Public Law 950.

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70 Stat. 973 Public Law 950 chapter 973 AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Illinois and Wisconsin to enter Into a compact relating to interstate public school districts where an educational community extends into both such States. August 3, 1956[[H. R. 9314](/us/bill/84/hr/9314)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent of Illinois-Wisconsin interstate school compact.

Congress is hereby given to the States of Illinois and Wisconsin to enter into the following compact and agreement relative to interstate public school districts where an educational community extends into both such States. The compact reads as follows: " “Article I—Purpose. “The purpose of this compact is to create a pattern of organizations through which all the people of an educational community which crosses State lines may participate in the government of such unit. “Article II—Organization.

“The State superintendent of public instruction or similarly titled officer of the respective party States designated in the enabling Acts approving this compact may by agreement provide for the establishment and operation of interstate public school districts for the operation of elementary and secondary schools. “Article III—Scope of the Agreements. “Such agreements may cover— “(a) the establishment of an interstate school district; “(b) the allocation of costs of operation and capital expenditure between the portions of the district in each State;

“(c) the scope of the educational program; “(d) the procedures whereby the electors in each State may participate in the formation of school policy; “(e) the allocation of State school aids; “(f) the determination of the State’s laws under which the contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, and personal services will be made so as to prevent all conflict as to the applicable statutes. Arrangements shall be made for the employment of persons by one State only and for the pro rata reimbursement of that State for services rendered to citizens of another State, but no such agreement shall require that all employees be hired by a particular State; and “(g) all other matters as are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in article I.

“Article IV—Effective Date. “This compact shall become operative between any State and another State when, following the adoption of the compact by the legislatures of both such States, the appropriate officers of two States execute an agreement. 70 Stat. 974 “Article V—Renunciation. “This compact shall continue in effect and remain binding upon each executing party State until six months after any such State has given written notice of renunciation by the same authority which executed the agreement.

“Article VI—Severability. “The provisions of this compact are severable.” " Sec. 2. Reservation of rights. The right to alter, amend or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 951: To provide for the conveyance of certain land of the United States to the State of Indiana. Public Law 951 Public Law 951 70 Stat. 974 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 951 chapter 917 AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain land of the United States to the State of Indiana. August 3, 1956[[H. R. 9810](/us/bill/84/hr/9810)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Vigo County, Ind. Conveyance. That the Attorney General is authorized and directed to convey to the State of Indiana all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real property located in Vigo County, Indiana, containing approximately six acres, and more particularly described in section 2 of this Act.

Such conveyance shall be made on the payment of consideration by such State to the Attorney General in an amount equal to the fair appraised market value of such real property determined by the Attorney General upon an independent appraisal at the time of such conveyance, such value to reflect any reservation, exception, restriction, or condition to which the conveyance is made subject. Such amount shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

Such conveyance shall reserve to the United States all minerals, including gas and oil in the property to be conveyed under this Act, and shall provide that if the property shall be used for any purpose other than for a State police barracks or other use which in the opinion of the Attorney General is incompatible with the use of the adjoining premises by the United States for a penal institution, all right, title, and interest in and to such real property shall revert to and become the property of the United States, which shall have the immediate right of entry thereon.

Sec. 2. The real property referred to in the first section of this Act is located in the northeast quarter of section 27, township 11 north, range 9 west in Vigo County, Indiana, and is more particularly described as follows : Commencing at the stone at the northeast corner of section 27, township 11 north, range 9 west, and running thence south on the east line of said section a distance of 836.79 feet; thence west at an angle of 90 degrees, a distance of 806.80 feet to intersect the westerly right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 41 at a point in the centerline of the Wabash Road, and said intersection point being the place of beginning; thence southwardly and to the left at an angle of 90 degrees and 50 minutes from the last given course above a distance of 75.0 feet; thence left 68 degrees and 54 minutes a distance of 165.0 feet; thence right 44 degrees and 53 minutes along the westerly right-of-way line of said United States Highway Numbered 41, a distance of 583.0 feet; thence right at an angle of 114 degrees and 43 minutes a distance of 563.40 feet; thence right at an angle of 89 degrees and 37 minutes a distance of 661.50 feet to the centerline of the Wabash Road; thence eastwardly along and with the centerline of 70 Stat. 975 said Wabash Road a distance of 168.50 feet to the place of beginning and containing 5.95 acres, more or less; and also the property included in the present rights-of-way adjoining aforesaid described parcel from the centerlines of Wabash Road and United States Highway Numbered 41 as intersected by extensions of the west boundary line in a northerly direction, and the south boundary line-in an easterly direction.

Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 952: To reauthorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of Farwell unit, Nebraska, of the Missouri River Basin project. Public Law 952 Public Law 952 70 Stat. 975 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 952 chapter 923 AN ACT To reauthorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of Farwell unit, Nebraska, of the Missouri River Basin project.

August 3, 1956[[S. 3594](/us/bill/84/s/3594)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the authorization Farwell unit, Missouri River Basin project. for construction, operation, and maintenance of the Farwell unit of the Missouri River Basin project contained in section 9

(c)of the Act. of December 22, 1944 ( 58 Stat. 887), as amended and supplemented, is hereby amended to authorize the construction, operation,Irrigation water In Howard, Sherman, and Valley Counties, Neb. and maintenance of works to furnish irrigation water for approximately fifty-two thousand five hundred acres of land in Howard, Sherman, and Valley Counties, Nebraska. The principal works or said unit shall consist of a reservoir at or near the Sherman site, works for the. diversion of water from the Middle Loup River and its delivery to said reservoir, and necessary pumping facilities, canals, drains, and related works. There shall also be included as a part of the Farwell unit such watershed management and channel works as are necessary to provide channel stability in the light of the anticipated application of irrigation water to the lands involved and appropriate portions of the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining such works shall be allocated to irrigation and returned in the same manner and under the same conditions as other irrigation costs of the Missouri River Basin project: Provided, That any contract entered into under section 9, subsection (d). of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1193, 43 U. S. C., sec. 485 (h)) for payment of those[43 USC 485h](/us/usc/t43/s485h). portions of the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Farwell unit which are allocated to irrigation and assigned to be repaid by the contracting organization may provide for the repayment of the portion of the construction cost assigned to any project contract unit or, if the contract unit be divided into two or more irrigation blocks, to any such block over the period specified in said section 9

(d)or as near thereto as is consistent with the adoption and operation of a variable payment formula which, being based on full repayment within the period stated under normal conditions, permits variance in the required annual payments in the light of economic factors pertinent to the ability of the organization to pay. The Farwell unit shall be integrated, physically and financially, with the other Federal works in the Missouri River Basin constructed or authorized to be constructed under the comprehensive plan approved by section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944, as amended and supplemented. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to the Department of Agriculture from funds available for construction of the Farwell unit such sums as are reasonably required to construct necessary water management and channel works as hereinbefore provided. Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 953: To provide for the payment and collection of wages in the District of Columbia. Public Law 953 Public Law 953 70 Stat. 976 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public

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