An Act to facilitate the development of building materials in Alaska through the removal of volcanic ash from portions of Katmai National Monument, Alaska, and for other purposes
PL 83-332 (H.R.1529), enacted 04/15/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 333-APR. 15, 1954 
States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new 
section 216 to read as follows: 
"§ 216. When the day for taking action falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a 
holiday. 
"When the last day for making any deposit or application, or for 
paying any fee, or for delivering any other material to the Copyright 
Office falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday within the District of 
Columbia, such action may be taken on the next succeeding business 
day." 
SEC. 2. The table of contents of chapter 3 of title 17 of the United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof "216. When the 
day for taking action falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday." 
Approved April 13, 1954. 
61 Stat. 665. 
Public Law 332 
CHAPTER 140 
AN ACT 
April IS, 1954 
To facilitate the development of building materials in Alaska through the re- 
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moval of volcanic ash from portions of Katmai National Monument, Alaska, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the pur-
pose of aiding in the development of building materials essential to 
the growth of Alaska, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in 
his discretion, for a period of fifteen years from the date of approval 
of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 
Stat. 681), as amended, to permit the removal of deposits of siliceous 
volcanic ash, commonly known as pumicite, from such areas as he may 
designate along the shores of Shelikof Strait in Katmai National 
Monument, Alaska. 
Approved April 15, 1954. 
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Public Law 333 
CHAPTER 141 
AN ACT 
To authorize the exchange, upon terms fully protecting the public interest, of the 
United States Public Health quarantine station at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, 
for a new quarantine station. 
V^ril 15,1954 
[S. 2405] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, subject to the 
provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, is hereby authorized, on behalf of the United States, to ex-
change with the Sun Oil Company, upon such terms and conditions 
as the Administrator may determine to be in the public interest, the 
lands and buildings comprising the United States Public Health quar-
antine station at Marcus HOOK, Pennsylvania, for a new quarantine 
station (including land and buildings, a wharf, approaches, roadways, 
and other improvements incidental thereto, to be constructed in 
accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Administra-
tor) to be provided by the Sun Oil Company upon a suitable site in 
the Philadelphia port area. 
SEC. 2. The exchange authorized by the first section of this Act shall 
not be made unless the Administrator of General Services determines 
(1) that the value to the United States of the property to be conveyed 
Marcus Hook,Pai. 
U. S. quarantine! 
station. 
Restrictions.