UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office DEPOSITED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PREFACE This volume of Decisions of the Department of the Interior covers the period from January 1, 1956, to December 31, 1956. It includes the most important administrative decisions and legal opinions that were rendered by officials of the Department during the period. The Honorable Douglas McKay and the undersigned served successively as Secretary of the Interior during the period covered by this volume; Mr. Clarence A. Davis served as Under Secretary; Messrs. Fred G. Aandahl, Felix E. Wormser, Wesley A. D'Ewart, and O. Hatfield Chilson served as Assistant Secretaries of the Interior; Mr. D. Otis Beasley served as Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior during this period; and Mr. J. Reuel Armstrong served as Solicitor. This volume will be cited within the Department of the Interior as "63 I. D." EDITORIAL NOTE Max Barash, The Texas Company, A-27239 (Feb. 14, 1956), page 51. Suit against the Secretary in this case has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Max Barash v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, Civil No. 939-56. John C. de Armas, Jr., P. A. McKenna, A-27232 (March 19, 1956), page 82. Suit against the Secretary in this case has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Patrick A. McKenna v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, Civil No. 2125-56. E. A. Vaughey, A-27291 (March 28, 1956), page 85. Suit against the Secretary in this case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. E. A. Vaughey v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, Civil No. 1744-56. On April 18, 1957, the action was terminated by the filing by the plaintiff of a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice. Columbian Carbon Company, Merwin E. Liss, A-27294 (June 11, 1956), p. 166. Suit against the Secretary in this case has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Merwin E. Liss v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, Civil No. 3233-56. ERRATA Page 83, footnote 1-The act of August 2, 1954 (43 U. S. C. sec. 184) should read (30 U. S. C. sec. 184). Page 288, footnote 2-The act of August 2, 1954 (60 Stat. 648) should read (68 Stat. 648). Pages 408, 409, 410—Instructions (unpublished) issued by the Secretary of the Interior October 3, 1926, should read October 3, 1925. |