An Act to abolish the Commission for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds
PL 83-707 (S.1042), enacted 08/30/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 708--AUG. 30, 1954 
969 
Public Law 707 
CHAPTER 1077 
AN ACT 
To abolish the Commission for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds. 
August 30, 1954 
[S. 1042] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Go7igress assembled^ That the Commission 
for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds, created by the Act of April 
11, 1928 (45 Stat. 420), having fully executed all the duties imposed 
upon it by law, accomplished the purposes for which it was created, 
settled all accounts, and submitted its final report to Congress, is 
hereby dissolved and the members of such Commission discharged 
from any further duties in connection with the matters heretofore 
committed by law to such Commission. 
SEC. 2. Any revocable permits now in effect, heretofore granted by 
the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Commission 
for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds, to owners of properties 
adjacent to the Capitol Grounds, for construction, maintenance and 
use of walkways, approaches, or driveways in the Capitol Grounds, 
providing access to such properties from the Capitol Grounds, 
subject to revocation by such Commission or by the Architect of 
the Capitol, shall continue in effect, subject to revocation by the 
Architect of the Capitol under the direction and approval of the 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. 
The Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Presi-
dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
is authorized hereafter to grant similar revocable permits to the own-
ers of any properties adjacent to the Capitol Grounds whenever such 
action is deemed necessary to provide proper access to such properties 
from the Capitol Grounds; and such permits shall be in the form of 
an agreement saving the United States harmless from and against 
any and all claims of any nature or kind that may arise from anything 
that may be connected with or grow" out of such permits,,and contain-
ing such other provisions and conditions as the Architect of the Capi-
tol may deem necessary or proper. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
Commission for 
t h e 
Enl arging o f 
t h e 
C a p i t o l 
Grounds. 
Abolishment. 
Permits. 
Public Law 708 
CHAPTER 1078 
AN ACT 
To authorize the United States of America to quitclaim all its right, title, and 
interest in and to certain lands in Arizona, except for mineral interests therein, 
and for other purposes. 
August 30, 1954 
[S. 3187] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assem^bled, That, subject to the 
reservations set out in section 4 of this Act, the United States of 
America hereby quitclaims all of its right, title, and interest in and to 
the land described in that certain deed executed by Salt River Valley 
Water Users' Association, an Arizona corporation, dated May 20,1941, 
and recorded May 20, 1941, in the office of the county recorder, 
Maricopa County, State of Arizona, in book 360 of deeds at page 81, 
to the persons named as grantees therein or to the persons who suc-
ceeded to and now hold the possessory interests conveyed by said 
deed; and in addition thereto, the United States of America hereby 
quitclaims to the State of Arizona all its right, title, and interest in 
and to all that portion of the land lying within the right-of-way of 
the State highway designated on the plat of Victory Tract as the 
Maricopa County, 
Ariz. 
Quitclaim of U.Si. 
land interests.