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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 384 -386-JUNE 3, 1948 [CHAPTER 384] AN ACT To amend section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, designating certain public lands as available home lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203 of title II of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of July 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 109; 48 U. S. C. 697), as amended, designating certain public lands as available home lands, is further amended by adding thereto the following: "Wailuku, Maui: That parcel of government land, situate in the District of Wailuku, island and county of Maui, comprising twelve and four hundred and fifty-five one-thousandths acres of the Ili of Kou and being a portion of the land covered by General Lease Numbered 2286 to Wailuku Sugar Company, Limited, notwithstanding the fact that said parcel is cultivated sugarcane land, subject, however, to the terms of said lease." Approved June 3, 1948. 295 June 3, 1948 [H. R. 3633] [Public Law 581] Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, amendment. Post, p. 303. [CHAPTER 385] AN ACT June 3, 1948 To ratify sections 1 and 2 of Joint Resolution 7 enacted by the Legislature of the [H. R. 3635] Territory of Hawaii in its regular session of 1947. [Public Law 582] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of Joint Resolution 7, enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in its regular session of 1947, amending section 4565 of chapter 78 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1945, so as to fix at 4 per centum the maximum interest rate chargeable upon the sale of public lands for homestead, residence, or other purposes, and amending section 4601 of such chapter 78 so as to reduce from 6 per centum to 4 per centum the interest rate a freeholder must pay on the balance of the purchase price under a cash freehold agreement, is hereby ratified. SEc. 2. Section 2 of such Joint Resolution 7, reducing to 4 per centum the interest rate on all special sale agreements and special homestead agreements made prior to the date of enactment of this Act, is hereby ratified. Approved June 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT To amend section 20 (12) of the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to recourse, by an initial or delivering carrier, against the carrier on whose line loss of, or damage or injury to, property is sustained, on account of expense incurred in defending actions at law. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (12) of section 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(12) That the common carrier railroad, or transportation com- pany issuing such receipt or bill of lading, or delivering such property so received and transported, shall be entitled to recover from the common carrier, railroad, or transportation company on whose line the loss, damage, or injury shall have been sustained, the amount of Hawaii. Interest rates on sale of public lands, etc. June 3,1948 [H. R. 37301 [Public Law 583] Interstate Com- merce Act, amend- ment. 34 Stat. 595. 49 U.S .C. 20(12). Recovery by initial or delivering carrier

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