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Joint resolution for admitting the State of Ohio into the Union
PL 83-204 (H.J.Res.121), enacted 08/07/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 204-AUG. 7, 1953 
407 
That such loans shall bear interest at a rate of 3 per centum per annum 
on the unpaid balance from their maturity date until final payment. 
No public or private agency shall be eligible to receive a loan under 
the provisions of this Act while such agency is in default in the pay-
ment of any loan made to it pursuant to the provisions of the Displaced 
Persons Act of 1948, as amended. 
62 Stat. 1009. 
5 0 U S C 
a p p . 
1951 note. 
ELIGIBLE ALIENS TO BE NONQUOTA IMMIGRANTS 
SEC. 17, Any alien granted a visa under this Act shall be deemed 
a nonquota immigrant for the purposes of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163). 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 18. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
REPORTS 
SEC. 19. The Administrator shall report to the President and the 
Congress on the operation of the program established under this Act 
on or about January 15 and June 15 of each year and shall submit 
a final report not later than June 15,1957. Such reports shall include 
full and complete details regarding the administration of the Act and 
the administration of the funds provided for in section 16 of this Act. 
TERMINATION 
SEC. 20. No immigrant visa shall be issued under this Act after 
December 31, 1956. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
Public Law 204 
CHAPTER 337 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
For admitting the State of Ohio into the Union. 
August 7,1953 
[ H . J . Res 
---
121] 
2 Stat. 173. 
Whereas, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the thirtieth 
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitled "An 
Act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory 
northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and state govern-
ment, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an 
equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes", 
the people of the said territory did, on the twenty-ninth day of 
November, one thousand eight hundred and two, by a convention 
called for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and 
state government, which constitution and state government, so 
formed is republican, and in conformity to the principles of the 
articles of compact between the original States and the people and 
States in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, passed on the 
thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
seven : Therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United, 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the State of Ohio, 
^^^^ 
shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of uiSon 
America, and is admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the 
original States, in all respects whatever. 
SEC. 2. This joint resolution shall take effect as of March 1, 1803. 
Effective date 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
u s e . 
1952 ed., 
p. XXXV. 
Ohio. 
Admission 
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An Act to amend sections 502 (1) and 507 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in order to identify the drug known as aureomycin by its chemical name, chlortetracycline
PL 83-201 (H.R.5016), enacted 08/05/1953

67 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 201-AUG. 5, 1953 
389 
"(b) Any codification published pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section shall be printed and bound in permanent form. 
As far as 
practicable, each title in such codification shall constitute a separate 
book. Each book shall include an index thereto, and a pocket for 
cumulative supplements. A general index to the entire edition shall be 
separately printed and bound and shall be provided with a pocket for 
cumulative supplements. 
"(c) Cumulative supplements to the codifications may be published 
annually. Such supplements shall contain the full text of all changes 
and additions issued since the codification date specified by the Com-
mittee which are still in effect. Individual books, including; the cumu-
lative supplements thereto, may be collated and republished when 
deemed necessary by the Committee. 
"(d) The Federal Register Division shall prepare, index, and pub-
lish the codifications and supplements thereto including the collations 
as authorized by subsection (c) of this section. 
"(e) The codified documents of the several agencies published in 
the supplemental edition of the Federal Register pursuant to the 
provisions of this section, as amended by documents subsequently 
filed with the division and published in the daily issues of the Federal 
Register, shall be prima facie evidence of the text of such documents 
and of the fact that they are in full force and effect on and after the 
date of publication. 
"(f) The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register shall 
prescribe, with the approval of the President, regulations for carrying 
out the provisions of this section. 
"(g) The provisions of this section shall apply to the Code of 
Federal Regulations, 1949 Edition, authorized by and published pur-
suant to Executive Order No. 9930 of February 4, 1948." 
o.i.,^^^n'o ^^"^^ 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
Supp., p. 99. 
Public Law 201 
CHAPTER 334 
AN ACT 
August 5. 1953 
To amend sections 502 (1) and 507 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
[H. R. 5016] 
in order to identify the drug linown as aureomycin by its chemical name, 
chlortetracycline. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseiribled^ That section 502 (1) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U. S. C, sec. 352 
(1)) is amended by striking out "aureomycin'' and inserting in lieu 
63 stat. 409. 
thereof "chlortetracycline". 
SEC. 2. (a) The heading of section 507 of such Act (21 U. S. C, sec. 
357) is amended by striking out "AUREOMYCIN" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "CHLORTETRACYCLINE", 
(b) The first sentence of subsection (a) of such section 507 is 
amended by striking out "aureomycin" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"chlortetracycline". 
Approved August 5, 1953.
An Act to amend further the Federal Register Act, as amended
PL 83-200 (H.R.1806), enacted 08/05/1953

388 
PUBLIC LAW 198-AUG. 5, 1953 
[67 ST A T , 
August 5,1953 
[H. J. Res. 290] 
Public Law 198 
CHAPTER 331 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Creating a committee to assist in tlie celebration of the two hundredth 
anniversary of the Congress of 1754, held at Albany, New York, on June 24 
of that year. 
^ A l b a n y , N. Y., 
Congress. 
Anniversary cel-
ebration. 
Whereas June 24, 1954, will mark the two hundredth anniversary of 
the first Congress held in the United States; and 
Whereas said Congress was assembled in Albany, New York, on a site 
presently marked with a simple inscription, "Birthplace of American 
Union. 
Site of the Congress of 1754, Here Benjamin Franklin 
presented the first plan of federal union"; and 
Whereas it is fitting that this Congress of 1953 pay tribute to its 
stirring beginning: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That there shall be appointed 
a committee of fourteen Members of Congress from the seven States 
which sent delegates to the Congress of 1754, seven of whom shall be 
appointed by the President of the Senate and seven by the Speaker of 
the House, to participate in the ceremonies in Albany, New York, on 
June 24, 1954, to celebrate the date on which the first Congress in 
America adopted this resolution: '•''Resolved^ That a union of all the 
colonies is absolutely necessary for their security and defense." 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
Public Law 199 
CHAPTER 332 
August 5. 1953 
"JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res.325] 
iji^ establish the date of the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second regular 
session of the Eighty-third Congress shall begin at noon on Wednes-
day, January 6.1954. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
August 5, 1953 
[H. R. 1806] 
Public Law 200 
CHAPTER 333 
AN ACT 
To amend further the Federal Register Act, as amended. 
Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
44 u s e 311. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of 
the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 503), as amended, is hereby further 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. (a) The Administrative Committee of the Federal Regis-
ter is authorized, with the approval of the President, to require, from 
time to time as it may deem necessary, the preparation and publication 
in special or supplemental editions of the Federal Register of complete 
codifications of the documents of each agency of the Government 
which have general applicability and legal effect, which have been 
issued or promulgated by such agency by publication in the Federal 
Register or by filing with the Committee, and which are relied upon 
by the agency as authority for, or are invoked or used by it in the 
discharge of, its activities or functions, and are in force and in effect 
as to facts arising on or after such dates as may be specified by the 
Committee.
An Act to amend the District of Columbia Teachers Leave Act of 1949
PL 83-186 (S.1393), enacted 08/05/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 186-AUG. 5, 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
46 Stat. 741. 
joint resolution, and that the actual and necessary customs charges for 
labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, exam-
ination, appraisement, release, or custody, together with the necessary 
charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection 
with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported 
under the provisions of this joint resolution, shall be reimbursed by the 
International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, to the Gov-
ernment of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimburse-
ments shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which 
paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (U. S. C, 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1524). 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 5, 1953 
[S. 1393] 
Public Law 186 
CHAPTER 319 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1&49. 
D. C. substitute 
teachers. 
D. C. 
696. 
Code 31-
Be it enacted hy the Senate aTid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That section 6 of the 
District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949, approved October 
13,1949 (63 Stat. 842), as amended, is amended by inserting after the 
word "pay" the words "or on leave without pay". 
SEO. 2. This Act shall become effective as of July 1,1949. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
August 5,1953 
[S. 1945] 
Public Law 187 
CHAPTER 320 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the 
District of Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods 
and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of the 
Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved March 5, 1932. 
D. C. Board of 
Education. 
D. C. 
698. 
Annual leave. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods 
and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of 
the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved 
Code 31- March 5, 1952 (66 Stat. 14), is amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing new section: 
"SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the 
contrary, no individual whose position is within the purview of this 
Act shall, by virtue of the enactment of the first section of this Act, 
be entitled to lump-sum payment or payments for annual leave accrued 
or current as of March 5, 1952, but all such individual's annual leave, 
accrued or current as of March 5,1952, shall be credited to him for his 
use and benefit, and to be used in accordance with rules promulgated 
by the Board of Education." 
Approved August 5, 1953.
An Act to amend section 365 of the act entitled ""An Act to establish a code of laws for the District of Columbia,"" approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedents estate for funeral expenses
PL 83-182 (H.R.4484), enacted 08/01/1953

358 
PUBLIC LAW 180-AUG. 1, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
Passenger auto-
mobiles. 
Short title. 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement. 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the expenses of operating the Armed Services Textile and Apparel 
Procurement Agency after December 31, 1953. 
SEC. 649. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[S. J. Res. 97] 
Public Law 180 
CHAPTER 306 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. 
7 u s e 1641. 
63 Stat. pt. 
2173. 
2, p. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 945) is amended 
by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence 
thereof the following: "and the agreement revising and renewing the 
International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1956, 
signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and certain 
wheat importing countries". 
SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement 
of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renew-
ing the International Wheat Agreement. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 3884] 
Public Law 181 
CHAPTER 307 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish 
and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
61 Stat. 132. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
14,1947, as amended (38 U. S. C. 693a note), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"That the authority in section 7 of the World War Veterans' Act, 
1924 (43 Stat. 609; 38 U. S. C. 430), and section 101 of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284; 38 U. S. C. 693a), to establish 
and continue regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other sub-
ordinate offices may continue to be exercised by the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs with respect to territory of the Republic of the 
Philippines on and after the date of its independence if he deems such 
offices necessary, but in no event after June 30,1960." 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 4484] 
Public Law 182 
CHAPTER 308 
AN ACT 
To amend section 365 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of laws 
for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase 
the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent's estate 
for funeral expenses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled^ That section 365 of
Joint resolution to amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949
PL 83-180 (S.J.Res.97), enacted 08/01/1953

358 
PUBLIC LAW 180-AUG. 1, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
Passenger auto-
mobiles. 
Short title. 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement. 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the expenses of operating the Armed Services Textile and Apparel 
Procurement Agency after December 31, 1953. 
SEC. 649. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[S. J. Res. 97] 
Public Law 180 
CHAPTER 306 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. 
7 u s e 1641. 
63 Stat. pt. 
2173. 
2, p. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 945) is amended 
by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence 
thereof the following: "and the agreement revising and renewing the 
International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1956, 
signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and certain 
wheat importing countries". 
SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement 
of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renew-
ing the International Wheat Agreement. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 3884] 
Public Law 181 
CHAPTER 307 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish 
and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
61 Stat. 132. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
14,1947, as amended (38 U. S. C. 693a note), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"That the authority in section 7 of the World War Veterans' Act, 
1924 (43 Stat. 609; 38 U. S. C. 430), and section 101 of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284; 38 U. S. C. 693a), to establish 
and continue regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other sub-
ordinate offices may continue to be exercised by the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs with respect to territory of the Republic of the 
Philippines on and after the date of its independence if he deems such 
offices necessary, but in no event after June 30,1960." 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 4484] 
Public Law 182 
CHAPTER 308 
AN ACT 
To amend section 365 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of laws 
for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase 
the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent's estate 
for funeral expenses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled^ That section 365 of
An Act to extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines
PL 83-181 (H.R.3884), enacted 08/01/1953

358 
PUBLIC LAW 180-AUG. 1, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
Passenger auto-
mobiles. 
Short title. 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement. 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the expenses of operating the Armed Services Textile and Apparel 
Procurement Agency after December 31, 1953. 
SEC. 649. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[S. J. Res. 97] 
Public Law 180 
CHAPTER 306 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. 
7 u s e 1641. 
63 Stat. pt. 
2173. 
2, p. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the Inter-
national Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 945) is amended 
by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence 
thereof the following: "and the agreement revising and renewing the 
International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1956, 
signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and certain 
wheat importing countries". 
SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement 
of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renew-
ing the International Wheat Agreement. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 3884] 
Public Law 181 
CHAPTER 307 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish 
and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
61 Stat. 132. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
14,1947, as amended (38 U. S. C. 693a note), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"That the authority in section 7 of the World War Veterans' Act, 
1924 (43 Stat. 609; 38 U. S. C. 430), and section 101 of the Servicemen's 
Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284; 38 U. S. C. 693a), to establish 
and continue regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other sub-
ordinate offices may continue to be exercised by the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs with respect to territory of the Republic of the 
Philippines on and after the date of its independence if he deems such 
offices necessary, but in no event after June 30,1960." 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 1,1953 
[H. R. 4484] 
Public Law 182 
CHAPTER 308 
AN ACT 
To amend section 365 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of laws 
for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase 
the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent's estate 
for funeral expenses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled^ That section 365 of