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69 Stat. 65 Public Law 42 chapter 45 AN ACT To repeal section 348 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.May 23, 1955 [[H. R. 1573](/us/bill/84/hr/1573)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Stat. 904. [7 USC 1348](/us/usc/t7/s1348). That section 348 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is hereby repealed, effective with respect to 1955 and subsequent crops. Approved May 23, 1955.

Public Law 43: To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act in order to protect innocent purchasers of fungible goods from claims of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Public Law 43 Public Law 43 69 Stat. 65 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 Public Law 43 chapter 46 AN ACT To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act in order to protect innocent purchasers of fungible goods from claims of the Commodity Credit Corporation.May 23, 1955 [[H.

R. 1831](/us/bill/84/hr/1831)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Commodity Credit Corp. That the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, sis amended (62 Stat. 1070), is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following newCharter Act, amendment. [15 USC 714 note](/us/usc/t15/s714). section; " “Sec. 19. Release of Innocent Purchasers of Converted Goods.—A buyer in the ordinary course of business of fungible goods heretoforeFungible goods. or hereafter sold anti physically delivered by a warehouseman or other dealer who was regularly engaged in the business of buying and selling such goods shall take or be deemed to have taken such goods free of any claim, existing or hereafter arising, by Commodity Credit Corporation, based on the want of authority in the seller to sell such goods, provided the buyer purchased such goods for value in good faith and did not know or have reason to know of any defect in the seller’s authority to sell such goods.

” To be entitled to relief under this section a buyer must assert as air affirmative defense and establish by a preponderance of the evidence the facts necessary to entitle him to such relief. " Approved May 23, 1955. Public Law 44: To promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research. Public Law 44 Public Law 44 69 Stat. 65 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 Public Law 44 chapter 47 AN ACT To promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research.May 23, 1955 [[H. R. 2581](/us/bill/84/hr/2581)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Aeronautical research facilities.

That, pursuant to subsection

(b)of section 1 of Public Law 672, approved August 8, 1950 (50 U. S. C. 151b), the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics[64 Stat. 418](/us/stat/64/418). is authorized to undertake additional construction, to acquire land, and to purchase and install additional equipment at the following locations: Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia: Improvements to an existing transonic tunnel and improvements to roads, $3,395,000. Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California: High-speed free-flight facility, range for aerodynamic heating and dynamic stability testing, and data-reduction equipment, $1,055,000. 69 Stat. 66 Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: Component research facility for nuclear propulsion, improvements to an existing transonic tunnel, additions to two existing laboratory buildings, repairs and modifications to utility installations, and acquisition of not to exceed 500 acres of land, $8,760,000. Pilotless Aircraft Station, Wallops Island, Virginia: Fuel-storage magazine, $90,000. Sec. 2. Cost limitation. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in section 1 of this Act may, in the discretion of the Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, be varied upward 5 per centum to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work so enumerated shall not exceed $13,300,000. Sec. 3. Appropriation. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $13,300,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Approved May 23, 1955. Public Law 45: To amend the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts. Public Law 45 Public Law 45 69 Stat. 66 1955-05-25 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 45 chapter 76 AN ACT To amend the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts.May 25, 1955 [[S. 1413](/us/bill/84/s/1413)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,[36 Stat. 371](/us/stat/36/371). That section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts”, approved May 17, 1910 (40 U. S. C., secs. 104–106), is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2. That to meet the expenses made necessary by this Act an expenditure of not exceeding $35,000 a year is hereby authorized.” " Approved May 25, 1955. Public Law 46: To authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, aud for other purposes. Public Law 46 Public Law 46 69 Stat. 66 1955-05-27 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 46 chapter 105 AN ACT To authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, aud for other purposes.May 27, 1955 [[S. 1006](/us/bill/84/s/1006)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fire protection agreements. That as used in this Act—

(a)Definitions. The term “agency head” means the head of any executive department, military department, agency, or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government;

(b)The term “lire protection” includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire, and fire fighting; and

(c)The term “fire organization” means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country in the vicinity of any installation of the United States. Sec. 2. Agency head, authority.

(a)Each agency head charged with the duty of providing fire protection for any property of the United States is authorized to enter into a reciprocal agreement, with any fire organization maintainingfire protection facilities in the vicinity of such property, for mutual aid in furnishing fire protection for such property and for other property for wliich such organization normally provides fire protection. 69 Stat. 67 Each such agreement shall include a waiver by each party of all claims against every other party for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring in consequence of the performance of such agreement. Any such agreement may provide for the reimbursement of any party for all or any part of the cost incurred by such party in furnishing fire protection for or on behalf of any other party.

(b)Any agreement heretofore executed which would nave been authorized by this Act, if this Act had been in effect on the date of execution thereof, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Sec. 3. In the absence of any agreement authorized or ratified byEmergency as distance. section 2, each agency head is authorized to render emergency assistance in extinguishing fires and in preserving life and property from fire, within the vicinity of any place at which such agency maintains fire-protection facilities, when the rendition of such assistance is determined, under regulations prescribed by the agency head, to be in the best interest of the United States. Sec. 4. Any service performed under section 2 or section 3 of thisService. Act, by any officer or employee of the United States or any member of any armed force of the United States shall constitute service rendered in line of duty in such office, employment, orforce. The performance of such service by any other individual shall not constitute such individual an officer or employee of the United States for the purposes of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, as[39 Stat. 742](/us/stat/39/742). [5 USC 751 note](/us/usc/t5/s751). amended. Sec. 5. Funds available to any agency head for fire protectionFunds. on installations or in connection with activities under the jurisdiction of such agency may be used to carry out the purposes of this Act. All sums received by any agency head for fire protection rendered pursuant to this Act shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Approved May 27, 1955. Public Law 47: Relative to the exploration, location, and entry of mineral lauds within the Papago Indian Reservation. Public Law 47 Public Law 47 69 Stat. 67 1955-05-27 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 47 chapter 106 AN ACT Relative to the exploration, location, and entry of mineral lauds within the Papago Indian Reservation.May 27, 1955 [[H. R. 2682](/us/bill/84/hr/2682)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Papago Indian Reservation. That the provisions with respect to subjection of mineral lands within the Papago Indian Reservation to exploration, location, and entry under the mining laws of the United States in the Executive order dated February 1, 1917, creating the Papago Indian Reservation, and in the third proviso in section 1 of the Act of February 21, 1931 (46 Stat. 1202), and the provisions of subsection

(1)and

(2)and of the remainder, following the word “purposes,” of subsection

(4)of section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U. S. C. 461–479) , as amended by the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 862, 863; 25 U. S. C. 463), are hereby repealed, all tribal lands within the Papago Indian Reservation are hereby withdrawn from all forms of exploration, location, and entry under such laws, the minerals underlying such lands are hereby made a part of the reservation to be held in trust by the United States for the Papago Indian Tribe, and such minerals shall be subject to lease for mining purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347): *Provided*, That the provisions of this Act shall not[25 USC 396a–396f](/us/usc/t25/s396a–396f). be applicable to lands within the Papago Indian Reservation for which a mineral patent has heretofore been issued or to a claim that has been 69 Stat. 68 validly initiated before the date of this Act and thereafter maintained under the mining laws of the United States. Sec. 2. Section 6 of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347, 348; 25 U. S. C. 396f), is amended by deleting therefrom “the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona,”. Approved May 27, 1955. Public Law 48: Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes. Public Law 48 Public Law 48 69 Stat. 68 1955-05-27 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 48 chapter 107 JOINT RESOLUTION Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.May 27, 1955 [[H. J. Res. 310](/us/bill/84/hjres/310)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1955. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply additional appropriations (this Act may be cited as the “Second Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1955”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes, namely: INDEPENDENT OFFICES Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, to complete the operations of the Commission as provided by Public Law 41 *Ante*, p. 64.(S. 1763), Eighty-fourth Congress, $263,475. Veterans Administration For an additional amount for “Readjustment benefits”, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. Approved May 27, 1955. Public Law 49: To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located in Austin, Travis County, Texas, to the State of Texas. Public Law 49 Public Law 49 69 Stat. 68 1955-06-01 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 49 chapter 111 AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located in Austin, Travis County, Texas, to the State of Texas.June 1, 1955 [[S. 14](/us/bill/84/s/14)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Austin, Tex. Conveyance. That the Seretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Texas all right, title, and interest of the United States, in and to the following-described land in Austin, Travis County’, Texas, together with all buildings, improvements thereon, and all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto, such land including approximately one hundred eighty-nine and eleven one-hundredths acres out of the original two hundred acres known as the Camp Mabry Militia Rifle Range Tract, also referred to as the “old Deison Farm”: Beginning at the southwest comer of the fifty-three-acre tract heretofore conveyed to J. J. Gasser by deed dated February 23, 1895, recorded in volume 129, page 347, of deed records of Travis County, 69 Stat. 69 Texas, said corner also being the southwest corner of the thirty-eight-and-fifty-five-one-hundredths-acre State tract numbered 2 surveyed March 30, 1934, by M. V. Homeyer, county surveyor: Thence north sixty degrees west, with the original line dividing the Townes and Mabin tracts one thousand one hundred and thirteen varas to a stone corner on the east line of the W. U Phillips timber tract; Thence with the east line of said W. C. Phillips tract, north thirty-six and one-half degrees east one thousand eight and eighty-two one-hundredths varas to a point; said point being south thirty-six and one-half degrees west one hundred thirty and sixty-eight one-hundredths varas from a stone corner on the south line of the Charles Thiele tract; Thence south sixty degrees east along the south lines of the United States Air Force Reserve training center parcel comprising five and eighty-nine one-hundredths acres, and the United States Army Reserve, formerly the Organized Reserve Corps, armory parcel comprising five acres, four hundred seventy-eight and eight-tenths varas to a point, the southeast corner of the said Organized Reserve Corps armory parcel; Thence north thirty degrees east with and along the east line of the five-acre Organized Reserve Corps armory parcel, one hundred twenty-nine and five-tenths varas to a point on the southerly line of the Charles Thiele tract; Thence south sixty degrees east one hundred forty-six and eight-tenths varas to an angle in the stone fence dividing the Deison and Thiele tracts; Thence with said fence on the dividing line between the Deison and Thiele tracts and also the Deison and Reid tracts, south one hundred and sixty-eight varas to a point; Thence south fifty-seven degrees east one hundred and sixty varas to a point; Thence southeast one hundred and eight varas to a point; Thence south nine degrees west one hundred varas to a point; Thence south ten degrees east one hundred varas to a point; Thence south five degrees west eighty-six varas to a point; Thence south three degrees east seventy-seven varas to tire southwest corner of the Ela nor Reid tract on the north line of the Gasser fifty-three-acre tract; Thence north sixty degrees west with the north line of the Gasser tract, one hundred and forty-seven varas to the northwest corner of same; Thence south thirty degrees west with the west line of said Gasser tract, six hundred forty and one-half varas to the place of beginning; Containing in all one hundred eighty-nine and eleven onehun-dredths acres of land more or less together with all improvements thereon, said land being the remaining portion of the original two hundred-acre tract conveyed by deed from Eliza C. J. Deison, et al., to the United States of America, dated June 28, 1909, as same appears of record in volume 239, pages 82–84, inclusive, of the deed records of Travis County, Texas, after deducting therefrom the five and eighty-nine one-hundredths-acre United States Air Force parcel and the five-acre Organized Reserve Corps armory parcel above described, a total of ten and eighty-nine one-hundredths acres to be retained by the United States. Sec. 2. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands authorizedMineral rights. to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the United States. Sec. 3. There shall be further reserved to the United States in theRights-of-way, etc. conveyance of the above-described lands, rights of ingress and egress over roads in the above-described lands serving buildings or other works operated by the United States or its successors or assigns in 69 Stat. 70 connection with the ten and eighty-nine one-hundredths acres referred to in section 1 of this Act as the United States Air Force Reserve training center parcel and the United States Army Reserve, formerly the Organized Reserve Corps armory parcel, rightsofway for water lines, sewer lines, telephone and telegraph lines, powerlines, and such other utilities as now exist, or which may become necessary to the operation of the above-described ten and eighty-nine one-hundredths acres. Sec. 4. Use of property. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall be upon condition that such property shall be used for training of the National Guard and the Air National Guard and for other military purposes, and that if the State of Texas shall cease to use the property so conveyed for the purposes intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and in addition, all improvements made during its occupancy by the State of Texas shall vest in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. Sec. 5, National emergency. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall he upon the further provision that, whenever the Congress of the United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of emergency, and upon the determination by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any and all improvements made thereon during its occupancy by the State of Texas, for the duration of such state of war or of such emergency. Upon the termination of such state of war or of such emergency plus six months such property shall revert to the State of Texas, together with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. Sec. 6. Deed of conveyance. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall include specific provisions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Act. Approved June 1, 1955. Public Law 50: To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located In Polk County, Iowa, and described as Camp Dodge and Polk County Target Range, to the State of Iowa. Public Law 50 Public Law 50 69 Stat. 70 1955-06-01 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 50 chapter 112 AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located In Polk County, Iowa, and described as Camp Dodge and Polk County Target Range, to the State of Iowa.June 1, 1955 [[S. 148](/us/bill/84/s/148)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Polk County, Iowa. That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, withoutConveyance. consideration, to the State of Iowa all right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this Act, in and to the Camp Dodge Military Reservation, located in Polk County, Iowa, comprising 1,848.32 acres, more or less, and Polk County Target Range, Iowa, comprising 742.34 acres, more or less, both together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all appurtenances, easements, rightsofway, and utilities belonging or appurtenant thereto. Sec. 2. Mineral rights. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands authorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the (nited States. Sec. 3. Use of land. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall be upon condition that such property shall be used for training of the 69 Stat. 71 National Guard and for other military purposes, and that if the State of Iowa shall cease to use the property so conveyed for the purposes intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States and, in addition, all improvements made during its occupancy by the State of Iowa shall vest in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. Sec. 4. Tire conveyance of the property authorized by this ActNational emergency. shall be upon the further provision that whenever the Congress of the United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of national emergency, and upon the determination by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the rigid, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any and all improvements made thereon during its occupancy by the State of Iowa, for the duration of such state of war or of sucli national emergency. Upou the termination of such state of war or of such national emergency plus six months such property shall revert to the State of Iowa, together with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. Sec. 5. In consideration for the conveyance of the lands describedAgreement. in the first section of this Act, the State of Iowa shall agree to use for military purposes only and not to sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of certain lands (hereinafter called State lands) and improvements thereon which are owned by the State of Iowa and are used for National Guard purposes in connection with Camp Dodge and Polk County Target Range as of the date of enactment of this Act: *Provided*, That the improvements on such lands which ai‘e now being used by the State of Iowa for other than military purposes may continue, to be used for such purposes so long as such use does not interfere with the utilization of such lands for military purposes. The State of Iowa further agrees that it will, prior to delivery of the conveyance authorized herein, file with the Office of the Division Engineer, Corps of Engineers, Farm Credit Building, 20G South Nineteenth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, a description of and inventory of the State-owned property as defined herein. In the event that the State of Iowa at any time shall breach the agreement defined in this section, all right, title, and interest in and to the property conveyed to the State of Iowa by the United States under the provisions of this Act shall revert to the United States without cost. The State shall further agree that in the event that the Congress of the United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of national emergency, the use of the State lands and improvements thereon, or any part thereof, shall, upon request of the Secretary of Defense, be used by the United States during such emergency without cost to the United States. Sec. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act,Deed of conveyance. the Secretary of the Army shall include specific provisions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Act. Sec. 7. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the conveyanceSurvey costs. authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Iowa. Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to determine andCompliance. enforce compliance with the conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in this Act and any related documents. Approved June 1, 1955. Public Law 51: Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, and the Tax Court of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes. Public Law 51 Public Law 51 69 Stat. 72 1955-06-01 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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