An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,"" approved December 20, 1944
PL 82-454 (H.R.5768), enacted 07/05/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 454-JULY 5, 1952 
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Deposit o
f funds. 
§£0. 16. Hereafter, any collection which otherwise would be for 
depositing to the credit of an appropriation made from general, high-
way, water, special, or other funds of the District of Columbia, where 
such appropriation has lapsed, shall be deposited for covering to the 
credit of the appropriate fund of the District of Columbia as miscel-
laneous receipts. 
SEC. 17. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia 
Appropriation Act, 1953". 
Approved July 5, 1952. 
Short title. 
July 5, 1952 
[H.R. 5768] 
Public Law 454 
CHAPTER 577 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions 
in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 
1944. 
D.C., b o x i n g 
contests. 
P a y m e nts to 
Commission. 
A m a t e u r c o n -
tests. 
Reports. 
Be if eiiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions 
in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved Decem-
ber 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 823; title 2, ch. 12, D. C. Code, 1940 edition, 
Supp. VII), is amended by inserting between the first and second 
sentences the following: "The Commission is authorized in its sole 
judgment and discretion to assign to licensed professional promoters 
dates on which boxing contests may be held, and no licensed pro-
fessional promoter shall hold any boxing contest on any date unless 
specifically authorized so to do by the Commission. 
When two or 
more promoters make application to hold separate boxing contests on 
an identical date not at the time of such application assigned to either 
or any of the promoters making such applications, the Commission 
shall, at a meeting open to the public, make its determination as to 
Avhether either or any of such applications will be granted, and if so, 
which, and in connection with such determination shall take into 
consideration the public interest, local demand, and the relative rank-
ing of the boxers engaging in the proposed contests." 
SEC. 2. Section 9 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 9. Every person holding or conducting any boxing contest 
for which an admission fee is charged or received, or for which revenue 
is received from the sale, lease, or other exploitation of radio, television, 
or motion-picture rights, or from other public presentations of such 
contest, or for which such fee is charged or received and such revenue 
is received, shall pay to the Commission a sum equal to the larger of 
the following: (a) An amount equal to 10 per centum of the gross 
receipts realized by such person as a result of holding or conducting 
such contest, including receipts derived from the sale of admissions 
to the contest, and receipts derived from the sale, leasing, or other 
exploitation of radio, television, or motion-picture rights and from 
other public presentation of such boxing contest, or (b) an amount 
equal to the total actual cost of compensation of personnel assigned 
by the Commission to supervise such contest: Provided, That no 
person holding or conducting any amateur boxing contest under the 
jurisdiction and with the sanction of the District of Columbia Associa-
tion of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States shall be 
required to pay to the Commission any such sum which includes receipts 
derived from the sale, lease, or other exploitation of radio, television, 
or motion-picture rights relating to any such amateur boxing contest. 
Payments of money required by this section shall be accompanied by 
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reports in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commission. Each 
ticket of admission to any such boxing contest shall bear clearly upon 
the face thereof the purchase price of the said ticket." 
SEC. ?). Section 10 of such Act is amended by inserting the designa-
tion " ( a ) " immediately before the first sentence thereof, by striking 
the figures "15,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "25,000". 
and by adding to such section a new subsection reading as follows: 
"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, any interest-bearing bonds owned by the Boxing Commission of 
the District of Columbia prior to December 20, 1944, may be retained 
by the District of Columbia Boxing Commission, and the said Com-
mission is authorized, when sufficient funds to defray its expenses are 
not otherwise available, to sell or redeem one or more of the said bonds, 
to reinvest the proceeds from any sale or redemption of the said bonds, 
and to use for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the said Com-
mission the proceeds from the sale or redemption of the said bonds, 
together with the interest from the said bonds, any interest from any 
bonds or other securities in which such proceeds from such sale or 
redemption were reinvested, and the proceeds from the sale or redemp-
tion of any bonds or other securities purchased by the said Commission 
for 
reinvestment 
purposes, pursuant 
to the 
authority 
herein 
contained." 
Approved July 5, 1952. 
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Bonds. 
Public Law 455 
CHAPTER 578 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive 
bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1953, and for other purposes. 
July 5, 1952 
[H. R. 7072] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent execu-
tive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1953, namely: 
Offices Appropria-
tion Act, 1953. 
TITLE I 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 
19,1949 (3 U. S. C. 102), $150,000. 
63 Stat. 4. 
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House 
Office, including not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at such per 
diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and other 
personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating 
tlie employment and compensation of persons in the Government 
service; and travel and official entertainment expenses of the President, 
to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $1,907,643. 
60 Stat. 810.