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PUBLIC LAW 85-720-AUG. 21, 1958

[72 S T A T.

SEC. 2. Joint Eesolution 5 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1957, shall be construed as authorization by the legislature for the transfer of title by direction of the Governor to the University of Hawaii of any lands title to which may be transferred to the Territory by direction of the President for educational institutions under the provisions of said section 91 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended. Approved August 21, 1958. Public Law 85-720 August 21, 1958 ^ N ACT [H. R. 9461] ijiQ amend the joint resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, as amended by the Act of August 23, 1954, to permit the granting of patents in fee simple to certain occupiers of public lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pubiic^'iand at- ^^^'^^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of ent^. ^ ^^ ^^' Joint Resolution 12 enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in the regular session of 1949, as approved by the Act of September 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 572) and amended by the Act of August 23, 1954 (68 Stat. 764), is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. A fee simple patent shall be issued to every occupier under a certificate of occupation, and to every lessee under a nine hundred and ninety-nine year homestead lease, of public lands, where such lands have been improved under such certificate or lease, or improved under such a certificate and such a lease, and have been used as a place of residence by such occupier or lessee for an aggregate continuous period of not less than ten years, upon payment to the commissioner of public land of a fair price, disregarding the value of the improvements made by the occupier or lessee, which price shall be determined by three disinterested citizens to be appointed by the Governor." Approved August 21, 1958.

Public Law 85-721 August 21, 1958 [H. R. 13371]

Vessels. 60 Stat. 43. 65 Stat. 59.

AN ACT rpiQ authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make certain payments out of the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to pay to any person to whom he has chartered any vessel under authority of section 5 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended (50 U.S.C. App., sec. 1738), out of the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established in chapter VIII of the Third Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1951 (46 U.S.C. sec. 1241a), an amount equal to the fair and reasonable expenses incurred by such person, as determined by the Maritime Administrator, during the calendar year beginning January 1, 1957, to activate such vessel. Such amount shall be reduced by the amount of the difference, as determined by the Maritime Administrator, between the charter hire which such person paid for such vessel, and the charter hire which was paid for similar vessels which the United States activated at its own expense during such calendar year. Approved August 21, 1958.

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