An Act to provide for the eradication and control of halogeton glomeratus on lands in the United States, and for other purposes
PL 82-529 (S.1041), enacted 07/14/1952

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Public Law 527 
CHAPTER 708 
AN ACT 
To provide that the existing project for a navigation channel on the Guadalupe 
River, Texas, be incorporated vpith and made a part of the project for the 
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 
July 12, 1952 
[H.R. 6812] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Afnerica in Congress assembled. That the existing 
project for a navigation channel on the Guadalupe River, Texas, 
authorized by the River and Harbor Act, approved March 2, 1945, 
is hereby incorporated with and made a part of the project for the 
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Apalachee Bay, Florida, and 
the Mexican border: Provided^ That the dimensions of the Guadalupe 
River channel and the requirements of local cooperation pertaining 
thereto are not modified hereby. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
G u a d a l u p 
River, Tex. 
59 Stat. 18. 
Public Law 528 
CHAPTER 709 
AN ACT 
July 12, 1952 
Relating to hurley tobacco farm acreage allotments under the Agricultural — [ H . R . 8170] 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the farm acreage allotment for hurley 
tobacco for any year shall not be less than the smallest of (1) the 
allotment established for the farm for the immediately preceding year, 
(2) seven-tenths of an acre, or (3) 25 per centum of the cropland: 
Provided, however, That no allotment of one acre or less shall be 
reduced more than one-tenth of an acre in any one year. The addi-
tional acreage required under this Act shall be in addition to the State 
acreage allotments and the production on such acreage shall be in 
addition to the national marketing quota. 
This provision shall be 
effective for 1953 and subsequent crops. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
Burley tobacco 
a c r e a g e 
allot-
ments. 
Public Law 529 
CHAPTER 721 
AN ACT 
To provide for the eradication and control of Halogeton glomeratus on lands 
in the United States, and for other purposes. 
July 14, 1952 
[S. 1041] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Halogeton Glomeratus Control Act". 
SEC. 2. In order to protect the livestock industry from losses caused 
by the poisonous weed Halogeton glomeratus now or hereafter existing 
on lands in the several States, to provide for the maintenance and 
development of valuable forage plants on range and pasture lands, 
and to prevent destruction or impairment of range and pasture lands 
and other lands by the growth, spread, and development of the poison-
ous weed known as Halogeton glomeratus, it shall be the policy of 
the Federal (xovernment, acting independently or in cooperation with 
the several States and political subdivisions thereof, private associa-
Halogetoti G l o -
m e r a t u s Control 
Act. 
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Actions author-
ized. 
Expenditures. 
Restriction. 
Appropriation. 
tions and organizations, and individuals, to control, suppress, and 
eradicate this weed, poisonous to livestock, on lands in the several 
States irrespective of ownership. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Interior with respect to lands under 
his jurisdiction, including trust or restricted Indian lands, and the 
Secretary of Agriculture with respect to any other lands, either 
independently or in cooperation with any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof, private association or organization, or individual, are 
severally authorized, upon such conditions as they respectively deem 
necessary— 
(1) to conduct surveys to detect the presence and effect of 
Halogeton glomeratus on lands in such State; 
(2) to determine those measures and operations which are neces-
sary to control, suppress, and eradicate such weed; and 
(3) to plan, organize, direct, and carry out such measures and 
operations as either of them may deem necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Act. 
(b) Measures and operations to control, suppress, or eradicate Ha-
logeton glomeratus on lands under the jurisdiction of any department, 
agency, independent establishment, or corporation of the Federal 
Government shall not be conducted without the consent of the depart-
ment, agency, independent establishment, or corporation concerned. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture in his discretion may allocate, 
out of any sums appropriated to him under authority of this Act, to 
any department, agency, independent establishment, or corporation 
of the Federal Government having jurisdiction over any land on 
which there exists Halogeton glomeratus, such amounts as he deems 
necessary for the control, suppression, and eradication of such weed 
by such department, agency, independent establishment, or corpora-
tion, as the case may be. 
Sums appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior under authority of this Act shall be expended for work on, 
or of benefit to, lands under his jurisdiction, including trust or re-
stricted Indian lands. 
Either Secretary may also accept and utilize 
such voluntary and uncompensated services of Federal, State, and 
local officers and employees as are available. 
SEC. 5. In the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, no expenditures shall be 
made from funds appropriated under this Act to control, suppress, or 
eradicate Halogeton glomeratus on lands in the several States until 
there have been made or agreed upon such contributions, in the form 
of funds, materials, services, or otherwise, by the States and political 
subdivisions thereof, private associations, and organizations, and indi-
viduals, toward the work of controlling, suppressing, or eradicating 
such weed, as the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the 
Interior, respectively, may require. 
SEC. 6. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Interior such 
sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(b) Any sums so appropriated shall be available for expenditure 
for the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, for the purchase, hire, maintenance, operation, and 
exchange of aircraft and passenger-carrying vehicles, and for such 
other expenses as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
Act. 
(c) Such sums shall not be used to pay the cost or value of any 
property injured or destroyed in carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
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SEC. 7. The authority contained in this Act shall be in addition to, 
and shall not limit or supersede, authority contained in existing law 
with respect to the control, suppression, and eradication of pests, 
plants, and plant diseases. 
Approved July 14, 1952. 
Public Law 530 
CHAPTER 722 
AN ACT 
To provide for the merger of two or more national banking associations and for 
the merger of State banks with national banking associations, and for other 
purposes. 
July 14,1952 
[S. 2128] 
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 for the consolidation of national banking associa-
tions", approved November 7, 1918, as amended (U. S. C, title 12, 
sees, 33, 34, and 34a), is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof 
new sections 4 and 5 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) One or more national banking associations or one or 
more State banks, with the approval of the Comptroller, under an 
agreement not inconsistent with this Act, may merge into a national 
banking association located within the same State, under the charter 
of the receiving association. 
"(b) The merger agreement shall— 
"(1) be agreed upon in writing by a majority of the board of 
directors of each association or State bank participating in the 
plan of merger; 
"(2) be ratified and confirmed by the affirmative vote of the 
shareholders of each association or State bank owning at least 
two-thirds of the capital stock outstanding, at a meeting to be held 
on the call of the directors, after publishing notice of the time, 
place, and object of the meeting for four consecutive weeks in a 
newspaper with general circulation in the place where the associa-
tion or State bank is located, and after sending such notice to each 
shareholder of record by registered mail at least ten days prior 
to the meeting, except to those shareholders who specifically waive 
notice; 
"(3) specify the amount of the capital stock of the receiving 
association which will be outstanding upon completion of the 
merger, the amount of stock (if any) to be allocated, and cash 
(if any) to be paid to the shareholders of the association or State 
bank being merged into the receiving association; and 
"(4) provide the manner of disposing of any shares of the 
receiving association not taken by the shareholders of the associ-
ation or State bank merged into the receiving association. 
"If a merger shall be voted for at the called meetings by the neces-
sary majorities of the shareholders of each association or State bank 
participating in the plan of merger, any shareholder of any association 
or State bank to be merged into the receiving association who has 
voted against the merger at the meeting of the shareholders, or has 
given notice in writing at or prior to the meeting to the presiding officer 
that he dissents from the plan of merger, shall be entitled to receive 
the value of the shares held by him if and when the merger shall be 
approved by the Comptroller. 
The value of the shares shall be ascer-
tained, as of the date of the meeting of the shareholders of the associ-
ation or State bank approving the merger, by an appraisal made by 
National b a n k -
ing associations. 
40 Stat. 1043; 44 
Stat. 1225. 
M e r g e r agrees 
ment. 
D i s s 
e n t i n g 
shareholder.