An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements for rights-of-way through, over, and under the parkway land along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and to authorize an exchange of lands with other Federal departments and agencies, and for other purposes
PL 83-184 (H.R.5804), enacted 08/01/1953

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the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District 
of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended by the Act 
approved June 30,1902 (title 20, sec. 605, D. C. Code, 1951), is further 
amended by striking out the word "three" in line 5 and inserting in 
lieu thereof the word "six" and by striking out the word "three" in 
line seven and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four". 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
31 Stat. 1248; 3:2 
Stat. 529. 
Public Law 183 
CHAPTER 309 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the American University", 
approved February 24, 1893, so as to clarify the relations between the Board 
of Trustees of the American University and the Board of Education of the 
Methodist Church, and for other purposes. 
August 1,1953 
IS.1273] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act to incorporate the American University", approved February 
24, 1893, as amended, is amended by redesignating section 2 thereof to 
be section 3, and by inserting after the first section thereof a new 
section as follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a) After the date of enactment of this section— 
"(1) no person shall be elected to the board of trustees of the 
corporation unless the election of such person has been approved 
by the Board of Education of the Methodist Church; members of 
the board of trustees shall hold office until their successors are 
elected; 
"(2) all property, both real and personal, of the corporation 
shall be held in perpetuity for educational purposes under the 
auspices of the Methodist Church and subject to the terms and 
provisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Church; and 
"(3) the board of trustees of the corporation shall not propose 
any amendment by the Congress to this Act unless the proposal 
of such amendment has been previously approved by the Board 
of Education of the Methodist Church, 
"(b) In the case of any violation by the corporation or the board 
of trustees of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 
all right, title, and interest of the corporation in and to all property, 
both real and personal, of the corporation shall vest in the Board of 
Education of the Methodist Church, a corporation organized under 
the laws of the State of Tennessee, or its successor." 
Approved August 1, 1983. 
American U n i-
versity. 
27 Stat. 476. 
Public Law 184 
CHAPTER 310 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements for rights-of-way 
through, over, and under the parkway land along the line of the Chesapeake 
and Ohio Canal, and to authorize an exchange of lands with other Federal 
departments and agencies, and for other purposes. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 58041 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repr'esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to grant perpetual 
easements, subject to such reasonable conditions as are necessary for 
the protection of the Federal interests, for rights-of-way through, over, 
or under the parkway lands along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio 
Chesapeake and 
Ohio Canal. 
Easements 
f o r 
rights-of-way. 
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Canal, now or hereafter acquired, for the purposes of electric, tele-
phone, and telegraph lines or conduits, gas, oil, and water pipelines, 
tunnels, and water conduits, or for other utility purposes incident to 
industrial, commercial or agricultural use, or to the supply of water 
for domestic, public, or any other beneficial use, where it is intended to 
use such rights-of-way for any one or more of the purposes herein-
above named. 
SEC. 2. No part of said easements shall be used for any other than 
the purposes for which they are granted, and in the event of any breach 
of this restriction, or in the event of any failure to observe the condi-
tions in said easements, either of which shall continue for a period of 
ninety days after notice thereof, or in the event the said easement is 
abandoned for the purposes granted, the entire interest herein author-
ized to be granted shall, upon a declaration to that effect by the Secre-
tary of the Interior, revert to the United States. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause an appraisal to be 
made of the fair market value of the said easements, including the 
resulting damage, if any, to the residue of the parkway lands, which 
appraisal, after approval by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be 
paid in cash by the grantees requesting the easement as the considera-
tion for said easements when granted by the United States. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, in his 
discretion, to grant perpetual easements, subject to such conditions 
as are necessary for the protection of the Federal interest, for rights-
of-way through, over, or under the parkway lands along the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, now or hereafter acquired, for railroad tracks 
or for other utility purposes: Provided^ That such easements may be 
granted in exchange for the relinquishment of existing easements 
across land now or hereafter in Federal ownership within the park-
way : Provided further^ That the Secretary may cause an appraisal to 
be made of the value of such easements and may require payment to 
be made by the grantee as provided in section 3 of this Act: Provided 
further^ That no part of said easements shall be used for any other than 
the purposes for which they are granted, and in the event of any 
breach of this restriction, or in the event of any failure to observe the 
conditions in said easements, either of which shall continue for a 
period of ninety days after notice thereof, or in the event the said 
easement is abandoned for the purposes granted, the entire interest 
herein authorized to be granted, upon a declaration to that effect by 
the Secretary, shall revert to the United States. 
Conveyances. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his 
discretion, when in the best interest of the United States, to convey, 
at the fair market value, to counties and municipalities for roads, 
streets, highways, or other municipal facilities, by proper deed or 
instrument, any lands or interests in lands of the United States within 
the parkway along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and located within 
the boundaries of such county or municipality, which are not needed 
for parkway purposes, but not to the extent of severing in any manner 
the continuity of the parkway lands from Great Falls to and including 
the city of Cumberland, Maryland, 
ri^^ion' **'••"" 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of other depart-
ments and agencies of the Federal Government administering lands 
along or adjacent to the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, are 
hereby authorized, for the purpose of facilitating the development, 
administration, and maintenance of said parkway, to transfer juris-
diction between their respective departments and agencies over such 
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portions of the lands under their respective jurisdictions along or 
adjacent to the line of said canal as are surplus to their respective 
needs, without reimbursement, and under such conditions as may be 
mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the head 
of the other department or agency concerned; and such transfer of 
jurisdiction by any department or agency of the Federal Government 
in possession of such lands is hereby authorized. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
Public Law 185 
CHAPTER 311 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
August 1. 1953 
To permit articles imijorted from foreign countries for ttie purpose of exhibition 
[H. J. Res. 293] 
at the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washing-
ton, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Resol/ved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That all articles which shall xhirf^tlmatfoMi 
be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at Trade Fair, 
the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, to be held at cie^. 
"* 
Seattle, Washington, from February 11 to February 24, 1954, inclu-
sive, by the International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, or 
for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at 
the said trade fair, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs 
duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff, customs duty, 
fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during or within 
saie. 
three months after the close of the said trade fair to sell within the 
area of the trade fair any articles provided for herein, subject to such 
regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of 
import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro-
vided^ That all such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use 
in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon 
such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their with-
drawal ; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or 
deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if pay-
able, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of 
withdraAval from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the 
general tariff law: Provided further^ That imported articles provided ^^^'"^ 
require-
for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the 
general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for con-
sumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be 
released from customs custody until properly marked, but no addi-
tional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently 
marked when imported into the United States: Provided further^ That 
Abandonment, 
at any time during or within three months after the close of the trade 
fair, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Govern-
ment or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties 
on such article shall be remitted: Provided further. That articles which 
Transfer, 
have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition under any 
tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs custody or 
under a customs exhibition bond and imported articles in bonded 
warehouses under the general tariff law may be accorded the privilege 
of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the said trade fair under such 
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: And 
provided further^ That the International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a soie consignee, 
corporation, shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole 
consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this