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PUBLIC LAW 2 9 9 - F E B. 20, 1954

available lands at Waimanalo, Island of Oahu, for similarly located publicly owned lands of an equal value. All land so acquired by the commission shall assume the status of available lands as though the same were originally designated as such under section 203 hereof, and all land 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." SEC. 2. This Act shall.take effect upon its approval. Approved February 20, 1954. Public Law 298

48 USC 697.

42 Stat. 116. 48 USC 663.

CHAPTER 11

AN ACT To authorize the printing and mailing of periodical publications of certain societies and institutions at places other than places fixed as the offices of publication.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso of the ninth paragraph under the heading "Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General" of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1912, as amended (39 U.S.C. sec. 229), is amended by striking out the comma after the word "board" and the following: "and such publication shall be printed at such place and entered at the nearest post office thereto". Approved February 20, 1954. Public Law 299

February 20. 1954 [H. R. 5379]

Mailing, e t c., of certain period i cals.

37 Stat. 550.

CHAPTER 12 AN ACT

February 20, 1954

To amend the Act approved July 8, 1937, authorizing cash relief for certain employees of the Canal 25one Government.

[H. R. 5861]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress oMsembled^ That the proviso in section 1 of the Act of July 8, 1937 (ch. 443, 50 Stat. 478), which Act authorizes the payment of cash relief to such employees of the Canal Zone Government not coming within the scope of the former Canal Zone Retirement Act as may become unfit for further useful service by reason of mental or physical disability resulting from age or disease, is amended, effective as of the first day of the month in which this Act is approved, to read as follows: '•'•Provided, That such cash relief shall not exceed $1.50 per month for each year of service of the employee so furnished relief, with a maximum of $45 per month, nor be granted to any employee having less than ten years' service with the Canal Zone Government and its predecessor agencies, including any service with the Panama Canal Company, and its predecessor agencies, on the Isthmus of Panama". SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall take effect the first day of the month in which it is enacted. Approved February 20, 1954c

48 USC 1372.

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