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PUBLIC LAW 5 3 9 - J U L Y 27, 1954

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.

Be it enacted by 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 proceedings for review of decisions of the Tax Court of the United States. "Such rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive 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:

July 27, 1954 TH. R. 1067]

U. S. Tax Court. Review of decisions. 62 Stat. 961.

"2074. Rules for review of decisions of the Tax Court of the United States."

Approved July 27, 1954. 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding 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 followingdescribed 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 twentytwo one-hundredths feet south and five thousand six hundred seventyeight and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet west, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south: Three hundred and

July 27, 1954 R. 2846]

H o n o l u l u, Hawaii. Land for harbor improvements. npri 40 USC 352 note.

36 Stat. 447. 43 USC 511.

63 Stat. 177.

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