An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Tucson, Ariz., and to accept other land in, exchange therefore
PL 83-306 (S.1160), enacted 03/12/1954

PUBLIC LAW 305-MAR. 10, 1964 
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Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
•9 i;. 'f < I 
engages in a strike against the (Toverinnent of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit 
has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the TJnited States, or that such person does 
not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided further, That any pei-son who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or wlio is a member of 
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or jvho is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this or any other Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not 
in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
Approved March 6, 1954. 
March 10, 1954 
Public Law 305 
A
N
f ACT 
CHAPTER 61 
[H. R. 6130] 
rfQ permit a first preference for former owners of certain dwellings being sold 
under lianham War jHousing Act. 
War housing. 
Purchase p r e f-
erence. 
64 Stat. 70. 
42 u s e 1587(b). 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 607 (b) 
of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in 
connection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved 
October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence of the last paragraph of that subsection the following sen-
tence : "In the disposition of any dwellings under this section which 
were acquired by the United States from persons occupying the dwell-
ings at the time of such acquisition, the Administrator may, notwith-
standing the order of preference provided in this section, grant a first 
preference to such persons in the purchase of any of these dwellings 
for such period and under such conditions as he may determine to be 
api)ropriate and in the public interest." 
Approved March 10, 1964. 
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March 12,1954 
[S. 1160] 
Public Law 306 
CHAPTER 78 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of 
Tucson, Arizona, and to accept other land in exchange therefor. 
Tucson, Ariz. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed 
to the city of Tucson, Arizona, a municipal corporation, all right, title, 
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ariu interest of the United States in and to that tract of land situate 
in the county of Pima, State of Arizona, described as that portion of 
the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 24, township 
14 south of range 13 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Pima 
County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the south line of the northwest quarter 
of the northwest quarter of said section 24, distant three hundred 
forty-five and nine-tenths feet westerly from the southeast corner 
of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter; run thence 
westerly along said south line, a distance of one hundred forty-
four and one-tenth feet to a point; run thence northerly and 
parallel with the east line of said northwest quarter of the 
northwest quarter, a distance of two hundred ninety and four-
tenths feet to a point; run thence easterly and parallel with the 
south line of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, a 
distance of one hundred forty-three and fifty-five one-hundredths 
feet to a point; run thence southerly a distance of two hundred 
ninety and four-tenths feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; 
and to accept in exchange therefor a conveyance in fee simple to the 
United States by the city of Tucson, Arizona, a municipal corporation, 
of the following described real property situate in Pima County, 
Arizona: 
The east one hundred and ninety feet of the south two hundred 
ninety and four-tenths feet of the northwest quarter of the north-
west quarter of section 24, township 14 south of range 13 east, 
Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Pima County, Arizona. 
SEC. 2. The deed of the land conveyed by the Secretary of the 
Interior pursuant to the provisions of the first section of this Act 
shall contain express conditions— 
(a) that the city of Tucson shall agree, upon the receipt of 
the deed from the Secretary of the Interior, to demolish the exist-
ing structure on such land; and 
(b) that all salvage therefrom may be removed by the Papago 
Council of the Papago Tribe of Indians without the council 
paying for the same. 
Approved March 12, 1954. 
Public Law 307 
CHAPTER 79 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of August 3, 1950, as amended, to continue in effect the pro-
visions thereof relating to the authorized personnel strengths of the Armed 
Forces. 
March 15,1954 
[H. R. 2326] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of 
the Act of August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 408), as amended by section 3 of 
the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service 
Act (65 Stat. 88), is further amended by striking out the date "July 
31,1954" and inserting in lieu thereof the date "July 31, 1957". 
Approved March 15, 1954. 
Armed Forces. 
P e r s o n n e l 
strength. 
10 u s e 20Jnote.