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Joint resolution making January 20, 1953, a holiday for Federal employees, field service postal employees and employees of the District of Columbia in the metropolitian area of the District of Columbia
PL 83-1 (S.J.Res.20), enacted 01/16/1953

Public Laws 
ENACTED 
DURING 
THE 
FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Begun and held at the City oj Washington on Saturday, January 3,1953, and adjourned 
sine die on Monday, August 3,1963. 
Until noon, January 20,1953, HARRY S. TRUMAN, 
President; ALBEN W . BARKLEY, Vice President; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker oj the House 
oj Representatives; jrom January 
20, 1953, DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER, 
President; 
RicHARD M. NIXON, Vice President; JOSEPH W . MARTIN, Jr., Speaker oj the House 
oj Representatives. 
Public Law 1 
CHAPTER 1 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
January 16, 1953 
re T Oes 201 
Making January 20, 1953, a holiday for Federal employees, field service postal 
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employees and employees of the District of Columbia in the metropolitan area 
of the District of Columbia. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the several executive en^jioyees^ hou-
departments, independent establishments, and other governmental '^^' 
agencies of the United States, including the legislative and judicial 
branches, and of the District of Columbia, in the metropolitan area 
of the District of Columbia shall be closed all day on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 20,1953, Inauguration Day. 
All employees of such departments, 
establishments, and agencies and of the District of Columbia in such 
area, except those who may for special public reasons be required to 
be on duty on such day by the heads of their respective departments, 
establishments, or agencies, shall be excused from duty on that day; 
and such day shall be considered a holiday for the purpose of all 
statutes relating to the compensation and leave of employees of the 
United States, and of the District of Columbia, employed in such 
area. 
For the purposes of this resolution, the term "metropolitan are^ofth^DisVric? 
area of the District of Columbia" shall include, in addition to the of Columbia". 
District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, 
Maryland; Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia; and the cities 
of Alexandria and Falls Church, Virginia. 
Approved January 16, 1953. 
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An Act relating to burley tobacco farm acreage allotments under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.
PL 82-528 (H.R.8170), enacted 07/12/1952

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S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 529-JULY 14, 1952 
597 
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.
An Act authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Hope, New Mexic.
PL 82-525 (H.R.7317), enacted 07/12/1952

596 
PUBLIC LAW 525-JULY 12, 1952 
[66 ST A T . 
Appropriation. 
allowances for transportation of dependents and transportation (in-
cluding packing, crating, dray 
age, and unpacking) of baggage and 
household goods and effects, or reimbursement therefor, from home 
of record to first permanent-duty station. 
SEC. 2. Applicable appropriations current at the time of payment 
shall be available for payments authorized under the provisions of 
section 1 of this Act. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
Public Law 525 
CHAPTER 706 
July 12,1952 
[H. R. 7317] 
Authori;5ing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Hope, New Mexico. 
Hope, N. Mex. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim 
deed to the town of Hope, New Mexico, upon payment by said town 
of the appraised fair market value of the property, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the following real estate 
situate within the corporate limits of said town in Eddy County, 
New Mexico: 
The south half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, twenty-nine acres in the northwest quarter of 
the southeast quarter, thirty-three and nine-tenths acres in the south-
west quarter of the southeast quarter of section 19, township 17 south, 
range 23 east; and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 24, 
township 17 south, range 21 east. New Mexico principal meridian, 
containing two hundred and sixty-three acres, more or less. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
Public Law 526 
CHAPTER 707 
July 12, 1952 
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^ ^ ^ 
[H.R. 8234] 
rpQ amend section 5 of the Act of June 29,1888, relating to the oflSce of Supervisor 
of New York Harbor. 
New York Har-
bor, supervisor. 
25 Stat. 210. 
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 prevent obstructive and injurious deposits 
within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping 
or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses", approved 
June 29, 1888, as amended (33 U. S. C. 451), is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. That an officer of the Corps of Engineers shall be desig-
nated by the Secretary of the Army as supervisor of the harbor, to 
act under the direction of the Chief of Engineers in enforcing the 
provisions of this Act, and in detecting offenders against the same. 
This officer shall have personal charge and supervision under the Chief 
of Engineers, and shall direct the patrol boats and other means to 
detect and bring to punishment offenders against the provisions of 
this Act." 
Approved July 12, 1952.
An Act to confer Federal jurisdiction to prosecute certain common law crimes of violence when such crimes are committed on an American plane in flight over the high seas or over waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States
PL 82-514 (S.2149), enacted 07/12/1952

66 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 514-JULY 12, 1952 
589 
Public Law 513 
CHAPTER 678 
^^ 
^ ^ ' ^ 
July 11, 1952 
To authorize the modernization and enlargement of the Mail Equipment Shops 
[H. R. 7471] 
in Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Post-
master General is hereby authorized and. directed to have prepared 
the necessary plans and specifications, and to enter into a contract or 
contracts, for the remodeling, modernization, and enlargement of the 
Mail Equipment Shops in Washington, District of Columbia, and 
to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the tracts of 
land located in the District of Columbia and known for the purposes 
of assessment and taxation as parcel 131/99, and lot 805 in square 3620, 
comprising a parcel of land thirty feet wide and approximately six 
hundred feet long lying adjacent to the lands owned by the United 
States Government upon which the Mail Equipment Shops' facilities 
are now situated. Title to the land authorized to be acquired by this 
section shall be approved by the Attorney General, and any proceed-
ings in court to acquire such land or any interest therein shall be con-
ducted by the Attorney General. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Post 
Office Department, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such amount not exceeding $500,000 as may be neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such amount may be 
available until expended. 
Approved July 11, 1952. 
Shops 
[ Equ 
. D.C. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 514 
CHAPTER 695 
AN ACT 
To confer Federal jurisdiction to prosecute certain common-law crimes of 
violence when such crimes are committed on an American airplane in flight 
over the high seas or over waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdic-
tion of the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 7 of 
title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end 
thereof a new subsection reading as follows: 
"(5) Any aircraft belonging in whole oi in part to the United 
States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or 
under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, district, 
or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight over the high 
seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty and maritime 
jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any 
particular State." 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[S. 2149] 
T i t l e 18. U.S. 
Code, amendment. 
62 Stat. 685.
An Act to clarify the act of August 17, 1950, providing for the conversion of national banks into and their merger and consolidation with State banks
PL 82-515 (S.2252), enacted 07/12/1952

590 
PUBLIC I^AW 515-JULY 12, 1952 
[66 S T A T . 
Jul} 12, 1952 
. 2252] 
Public Law 515 
CHAPTER 696 
AN ACT 
To clarify the Act of August 17, 1950, providing for the conversion of national 
banks into and their merger and consolidation with State banks. 
National bank-
i n g associations. 
64 Stat. 456. 
12 u s e 2l4a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the conversion of national banlcing 
associations into and their merger or consolidation with State banks, 
and for other purposes", approved August 17,1950 (12 U. S. C. 214c), 
is amended by striking out the words "as provided by Federal law" 
at the end of the section and substituting the words "under limitations 
or conditions no more restrictive than those contained in section 2 
hereof with respect to the conversion of a national bank into, or merger 
or consolidation of a national bank with, a State bank under State 
charter". 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[S. 2922] 
Public Law 516 
CHAPTER 697 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (d) of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control 
Act of 1950 
64 Stat. 997. 
50 u s e 791. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (d) 
of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (Public 
Law 831, Eighty-first Congress) is amended by striking the figure 
"12,500" and substituting in lieu thereof the figure "15,000^'. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[H.R. 1222] 
Public Law 517 
CHAPTER 698 
AN ACT 
To amend the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement EJqualization 
Act of 1948 to provide for the crediting of certain service in the Army of the 
United States for certain members of the reserve components of the Air Force 
of the United States. 
Reserve service. 
10 u s e 1036a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoiose of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first pro-
viso of section 302 (a) of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and 
Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1087) is hereby 
amended by striking out the following: "except that any member of 
a reserve component of the Air Force of the United States shall be 
entitled to include service as a member of a reserve component of the 
Army of the United States performed on or prior to July 26, 1949". 
SEG. 2. This Act shall be effective from June 29,1948. 
Approved July 12, 1952.
An Act to amend subsection (d) of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950
PL 82-516 (S.2922), enacted 07/12/1952

590 
PUBLIC I^AW 515-JULY 12, 1952 
[66 S T A T . 
Jul} 12, 1952 
. 2252] 
Public Law 515 
CHAPTER 696 
AN ACT 
To clarify the Act of August 17, 1950, providing for the conversion of national 
banks into and their merger and consolidation with State banks. 
National bank-
i n g associations. 
64 Stat. 456. 
12 u s e 2l4a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the conversion of national banlcing 
associations into and their merger or consolidation with State banks, 
and for other purposes", approved August 17,1950 (12 U. S. C. 214c), 
is amended by striking out the words "as provided by Federal law" 
at the end of the section and substituting the words "under limitations 
or conditions no more restrictive than those contained in section 2 
hereof with respect to the conversion of a national bank into, or merger 
or consolidation of a national bank with, a State bank under State 
charter". 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[S. 2922] 
Public Law 516 
CHAPTER 697 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (d) of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control 
Act of 1950 
64 Stat. 997. 
50 u s e 791. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (d) 
of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (Public 
Law 831, Eighty-first Congress) is amended by striking the figure 
"12,500" and substituting in lieu thereof the figure "15,000^'. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[H.R. 1222] 
Public Law 517 
CHAPTER 698 
AN ACT 
To amend the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement EJqualization 
Act of 1948 to provide for the crediting of certain service in the Army of the 
United States for certain members of the reserve components of the Air Force 
of the United States. 
Reserve service. 
10 u s e 1036a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoiose of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first pro-
viso of section 302 (a) of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and 
Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1087) is hereby 
amended by striking out the following: "except that any member of 
a reserve component of the Air Force of the United States shall be 
entitled to include service as a member of a reserve component of the 
Army of the United States performed on or prior to July 26, 1949". 
SEG. 2. This Act shall be effective from June 29,1948. 
Approved July 12, 1952.
An Act to authorize the modernization and enlargement of the Mail Equipment Shops in Washington, D. C., and for other purposes.
PL 82-513 (H.R.7471), enacted 07/11/1952

66 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 514-JULY 12, 1952 
589 
Public Law 513 
CHAPTER 678 
^^ 
^ ^ ' ^ 
July 11, 1952 
To authorize the modernization and enlargement of the Mail Equipment Shops 
[H. R. 7471] 
in Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Post-
master General is hereby authorized and. directed to have prepared 
the necessary plans and specifications, and to enter into a contract or 
contracts, for the remodeling, modernization, and enlargement of the 
Mail Equipment Shops in Washington, District of Columbia, and 
to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the tracts of 
land located in the District of Columbia and known for the purposes 
of assessment and taxation as parcel 131/99, and lot 805 in square 3620, 
comprising a parcel of land thirty feet wide and approximately six 
hundred feet long lying adjacent to the lands owned by the United 
States Government upon which the Mail Equipment Shops' facilities 
are now situated. Title to the land authorized to be acquired by this 
section shall be approved by the Attorney General, and any proceed-
ings in court to acquire such land or any interest therein shall be con-
ducted by the Attorney General. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Post 
Office Department, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such amount not exceeding $500,000 as may be neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such amount may be 
available until expended. 
Approved July 11, 1952. 
Shops 
[ Equ 
. D.C. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 514 
CHAPTER 695 
AN ACT 
To confer Federal jurisdiction to prosecute certain common-law crimes of 
violence when such crimes are committed on an American airplane in flight 
over the high seas or over waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdic-
tion of the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 7 of 
title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end 
thereof a new subsection reading as follows: 
"(5) Any aircraft belonging in whole oi in part to the United 
States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or 
under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, district, 
or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight over the high 
seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty and maritime 
jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any 
particular State." 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
July 12, 1952 
[S. 2149] 
T i t l e 18. U.S. 
Code, amendment. 
62 Stat. 685.
An Act to authorize the combination of the Truck Crop Insect Laboratory and the Citrus Insect Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, located at Alhambra and Whittier, California, respectively, and to provide for new quarters.
PL 82-512 (H.R.7952), enacted 07/11/1952

588 
PUBLIC I^AW 511-JULY 11, 1952 
[66 S T A T , 
July 11, 1952 
[H.R. 5198] 
Public Law 511 
CHAPTER 676 
AN ACT 
Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain property 
located in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, to the control and administrative 
supervision of the Department of the Interior. 
Virgin Islands. 
Transfer of land. 
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, subject to 
valid existing rights, the following-described property to the control 
and administrative supervision of the Department of the Interior, 
without reimbursement: 
(1) The Department of the Army installation known as Fort 
Segarra on Water Island which consists of approximately five hun-
dred acres and is described as being situated south of the Island of 
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, latitude eighteen degrees nineteen 
minutes twenty seconds and longitude sixty-four degrees fifty-seven 
minutes ten seconds, said island being bounded on the northwest, 
north, and northeast by Gregorie Channel; on the east by Saint 
Thomas Harbor; on the south axid west by the Caribbean Sea, includ-
ing all of the improvements located thereon. 
(2) All of the property known as Crown Mountain air warning 
site, located in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, which consists of 
approximately twenty-seven acres together with all of the improve-
ments located thereon. 
Approved July 11, 1952. 
July 11, 19S2 
[H.R. 7952] 
Public Law 512 
CHAPTER 677 
AN ACT 
To authorize tiie combination of the Truck Crop Insect Laboratory and the 
Citrus Insect Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
located at Alhambra and Whittier, California, respectively, and to provide 
for new quarters. 
Insect L a bora-
tories, Anahe 1 m, 
Calif. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted l>y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to combine the Truck Crop 
Insect Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran-
tine, located at Albambra, California, and the Citrus Insect Labora-
tory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, located at 
Whittier, California; and establish said laboratories on a site at the 
corner of Palm Street and South Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim, Orange 
County, California, made available by Orange County for the purpose 
upon terms satisfactory to the Secretary and without cost to the 
Federal Government; and erect the necessary buildings at an estimated 
cost not to exceed $150,000. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$150^00 to carrv out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved July 11, 1952.