An Act to enable the Hawaiian Homes Commission of the Territory of Hawaii to exchange available lands as designated by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, for public lands
PL 83-297 (H.R.2839), enacted 02/20/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 297-FEB. 20, 1954 
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boundary of lot 15, map 8, of land court application 852, the coordi-
nates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey 
Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being nine thousand six himdred 
ninety-eight and forty-four one-hundredths feet south and five thou-
sand four hundred twentv-six and sixteen one-hundredths feet east, 
thence running by azimutns measured clockwise from true south: 
1. Two hundred and thirty-four degrees thirty-five minutes fifty-five 
and seventy-six one-hundredths feet along lot 15, map 8, of land court 
application 852; 
2. Thence on a curve to the right with a radius of twenty feet, along 
land described in deed by United States of America to Territory of 
Hawaii, dated December 14, 1942, and recorded in liber 1737, pages 
349 to 352, in the Bureau of Conveyances at Honolulu, Territory of 
Hawaii, the chord azimuth and distance being three hundred and ten 
degrees fifty-two minutes thirteen and eighty-eight one-hundredths 
feet; 
3. Three hundred and thirty-one degrees ten minutes three hundred 
forty-six and seventy-seven one-hundredths feet along the present 
southwest side of Kalakaua Avenue; 
4. One hundred and forty-five degrees thirteen minutes and thirty 
seconds ten feet along the remainder of the United States military 
reservation of Fort De Russy; 
5. One hundred and forty-five degrees thirteen minutes thirty 
seconds one hundred six and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet along 
same; 
6. Thence along same on a curve to the right with a radius of seven 
hundred and fifty feet, the chord azimuth and distance being one 
hundred and forty-eight degrees two minutes twenty-two and five-
tenths seconds and seventy-three and sixty-six one-hundredths feet; 
7. One hundred and fifty degrees fifty-one minutes fifteen seconds 
and sixty-three and thirteen one-hundredths feet along the remainder 
of the United States military reservation of Fort De Kussy; 
8. Thence along same on a curve to the left with a radius of one 
hundred and forty feet, the chord azimuth and distance being one 
hundred and twenty-seven degrees forty-two minutes thirty-two and 
five-tenths seconds and one hundred ten and six one-hundredths feet 
to the point of beginning and containing an area of six thousand and 
twenty-one square feet. 
Together with any abutter's right of vehicle 
access, into and from Honolulu-Pearl Harbor Road, Federal aid 
project numbered U-44 (9) and Kalakaua Avenue, over and across 
courses 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the above-described parcel 69. 
Approved February 20, 1954. 
February 20,1954 
[H. R. 2839] 
Public Law 297 
CHAPTER 10 
AN ACT 
To enable the Hawaiian Homes Commission of the Territory of Hawaii to 
exchange available lands as designated by the Hawaiian Homes Commission 
Act, 1920, for public lands. 
Hawaiian Homes 
Commis sion. 
Land exchange. 
42 Stat. 110. 
48 u s e 698. 
Post, 
p. 262. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 204 of 
the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, be further 
amended by adding a new subparagraph thereto, designated subpara-
graph " (4)", and to read as follows: 
"(4) The commission may, with the approval of the Governor and 
the Secretary of the Interior, in order to consolidate its holdings or 
to better effectuate the purposes of this Act, exchange the title to 
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available lands at Waimanalo, Island of Oahu, for similarly located 
publicly owned lands of an equal value. All land so acquired by 
the commission shall assume the status of available lands as though 
the same were originally designated as such under section 203 hereof, 
and all land so conveyed by the commission shall assume the status 
of the land for which it was exchanged. 
The limitations imposed by 
section 73 (1) of the Hawaiian Organic Act and the land laws of 
Hawaii as to the area and value of land that may be conveyed by way 
of exchange shall not apply to exchanges made pursuant hereto." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall .take effect upon its approval. 
Approved February 20, 1954. 
48 u s e 697. 
42 Stat. 116. 
48 u s e 663. 
Public Law 298 
CHAPTER 11 
AN ACT 
To authorize the printing and mailing of periodical publications of certain 
societies and institutions at places other than places fixed as the offices of 
publication. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso 
of the ninth paragraph under the heading "Office of the Third Assist-
ant Postmaster General" of the first section of the Act entitled "An 
Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and 
for other purposes", approved August 24,1912, as amended (39 U. S. C , 
sec. 229), is amended by striking out the comma after the word 
"board" and the following: "and such publication shall be printed 
at such place and entered at the nearest post office thereto". 
Approved February 20, 1954. 
February 20. 1954 
[H. R. 5379] 
Mailing, etc., of 
certain p e r i o d i -
cals. 
37 Stat. 550. 
Public Law 299 
CHAPTER 12 
48 u s e 1372. 
A N A C T 
February 20, 1954 
To amend the Act approved July 8, 1937, authorizing cash relief for certain 
[H. R. 5861] 
employees of the Canal 25one Government. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress oMsemhled^ That the proviso in 
section 1 of the Act of July 8, 1937 (ch. 443, 50 Stat. 478), which Act 
authorizes the payment of cash relief to such employees of the Canal 
Zone Government not coming within the scope of the former Canal 
Zone Retirement Act as may become unfit for further useful service 
by reason of mental or physical disability resulting from age or 
disease, is amended, effective as of the first day of the month in which 
this Act is approved, to read as follows: '•'•Provided^ That such cash 
relief shall not exceed $1.50 per month for each year of service of the 
employee so furnished relief, with a maximum of $45 per month, nor 
be granted to any employee having less than ten years' service with 
the Canal Zone Government and its predecessor agencies, including 
any service with the Panama Canal Company, and its predecessor 
agencies, on the Isthmus of Panama". 
SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall take effect the first day of 
the month in which it is enacted. 
Approved February 20, 1954c