An Act to provide for two additional Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively
PL 83-562 (S.3466), enacted 08/03/1954

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than three years, without the prior approval of the Secretary of the 
Interior, and no person, association, or corporation shall hold at one 
time such options of more than two hundred thousand acres in any 
one State.". 
Approved August 2, 1954. 
Public Law 562 
CHAPTER 652 
AN A C T 
August 3, 1954 
To provide for two additional Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air 
[S. 3466] 
Force, respectively. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 102 (a) 
of the Army Organization Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 264), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"There shall be in the Department of the Army an Under Secretary 
of the Army and four Assistant Secretaries of the Army, who shall 
be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive the com-
pensation prescribed by law. One of the Assistant Secretaries author-
ized herein shall be designated Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Financial Management, and may also act as Comptroller of the 
Army, if so designated by the Secretary of the Army." 
(b) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 101 of the Army Organiza-
tion Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 264), are amended by deleting the word 
"either", wherever appearing, and inserting in lieu thereof the word 
"an". 
SEC. 2. Two Assistant Secretaries of the Navy may be appointed 
from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. Such Assistant Secretaries shall be in addition to the 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy authorized under section 1 of the 
Act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat. 254), as amended, and the Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Air authorized under section 4 of the 
Act of June 24, 1926 (44 Stat. 767), as amended, making a total of 
four Assistant Secretaries. Each such additional Assistant Secretary 
shall perform such functions as the Secretary of the Navy may from 
time to time prescribe and each shall receive compensation at the rate 
prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of military departments. 
One of the Assistant Secretaries authorized herein shall be designated 
as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management, 
and may also act as Comptroller of the Navy, if so designated by the 
Secretary of the Navy. The Assistant Secretaries of the Navy shall 
succeed to the Office of the Secretary of the N avy during his temporary 
absence in the position provided for the Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air by section 10 
of the Act of March 5,1948 (62 Stat. 66), and the Assistant Secretaries 
of the Navy shall take order among themselves in the order prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Navy or if no order is prescribed by the Secre-
tary of the Navy then in the order in which the several Assistant 
Secretaries of the Navy took office as such. 
SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 102 of the Air Force Organiza-
tion Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 327), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"There shall be in the Department of the Air Force an Under 
Secretary of the Air Force and four Assistant Secretaries of the Air 
Force, who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall 
receive the compensation prescribed by law. One of the Assistant 
Secretaries authorized herein shall be designated Assistant Secretary 
Armed Forces. 
Assistant Sec> 
retaries. 
5 u s e 181-5. 
Army. 
5 u s e 181-4. 
Navy. 
5 u s e 420. 
5 u s e 421a. 
62 Stat. 69. 
5 u s e 423j. 
5 u s e 626-1. 
Air Force. 
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of the Air Force for Financial Management, and may also act as 
Comptroller of the Air Force, if so designated by the Secretary of 
the Air Force." 
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(^) Subsection (d) of section 207 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (61 Stat. 495), is hereby amended by deleting the word "two" 
and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four". 
(c) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 101 of the Air Force Organi-
5 use 626-2. 
zation Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 327), are amended by deleting the word 
"either", wherever appearing, and inserting in lieu thereof the word 
"an". 
Approved August 3, 1954. 
Public Law 563 
C H A P T E R 653 
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A N A C T 
August 3, 1954 
[S. 3518] 
To amend the laws relating to fees charged for services rendered by the office 
of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia and the laws relating to 
appointment of personnel in such office, and for other purposes. 
D, C. Recorder 
of Deeds 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) notwith-
Fees. 
standing the provisions of section 552 of subchapter 4 of chapter 16 
of the Act approved March 3, 1901, as amended (Sec. 45-708, D. C. 
31 Stat. 1276. 
Codc, 1951 editiou); section 12 of the Act approved July 2, 1940, as 
amended and supplemented by the Act approved June 19, 1948 (sees. 
stat^. 49I: ^^^' " 
45-712 and 45-7l2a, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), or any other Act of 
D. c. Code 40- Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, from 
time to time, increase or decrease the fees authorized to be charged for 
filing, recording, and indexing or for making a certified copy of any 
instrument; for searching records; for taking acknowledgments; for 
recording plats; for filing affidavits; for filing certificates of incorpora-
tion and amendments of certificates; for recording liens, assignments 
" 
of liens, or releases of liens on motor vehicles or trailers; or for any 
other service rendered by the office of the Recorder of Deeds. 
(b) The fees for services rendered by the office of the Recorder of 
Deeds shall be fixed at such rates, computed on such bases and in such 
manner as may, in the judgment of the Commissioners, be necessary to 
defray the approximate cost of operating the office of the Recorder of 
Deeds. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the 
Commissioners to modify any provision of the District of Columbia 
68 Stat. 177. 
Busiuess Corporatiou Act, approved June 8, 1954. 
SEC. 2. Section 548 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, 
as amended by the Act approved June 9,1952 (66 Stat. 129; sec. 45-701, 
D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: "All of the duties and functions of the Recorder of Deeds 
and of officers and employees in his office shall be performed subject to 
the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District." 
SEC. 3. Section 549 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, 
as amended by the Act approved June 9,1952 (sec. 45-702, D. C. Code, 
Appointment.^^^^ 1951 edition), is amended by striking "The Recorder of Deeds is author-
of tte^ds. '**^°' *' ized to appoint a deputy recorder" and inserting in lieu thereof "The 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint 
a deputy recorder of deeds". 
SEC. 4. (a) So much of the first sentence of the Act approved March 
3,1925 (43 Stat. 1102, ch. 416), as amended by the Act approved June 
9, 1952 (66 Stat. 129; sec. 45-703, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), as reads: