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PUBLIC LAW 496-JULY 10, 1952

Anchorage, A l a s ka. B o n d s for publ i c works.

60 Stat. 70 1.

60 Stat. 703.

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shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the functions described in (1) or (2). No person whose only performance of the functions described in (1) or (2) of the preceding sentence is in activities necessary for the enforcement of law, promotion of safety of human life, dissemination of weather information, or scientific experimentation, or whose compensation is paid from funds appropriated specifically for International Information and Educational Activities shall be deemed to be engaged in the performance of the functions so described. This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and The Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1953". Approved July 10, 1952.

Public Law 496 July 10, 1952 [H.R. 5327]

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CHAPTER 652

AN ACT To amend the Act of July 26, 1946 (Public Law 551, Seventy-ninth Congress), relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds by the city of Anchorage, Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first two sections of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Anchorage, Alaska, to issue bonds in a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, bettering, repairing, equipping, or acquiring public works of a permanent character, and to provide for the payment thereof, and for other purposes", approved July 26, 1946 (Public Law 551, Seventy-ninth Congress), are amended to read as follows: "That the city of Anchorage, Alaska, is hereby authorized to issue and sell its bonds in an amount not to exceed $12,500,000, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, bettering, repairing, equipping, or acquiring public works of permanent character for said city. "SEC. 2. Such public works shall include but not be limited to water facilities, sewers and sewage-disposal facilities, heating plants, and distribution facilities, electric and steam power and light plants and distribution facilities, telephone plants and distribution facilities, streets and street improvements, corporation or equipment yards, cityhall additions, jails, fire halls, libraries, and school buildings." SEC. 2. The third sentence of section 3 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "Not less than twenty days' notice of such election shall be given to the public by posting notices of same in three conspicuous places within the corporate limits of the city of Anchorage, Alaska." SEC. 3. Section 8 of said Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. The city of Anchorage is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof to obtain a grant or loan of money funds to aid in the construction of water facilities, sewers and sewage-disposal facilities, heating plants and distribution facilities, electric and steam power and light plants and distribution facilities, telephone plants and distribution facilities, stadia, gymnasia, auditoria and athletic fields, streets and street improvements, corporation or equipment yards, city-hall additions, jails, fire halls, libraries, and school buildings." Approved July 10, 1952.