An Act to authorize the Commissioner of Public Lands to sell public lands located at Weliweli island of Kauai, to certain claimants.
PL 84-839 (H.R.7888), enacted 07/30/1956

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Public Law 839 
CHAPTER 783 
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July 30, 1956 
To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands located at — [ H . R. 7888] — 
Weliweli, Island of Kauai, to certain claimants. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sermled, That any provision 
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of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, or of the laws of Hawaii lands, 
relating to public lands, to the contrary notwithstanding, the com- 
llusc'eesnote. 
missioner of public lands, with the approval of the Governor and two-
thirds of the members of the board of public lands, in his discretion, 
may transfer and convey by quitclaim deeds to claimants who are citi-
zens of the United States, or who have legally declared their inten-
tions to become citizens of the United States and upon becoming such, 
and who claim under color of title any portion of the tract of land 
described as follows: 
PORTION OF THE GOVERNMENT LAND OF WELIWEIJ AT WELIWELI, KONA, 
KAUAI 
Being portion of the Government land of Weliweli occupied and 
claimed by various persons as portions of grant 1408 to Kauaihewa 
and grant 1416 to Eke Opunui. 
Beginning at a pipe in ahu at the northwest corner of this parcel 
of land and on the boundary between the lands of Koloa and Weli-
weli, said pipe in ahu marking the end of course 40 of land court 
application 956 and being the initial point of lot A of land court 
application 1188, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred 
to Government Survey Triangulation Station "LAAUKAHI" being 
23,298.80 feet south and 2,361.40 feet east, and running by azimuths 
measured clockwise from true south: 
1. 261 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds 328.40 feet along land court 
application 1188 to a pipe; 
2. 14 degrees 22 minutes no seconds 573.10 feet along grant 1408 
to Kauaihewa to a pipe set in top of stonewall; 
3. 117 degrees 30 minutes no seconds 46.10 feet along R. P. 3750, 
L. C. Aw. 3359, Apana 1 to Niihau to a pipe; 
4. 348 degrees 30 minutes no seconds 102.90 feet along R. P. 3750, 
L. C. Aw. 3359, Apana 1 to Niihau to a pipe; 
5. 14 degrees 22 minutes no seconds 86.36 feet along grant 1408 to 
Kauaihewa and grant 1416 to Eke Opunui; 
6. 105 degrees 35 minutes no seconds 21.81 feet along land court 
application 1373; 
7. 8 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 112.00 feet along land court appli-
cation 1373 to seashore at high-water mark; 
Thence along seashore at high-water mark for the next three courses, 
the direct azimuths and distances between points at seashore being: 
8. 68 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds 117.28 feet; 
9. 74 degrees 53 minutes no seconds 54.75 feet; 
10. 65 degrees 18 minutes no seconds 173.90 feet; thence 
11. 193 degrees 27 minutes 932.00 feet along the boundary between 
the lands of Koloa and Weliweli to the point of beginning and con-
taining a gross area of 260,235 square feet after deducting and exclud-
ing therefrom the following described parcel of land being the present 
Kuai and Poipu Roads and additional areas required for widening 
said roads to a width of 50 feet: 
Beginning at the west corner of this parcel of land, on the new 
south side of Poipu Road and on the boundary between the lands of 
Koloa and Weliweli, the coordinates of said point of beginning 
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referred to as Government Triangulation Station "LAAUKAHI" 
being 23,902.35 feet south and 2,217.06 feet east, and running by azi-
muths measured clockwise from true south: 
1. 193 degrees 27 minutes no seconds 50.03 feet along the boundary 
between the lands of Koloa and Weliweli; 
2. 285 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 96.98 feet along the new north 
side of Poipu Road; 
3. Thence on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.00 feet, the 
chord azimuth and distance being: 239 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds 
28.59 feet; 
4. 194 degrees 18 minutes no seconds 565.43 feet along the new 
west side of Kuai Road; 
5. Thence along the west side of Kuai Road, on a curve to the left 
with a radius of 829.00 feet, the chord azimuth and distance being: 
192 degrees 58 minutes 04 seconds 38.55 feet; 
6. 261 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds 52.91 feet along land court 
application 1188; 
7. Thence along the new east side of Kuai Road, on a curve to the 
right with a radius of 879.00 feet, the chord azimuth and distance 
being: 12 degrees 23 minutes 13 seconds 58.69 feet; 
8. 14 degrees 18 minutes no seconds 567.39 feet along the new east 
side of Kuai Road; 
9. Thence on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.00 feet, the chord 
azimuth and distance being: 329 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds 27.97 
feet; 
10. 285 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 107.56 feet along the new 
north side of Poipu Road; 
11. 14 de^ees 22 minutes no seconds 39.81 feet along grant 1416 to 
Eke Opunui; 
12. 105 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 21.81 feet along land court 
application 1373; 
13. 8 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 10.28 feet along land court appli-
cation 1373; 
14. 105 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 272.98 feet along the new south 
side of Poipu Road to the point of beginning and containing an area 
of 46,410 square feet. 
Reserving also to the Territory of Hawaii in perpetuity an easement 
fifteen feet wide for storm drain purposes upon and across that portion 
of the government land of Weliweli occupied by the B. D. Baldwin 
Trust Estate, running from the new south side of Poipu Road to the 
sea, described as follows: 
Being a strip of land 15.00 feet wide, extending for 7.50 feet on ea^h 
side of the centerline described as follows: 
Beginning at the north end of this right-of-way on the new south 
side of Poipu Road, at a point which is 105 degrees, 33 minutes, no 
seconds, 131.49 feet from the end of course 13 of the road exclusion as 
described above, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred 
to Government Survey Triangulation Station "LAAUKAHI" being 
23,940.28 feet south and 2,353.37 feet east, and running by azimuths 
measured clockwise from true south: 
1.359 degrees 19 minutes no seconds 178.00 feet to seashore at high-
water mark. 
SEC. 2. The lot claimed shall be conveyed for a fair and reasonable 
price, which price shall be determined by a disinterested appraiser or 
appraisers, but not more than three to be appointed by the Governor, 
and all improvements thereon shall be valued at $1. 
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SEC. 3. The commissioner may, ^rior to executing such quitclaim Twrltory.^**"* *
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deeds, require that claimants quitclami to the Territory any claim they 
may have in and to the roadways hereinabove described, and the ease-
ment hereinabove referred to. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its approval. 
Approved July 30, 1966. 
Effective date.. 
Public Law 840 
CHAPTER 784 
AN ACT 
To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to the priority of debts owed by a 
bankrupt to workmen, servants, clerks, and certain salesmen. 
July 30, 1956 
[H. R. 256] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That clause (2) of 
subsection (a) of section 64 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U. S. C, sec. 
104 (a)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) wages and commissions, 
not to exceed $600 to each claimant, which have been earned within 
three months before the date of the commencement of the proceeding, 
due to workmen, servants, clerks, or traveling or city salesmen on 
salary or commission basis, whole or part time, whether or not selling 
exclusively for the bankrupt; and for the purposes of this clause, the 
term 'traveling or city salesman' shall include all such salesmen, 
whether or not they are independent contractors selling the products 
or services of the bankrupt on a commission basis, with or without a 
drawing account or formal contract;". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to proceedings commenced on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 30, 1966. 
Bankraptcy. 
Priority of debUa. 
52 Stat. 874. 
Public Law 841 
CHAPTER 785 
AN ACT 
Relating to the use of storage space in the Buford Reservoir for the pui-pose of 
providing Gwinnett County, Georgia, a regulated water supply. 
July 30, 1956 
[H. R. 8265] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized to contract with Gwinnett County, 
Georgia, upon such terms and for such period not to exceed fifty year^ 
as he may deem reasonable for the use of storage space in the Buford 
Reservoir for the purpose of providing said county a regulated water 
supply in an amount not to exceed eleven thousand two hundred acre-
feet of water annually, and is authorized to grant to Gwinnett County^ 
at no cost, easement over Government lands at Buford Reservoir for 
the sole purpose of constructing, repairing, and maintaining necessary 
pipelines and pumping station to remove such water from said reser-
voir, and the project for Buford Dam authorized by the Act, entitled 
"An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of 
certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," 
being Public Law 525, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session, 
approved July 24, 1946, is hereby modified accordingly: Provided, 
That all moneys received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further. That noth-
ing herein contained shall affect water rights under State law. 
Approved July 30, 1956. 
Gwinnett County, 
Ga. 
Storage in Buford 
Reservoir. 
60 Stat. 634.