An Act to amend the Standard Container Act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 685; 15 U. S. C. 257-257i) to provide for a three-eights basket for fruits and vegetables
PL 83-434 (H.R.8357), enacted 06/28/1954

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subject to Federal tax: Provided further^ That any funds advanced 
for loans by the tribe to individual Indians or associations of Indians 
shall be subject to regulations established for the making of loans 
from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 
(25 U. S. C, sec. 470) : Arid -provided further^ That no part of the 
funds authorized to be expended or advanced by this section shall be 
paid or disbursed to or received by any agent or attorney on account 
of any contract for services rendered or to be rendered or expenses in 
the preparation of any suit against the United States. 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
48 Stat. 986. 
Public Law 434 
CHAPTER 406 
AN ACT 
June 28, 1954 
To amend the Standard Container Act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 685; 15 U. S. C. 
[H. R. 83573 
257-257i), to provide for a three-eighths bushel basket for fruits and 
vegetables. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of t JtTi^* 
z/t-hu^i 
the Act entitled "An Act to fix standards for hampers, round-stave basket, 
baskets, and splint-baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other 
purposes", approved May 21, 1928, is amended by (1) inserting after 
"•one-fourth bushel" and before "one-half bushel", the words "three-
eighths bushel", and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (b) an 
additional subparagraph (bb) reading as follows: 
"(bb) The standard three-eighths bushel hamper or round-stave 
basket shall contain eight hundred and six and four-tenths cubic 
inches." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately after the date of its 
enactment. 
Approved June 28, 1964. 
45 Stat. 685. 
IS u s e 257. 
Capacity. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 435 
CHAPTER 407 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of certain hospital supplies and equipment of the 
United States to the city of Gulfport and to Harrison County, Mississippi. 
June 28, 1954 
[H. R. 8456] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to convey without con-
sideration to the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, a municipal corpora-
tion, and to the Board of Supervisors of Harrison County, Mississippi, 
acting for and on behalf of the Supervisors' Districts Numbered 2, 3, 
and 4, and the New Hope, Poplar Head, and West Creek Election 
Districts of Supervisors' District Numbered 5, all in Harrison County, 
Mississippi, for use in the Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Mississippi, 
all of the personal property and equipment the use of which was 
granted to the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, and the county of Har-
rison, Mississippi, by a revocable permit executed for the United 
States on August 19,1947, under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Navy. 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
G u l f p o r t 
a n d 
Harrison C o unty. 
Miss. 
Convey a n c e of 
hospital supplies, 
etc.