62 STAT.] 80TEH CONG., 2n SESS.-CHS. 758-760-JUNE 30, 1948 (b) The term "interstate agency" means an agency of two or more States having powers or duties pertaining to the abatement of pollution of waters; (c) The term "treatment works" means the various devices used in the treatment of sewage or industrial waste of a liquid nature, includ- ing the necessary intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, pumping, power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances, and includes any exten- sions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; (d) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands; (e) The term "interstate waters" means all rivers, lakes, and other waters that flow across, or form a part of, State boundaries; and (f) The term "municipality" means a city, town, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law and having jurisdic- tion over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes. SEC. 11 . This Act shall not be construed as (1) superseding or limit- ing the functions, under any other law, of the Surgeon General or of the Public Health Service, or of any other officer or agency of the United States, relating to water pollution, or (2) affecting or impair- ing the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act, 1924, or sections 13 through 17 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the con- struction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1899, as amended, or (3) affecting or impairing the provisions of any treaty of the United States. SEC. 12 . If any provision of this Act, or the application of any pro- vision of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 13. This Act may be cited as the "Water Pollution Control Act". Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 759] AN ACT 1161 "Interstate agency. " "Treatment works." "State." "Interstate waters." "Municipality." 43 Stat. 604. 33U. B.C. }431-437. 30 Stat. 1152 . 33 U. 8.C . ii 407-409, 411-413. Separability. Short title. June 30, 1948 To confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Is. 1820i Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. [Public Law 846 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in that State to the same extent as its courts have jurisdiction generally over offenses committed within said State outside of any Indian reservation: Pro- vided, however, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the courts of the United States of jurisdiction over offenses defined by the laws of the United States committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations. Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 760]AN ACT AN ACT Validating certain conveyances of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company and waiving, relinquishing, and disclaim- ing all title and all right of reverter and forfeiture of the United States of America to the lands described in said conveyances. Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. Jurisdiction over of- fenses. June 30, 1948 [S. 2371 [Public Law 8471 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Shbrt t United States of America in Congress assembled, That that certain union Primc BU- road Co.
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