An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue public improvement bonds
PL 83-649 (H.R.7518), enacted 08/24/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 649-AUG. 24, 1954 
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F^LoanBoard United Statss of America in Congress assembled, That any limita-
conveyance. 
tioHS imposed by sectioH 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended 
1509-1512^^*^^'^' (31 Stat. 141), to the contrary notwithstanding, the Farm Loan Board 
of Hawaii is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to 
Martha Keliikuli, whose residence and post office address is in care of 
Kahuku Ranch, Kahuku, city and county of Honolulu, Territory of 
Hawaii, the following described parcel of land, together with build-
ings and other improvements thereon, subject to the provisos herein-
after set forth: 
Lot 14, Puuepa-Kokoiki homesteads. North Kohala, Hawaii, being 
all of grant 7582 to Ernest K. Kanehailua, Registered Map Num-
bered 2495, Second Land District. 
Beginning at a post at the north-
east corner of this lot and the southeast corner of lot 18 and on the 
west side of Ilikini Road, said point being two thousand five hundred 
twenty-one and three-tenths feet south and three thousand one hun-
dred eighty and five-tenths feet east of Government Survey Trig. 
Station "Kehoni", as shown on Government Survey Registered Map 
Numbered 2495, and running by true azimuths: 
(1) Three hundred forty-six degrees thirty minutes, six hundred 
thirty-seven and four-tenths feet along Ilikini Road and lot 13 to a 
post; (2) seventy-six degrees thirty minutes, three hundred and sev-
enty-eight feet along lot 13 to a post; (3) one hundred forty degrees 
thirteen minutes thirty seconds, seven hundred nine and eight-tenths 
feet along the land of Upolu to a post; (4) two hundred fifty-six 
degrees twenty-six minutes, six hundred ninety-three and seven-tenths 
feet along lots 21, 20,19, and 18, to the point of beginning; area seven 
and one-half acres: Provided, however, That said land or any part 
thereof or interest therein or control thereof shall not, without,the 
written consent of the Commissioner of Public Lands and Governor, 
be, or be contracted to be in any way, directly or indirectly, by process 
of law or otherwise, conveyed, mortgaged, leased or otherwise trans-
ferred to or acquired or held by or for the benefit of any alien or cor-
poration, or, to or by or for the benefit of any person who owns, holds, 
or controls, directly or indirectly, other lands or the use thereof, the 
combined area of which and the land in question exceeds eighty acres: 
Provided further, That these prohibitions shall not apply to transfers 
or acquisitions by inheritance or between tenants in common. In the 
event of violation of the foregoing provisions, said land shall forth-
with be forfeited and resume the status of public land and may be 
recovered by the Territory or its successors in an action of ejectment 
or other appropriate proceedings. 
Ratification of 
SEC. 2. Sales of land heretofore made by the Farm Loan Board of 
Hawaii, and deeds covering such sales heretofore executed by any two 
members of the Farm Loan Board of Hawaii as provided in section 
11 of Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 1919, and like sections contained 
in the Revised Laws of Hawaii, for and on behalf of said board shall 
not be held invalid or void for or on account of want of authority of 
any such members of said Board to make such sale or deed, and the 
same are hereby ratified and confirmed to the extent set forth. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
prior sales. 
Public Law 649 
CHAPTER 898 
August 24, 1954 
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[H. R. 7518] 
To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city 
and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue public improvement 
bonds. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress assembled., That the Legislature 
of the Territory of Hawaii, notwithstanding any provisions of the 
Hawaiian Organic Act, any laws of the Territory of Hawaii or of any 
Act of this Congress to the. contrary, may authorize the city and county 
of Honolulu, a municipal corporation of the Territory of Hawaii, to 
issue bonds in the sum of $1,000,000, for the purpose of enabling it to 
construct flood-control and drainage systems in the city and county of 
Honolulu. 
SEC. 2. The bonds issued under authority of this Act shall be serial 
bonds, payable in substantially equal annual installments, the first 
installment to mature not later than five years and the last installment 
to mature not later than thirty years from the date of such issue. Such 
bonds may be issued without the approval of the President of the 
United States. 
SEC. 3. Sections 3 and 4 of Act 254 of the Session Laws of Hawaii 
1953, pertaining to the issuance of public improvement bonds, as 
authorized by this Act, are hereby ratified and confirmed subject to the 
provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Ho n o l 
waii. 
Im p r o 
bonds. 
31 Stat. 
48 use 
u 1 u, Hai-
V e me nt 
141. 
491. 
Public Law 650 
CHAPTER 899 
AN ACT 
To provide benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration 
based upon service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps under certain 
conditions. 
August 24, 1954 
[H. R. 8041] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That any person who 
served for at least ninety days in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 
who prior to the establishment of the Women's Army Corps was 
honorably discharged for disability incurred in line of duty rendering 
her physically unfit to perform further service in the Women's Army 
Auxiliary Corps or in the Women's Army Corps, established under 
Public Law 110, Seventy-eighth Congress, shall be deemed to have 
been in the active military service during such period of service for 
the purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. 
No monetary benefits shall accrue by reason of this Act for any period 
prior to the date of enactment and compensation or pension shall not 
be payable by virtue of this Act concurrently with United States 
employees' compensation baaed on the same service. 
Any person 
eligible for compensation or pension by reason of this Act who is 
also eligible for compensation benefits provided by the United States 
Employees' Compensation Act of 1917, as amended, shall elect which 
benefit she shall receive. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Women's 
Army 
Auxiliary Corps. 
Veterans b e n e -
fits. 
57 Stat. 371. 
10USC316note, 
39 Stat. 742. 
5 u s e 751-793. 
Public Law 651 
CHAPTER 900 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain lands 
in Wisconsin bordering upon inland lakes or rivers. 
August 24, 1954 
[H. R. 8006] 
Be it CTMcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, whenever tit*iir°"'^" ^^"'^ 
it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior 
R^^er and lake 
that a tract of public land, lying between the meander line of an *
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