Joint resolution authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1953, and for other purposes
PL 82-501 (H.J.Res.393), enacted 07/10/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 499-JULY 10, 1952 
[66 S T A T . 
Public Law 499 
CHAPTER 655 
July 10, 1952 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 7204] 
To amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to credit certain service performed 
by employees of the postal service who are transferred from one position to 
another within the service for purposes of determining eligibility for pro-
motion", approved June 19, 1948. 
Postal service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to credit certain service performed by employees 
of the postal service who are transferred from one position to another 
within the service for purposes of determining eligibility for pro-
62 Stat. 485. 
motiou", approved June 19,1948 (sec. 883, title 39, U. S. C.), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
^^Duai capacity, 
"SEC. 5. The rate of compensation of any employee in the postal 
service, except regular, temporary, or substitute rural carriers, w^hose 
services due to any emergency are utilized in a dual capacity, not in 
excess of thirty days, shall not be reduced as a result of employment in 
such capacity: Provided^ That any employee in the postal service who 
is assigned to serve any rural route, and who shall furnish the vehicle 
used in the performance of such service, shall receive the equipment 
maintenance allowance provided for the route so served, in addition 
to the compensation paid such employee." 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
Public Law 500 
CHAPTER 656 
July 10, 1952 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[S. J. Res. 74] 
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j
>
Q change the name of the South Coulee Dam in the Columbia Basin project 
to Dry Falls Dam. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
Dry Falls Dam. Stotcs of America in Congress assembled^ That the South Coulee Dam 
in the Columbia Basin project shall hereafter be known as Dry Falls 
Dam and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United 
States in which such dam is designated or referred to under the name 
South Coulee Dam shall be held to refer to such dam under and by 
the name of Dry Falls Dam. 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
Public Law 501 
CHAPTER 657 
July 10, 1952 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 393] Authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies 
on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1953, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
cotranitteji^onin- Statcs of America in Congress assembled^ That the Administrator of 
niel."'* 
* ^""^ General Services, and such other officers of the District of Columbia 
and the United States as control any public lands in the District of 
Columbia, are hereby authorized to grant permits, under such restric-
tions as they may deem necessary, to the Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies, to be appointed by the President-elect, for the use of any 
reservations or other public spaces in the District of Columbia under 
their control on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect 
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577 
in January 1953. All stands or platforms that may be erected on 
public space shall be under the supervision of the inaugural committee. 
No stand shall be built on the sidewalks, streets, parks, and public 
grounds of the District of Columbia, other than the area on the south 
side of Pennsylvania Avenue directly in front of the White House, 
except with the approval of the inaugural committee, the director of 
inspection of the District of Columbia, and the Administrator of 
General Services. The reservations or public spaces occupied by the 
stands or other structures shall, after the inauguration, be promptly 
restored to their previous condition. 
The inaugural committee shall 
indemnify the appropriate agency of the Government for any damage 
to such reservations or spaces. 
SEC. 2. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author-
ized to permit the inaugural committee to stretch suitable overhead 
conductors, with sufficient supports, for illumination and other pur-
poses. If it shall be necessary to erect wires for illuminating or other 
purposes over any park or reservation in the District of Columbia, 
the work of erection and removal shall be under the supervision of 
the official in charge of said park or reservation. 
Such conductors 
with their supports shall be removed on or before January 31, 1953. 
The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or such other officials 
as may have jurisdiction in the premises, shall enforce the provisions 
of this joint resolution, take needful precautions for the protection 
of the public, and insure that the pavement of any street, avenue, or 
alley disturbed is replaced in its previous condition. No expense or 
damage from the stretching, operation, or removal of the temporary 
overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 3. The Secretarv of Defense is authorized to lend to the Com-
mittee on Inaugural Ceremonies such hospital tents, smaller tents, 
camp appliances, hospital furniture, ensigns, flags, ambulances, drivers, 
stretchers, and Red Cross flags and poles (except battle flags), as may, 
in their judgment, be spared without detriment to the public service. 
Such loans shall be returned by the 26th day of January 1953. The 
committee shall indemnify the Government for any loss or damage 
to such flags not necessarily incident to such use. 
SEC. 4, The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Admin-
istrator of General Services, and the inaugural committee are author-
ized to permit telegraph, telephone, radio-broadcasting, and television 
companies to extend overhead wires to such points alon^ the line of 
parade as shall be deemed convenient for use in connection with the 
parade and other inaugural purposes. 
Such wires shall be removed 
within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies. 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
D. C. C o m m i s -
sioners. 
Secretary of De-
fense. 
Overhead wires. 
Public Law 502 
CHAPTER 658 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the quartering in public buildings in the District of Columbia of 
troops participating in inaugural ceremonies. 
July 10, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 394] 
Resolved 
hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the fourth 
paragraph under the heading "State, War, and Navy Department 
Building" in the first section of the Act entitled "An Act making 
appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses 
of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 
hundred and three, and for other purposes", approved April 28, 1902 
Inaugural cer«!-
monies. 
Qu a r t e r i n g of 
troopis.