An Act to amend the acts authorizing agricultural entries under the non-mineral land laws of certain mineral lands in order to increase the limitation with respect to desert entries made under such acts to 320 acres.
PL 84-76 (S.265), enacted 06/16/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 76-JUNE 16, 1955 
[69 S T AT, 
Appropriatloiu 
M a i l i n g 
privi-
lege. 
and binding, as are necessary for the efficient execution of the func-
tions, powers, and duties of the Commission under this Act. 
The 
Commission is authorized to utilize voluntary and uncompensated 
services for the purposes of this Act. There is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, the sum of $40,000, to carry out the provisions of this Act, 
including printing and binding. 
(b) The Commission shall have the same privilege of free trans-
mission of official mail matters as is granted by law to officers of the 
United States Government. 
Approved June 16, 1955. 
June 16. 1955 
[S. 265r 
Public Law 76 
CHAPTER 145 
AN ACT 
To amend the Acts authorizing agricultural entries under the nonmineral land 
laws of certain mineral lands in order to increase the limitation with respect 
to desert entries made under such Acts to three hundred and twenty acres. 
Desert land en-
tries. 
30 u s e 83. 
80 u s e 121. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for agricultural entries on coal 
lands", approved June 22,1910 (36 Stat. 583), is amended by deleting 
the following: "no desert entry made under the provisions of this 
Act shall contain more than one hundred and sixty acres, and". 
SEC. 2. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for 
agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as con-
taining phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals", 
approved July 17, 1914 (38 Stat. 509), is amended by deleting the 
following: "; but no desert entry made under the provisions of this 
Act shall contain more than one hundred and sixty acres". 
SEC. 3. Any person who, prior to the date of aj)proval of this Act, 
has made a valid desert-land entry on lands subject to such Act of 
.June 22,1910, or of July 17,1914, may, if otherwise qualified, enter as 
a personal privilege, not assignable, an additional tract of desert land 
subject to the provisions of such Acts, as hereby amended, and section 
7 of the Act entitled "An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands 
by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their 
orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock 
industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes", 
approved June 28,1934, as amended (48 Stat. 1269; 1272; 43 U. S. C , 
sec. 315f). 
Such additional tract shall not, together with the original 
entry, exceed three hundred and twenty acres. The holder of an addi-
tional entry authorized under this section shall comply with all the 
requirements of the desert-land law on the lands eirfbraced by such 
additional entry. 
Approved June 16, 1955. 
June 16, 1955 
[S. 2^6] 
Public Law 77 
CHAPTER 146 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain property of the 
United States Government (in the Wyoming National Guard Camp Guernsey 
target and maneuver area, Platte County, Wyoming) to the State of Wyoming. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^p^iatte eounty. United States of America in Congress assernhled^ That the Secretary 
Property trans- of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the 
fer.