sixth Congress), is hereby revived and reen-
acted: Provided^ That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual 
construction of the bridge, or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, referred to in such Act of December 16, 1940, is 
commenced within three years, and completed within six years, from 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-314 
AN ACT 
September 2 I, 1959 
[H. R. 3608] 
rp^j authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire certain land on the island of 
Guam.' 
Guam. 
Land ac qui s i-
tion. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, fee 
title or permanent easements to any land situated on the island of 
Guam on which the Department of the Navy has constructed roads 
since July 21, 1944. 
SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to 
exceed $2,000,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 4002] 
Public Law 86-315 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of Great Lakes vessels on the oceans. 
Great Lakes ves-
sels. 
64 Stat. 1078. 
50 use app. 1735 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended 
(60 Stat. 41, 50 U.S.C. 1735, as amended by Public Law 856, Eighty-
first Congress), and contracts executed thereunder, vessels purchased 
from the United States for exclusive use on the Great I^kes, including 
the Saint Lawrence River and Gulf, and their connecting waterways, 
may be operated in any trades and in any manner permitted to other 
vessels documented under the laws of the United States. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-316 
September 21, 1959 
AN A C T 
[H- R- 4603]— rfijj amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purpose of permitting the govern-
ment of Guam, with the consent of the legislature thereof, to be sued. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Organic Act of United Stutcs of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
Guam, amendment. ^^^^^^^^ ^^ scctlou 3 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 48