Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to further extend certain charters of vessels to citizens of the Philippines, and for other purposes
PL 83-469 (S.J.Res.72), enacted 07/01/1954

396 
PUBLIC LAW 469-JULY 1, 1954 
STAT, 
Vehicle mainte> 
nance, etc» 
Short title. 
SEC. 18. The Commissioners are authorized to establish a permanent 
working fund, which shall be available without fiscal-year limitation, 
for necessary expenses of maintenance and repair of vehicles of the 
Government of the District of Columbia; and said fund shall be reim-
bursed, or credited in advance if required by the Director, Department 
of Highways, for the costs of all work performed thereunder. 
SEC. 19. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appro-
priation Act, 1955." 
Approved July 1, 1954. 
July 1, 1954 
[S. J. R V S . 72] 
Public Law 469 
CHAPTER 454 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to further extend certain charters of 
vessels to citizens of the Philippines, and for other purposes. 
Philippines. 
Charters of ves-
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60 Stat. 137. 
67 Stat. 110. 
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1786 note. 
Resol'ved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assernbled, That, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of existing law, the Secretary of Commerce is author-
ized to extend and continue the present charters of vessels to citizens of 
the Republic of the Philippines, which charters were made and entered 
into under the terms of section 306 (a) of the Act of April 30, 1946 
(Public Law 370, Seventy-ninth Congress), and which charters were 
extended by the Secretary of Commerce under the terms of a joint 
resolution, approved June 30, 1953 (Public Law^ 87, Eighty-third 
Congress). 
Such charters may be further extended for such periods 
of time and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may, 
from time to time, determine to be required in the interest of the 
economy of the Philippines, but any such charter shall contain a 
provision requiring that the vessel shall be operated only in the inter-
island commerce in the Philippines. 
No such vessel shall be con-
tinued under charter, as authorized herein, beyond the completion of 
the first voyage terminating after June 30,1955. 
Approved July 1, 1954. 
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uly 2, 1954 
R. 9203] 
Public Law 470 
CHAPTER 455 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary Branch for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes. 
Legislative-Ju-
diciiu-y Appropria-
tion Act, 1955. 
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 other-
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary 
Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, namely: 
TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE PRESI-
DENT o r THE SENATE AND OF SENATORS, AND SALARY AND EXPENSE 
ALLOWANCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of Senators, $1,200,000. 
For expense allowance of Senators, $240,000. 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000.