An Act to further amend section 202 (a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, relating to membership on the Hawaiian Homes Commission
PL 82-485 (H.R.4800), enacted 07/09/1952

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sales of Government lands or any interest therein may be made upon 
the approval of said board for business uses or other undertakings or 
uses, except those which are primarily agricultural in character^ 
whenever such sale is deemed to be in the interest of the development 
of the community or area in which said lands are located, and all 
such sales shall be limited to the amount actually necessary ior the 
economical conduct of such business use or other undertaking or use;", 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its 
approval. 
Approved July 9, 1952. 
Public Law 484 
CHAPTER 617 
AN ACT 
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July 9, 1952 
To amend section 73 (i) of the Hawaiian Organic Act. 
[H. R.4799] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first proviso 
of section 73 (i) of the Hawaiian Organic Act is hereby amended to 
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read as follows: '"''Provided^ however^ That lots may be sold for cash 
without recourse to drawing or lot and forthwith patented to any citi-
zen of the United States applying therefor, possessing the qualifica-
tions of a homesteader as now provided by law, and who has qualified 
for and received a loan under the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 522, 7 U. S. C , 1946 edition, ch. 33), as 
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amended or as may hereafter be amended, for the acquisition of a 
farm:". 
Approved July 9, 1952. 
Public Law 485 
CHAPTER 618 
AN ACT 
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To further amend section 202 (a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, 
[H. R.4800] 
as amended, relating to membership on the Hawaiian Homes Commission. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 202 (a) 
of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is further 
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amended to read as follows: 
"There is hereby established a commission to be known as the ^ Hawaiian Homes 
'Hawaiian Homes Commission' to be composed of seven members, four 
of whom, including the chairman, shall be residents of the city and 
county of Honolulu; of the remaining members, one shall be a resident 
of the county of Hawaii, one a resident of the county of Maui, and one 
a resident of the county of Kauai. The members shall be appointed 
by the Governor and may be removed in the manner provided by 
section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended. 
All of the 
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members shall have been residents of the Territory of Hawaii at least 
three years prior to their appointment and at least four of the members 
shall be descendants of not less than one-fourth part of the blood of 
the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778." 
SEC. 2. In the event that on the date of enactment of this. Act there 
shall be five members of such Commission who are residents of the 
city and county of Honolulu, nothing contained in section 1 hereof 
shall be construed to require the removal of any one of such members, 
but each may continue to serve as a member of such Commission until 
the lapse of his respective term of appointment. 
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SEC. 3. Section 202 (c) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 
1920 (42 Stat. 108), as amended (48 U. S. C, 1946 edition, sec. 693 (c)), 
is further amended by striking out that portion thereof which reads 
as follows: 
"Of the originally appointed members one shall be appointed for a 
term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three 
years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years. Their 
successors shall hold office for terms of five years except that any 
member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the 
unexpired term of the member whom he succeeds." 
and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: 
"The members of the Commission shall hold office for terms of five 
years except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be 
appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he 
succeeds." 
Approved July 9, 1952. 
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Public Law 486 
CHAPTER 628 
July 10, 1952 
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To extend certain privileges to representatives of member states on the Council 
of the Organization of American States. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assemhled^ That, under such 
terms and conditions as he shall determine, the President is hereby 
authorized to extend, or to enter into an agreement extending, to the 
representatives of member states (other than the United States) on 
the Council of the Organization of American States, and to members 
of their staffs, the same privileges and immunities, subject to cor-
responding conditions and obligations, as are enjoyed by diplomatic 
envoys accredited to the United States. 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
July 10, 1952 
[H. R.5055] 
Public Law 487 
CHAPTER 629 
AN ACT 
To authorize the exchange of certain lands of the United States situated in 
Ontonagon County, Michigan, for lands within the Ottawa National Forest, 
Michigan, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That, with the 
approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission as estab-
lished by section 4 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), the 
Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to exchange a parcel 
of land situated in the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 
section 4, township 50 north, range 42 west, Michigan meridian, in 
Ontonagon County, Michigan, comprising five acres, more or less, and 
being that same tract of land acquired by the United States by deed 
dated April 2, 1937, and recorded at page 492 of Book 21 of Deeds, 
records of Ontonagon County, Michigan, for lands of at least equal 
value situated within the exterior boundaries of the Ottawa National 
Forest in the State of Michigan: Provided, That any lands conveyed 
to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall be subject 
to all of the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to lands acquired 
under the afore-mentioned Act of March 1, 1911, as amended. 
Approved July 10, 1952.