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PUBLIC LAW 85-330-FEB. 15, 1958 
[72 S T A T . 
the William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam, and shall be dedicated as 
a monument to his distinguished public service. Any law, regulation, 
map, document, or record of the United States in which such lock and 
dam is referred to shall be held and considered to refer to such lock 
and dam by the name of the "William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam". 
Approved February 15, 1958. 
February 15, 1958 
[H. R. 6078] 
Public Law 85-330 
AN ACT 
To provide for the erection of suitable markers at Fort Myer, Virginia, to 
commemorate the first flight of an airplane on an Army installation, and for 
other purposes. 
Ft. Myer, Va. 
Marker for first 
airplane flight. 
Plaque 
crash. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,, That the Secretary 
of the Army shall provide for the erection of a suitable marker at 
Fort Myer, Virginia, to commemorate the first flight of an airplane 
on an Army installation, which occurred on September 3, 1908, 
when Wilbur and Orville Wright demonstrated their "flying machine" 
for possible purchase by the Army. 
Such marker shall be unveiled 
with appropriate military ceremonies on September 3.1958, the fiftieth 
anniversary of such flight, 
for first 
gjjc 2. The Secretary of the Army shall also provide for the 
erection of a suitable bronze plaque at Fort Myer, Virginia, to mark 
the approximate site of the first crash of an airplane on an Army 
installation, which occurred on September 17, 1908. As a result of 
such crash. Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge subsequently lost his life 
and became the first Army officer to pay the supreme sacrifice in an 
effort to aid man's endeavor to fly. 
Approved February 15, 1958. 
February 20, 1958 
[H. R. 7052] 
Public Law 85-331 
AN ACT 
To amend section 216 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to 
provide for appointments of cadets from the District of Columbia, Guam, 
American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone. 
Merchant Marine 
Academy. 
Cadets, appoint-
ments, etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,, That section 216 
(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (70 Stat. 25; 
U. S. Code, title 46, sec. 1126 (b)), is amended as follows: 
(1) Paragraph (1) is amended (a) by inserting before the period 
at the end of the second sentence thereof a comma and the words: 
"and by the Governors of the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Virgin Islands, and the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia", and (b) by inserting before the period at the end of the 
third sentence thereof a semicolon and the following: "but two vacan-
cies shall be allocated each year to the Canal Zone, to be filled by 
qualified candidates nominated by the Governor of the Canal Zone 
from among the sons of residents of the Canal Zone and the sons of 
personnel of the United States Government and the Panama Canal 
Company residing in the Republic of Panama, one vacancy each shall 
be allocated each year to Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin 
Islands, to be filled by qualified candidates nominated by the Gov-
ernors of Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, and four 
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PUBLIC LAW 85-333-FEB. 20, 1958 
vacancies shall be allocated each year to the District of Columbia, to 
be filled by qualified candidates nominated by the Commissioners 
thereof". 
(2) Paragraph 5 (b) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) 'State' as used in this Act shall include the Territories of 
Alaska and Hawaii, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin 
Islands." 
Approved February 20, 1958. 
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'state' 
Public Law 85r332 
AN ACT 
To amend section 510 (a) (1) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 
to accelerate the trade-in of old vessels with replacement by modern vessels. 
February 20, 1958 
[H. R. 3 210] 
Bpy it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in y^^*'"^9|g* ^iJSt 
section 510 (a) (1) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended ment. 
(46 U. S. C. 1160), is amended to read as follows: ''Provided, That 
«"b^oI;tl";es-
until June 30, 1962, the term 'obsolete vessel' shall mean a vessel or *«i"-
vessels each of which (A) is of not less than one thousand three 
hundred and fifty gross tons, (B) is not less than tw^elve years old, 
and (C) is owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States and 
has been owned by such citizen or citizens for at least three years 
immediately prior to the date of acquisition hereunder." 
Approved February 20, 1958. 
Public Law 85-333 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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o« .o.o 
February 20, 1958 
To authorize the construction of certain water conservation projects to provide 
[S. J. Ren. 39] 
for a more adequate supply of water for irrigation purposes in the Pecos River 
Basin, New Mexico and Texas. 
Whereas there has been an inadequate supply of water for beneficial 
consumptive uses in the Pecos River Basin, New Mexico and Texas, 
for a number of years; and 
'\Vhereas in recent years the shortage of water for beneficial consump-
tive uses in such basin has been aggravated by reason of the non-
beneficial consumptive use of water by salt cedars in such basin and 
by reason of the infiltration of brine into such river; and 
Whereas the States of New Mexico and Texas, with the consent of 
Congi'ess, entered into a compact in 1948 with respect to the Pecos 
River and one of the principal purposes of such compact was to pro-
vide for cooperation between the Federal Government and the States 
of New Mexico and Texas in studies and projects designed to make 
available a greater supply of water for beneficial consumptive uses 
in such basin; and 
Whereas the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, after 
investigation of certain conditions causing the shortage of water 
in the Pecos River Basin, have made reports in which they have 
respectively considered, for the purpose of alleviating such shortage, 
engineering and other aspects ox the construction of a water salvage 
channel in such basin and the construction of works for the allevia-
tion of salinity in such basin; and 
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