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An Act to amend the Hawaiian Organic Act relating to qualification of jurors
PL 82-289 (H.R.4798), enacted 04/01/1952

32 
PUBLIC LAW 288-APR. 1, 1952 
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S T A T . 
heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the commission 
and to fix and charge tolls for the use of such bridges so combined 
and to pledge such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the 
said compact or agreement, as amended: Provided^ That in fixing 
the rates of toll to be charged for the use of any bridge hereafter 
constructed or acquired by said commission or any bridges so com-
bined, the same shall be so adjusted as to provide funds sufficient to 
pay the reasonable costs of maintaining, repairing, and operating such 
bridge or bridges and their approach facilities under economical 
management, and to provide funds sufficient to amortize the costs 
of such bridge or bridges and their approach facilities, including rea-
sonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible, under reason-
able charges, and said Commission may continue such tolls on all 
bridges heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the com-
mission until all such costs shall have been amortized; after funds 
sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such 
bridge or bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated free 
of tolls. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereb}^ 
expressly reserved. 
Approved March 31, 1952. 
April I, 1952 
[H.R. 3847] 
Public Law 288 
CHAPTER 126 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to School District Numbered 
28, Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain Indian land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^Interior Depart- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Issuance of land of tlic luteHor is authoHzed and directed, with the consent of the 
patent, Mont. 
Tribal Couucil of tile Confederated Salisli and Kootenai Tribes of 
the Flathead Keservation, to issue to School District Numbered 28, 
Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain land situated in Ronan, 
Montana, and more particularly described as follows: South half 
northwest quarter southwest (piarter southeast quarter, section 36, 
township 21 north, range 20 west, containing five acres, more or less, 
of Tribal Agency Reserve Land. 
Approved April 1, 1952. 
April 1, 1952 
[H.R. 4798] 
Hawaii. 
Jurors. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 289 
CHAPTER 127 
AN ACT 
To amend the Hawaiian ()r?ianic Act relating to qualifications of jurors. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhJed^ That section 83 of 
the Hawaiian Organic Act (31 Stat. 141, 157; 48 U. S. C , 1946 edition, 
sec. 61)5) is hereby amended by deleting the word '"male"'. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of the opening day of the term 
of the circuit courts of the several circuits in the Territory of Hawaii 
which follows the approval of this Act. 
Approved April 1, 1952.
An Act to permit educational, religious, or charitable institutions to import textile machines and parts thereof for instructional purposes
PL 82-286 (H.R.1012), enacted 03/29/1952

66 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 286-MAR. 29, 1952 
27 
Public Law 284 
CHAPTER 109 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain properties within Death 
Valley National Monument, California, and for other purposes. 
March 24, 1952 
[H.R. 4515] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep^resentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant and convey to Borax 
Consolidated Limited, perpetual easements for rights-of-way, aggre-
gating not more than twenty acres, for general utility purposes witliin 
Death Valley National Monument, California, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may deem desirable, and to accept in 
exchange therefor the conveyance to the United States of approxi-
mately two hundred and thirty acres of land witliin the exterior 
boundaries of such National Monument. 
Approved March 24, 1952. 
Interior 
Depart-
ment. 
E x ch a n g e 
of 
lands. 
Public Law 285 
CHAPTER 110 
AN ACT 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
March 28, 1952 
[S. 2697] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 359 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
by striking out subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i). Repeal of these 
subsections shall not affect rights or obligations arising under market-
ing-quota or price-support operations with respect to 1951 or prior 
crops of peanuts. 
Approved March 28, 1952. 
Peanuts. 
5 5 Stat. 90; 64 
Stat. 42. 
7 u s e 1359. 
Public Law 286 
CHAPTER 123 
AN ACT 
To permit educational, religious, or charitable institutions to import textile 
machines and parts thereof for instructional purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end 
of title I I (the free list) thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: 
"PAR. 1817. Any society or institution incorporated or established 
solely for educational, religious, or charitable purposes may import 
free of duty any textile machine or machinery, or part thereof, for its 
own use in the instruction of students and not for sale or for any com-
mercial use, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the 
Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That free entry hereunder shall 
be conditioned upon the presentation to the collector of customs of 
an affidavit of a responsible officer of the importing society or insti-
tution that the substantial equivalent of the imported article is not 
manufactured in the United States." 
Approved March 29, 1952. 
March 29, f952 
[H.R. 1012] 
T a r i f f A c t of 
1930, amendment. 
46 Stat. 672. 
19 u s e 1201.
An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended
PL 82-285 (S.2697), enacted 03/28/1952

66 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 286-MAR. 29, 1952 
27 
Public Law 284 
CHAPTER 109 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain properties within Death 
Valley National Monument, California, and for other purposes. 
March 24, 1952 
[H.R. 4515] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep^resentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant and convey to Borax 
Consolidated Limited, perpetual easements for rights-of-way, aggre-
gating not more than twenty acres, for general utility purposes witliin 
Death Valley National Monument, California, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may deem desirable, and to accept in 
exchange therefor the conveyance to the United States of approxi-
mately two hundred and thirty acres of land witliin the exterior 
boundaries of such National Monument. 
Approved March 24, 1952. 
Interior 
Depart-
ment. 
E x ch a n g e 
of 
lands. 
Public Law 285 
CHAPTER 110 
AN ACT 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
March 28, 1952 
[S. 2697] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 359 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
by striking out subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i). Repeal of these 
subsections shall not affect rights or obligations arising under market-
ing-quota or price-support operations with respect to 1951 or prior 
crops of peanuts. 
Approved March 28, 1952. 
Peanuts. 
5 5 Stat. 90; 64 
Stat. 42. 
7 u s e 1359. 
Public Law 286 
CHAPTER 123 
AN ACT 
To permit educational, religious, or charitable institutions to import textile 
machines and parts thereof for instructional purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end 
of title I I (the free list) thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: 
"PAR. 1817. Any society or institution incorporated or established 
solely for educational, religious, or charitable purposes may import 
free of duty any textile machine or machinery, or part thereof, for its 
own use in the instruction of students and not for sale or for any com-
mercial use, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the 
Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That free entry hereunder shall 
be conditioned upon the presentation to the collector of customs of 
an affidavit of a responsible officer of the importing society or insti-
tution that the substantial equivalent of the imported article is not 
manufactured in the United States." 
Approved March 29, 1952. 
March 29, f952 
[H.R. 1012] 
T a r i f f A c t of 
1930, amendment. 
46 Stat. 672. 
19 u s e 1201.
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to school district No. 28, Ronan, Mont., a patent in fee to certain Indian land
PL 82-288 (H.R.3847), enacted 04/01/1952

32 
PUBLIC LAW 288-APR. 1, 1952 
[66 
S T A T . 
heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the commission 
and to fix and charge tolls for the use of such bridges so combined 
and to pledge such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the 
said compact or agreement, as amended: Provided^ That in fixing 
the rates of toll to be charged for the use of any bridge hereafter 
constructed or acquired by said commission or any bridges so com-
bined, the same shall be so adjusted as to provide funds sufficient to 
pay the reasonable costs of maintaining, repairing, and operating such 
bridge or bridges and their approach facilities under economical 
management, and to provide funds sufficient to amortize the costs 
of such bridge or bridges and their approach facilities, including rea-
sonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible, under reason-
able charges, and said Commission may continue such tolls on all 
bridges heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the com-
mission until all such costs shall have been amortized; after funds 
sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such 
bridge or bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated free 
of tolls. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereb}^ 
expressly reserved. 
Approved March 31, 1952. 
April I, 1952 
[H.R. 3847] 
Public Law 288 
CHAPTER 126 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to School District Numbered 
28, Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain Indian land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^Interior Depart- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Issuance of land of tlic luteHor is authoHzed and directed, with the consent of the 
patent, Mont. 
Tribal Couucil of tile Confederated Salisli and Kootenai Tribes of 
the Flathead Keservation, to issue to School District Numbered 28, 
Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain land situated in Ronan, 
Montana, and more particularly described as follows: South half 
northwest quarter southwest (piarter southeast quarter, section 36, 
township 21 north, range 20 west, containing five acres, more or less, 
of Tribal Agency Reserve Land. 
Approved April 1, 1952. 
April 1, 1952 
[H.R. 4798] 
Hawaii. 
Jurors. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 289 
CHAPTER 127 
AN ACT 
To amend the Hawaiian ()r?ianic Act relating to qualifications of jurors. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhJed^ That section 83 of 
the Hawaiian Organic Act (31 Stat. 141, 157; 48 U. S. C , 1946 edition, 
sec. 61)5) is hereby amended by deleting the word '"male"'. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of the opening day of the term 
of the circuit courts of the several circuits in the Territory of Hawaii 
which follows the approval of this Act. 
Approved April 1, 1952.
An Act to authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain properties within Death Valley National Monument, California, and for other purposes
PL 82-284 (H.R.4515), enacted 03/24/1952

66 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 286-MAR. 29, 1952 
27 
Public Law 284 
CHAPTER 109 
AN ACT 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain properties within Death 
Valley National Monument, California, and for other purposes. 
March 24, 1952 
[H.R. 4515] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep^resentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant and convey to Borax 
Consolidated Limited, perpetual easements for rights-of-way, aggre-
gating not more than twenty acres, for general utility purposes witliin 
Death Valley National Monument, California, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may deem desirable, and to accept in 
exchange therefor the conveyance to the United States of approxi-
mately two hundred and thirty acres of land witliin the exterior 
boundaries of such National Monument. 
Approved March 24, 1952. 
Interior 
Depart-
ment. 
E x ch a n g e 
of 
lands. 
Public Law 285 
CHAPTER 110 
AN ACT 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
March 28, 1952 
[S. 2697] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 359 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
by striking out subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i). Repeal of these 
subsections shall not affect rights or obligations arising under market-
ing-quota or price-support operations with respect to 1951 or prior 
crops of peanuts. 
Approved March 28, 1952. 
Peanuts. 
5 5 Stat. 90; 64 
Stat. 42. 
7 u s e 1359. 
Public Law 286 
CHAPTER 123 
AN ACT 
To permit educational, religious, or charitable institutions to import textile 
machines and parts thereof for instructional purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end 
of title I I (the free list) thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: 
"PAR. 1817. Any society or institution incorporated or established 
solely for educational, religious, or charitable purposes may import 
free of duty any textile machine or machinery, or part thereof, for its 
own use in the instruction of students and not for sale or for any com-
mercial use, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the 
Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That free entry hereunder shall 
be conditioned upon the presentation to the collector of customs of 
an affidavit of a responsible officer of the importing society or insti-
tution that the substantial equivalent of the imported article is not 
manufactured in the United States." 
Approved March 29, 1952. 
March 29, f952 
[H.R. 1012] 
T a r i f f A c t of 
1930, amendment. 
46 Stat. 672. 
19 u s e 1201.
Joint resolution making additional appropriations for the Legislative Branch and the Motor Carrier Claims Commission for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes
PL 82-282 (H.J.Res.396), enacted 03/14/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 282-MAR. 14, 1952 
the District of Columbia for any of the services enumerated in the pro-
vision stricken by section 1 hereof, regardless of whether such services 
Avere rendered prior to or after the approval of this Act. 
Approved March 14, 1952. 
Public Law 282 
CHAPTER 105 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making additional appropriations for the Legislative Branch and the Motor 
Cariier Ckiims Connnission for the fiscal year 1952, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Amerh-a in Congress assenibJed^ That there is hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otiierwise approj)riated, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 195^, the following sums: 
March 14, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 396] 
Additio n a 1 a p -
propriations, 1952. 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
SALAIMES, OFJICEKS AXD EMPLOYEES 
The appropriation for salaries of officers and employees of the 
Senate contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1952, 
is made available for the employment of additional clerical assistants 
for each Senator from the State of Minnesota, so that the allowance 
for administrative and clerical assistants for such Senators will be 
equal to that allowed other Senators from States having a population 
of more than three million but less than five million, the population 
of said State having exceeded three million inhabitants. 
65 Stat. 388. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF T H E SENATE 
For an additional amount for "Joint Committee on Atomic Energy", 
$15,000. 
For an additional amount for "Expenses of inquiries and investiga-
tions", $100,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For an additional amount for expenses of "Special and select 
committees", $400,000. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
MOTOR CARRIER CLAIMS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses. Motor Carrier 
Claims Commission," $52,000: Provided^ That said appropriation 
shall remain available until December 31, 1952, and the limitation on 
the amount available for personal services as set forth under this 
head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, is repealed. 
Approved March 14, 1952. 
Repeal. 
65 Stat. 744.
An Act granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Sabine by the States of Texas and Louisiana
PL 82-252 (H.R.4288), enacted 11/01/1951

736 
Ante, p. 537. 
PUBLIC LAW 252—NOV. 1, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
ized upon the conversion of property and the disposition of such 
converted property occurred (within the meaning of such section 
112 (f) (3)) after December 31, 1950, or (b) the basis of property 
is affected by an election made under the provisions of section 112 (f) 
(3) of such code. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 490 of the Revenue 
Act of 1951, the effective date of so much of the amendment made by 
section 485 of such Act to section 3406 (a) (3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code as relates to electric heating pads shall be April 1, 1952. 
Approved October 31, 1951. 
Public Law 252 
CHAPTER 663 
November 1,1961 
[H. R. 4288] 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent of the. Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating 
to the waters of the Sabine River by the States of Texas and Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
corisentorcongress ^^*^^<^ States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of 
to interstate compact, the Congress is hereby given to the States of Texas and Louisiana to 
negotiate and enter into a compact, providing for an equitable appor-
tionment among the said States of the waters of the Sabine River and 
its tributaries, upon the condition that one suitable person, not a 
resident of, not living in, and having no interests in, either Texas, or 
Louisiana, who shall be appointed by the President of the United 
States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of 
the United States and shall make a report to the Congress of the 
proceedings and of any compact entered into. 
Said compact shall 
not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless 
and until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each 
of the States aforesaid and approved by the Congress of the United 
States. 
Approved November 1, 1951. 
November 1,1951 
[H. R. 5215] 
Public Law 253 
CHAPTER 664 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
TO^riatlra A
*
c
t 1962' ^^*^^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
propria ion c, 
. gyj^j^gg^pg j^ppj.Qpj,j^^g,(j^Q^^^f g^j^y jjjQj^gy jj^^j^g'Pj.g^sury notOtherwise 
appropriated, to .supply supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTER I 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(Out of revenues of the District of Columbia) 
REGULATORY AGENCIES 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF RENT CONTROL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for "Office of Administrator of Rent Con-
trol", $136,650.
Joint resolution fixing the date of the meeting of the second regular session of the Eighty-second Congress
PL 82-244 (H.J.Res.351), enacted 10/30/1951

700 
PUBLIC LAW 244—OCT. 30, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
64 Stat. 54. 
12 U.S.C.S 17156. 
Housing Commissioner has issued, prior to June 29, 1951, pursuant 
to section 213 of the National Housing Act, as amended, either a 
commitment to insure or a statement of eligibility: And 
provided 
further^ That not to exceed $3,500,000 of said authorization shall be 
available for such commitments in any one State. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 30,1951 
[H. J. Res. 351] 
Public Law 244 
CHAPTER 643 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Fixing the date of the meeting of the second regular session of the Eighty-second 
Congress 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second regular 
session of the Eighty-second Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, 
January 8, 1952. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 31, 
[S. 921] 1951 
Public Law 245 
CHAPTER 652 
AN ACT 
To amend section 304 of tlie Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 and section 4 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. 
163. 
Certain contracts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That section 304 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and 
^63 Stat. 395; 6
2 Stat. sectioR 4 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 are hereby 
4
1 u. s. c. §
§ 2
5
4
, amended by inserting at the end of the above-named sections the 
following new subsection: 
"(c) All contracts negotiated without advertising pursuant to 
authority contained in this Act shall include a clause to the effect that 
the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly author-
ized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final 
payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent 
books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his 
subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transac-
tions related to such contracts or subcontracts." 
Approved October 31, 1951. 
October 31, 1951 
[S. 1320] 
Public Health Serv-
ice. 
G r a d e s 
of desig-
nated officers. 
Public Law 246 
CHAPTER 653 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act, as amended, so as to provide for equality 
of grade, pay, and allowance between certain officers of the Public Health 
Service and comparable officers of the Army, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 206 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 207; 58 Stat. 684), is hereby amended 
to read as follows: