An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain land and access rights to the Territory of Hawaii
PL 83-296 (H.R.2842), enacted 02/20/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 295-FEB. 12, 1954 
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28 u s e 133 note. 
"Service at any time in any of the courts referred to in the first para-
graph, or in any other court under appointment by the President, shall 
be included in the computation of aggregate years of judicial service 
for the purposes of this section." 
SEC. 6. The Act entitled "An Act to clarify the law relating to the 
filling of the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for 
the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and to provide for the appoint-
ment of an additional United States district judge for the eastern, 
middle, and western districts of Pennsylvania", approved July 24,1946 
(60 Stat. 654), is amended by adding at the end of section 2 a new 
sentence to read as folloAvs: "If a vacancy arises in the office of district 
judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania while the judge 
appointed pursuant to this section is holding the office created by this 
section, such judge shall thereafter be a district judge for the middle 
district of Pennsylvania." 
Approved February 10, 1954. 
February 12, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 358] 
Public Law 295 
CHAPTER 7 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
52 Stat. 107. 
63 Stat. 945. 
66 Stat. 354. 
COMMODITY CKEDIT CORPOKATIOX 
The Secretary of the Treasur}^ is hereby authorized and directed 
to discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
the Secretary of the Treasury by cancelling notes issued by the 
Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury (1) in the amount of 
$550,151,848 for the capital impairment determined by the appraisal 
of June oO, 1953, pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of tlie Act of 
March 8, 1938 as amended (15 U. S. C. T13a-1, 4) ; (2) in the amount 
of $129,553,795 for the net costs during the fiscal year 1953 (including 
interest through the date of enactment hereof) luider the International 
Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (7 U. S. C. 1641-1642); and (3) in 
the amount of $2,064,060 for the funds transferred and expenses 
incurred through the fiscal year 1953 (including interest through the 
date of enactment hereof) under the head "Eradication of foot-and-
mouth and other contagious diseases of animals and poultry" pursuant 
to authority granted in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation 
Act, 1953. 
Approved February 12, 1954. 
February 20,1954 
Public Law 296 
CHAPTER 9 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 2842] 
rp^j authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain land and access 
rights to the Territory of Hawaii. 
Hawaii. 
Transfer ofland, 
etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Terri-
tory of Hawaii all right, title, and interest of the United States in cer-
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tain land designated as parcels numbered 66 and 69 on right-of-way 
map of Honolulu-Pearl Harbor Road (Kalia section), Territory of 
Hawaii, Federal aid project numbered 11-44 (9), dated June 6, 1952, 
on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers, and described as follows: 
All those two certain parcels of land situate at Kalia, Waikiki, 
Honolulu, city and county of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, both 
being portions of the United States military reservation of Fort De 
Russy, War Department General Order Numbered 20, dated May 26, 
1916, more particularly described as follows: 
PARCEL 66 
On the east side of Kalia Road, beginning at the southwest corner 
of this piece of land, on the east side of Kalia Road, the coordinates of 
said pomt of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation 
Station "Punchbowl" being ten thousand thirty-four and ninety-seven 
one-hundredths feet south and four thousand six hundred eight and 
eighty-six one-hundredths feet east, thence running by azimuths meas-
ured clockwise from true south: 
1. One hundred and sixty-six degrees fifty minutes thirteen and 
forty-four one-hundredths feet along the present east side of Kalia 
Road; 
2. One hundred and eighty-two degrees forty-three minutes twenty 
seconds seventy-four and forty-three one-hundredths feet along the 
present east side of Kalia Road, 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 Convey-
ances at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii; 
3. Thence on a curve to the right with a radius of twenty feet, 
along land described in said deed by United States of America to 
Territory of Hawaii, dated December 14,1942, the chord azimuth and 
distance being two hundred and seventeen degrees thirty-six minutes 
ten seconds twenty-two and eighty-seven one-hundredths feet; 
4. Two hundred and fifty-two degrees twenty-nine minutes two 
hundred eighty-four and forty-eight one-hundredths feet along land 
described in said deed by United States of America to Territory of 
Hawaii, dated December 14, 1942; 
5. S:xty-nine degrees twenty-three minutes two hundred forty-five 
and forty-eight one-hundredths feet along the remainder oi the 
United States military reservation of Fort De Russy; 
6. Thence along same on a curve to the left with a radius of ninety 
feet, the chord azimuth and distance being twenty-eight degrees six 
minutes thirty seconds one hundred eighteen and seventy-four one-
hundredths feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of 
three thousand sixty-six squai-e feet. 
Together with any abutter's 
rights of vehicle access, into and from Honolulu-Pearl Harbor Road, 
Federal aid project numbered U-44 (9), over and across courses 5 
and 6 of the above described parcel 66. Also together with any 
abutter's rights of vehicle access, into and from Honolulu-Pearl 
Harbor Road, Federal aid project numbered U-44 (9), over and 
across the present north boundary of United States military reserva-
tion of Fort De Russy from the end of course 4 of the above described 
parcel 66 to a point wliich is by true azimuth and distance two hundred 
fifty-two degrees twenty-nine minutes three hundred sixty-seven feet. 
PARCEL 69 
On the southwest side of Kalakaua Avenue, beginning at the west 
corner of this piece of land, on the north boundary of the United 
States military reservation of Fort De Russy, and on the southeast 
39777 O—55—pt. 1 
4 
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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