An Act authorizing the President to exercise certain powers conferred upon him by the Hawaiian Organic Act in respect of certain property ceded to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii, notwithstanding the acts of August 5, 1939, and June 16, 1949, or other
PL 83-539 (H.R.2846), enacted 07/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 539-JULY 27, 1954 
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Public Law 538 
CHAPTER 583 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Supreme Court of the United States to make and publish 
rules for procedure on review of decisions of The Tax Court of the United 
States. 
July 27,1954 
TH. R. 1067] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 131 
of title 28 of the United States Code be amended by adding at the end 
thereof a new section, as follows: 
"§ 2074. Kules for review of decisions of the Tax Court of the United 
States 
"The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe, and from 
time to time amend, uniform rules for the filing of petitions or notices 
of appeal, the preparation of records, and the practice, forms, and 
procedure in the several United States Courts of Appeals in proceed-
ings for review of decisions of the Tax Court of the United States. 
"Such rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substan-
tive rights of any litigant. 
"Such rules shall not take effect until they shall have been reported 
to Congress by the Chief Justice at or after the beginning of a regular 
session thereof but not later than the first day of May, and until the 
expiration of ninety days after they have been thus reported." 
SEC. 2. The chapter analysis of chapter 131 of title 28 of the United 
States Code immediately preceding section 2071 is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"2074. Rules for review of decisions of the Tax Court of the United States." 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
U. S. Tax Court. 
Review of deci-
sions. 
62 Stat. 961. 
Public Law 539 
CHAPTER 584 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the President to exercise certain powers conferred upon him by the 
Hawaiian Organic Act in respect of certain property ceded to the United 
States by the Republic of Hawaii, notwithstanding the Acts of August 5, 1939, 
and June 16, 1949, or other Acts of Congress. 
July 27, 1954 
R. 2846] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing the Act of August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1209, ch. 444), the Act of 
June 16, 1949 (63 Stat. 176), or any other Act of Congress, the 
President is hereby authorized to exercise, in respect of the following-
described land required for completion of a harbor improvement 
project in Honolulu, Hawaii, all these powers which, by the second 
sentence of section 91 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, are 
conferred upon him in respect of other ceded property taken for the 
uses and purposes of the United States: 
1. The following-described land now under the jurisdiction of the 
General Services Administration and being portions of the land 
described in section 203 of the Act of June 16, 1949 (63 Stat. 176) : 
(a) Beginning at the north corner of this parcel of land, and on 
the southeast side of Channel Street, the coordinates of said point 
of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station 
"Punchbowl" being four thousand four hundred twelve and twenty-
two one-hundredths feet south and five thousand six hundred seventy-
eight and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet west, and running by azi-
muths measured clockwise from true south: Three hundred and 
H o n o l u l u , Ha-
waii. 
Land for harbor 
improvements. 
u s e 352 note. 
npri 
40 
36 Stat. 447. 
43 u s e 511. 
63 Stat. 177.