An Act to ratify and confirm section 4539, Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1945, section 1 (b), act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, and the sales of public lands consummated pursuant to the terms of said statutes.
PL 84-478 (H.R.6463), enacted 04/06/1956

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April 6, 1956 
[H. R. 6461] 
PUBLIC LAW 477-APR. 6, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
Public Law 477 
CHAPTER 180 
AN ACT 
To amend section 73 (i) of the Hawaiian Orjianic Act. 
Hawaii> 
Lands in irriga-
tion projects. 
48 u s e 670. 
Effective date« 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That section 73 (i) 
of the Hawaiian Organic Act is hereby amended by adding the fol-
lowing paragraph thereto: 
"The Commissioner may include in any patent, agreement, or lease 
a condition requiring the inclusion of the land in any irrigation project 
formed or to be formed by the Territorial agency responsible therefor 
and making the land subject to assessments made or to be made for 
such irrigation project, which assessment shall be a first charge against 
the land. For failure to pay the assessments or other breach of the 
condition the land may be forfeited and sold pursuant to the provisions 
of this Act, and, when sold, so much of the proceeds of sale as are 
necessary therefor may be used to pay any unpaid assessments/' 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its 
approval. 
Approved April 6, 1966. 
April 6, 1956 
[H. R. 6463] 
Public Law 478 
CHAPTER 181 
AN ACT 
To ratify and confirm section 4r)39, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, section 1 (b), 
act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 1951, and the sales of public lands consum-
mated pursuant to the terms of said statutes. 
Hawaii. 
Rati fi cation of 
sales. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Co'ngress assembled, That section 4539, 
Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, is hereby ratified and confirmed. 
SEC. 2. Section 1 (b), act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 1951, is hereby 
ratified and confirmed. 
SEC. 3. All sales of public lands to abutting landowMiers consum-
mated pursuant to the terms of the foregoing statutes are hereby rati-
fied and confirmed and shall be deemed and held to be perfect and 
valid as of the date of the sales. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on and after the date of its 
approval. 
Approved April 6, 1956. 
Public Law 479 
CHAPTER 182 
April 6, 1956 
[H. R. 6574] 
D. C. motor ve-
hicle 
registration 
fee. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 2 of title IV of the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional 
revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
August 17,1937 (50 Stat. 680), as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
title IV of the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue 
for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 680), as amended (sec. 40-102, D. C. Code, 
1951 edition), is amended by inserting immediately after the first 
sentence of subsection (d) of said section the following: "The owner 
selling or otherwise transferring such vehicle or trailer may register 
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another motor vehicle or trailer for the vmexpired portion of the 
registration year upon payment of a fee of $1 and a sum equal to the 
diiference between the registration fee originally paid and the fee 
computed for such other motor vehicle or trailer under section 3, in 
case the latter is the greater." 
Approved April 6, 1956. 
Public Law 480 
CHAPTER 183 
AN ACT 
AprU 6. 1956 
To provide for the transfer of title to certain land and the improvements there«m 
[H. R. 6625]— 
to the I'ueblo of San Lorenzo (Pueblo of I'icuris), in New Mexico, and for 
other purposes. 
Pueblo of San 
Lorenzo. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and lloum of Rei)re>fentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congrem assemhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to transfer by deed to tlie /Transfer of land 
Pueblo of San Tx)renzo (Pueblo of Picuris), in New Mexico, title to 
certain tracts of land, together with the improvements thereon, situ-
ate, lying, and being within the Pueblo of Picuris (jrant heretofore 
confirmed to the said Pueblo of Picuris by the Act of December 
22, 1858 (11 Stat. 374), and situate in section 30, township 23 north, 
range 12 east, New Mexico principal meridian, within the county of 
Taos and State of New Mexico, and more particularly described as 
follows: 
PARt^EL NIMBEREl) 1 
Beginning at the northwest corner of })arce] nmnbered 4, herein-
below described, which point is located north 23 degrees 30 minutes 
east, 119.8 feet from a United States Land Office stake marked No. 8, 
and north 51 degrees 7 minutes east, 1,733.7 feet from the west quarter 
corner of section 30, township 23 north, range 12 east, New Mexico 
principal meridian; thence north 22 degrees 00 minutes east 32 feet 
to a stake; thence south 75 degrees 00 minutes east 186 feet to a stake; 
thence south G5 degrees 00 minutes east 42 feet; thence south 29 de-
grees 00 minutes west 44 feet; thence north 67 degrees 00 minutes west 
218 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.19 acre more or less. 
PARCEL NUMBERED 2 
Beginning at a point in the north line of parcel numbered 1 which 
also marks the southeast corner of parcel numbered 3 and is located 
north 55 degrees 15 minutes east, 1,876.5 feet from the west quarter 
corner of section 30, township 23 north, range 12 east. New Mexico 
principal meridian; thence north 24 degrees ()0 minutes east 62 feet 
to a stake: thence north 77 degrees 00 minutes east 63 feet to a stake: 
thence south 29 degrees 00 minutes west 99.5 feet; thence north ()5 
degrees 00 minutes west 42 feet to the point of beginning, containing 
0.08 acre more or less. 
PARCEL XI MliEKED :i 
Beginning at the nortlnvest corner of i)arcel numbered 1 which 
point is located north 22 degrees 00 minutes east 32 feet from the 
liorthwest corner of parcel numbered 4 and north 50 degrees 38 min-
utes east 1,762.1 feet from the west quarter corner of section 30, town-
ship 23 north, range 12 east. New Mexico principal meridian; thence 
north 22 degrees 00 minutes east 157.8 feet; thence south 78 degrees 
00 minutes east 255.5 feet; thence south 20 degrees 30 minutes west