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PUBLIC LiAW 417-JUNE 18, 1954

203 hereof, and all lands so conveyed by the Commission shall assume the status of the land for which it was exchanged. The limitations imposed by section 73(1) of the Hawaiian Organic Act and the land laws of Hawaii as to the area and value of land that may be conveyed by way of exchange shall not apply to exchanges made pursuant hereto. No such exchange shall be made without the approval of the Commissioner of Public Lands and of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Public Lands." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved June 18, 1954. Public Law 416

42 Stat. 116. 48 USC 663 and notes.

'CHAPTER 320

AN ACT To authorize the commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii to exchange certain public lands for private lands of equal value required for school purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any limitations imposed by section 73(1) of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended (48 U.S.C. 673), to the contrary notwithstanding, the commissioner of public lands, with the approval of the governor and two-thirds of the members of the board of public lands, is authorized to exchange public lands for private lands of equal value required by the city and county of Honolulu as school sites for the Kahala Elementary School, Waialae High School, and Koko Head Elementary School on the island of Oahu. SEC. 2. The lands received in the exchange authorized by section 1 shall, except as otherwise provided, have the same status and be subject to the same laws as the lands given in the exchange. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved June 18, 1954.

Public Law 417

48 USC 697.

June 18, 1954 [H. R. 5833]

Hawaii. E x c h a n g e of lands. 42 Stat. 116.

CHAPTER 321

^^ ^^'^ To amend sections 201(a) and 207 (a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 207 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: " (a) The Commission is authorized to lease to native Hawaiians the right to the use and occupancy of a tract or tracts of Hawaiian home lands within the following acreage limits per each lessee: (1) not less than one nor more than forty acres of agricultural lands; or (2) not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred acres of first-class pastoral lands; or (3) not less than two hundred and fifty nor more than one thousand acres of second-class pastoral lands; or (4) not less than forty nor more than one hundred acres of irrigated.pastoral lands; (5) not more than one acre of any class of land to be used as a lesidence lot: Provided, however, That in the case of any existing lease of a farm lot in the Kalanianaole Settlement on Molakai, a residence lot may exceed one acre but shall not exceed four acres in area, the location of such area to be selected by the lessee concerned: Provided further, That a lease granted to any lessee may include two detached

June 18, 1954 [H. R. 6888]

Hawaiian h o m e lands. 42 Stat. 110. 48 USC 701. L e a s e to natives.

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