An Act providing that the ratification of the Revenue Bond Act of 1935, enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, shall apply to all amendments of said act made by said legislature to and including the acts of the 1953 regular session of said legislation
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PUBLIC LAW 44a-JUNE 29, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
June 29, 
1954 
[S. 
2844] 
Public Law 442 
CHAPTER 414 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of December 23, 1944, authorizing certain transactions by 
disbursing officers of the United States, and for other purposes. 
50 
u s e 
a p p . 
1705 note. 
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 authorize certain transactions by disbursing officers of the 
United States, and for other purposes", approved December 23, 1944 
(ch. 716, 58 Stat. 921), as amended by the Act of June 16, 1953 (67 
Stat. 62), is hereby amended by deleting section 4 thereof. 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
June 29, 1954 
[S. 3103] 
Public Law 443 
CHAPTER 415 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of January 12, 1951, as amended, to continue in effect the 
provisions of title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941. 
War contracts. 
50 u s e app. 611 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembhd. That section 2 of 
the Act of January 12, 1951 (64 Stat. 1257), as amended, is further 
amended by striking out "1954" and inserting in lieu thereof "1955". 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
June 29, 1954 
[S. 3364] 
Public Law 444 
CHAPTER 416 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of October 31, 1949 (63 Stat. 1049). 
A I b u q u er que, 
N. Mex. 
Hospital. 
Be it CTmcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1, of 
subsection (b), of the Act of October 31,1949 (63 Stat. 1049), is hereby 
amended by deleting the fi^re "1954", wherever the same appears in 
the third and fourth provisos, and by inserting in lieu thereof the 
figure "1957"; and by deleting the figure "1953" in the fourth proviso, 
and by inserting in lieu thereof the figure "1956". 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
June 29, 1954 
[H. R. 284 4] 
Public Law 445 
CHAPTER 417 
AN ACT 
Providing that the ratification of the Revenue Bond Act of 1935, enacted by the 
Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, shall apply to all amendments of said 
Act made by said legislature to and including the Acts of the 1953 regular 
session of said legislature. 
Hawaii. 
Revenue bonds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 118 of 
the revised laws of Haw^aii, 1945, known as the Revenue Bond Act of 
1935, as amended by all acts of the Legislature of the Territory of 
Hawaii to and including the Acts of the 1953 regular session of said 
legislature, is hereby ratified and confirmed. It is the intent of this Act 
that, without the approval of the President of the United States and 
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without the incurring of an indebtedness within the meaning of the 
Hawaiian Organic Act, revenue bonds may be issued under and pursu-
ant to the provisions of said Revenue Bond Act of 1935 as heretofore 
ratified and confirmed, which shall constitute full authority for the 
issuance of said bonds without reference to and independent of the 
Hawaiian Organic Act: Provided^ however^ That nothing herein con-
tained shall be deemed to prohibit the further amendment of said 
Revenue Bond Act of 1935 in conformity with the authority conferred 
by the Act of July 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 479, 48 U. S. C , 1946 edition, 
562a), and the Act of August 3, 1935 (49 Stat. 516, 48 U. S. C, 1946 
edition, 562d). 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
31 Stat. 141. 
48 u s e 491 note. 
Public Law 446 
CHAPTER 418 
AN ACT 
To amend section 89 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as aiD<^nded. 
June 29, 1954 
[H. R. 2848] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 89 of 
the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, be amended to read as follows: 
"SEG. 89. WHARVES AND LANDINGS.—The wharves and landings 
constructed or controlled by the Republic of Hawaii on any seacoast, 
bay, roadstead, or harbor shall remain under the control of the gov-
ernment of the Territory of Hawaii, which shall receive and enjoy 
all revenue derived therefrom." 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
31 Stat. 159. 
48 u s e 510. 
Public Law 447 
CHAPTER 419 
AN ACT 
To amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, as amended. 
Jtine 29, 1954 
[H. R. 62 76] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a.'isembled, That section 30, sub-
section K, of the Act of June 5, 1920, as amended, known as the Ship 
Mortgage Act, 1920 (41 Stat. 1003), is hereby amended by adding at 
the end of subsection K the following provision : 
"Foreign ship mortgages: As used in subsections K, L, M, and N 
of this section, the term 'preferred mortgage' shall include, in addition 
to a preferred mortgage made pursuant to the provisions of this section, 
any mortgage, hypothecation, or similar charge created as security 
upon any documented foreign vessel (other than a towboat, barge, 
scow, lighter, car float, canal boat, or tank vessel, of less than two 
hundred gross tons) if such mortgage, hypothecation, or similar charge 
has been duly and validly executed in accordance with the laws of the 
foreign nation under the laws of which the vessel is documented and 
has been duly registered in accordance with such laws in a public 
register either at the port of registry of the vessel or at a central office; 
and the term 'preferred mortgage lien' shall also include the lien of 
such mortgage, hypothecation, or similar charge: Provided, 
hotoever. 
That such 'preferred mortgage lien' in the case of a foreign vessel shall 
also be subordinate to maritime liens for repairs, supplies, towage, use 
of drydock or marine railway, or other necessaries, performed or sup-
plied in the United States." 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
F or e i gn s h i p 
mortgages. 
46 u s e 951. 
46 u s e 951-954.