An Act to amend the Canal Zone Code in reference to the survival of things inaction
PL 83-635 (H.R.4881), enacted 08/23/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 635-AUG. 23, 1954 
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"A certified copy of the satisfaction of any judgment in whole or in 
part may be registered in like manner in any district in which the 
judgment is a lien. 
"For the purpose of this section only, 'district' as used herein shall 
include the Territory of Alaska, and 'district court' as used herein shall 
ixiclude the District Court for the Territory of Alaska." 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
Public Law 634 
CHAPTER 838 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to the 
Congress on the conservation, development, and utilization of the irrigation 
and reclamation resources of the Waimanalo, (.)ahu; Waimea, Island of 
Hawaii; and Molokai projects. Territory of Hawaii. 
August 23, 1954 
[H. R. 2843] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repremntatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur-
pose of encouraging 
and promoting the development 
of 
the 
Waimanalo, Oahu; Waimea, Island of Hawaii; and Molokai projects. 
Territory of Hawaii, the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter 
referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to make an investigation 
relating to the conservation, development, and utilization of the 
irrigation and reclamation resources of the Waimanalo, Oahu; 
Waimea, Island of Hawaii; and Molokai projects. Territory of 
Hawaii, and to report thereon, with appropriate recommendations 
to the President and the Congress. 
SEC. 2. Prior to the transmission of aii}^ such report on a project 
to the Congress, the Secretary shall transmit copies thereof for infor-
mation and comment to the Governor of Hawaii, or to such repre-
sentative as may be named by him, and to the heads of interested 
Federal departments and agencies. The written views and recom-
mendations of the aforementioned officials may be submitted to the 
Secretary within ninety days from the day of receipt of said pro-
posed report. 
The Secretary may thereafter transmit to the Con-
gress, with such comments and recommendations as he deems appro-
priate, his report, together with copies of the views and recommenda-
tions received from the aforementioned officials. The letter of trans-
mittal and its attachments shall be printed as a House or Senate 
Document. 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
Hawaii. 
Water resources. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Public Law 635 
CHAPTER 839 
AN ACT 
^^g^^^ 23, 1954 
To amend the Canal Zone Code in reference to the survival of things in action. 
[H. R. 4881] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 8 of the 
si^ll^onhin s 
Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1984 (48 Stat. 1122), is amended in action, 
by adding, in article 2 of chapter 18 thereof, two new sections num-
bered 373 and 374, respectively, and reading as follows: 
"§ 373. Survival of thing in action after death of tort feasor or other 
person liable 
"No thing in action sounding in tort, arising after the date of enact-
ment of this section, shall be lost because of the death of the tort feasor