Public Law 34.

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69 Stat. 48 Public Law 34 chapter 37 AN ACT To declare the tidewaters in the waterway (in which is located Fort Point Channel and South Bay) above the easterly side of the highway bridge over Fort Point Channel at Dorchester Avenue In the city of Boston nonnavigable tidewaters.May 13, 1955 [[H. R. 1816](/us/bill/84/hr/1816)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Boston, Mass. That the portion of theNonnavigable tidewaters. tidewaters in the waterway in which is located Fort Point Channel and South Bay in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, lying above the easterly side of the highway bridge over Fort Point Channel at Dorchester Avenue in the city of Boston is hereby declared to be a non-navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Sec. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved May 13, 1955. Public Law 35: To authorize the furnishing of subsistence and quarters without charge to employees of the Corps of Engineers engaged on Hooting plant operations. Public Law 35 Public Law 35 69 Stat. 48 1955-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 35 chapter 38 AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of subsistence and quarters without charge to employees of the Corps of Engineers engaged on Hooting plant operations.May 13, 1955 [[H. R. 4936](/us/bill/84/hr/4936)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Corps of Engineers. That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of March 5, 1928, employees of the Corps[45 Stat. 193](/us/stat/45/193). [5 USC 75a](/us/usc/t5/s75a). of Engineers, Department of the Army, engaged on floating plant operations may be furnished subsistence and/or quarters on vessels without charge whenever messing and/or quartering are determined to be equitable to the employees and to be necessary in the public interest in connection with such operations.

Any such subsistence and quarters shall be furnished in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Approved May 13, 1955. Public Law 36: To enable the State of Arizona and the town of Tempe, Arizona, to convey to the Salt. River Agricultural Improvement and Power District, for use by such district, a portion of certain property heretofore transferred under certain restrictions to such State and town by the United States. Public Law 36 Public Law 36 69 Stat. 48 1955-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 36 chapter 39 AN ACT To enable the State of Arizona and the town of Tempe, Arizona, to convey to the Salt. River Agricultural Improvement and Power District, for use by such district, a portion of certain property heretofore transferred under certain restrictions to such State and town by the United States.May 13, 1955 [[H. R. 1602](/us/bill/84/hr/1602)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Tempe, Ariz.

Conveyance. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to transfer by quitclaim deed or other appropriate means to the State of Arizona and to the town of Tempe, Arizona, so much of the right, title, and interest remaining in the United States in and to the following described property, formerly constituting a part of the Papago Saguaro National Monument in Arizona, which was transferred in part to such State and in part to such town pursuant to the Act of April 7, 1930 (46 Stat. 142), as supplemented by the Act of July 7, 1932 (47 Stat. 646), on the condition that it be used for park, recreation, public convenience, or municipal purposes, as may be necessary to enable such State 69 Stat. 49 and town to convey to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, a political subdivision of such State, such property as a site for an office building (including facilities and improvements related thereto) to be used by such district:

All that portion of the north half of section 9, township 1 north, range east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Arizona, bounded on the north by the south right-of-way line of Van Buren Street, on the east by the right-of-way of the State of Arizona at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Van Buren Street, on the south by the north right-of-way line of Washington Boulevard and on the west by a line parallel to and fifty feet east of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the center line of East Washington Boulevard from which point the north and south midsection line of said section 9 bears south 81 degrees 52 minutes 31) seconds east a distance of 554.5 feet; thence north 21 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds east a distance of 1,116.12 feet to u point: thence on a curve to the right, having a radius of 655.73 feet, a distance of 198.57 feet, as measured along the arc of said curve, to a point; thence north 38 degrees 58 minutes east a distance of 96.74 feet to a point; thence on a curve to the left having a radius of 221.5 feet a distance of 153.51 feet, as measured along the are of said curve, to a point; thence north 00 degrees 44 minutes 30 seconds west a distance of 210.2 feet to a point on the center line of East Van Buren Street from which the point of intersection of said center line of East Van Buren Street and the north-south midsection line of said section 9 bears north 33 degrees 51 minutes west a distance of 160.98 feet.

Approved May 13, 1955. Public Law 37: To amend section 402 of the Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Aet, approved September 1, 1954. Public Law 37 Public Law 37 69 Stat. 49 1955-05-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 37 chapter 40 AN ACT To amend section 402 of the Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Aet, approved September 1, 1954.May 13, 1955 [[S. 1094](/us/bill/84/s/1094)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 402 of the Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Act, approved September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114), is amended by striking from the first sentence[5 USC 2131](/us/usc/t5/s2131). thereof the words “existing on the date of enactment of this Act”.

Approved May 13, 1955. Public Law 38: To amend section 401

(e)of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended. Public Law 38 Public Law 38 69 Stat. 49 1955-05-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 38 chapter 41 AN ACT To amend section 401

(e)of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended.May 19, 1955 [[H. R. 2225](/us/bill/84/hr/2225)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, amendment. [49 USC 481 (e)](/us/usc/t49/s481). That section 401

(e)of the Civil Aeronautics Aet of 1938, as amended (49 U. S. C. 487 (e); 52 Stat. 987), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " “(3) If any applicant who makes application for a certificate withinPublic convenience certificates. one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this paragraph shall show that, from January 1, 1953, to the date of its application, it or its predecessor in interest, was an air carrier furnishing, within the continental limits of the United States, local or feeder service consisting of the carriage of persons, property, and mail, 69 Stat. 50 under a temporary certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board, continuously operating as such (except as to interruptions of service over which the applicant or its predecessors in interest have no control) the Board, upon proof of such fact only, shall, unless the service rendered by such applicant during the period since its last certification has been inadequate and inefficient, issue a certificate or certificates of unlimited duration, authorizing such applicant to engage in air transportation between the terminal and intermediate points within the continental limits of the United States between which it, or its predecessor, so continuously operated between the date of enactment of this paragraph and the date of its application: *Provided*, That the Board in issuing the certificate is empowered to limit the duration of the certificate ns to not over one-half of the intermediate points named therein, which points it finds have generated insufficient traffic to warrant a finding that the public convenience and necessity requires permanent certification at such time.” " Approved May 19, 1955. Public Law 39: To amend the Act to protect scenic values along Oak Creek Canyon and certain tributaries thereof within the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Public Law 39 Public Law 39 69 Stat. 50 1955-05-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 39 chapter 42 AN ACT To amend the Act to protect scenic values along Oak Creek Canyon and certain tributaries thereof within the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.May 19, 1955 [[H. R. 2679](/us/bill/84/hr/2679)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Coconino National Forest, Ariz. That the Act of May 24, 1949 (63 Stat. 75; 16 U. S. C., 1952 edition, 482n and the following), is hereby amended by adding the following section: " “Sec. 4. The provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act are extended to the following-described lands within the Coconino National Forest, Coconino and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: “Sections 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and the southwest quarter of section 25, township 18 north, range 4 east; “Sections 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and the east half of the east half of section 29, township 18 north, range 5 east; “Sections 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32, township 18 north, range 6 east; “Sections 1 to 36, inclusive, township 17 north, range 5 east; “Sections 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and all of section 8 except the southeast quarter, township 17 north, range 6 east: “Sections 11, 12, 18, 14, 23, and 24, township 16 north, range 5 east. “Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, township 16 north, range 6Effective date. east, Gila and Salt River Base and meridian: *Provided, however*, That as applied to any lauds described in this section, the word ‘hereinafter’ in sections 1 and 2 of this Act, and the words ‘date of the enactment of this Act’ in section 3. shall be deemed to relate to the date of the enactment of this section 4.” " Approved May 19, 1955. Public Law 40: Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes. Public Law 40 Public Law 40 69 Stat. 51 1955-05-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public

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