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66 Stat. 105 joint resolution of August 16, 1951 (Public Law 113), on the duration[65 Stat. 190](/us/stat/65/190). of temporary employment of Mexicali nationals, is repealed. Bureau of Employees’ Compensation employees’ compensation fund For an additional amount for “Employee’s compensation fund”, $2,200,000. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY Social Security Administration salaries and expenses, bureau of old-age and survivors insurance The amount authorized to be expended from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund, for “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance”, by the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1952, is increased from “$58,000,000” to “$60,100,000”.[65 Stat. 219](/us/stat/65/219).

Office of the Administrator surplus property disposal For an additional amount for “Surplus property disposal”, $40,000. defense community facilities and services For an additional amount for “Defense community facilities and services”, Federal Security Agency, $4,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1953; and the amount of the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses, defense community facilities and services”, granted in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, shall be available[65 Stat. 763](/us/stat/65/763). until June 30, 1953, for necessary expenses of the Federal Security Agency in connection with its functions under the Defense.

Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, including services[65 Stat. 293](/us/stat/65/293). [42 USC 1591 note](/us/usc/t42/s1591). [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a). Railroad Retirement Board salaries and expenses, railroad retirement board (trust fund) For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses, Railroad Retirement Board (trust fund)”, $1,600,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement account; and the limitation under this head in the Railroad Retirement Board Appropriation Act, 1952, on the[65 Stat. 222](/us/stat/65/222). amount available for personal services, is increased from “$3,799,724” to “$5,259,000”.

CHAPTER V DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, for fighting forest fires, $3,250,000. 66 Stat. 106 smoke jumper facilities For expenses necessary for the establishment of facilities for forest fire control operations pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1951 (Public [65 Stat. 609](/us/stat/65/609).Law 198), $700,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That the amount made available herein shall be the full cost of the acquisition of land and construction of facilities: *Provided further*, That hereafter the authorization granted in section 3 of said Act to enter into contracts for the foregoing purposes shall not be exercised.

Soil Conservation Service salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $3,500,000. CHAPTER VI DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bonneville Power Administration operation and maintenance For an additional amount for “Operation and maintenance”, $240,000; and the limitation under this head in the Interior [65 Stat. 250](/us/stat/65/250).Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services is increased from “$3,983,862” to “$1,264,862”.

Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources For an additional amount for “Management of lands and resources”, $250,000; and the restrictions contained within the Interior [65 Stat. 251](/us/stat/65/251).Department Appropriation Act, 1952, limiting the amounts which may be expended from appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management for personal services, are hereby waived to the extent necessary to meet the cost of fire suppression. Bureau of Indian Affairs resources management For an additional amount for “Resources management”, $175,000; and the restrictions contained within the Interior Department [65 Stat. 252](/us/stat/65/252).Appropriation Act, 1952, limiting the amounts which may be expended from appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for personal services, are hereby waived to the extent necessary to meet the cost of fire suppression.

Bureau of Reclamation construction and rehabilitation The limitation under this head in the Interior Department [65 Stat. 255](/us/stat/65/255).Appropriation [65 Stat. 742](/us/stat/65/742).Act, 1952, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is increased from “$38,570,172” to “$42,976,462”. 66 Stat. 107 Bureau of Mines conservation and development of mineral resources The limitation under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is[65 Stat. 259](/us/stat/65/259). increased from “$10,446,575” to “$11,454,000”.

National Park Service maintenance and rehabilitation of physical facilities The limitation under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is[65 Stat. 260](/us/stat/65/260). increased from “$4, 193,747” to “$4,543,900”. Office of Territories construction of roads, alaska The limitation under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is[65 Stat. 263](/us/stat/65/263). increased from “$2,493,000” to “$2,844,700”. administration of territories For an additional amount for “Administration of Territories”, $163,000; and the limitation under this head in the interior Department Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal[65 Stat. 262](/us/stat/65/262). services, is increased from “$811,865” to “$879,200”.

CHAPTER VII INDEPENDENT OFFICES Civil Service Commission Investigations: For the establishment of a revolving fund which shall be available to the Civil Service Commission without fiscal year limitation for financing investigations, the costs of which are required or authorized by Public Law 298, Eighty-second Congress, or any*Ante*, p. 43. other law to be borne by appropriations or funds of other Government departments and’ agencies, $4,000,000: *Provided*, That said fund shall be reimbursed from available funds of such departments and agencies for investigations made for them at rates estimated by the Commission to be adequate to recover expenses of operation, including provision for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment purchased by the fund: *Provided further*, That any surplus accruing to the fund in any fiscal year shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts during the ensuing fiscal year: *Provided further*, That any such surplus may be applied first to restore any impairment of the capital of the fund by reason of variations between the rates charged for work or services and the amount subsequently determined by the Commission to be the cost of performing such work or services.

Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion For an additional amount for “Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion”, $20,000. 66 Stat. 108 Displaced Persons Commission For an additional amount for “Displaced Persons Commission”, $3,074,500; and appropriations granted under this head for the fiscal year 1952 shall remain available until August 31, 1952. Federal Power Commission salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $313,000; and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices [65 Stat. 273](/us/stat/65/273).Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for travel, is increased from “$240,000” to “$252,000”.

General Services Administration federal supply and records building For the acquisition of a site in or near Kansas City, Kansas, or Kansas City, Missouri, and the construction thereon of a building for use as a supply and records center, including related equipment, approaches, ramps, roadways, railroad spurs, and other appurtenant facilities, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of [44 Stat. 630](/us/stat/44/630).May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U. S. C. 341), $4,400,000, to remain available until expended.

Housing and Home Finance Agency office of the administrator defense community facilities and services For an additional amount for “Defense community facilities and services”, $9,375,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for the construction of any project unless funds are available for the completion of such project. defense housing For an additional amount for “Defense housing”, $12,500,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for the construction of any project unless funds are available for the completion of such project. alaska housing For an additional amount for “Alaska housing”, $1,125,000, to remain available until expended.

Public Housing Administration annual contributions For an additional amount for “Annual contributions”, $3,600,000. 66 Stat. 109 National Capital Housing Authority maintenance and operation of properties For an additional amount for “Maintenance and operation of properties”, $3,000. Renegotiation Board salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $100,000. Selective Service System salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $2,955,000; and the limitations under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, on the amount available for expenses of National[65 Stat. 745](/us/stat/65/745).

Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Management is increased from “$1,856,000” to “$2,042,000”, and on the amount available for expenses of State Administration, Planning, Training, and Records Servicing is increased from “$6,454,000” to “$7,350,000”: *Provided*, That effective as of the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1951, and within ninety days from the date, of enactment of this Act, the rate of compensation of any employee of a local board or appeal board may be increased pursuant to the authority contained in section 10 of the Universal Military Training and Service[62 Stat. 610](/us/stat/62/610); [65 Stat. 75](/us/stat/65/75). [50 USC app. 460](/us/usc/t50/s460).

Act, as amended: *Provided, further*, That such increases may be made retroactively effective on the same basis as if they had been authorized by Public Law 201, approved October 24, 1951.[65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612). Veterans’ Administration compensation and pensions For an additional amount for “Compensation and pensions”, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended. readjustment benefits For an additional amount for “Readjustment benefits”, $148,00(1,000, to remain available until expended. national service life insurance For an additional amount for “National service life insurance”, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. servicemen’s indemnities For an additional amount for “Servicemen’s indemnities”, $2,300,000, to remain available until expended. 66 Stat. 110 service-disabled veterans insurance fund For the “Service-disabled veterans insurance fund”, authorized by section 620 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as [65 Stat. 36](/us/stat/65/36).amended (38 U. S. C. 821), $250,000, to remain available until expended. veterans special term insurance fund For the “Veterans special term insurance fund”, authorized by section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended [65 Stat. 37](/us/stat/65/37).(38 U. S. C. 822 (a)), $250,000, to remain available until expended. automobiles and other conveyances for disabled veterans To enable the Administrator to provide, or assist in providing, automobiles or other conveyances for disabled veterans, as authorized by [65 Stat. 574](/us/stat/65/574). [38 USC 252a–252e](/us/usc/t38/s252a–252e).the Act of October 20, 1951 (Public Law 187), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Maritime Activities operating-differential subsidies The last proviso under the head “Operating-differential subsidies”, [65 Stat. 284](/us/stat/65/284).in the Independent. Offices Appropriation Act, 1952, is amended to read as follows: “*Provided further*, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the payment of an operating-differential subsidy for any number of voyages, during the current fiscal year, in excess of fourteen hundred, of which sixty shall be for new operators, which number shall include the number of voyages under contracts hereafter awarded.” maritime training For an additional amount for “Maritime training”, $43,500, and the limitation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation [65 Stat. 285](/us/stat/65/285).Act, 1952, on the amount available for personal services, is increased from “$2,236,500” to “$2,263,500”.

CHAPTER VIII DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army—Civil Functions corps of engineers Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control Flood control, general (emergency fund) For an additional amount for “Flood control, general (emergency fund)”, $5,750,000, to be derived by transfer from “Flood control, general” and to remain available until expended. 66 Stat. 111 CHAPTER IX FOREIGN AID DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army—Civil Functions government and relief in occupied areas After the termination of the occupation government in Japan, there may be transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, to appropriations of the Department of State for the purposes thereof in the areas for which the funds were appropriated during fiscal year 1952, such unobligated balances of the appropriations granted under this lie ad for the fiscal year 1952, and such property related thereto, as may be determined to be necessary, and any limitations in said appropriations to the Department of State are hereby waived to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of such transfers.

CHAPTER X EMERGENCY AGENCIES Defense Production Administration salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $200,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for “Salaries and expenses”, Office of Defense Mobilization. Small Defense Plants Administration salaries and expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the Small Defense Plants Administration, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $825,000.

CHAPTER XI INCREASED PAY COSTS For additional amounts for appropriations for the fiscal year 1952, for increased pay costs authorized by Public Laws 201 and 204, approved October 24, 1951, and Public Law 207, approved October 25, 1951, and comparable pay increases granted by administrative action[65 Stat. 612, 622, 636](/us/stat/65/612/622/636). pursuant to law, as follows: Legislative Branch Senate: “Salaries, officers and employees”. $782,896; Contingent expenses of the Senate:

“Senate policy committees”, $9,910; “Joint Committee on the Economic Report”, $7,690; “Joint Committee on Atomic Energy”, $12,925; “Joint Committee on Printing”, $2,792;66 Stat. 112 “Vice President’s automobile”, $355; “Automobile for the President pro tempore”. $355; “Automobile, for majority and minority leaders”, $710: “Reporting Senate proceedings”, $10,253; “Furniture”, cleaning and so forth, $290; “Inquiries and investigations”, $92,120; “Folding documents”, $2,890; “Miscellaneous items”, $15,060;

House of Representatives: “Salaries, officers and employees”, $150,000; “Clerk hire. Members and Delegates”, $500,000; Contingent expenses of the House: “Furniture”, $8,850; “Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation”, $7,475; “Office of the Coordinator of Information”, $5,630; “Folding documents”, $5,250; “Revision of laws”, $800; “Speaker’s automobile”, $485; “Office of Legislative Counsel”, $16,065, of which $7,600 shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $8,465 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives;

Capitol police: “Capitol Police Board”, $1,795; “Education of Senate and House pages”, $2,940; Architect of the Capitol: Office of the Architect of the Capitol: “Salaries”, $8,100; Capitol Buildings and Grounds: “Capitol Buildings”, $39,000; “Capitol Grounds”, $18,100; “Legislative garage”, $2,400; “Senate Office Building”, $55,400; “House Office Buildings”, $78,000; “Capitol Power Plant, $35,400; Library buildings and grounds: “Structural and mechanical care”, $16,700; Botanic Garden:

“Salaries and expenses”, $14,700, Library of Congress: “Salaries, Library proper”, $293,634; Copyright office: “Salaries”, $73,000; Legislative reference service: “Salaries and expenses”, $66,300; Distribution of catalog cards: “Salaries and expenses, $55,359; Union catalogs: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,230; Library buildings: “Salaries and expenses”, $74,860; Government Printing Office, Office of Superintendent of Documents: “Salaries and expenses”. $117,120; The Judiciary Supreme Court of the United States:

“Salaries”, $52,000 “Care of the building and grounds”, $11,800; Court, of Customs and Patent Appeals: “Salaries and expenses”, $7,000; Customs Court: “Salaries and expenses”, $23,835; Court of Claims: “Salaries and expenses”, $7,000; Other courts and services: “Salaries of clerks of courts”, $398,000; “Probation system”, $197,000; “Salaries of criers”, $51,000;66 Stat. 113 “Miscellaneous salaries”, $239,900: “Salaries of court reporters”, $94,400; “Administrative Office of the United States Courts”, $40,300;

“Expenses of referees”, $15,000; Executive Office of the President “Executive Mansion and grounds”, $20,000; Bureau of the Budget: “Salaries and expenses”, $246,000; Council of Economic Advisers: “Salaries and expenses”, $17,800; National Security Resources Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $30,000; Independent Offices Civil Service Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,000,000; Economic Stabilization Agency: “Salaries and expenses”, $5,000,000; “Export-Import Bank of Washington” (increase of $70,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses);

Federal Civil Defense Administration: “Operations”, $365,000: Federal Communications Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $488,91X1; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: “Salaries and expenses”, $203,775; Federal Power Commission: “Flood-control surveys”, $14,000; Federal Trade Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $274,000; Genera] Accounting Office: “Salaries”, $1,500,000; Indian Claims Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $3,900; Interstate Commerce Commission: “General expenses”, $719,000;

“Railroad safety”, $60,000; “Locomotive inspection”, $45,000; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,400,000; National Labor Relations Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $432,250; National Mediation Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $20,900; and the amount made available under the head “Salaries and expenses, National Railroad Adjustment Board”, in the National Mediation Board Appropriation Act, 1952, for compensation and expenses of[65 Stat. 222](/us/stat/65/222). referees is decreased from “$250,000” to “$231,000”;

Securities and Exchange Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $435,000; Smithsonian Institution: “Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution”, $162,000; “Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art”, $90,000; Tariff Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $87,000; The Tax Court of the United States: “Salaries and expenses”, $42,000; Veterans’ Administration: “Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services”, $32,254,000; Federal Security Agency Columbia Institution for the Deaf:

“Salaries and expenses”, $26,600, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Promotion and further development of vocational education”, Office of Education; Food and Drug Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $343,300; Freedmen’s Hospital: “Salaries and expenses”, $193,800;66 Stat. 114 Howard University: “Salaries and expenses”, $260,300, of which $216,100 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Promotion and further development of vocational education”, Office of Education;

Office of Education: “Salaries and expenses”, $202,300, tube derived by transfer from the appropriation “Promotion and further development of vocational education”, Office of Education; Office of Vocational Rehabilitation: “Salaries and expenses”, $38,000; Public Health Service: “Venereal diseases”, $146,300; “Tuberculosis”, $61,750; “Assistance to States, general”, $95,000; “Communicable diseases”, $272,650; “Engineering, sanitation, and industrial hygiene”, $104,500; “Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of Alaska”, $18,050;

“Salaries and expenses, hospital construction services”, $63,650; “Hospitals and medical care”, $1,346,150; “Foreign quarantine service”, $148,200; “National Institutes of Health, operating expenses”, $256,500; “National Cancer Institute”, $156,750; “Mental health activities”, $42,750; “National Heart Institute”, $82,650; “Dental health activities”, $19,000; “Salaries and expenses”, $167,200; Saint Elizabeths Hospital: “Salaries and expenses”, $199,025; Social Security Administration:

“Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Federal Credit Unions”, $54,150; “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance”, $96,900; “Salaries and expenses. Children’s Bureau”, $90 250; “Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner”, $14,250, together with not to exceed $7,325 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund; Office of the Administrator: “Salaries. Office of the Administrator”, $156,275, together with not to exceed $30,400 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund;

“Salaries and expenses, Division of Service Operations”, $28,975, together with not to exceed $3,700 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund; “Salaries, Office of the General Counsel”, $28,500, together with not to exceed $1,900 to be transferred from the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, certification and inspection services”, and not to exceed $29,250 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and Survivors insurance trust fund; *Provided*, That the Administrator may transfer from any Appropriation available, for salaries and expenses of the Federal Security Agency or any constituent part thereof to any of the foregoing appropriation accounts of the Federal Security Agency such additional amounts as [65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612).may be necessary to meet increased pay costs under Public Law 201, approved October 24, 1951; 66 Stat. 115 General, Services Administration “Operatin g ex penses”, $5,7 59,000;

Housing and Home Finance Agency Office of the Administrator: “Salaries and expenses”, $207,000; “Advance planning of non-Federal public works”, $63,500; “Salaries and expenses, defense housing and community facilities and services”, $14,700; “Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $40,000; “Federal National Mortgage Association” (increase of $244,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses); Loans for prefabricated housing (increase of $18,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses in connection with loans for prefabricated housing);

“Home Loan Bank Board” (increase of $31,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses, and increase of $95,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for nonadministrative expenses for the examination of Federal and State chartered institutions); “Federal Housing Administration” (increase of $334,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses, and increase of $1,175,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for nonadministrative expenses);

“Public Housing Administration” (increase of $838,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses, and increase of $1,031,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for nonadministrative expenses); “Administrative expenses”, $601,000; Department of Agriculture “Research and Marketing Act of 1946”, $222,000;[50 Stat. 1082](/us/stat/50/1082). [7 USC 427, 427h–427j, 1521–1629](/us/usc/t7/s427/427h–427j/1521–1629). Bureau of Agricultural economies:

“Economic investigations”, $170,500; “Crop and livestock estimates”, $234,500; Agricultural Research Administration: “Office of Administrator”, $41,000; “Research on agricultural problems of Alaska”, $20,000; “Research on strategic and critical agricultural materials”, $32,000; Office of Experiment Stations: “Salaries and expenses”. $23,000; “Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economies”, $86,000; Bureau of Animal Industry: Salaries and expenses: “Animal research”, $215,000; “Animal disease control and eradication”, $395,800;

“Marketing agreements, hog cholera virus and serum”, $4,200; “Meat inspection”, $1,040,000; “Bureau of Dairy Industry”, $98,000; “Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry”, $450,000; Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering: “Plant, soil, and agricultural engineering research”, $745,920; “National Arboretum”, $12,080;66 Stat. 116 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine: Salaries and expenses: “Insect investigations”, $265,500; “Insect and plant-disease control”, $297,900;

“Plant quarantines”, $192,600; “Control of emergency outbreaks of insects and plant diseases” (not to exceed $42,000 of the amount of this Appropriation which may be apportioned for use only to meet emergency conditions, pursuant to the provision under this head [65 Stat. 231.](/us/stat/65/231)in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, may be used to meet increased pay costs under the Act of [65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612).October 24, 1951 (Public Law201)); Forest Service:

Salaries and expenses: “National forest protection and management”, $1,492,000; “Forest research”, $308,000; “State and private forestry cooperation”, $48,000; Production and Marketing Administration: “Marketing services”, $740,000; “Commodity Exchange Authority”, $12,000; Rural Electrification Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $540,000; Farmers’ Home Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,745,000: “Commodity Credit Corporation” (not to exceed $1,080,000 of the amount placed in reserve pursuant to the last proviso under this head [65 Stat. 244](/us/stat/65/244).in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, may be used to meet increased pay costs under the Act of October 24, 1951 [65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612).(Public Law 201));

“Farm Credit Administration”, $31,000; “Federal intermediate credit banks” (increase of $53,756 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses); “Production credit corporations” (increase of $49,015 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses); Extension Service: “Salaries and expenses”, $58,000; “Office of the Secretary”, $160,000; “Office of the Solicitor”, $172,000; “Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations”, $40,000;

“Office of Information”, $48,000; “Library”, $46,000; Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary: “Salaries and expenses”, $100,000; “Technical and scientific services”, $10,000; “Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $2,500,000; Bureau of the Census: “Salaries and expenses”, $450,000; “Seventeenth decennial census”, $660,000; Civil Aeronautics Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $6,000,000; “Technical development and evaluation”, $70,000: “Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport”, $80,000;66 Stat. 117 “Federal-aid airport program, Federal Airport Act” ($150,000[60 Stat. 170](/us/stat/60/170). [49 USC 1101 note](/us/usc/t49/s1101). of the amount made available for projects in the States to be available for necessary planning, research, and administrative expenses);

Civil Aeronautics Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $250,000; Coast and Geodetic Survey: “Salaries and expenses”, $469,000; Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: “Departmental salaries and expenses”, $209,000; “Field office service”, $92,000; “Export control”, $124,000; Maritime activities: “Salaries and expenses”, $719,300; and increase the limitations thereunder as follows: Administrative expenses, $642,300; Maintenance of shipyard facilities, $41,000; Reserve fleet expenses, $36,000;

Patent Office: “Salaries and expenses”, $750,000; National Bureau of Standards: “Operation and administration”, $40,000; “Research and testing”, $250,000; “Radio propagation and standards”, $70,000; Weather Bureau: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,470,000; “Inland Waterways Corporation” (increase of $10,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses); Department of Defense Department of the Army—Civil functions: Quartermaster Corps: “Cemeterial expenses”, $47,500;

“United States Soldiers’ Home” ($135,000, to be paid from the Soldiers’ Home permanent fund); “Canal Zone Government”, $550,000; “Postal service”, $50,000; “Panama Canal Company” (increase of $15,110 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses); Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary; “Enforcement of the Connally Hot Oil Act”, $11,000;[49 Stat. 30](/us/stat/49/30). [15 USC 715–715k](/us/usc/t15/s715–715k). “Operation and maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration”, $16,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Construction, Southeastern Power Administration ’;

“Salaries and expenses, defense product ion activities”, $250,000; Commission of Fine Arts: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,200: Bonneville Power Administration: “Construction”, $590,000; Bureau of Land Management: “Management of lands and resources”, $335,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs: “Health, education, and welfare services”, $2,175,000; “Resources management”, $388,000; “General administrative expenses”, $224,900; “Payment to Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians. Oklahoma”, $1,500;

“Tribal funds” (from tribal funds). $79,000; Bureau of Reclamation: “General administrative expenses”, $300,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Construction and rehabilitation”.; Geological Survey: “Surveys, investigations, and research”, $649,000;66 Stat. 118 Bureau of Mines: “Conservation and development of mineral resources”, $650,000; “Health and safety”, $285,000; “General administrative expenses”, $84,000; National Park Service: “Management and protection”, $440,000;

“Maintenance and rehabilitation of physical facilities”, $79,000; “General administrative expenses”, $83,000; Fish and Wildlife Service: “Management of resources”, $275,000; “Investigations of resources”, $170,000; “General administrative expenses”, $55,000; Office of Territories: “Operation and maintenance of roads, Alaska”, $40,000; Administration, Department of the Interior: “Salaries and expenses”, $140,000.; Department of Justice Legal activities and general administration:

“Salaries and expenses, general administration”, $160,000; “Salaries and expenses, general legal activities”, $400,000; “Salaries and expenses, Antitrust Division”, $245,000; “Salaries and expenses, United States attorneys and marshals”, $800,000; Federal Prison System: “Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Prisons”, $1,130,000; Office of Alien Property (trust, fund): “Salaries and expenses” (increase of $240,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses);

“Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated” (increase of $21,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for administrative expenses, and increase, of $29,000 in the limitation upon the amount which may be used for expenses of vocational training of prisoners); Department of Labor Office of the Secretary: “Salaries and expenses”, $76,000; “Salaries and expenses, Office of the Solicitor”, $109,200; “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor Standards”, $43,700; “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Veterans’ Reemployment Rights”, $18,000;

“Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $120,000; Bureau of Apprenticeship: “Salaries and expenses”, $166,300; Bureau of Employees’ Compensation: “Salaries and expenses”, $138,700; Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Salaries and expenses”, $323,000; “Revision of consumers’ price index”, $83,600; Women’s Bureau: “Salaries and expenses”, $16,200; Wage and Hour Division: “Salaries and expenses”, $521,500; Post Office Department (Out of the postal revenues) “General administration”, $1,675,000;

“Postal operations”, $241,479,000; 66 Stat. 119 Department of State “Salaries and expenses”, $4,200,000; “International information and educational activities”, $1,750,000; “Government in occupied areas”, $700,000; Treasury Department Office of the Secretary: “Salaries and expenses”, $175,000. to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses, Coast Guard”; Bureau of Accounts: “Salaries and expenses”, $65,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses, Coast Guard”;

“Salaries and Expenses, Division of Disbursement ”, $750,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses, Coast Guard”; Bureau of the Public Debt: “Administering the public debt”, $617,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses. Coast Guard”; Bureau of Customs: “Salaries and expenses”, $3,000,000; Bureau of Narcotics: “Salaries and expenses”, $130,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses, Coast Guard”;

Secret Service Division: “Salaries and expenses”, $172,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operatingexpenses, Coast Guard”; “Salaries and expenses, White House police”, $10,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Operating expenses, Coast Guard”; District of Columbia (Out of revenues of the District of Columbia) General Administration: “Executive office”, $19,400; “Office of the corporation counsel”, $18,000; “Purchasing Division”, $8,500; “Board of Tax Appeals”, $1,200;

Fiscal Service: “Salaries and expenses, Fiscal Service”, $106,700; Compensation and retirement fund expenses: “Workmen’s compensation, administrative expenses”, $14,000; “District government retirement and relief funds”, $70,000; Regulatory agencies: “Alcoholic Beverage Control Board”, $4,800; “Board of Parole”, $2,400; “Coroner’s office”, $4,300; “Department of Insurance”, $700; “Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets”, $11,400; “License Bureau”, $6,700; “Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board”, $6,500;

“Office of Recorder of Deeds”, $10,000; “Poundmaster’s office”, $3,100; “Oilice of Administrator of Rent Control”, $1,200; “Zoning Commission”, $2,100; Public schools; “General administration”, $1,557,000; “Vocational education, George-Barden program”, $19,000; “Operation and maintenance of buildings, grounds and equipment”, $221,000;66 Stat. 120 Public Library: “Operating expenses”, $68,000; Recreation Department: “Operating expenses”, $133,000: “Metropolitan Police”, $944,000, of which $132,650 shall be payable from the highway fund;

Fire Department”, $440,000; Courts: “District of Columbia courts”, $42,100, of which $1,700 shall be available for payment to the United States Public Health Service; Health Department: “General administration”, $56,000; “Operating expenses, Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Sanatorium”, $94,000; “Operating expenses, Gallinger Municipal Hospital and the Tuberculosis Hospital”, $341,000; Department of Corrections: “Operating expenses”, $150,500; Public welfare: “General administration”, $4,400;

“Agency services”, $12,600; “Operating expenses, protective institutions”, $97,000; “Saint Elizabeths Hospital”, $575,000; Public works: “Office of chief clerk”, $5,700; “Office of Municipal Architect”, $8,800; “Operating expenses, Office of Superintendent of District Buildings”, $79,000; “Department of Inspections”, $36,000; “Operatingexpenses. Electrical Division”, $14,0J0; “Central garage”, $5,900; “Operating expenses. Street and Bridge Divisions” (payable from highway fund), $60,000;

“Capital outlay, Street and Bridge Divisions” (payable from highway fund), $13.000; “Department of Vehicles and Traffic” (payable from highway fund), $32,000; “Division of Trees and Parking” (payable from highway fund), $21,300; “Operating expenses, Division of Sanitation”, $331,000; “Operating expenses, Sewer Division”, $85.000; “Operating expenses, Water Division” (payable from water fund), $105,000; Washington Aqueduct: “Operating expenses” (payable from water fund), $20,000;

“National Guard”, $3,500; “National Capital Parks”, $146,000; “National Zoological Park”, $29,800; division of expenses The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia [65 Stat. 155](/us/stat/65/155).Appropriation Act of 1952. General Provisions Appropriations or other funds made available by this or any other Act for personal services during the fiscal year 1952 shall be available for pay increases, comparable to those provided by Public Law 201, [65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612).approved October 24, 1951, granted by administrative action pursuant to law: *Provided*, That such pay increases may be made retroactively effective on the same basis as if they had been authorized by said law; 66 Stat. 121 *Provided further*, That this section shall not affect the availability of funds for compensation of personnel employed, by contract, pursuant to section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), or other[60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). similar authority, or of employees whose rates of pay are fixed in accordance with prevailing local wage rates upon recommendation of wage boards or other similar authority: *Provided further*, That

(1)the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Treasury established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 26 of 1950, the position[64 Stat. 1280](/us/stat/64/1280). [5 USC 133z–15 note](/us/usc/t5/s133z–15). of Administrative Assistant Attorney General established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1950, the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1950, the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of Commerce established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1950, and the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of Labor established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 6 of 1950, shall[64 Stat. 1261–1263](/us/stat/64/1261–1263). [5 USC 133z–15 note](/us/usc/t5/s133z–15). [65 Stat. 757](/us/stat/65/757). [5 USC 43 note](/us/usc/t5/s43). [63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 USC 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). be filled without reference to section 1310 of Public Law 253 of the Eighty-second Congress, as amended, shall be subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall be placed in the highest grade set forth in the general schedule of such Act without regard to section 505

(b)of such Act, as amended, and shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to he placed in such grade under such section, and

(2)in the case of any other position for which compensation is expressly established by law at a rate equal to the rate payable prior to the enactment of Public Law 201, Eighty-second Congress,[65 Stat. 612](/us/stat/65/612). under the highest grade of the Classification Act of 1949, the rate of compensation shall hereafter be equal to the rate payable for such grade under said Public Law 201. Except where specifically increased or decreased elsewhere in this Act, the restrictions contained within appropriations, or provisions affecting appropriations or other funds, available during the fiscal year 1952, limiting the amounts which may be expended for personal services, or for specified types of personal services, or for other purposes involving personal services, or amounts which may be transferred between appropriations or authorizations available for or involving such services, are hereby increased to the extent necessary to meet increased pay costs authorized by Public Laws 201 and 204, approved October 24, 1951, and Public Law 207, approved October 25, 1951, and comparable pay increases granted by administrative action[65 Stat. 612, 622, 636](/us/stat/65/612/622/636). pursuant, to law. CHAPTER XII claims for damages, audited claims, and judgments For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in House Document Numbered 471, Eighty-second Congress, and Senate Document Numbered 108, Eighty-second Congress, $6,490,662, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: *Provided*, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: *Provided further*, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for 66 Stat. 122 herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of tills Act. CHAPTER XIII Sec. 1301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, orStrikes or overthrow of Government. of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force Affidavit.or violence: *Provided*, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force Penalty.or violence: *Provided further*, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation or fluid contained in this Act shall lie guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: *Provided further*, That the above penalty clause shall he in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. Sec. 1302. Section 1310 of Public Law 253 of the Eighty-second[65 Stat. 757](/us/stat/65/757). [5 USC 43 note](/us/usc/t5/s43). Congress is hereby amended as follows: At the end of subsection “a” before the period, insert: “: *Provided further*,Promotions. That any agency may promote any employee permanently to a position if such promotion will not increase the number of employees holding permanent positions in the grade of such position in such agency above the number in such grade in such agency prior to September 1, 1950: *Provided further*, That permanent promotions may be made to any position in a category for which the Civil Service Commission authorizes permanent appointments under the terms hereof”. And in the last proviso of subsection “c”, after “register,” insert: “or is eligible for appointment, in accordance with a regular appointment system or procedure established prior to September 1, 1950, to a higher grade position outside the competitive Civil Service,”. And at the end of subsection “c”, before the period, insert: “or being advanced to a grade level not exceeding that for which he had previously established eligibility as required by the terms hereof: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding the provisions hereof, and in order to avoid undue hardship or inequity, the Civil Service Commission, when requested by the head of the agency involved, may authorize promotions in individual cases of meritorious nature”. Sec. 1303. Amounts made available for pay increases in this Act,Reductions in amounts. b.V appropriation, increase in administrative expense limitation, transfer and otherwise are hereby reduced in the sums hereinafter set forth, and such sums (except corporate funds, trust funds, and funds under the title “Control of emergency outbreaks of insects and plant diseases”) shall be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act, as follows: 66 Stat. 123 Executive Office of the President National Security Resources Hoard: “Salaries and expenses”, $3,000; Independent Offices Civil Service Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $40,000; Defense Production Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, (transfer) ($130,000); Economic Stabilization Agency: “Salaries and expenses”, $2,500,000; “Export-Import Bank of Washington” (administrative expenses) ($1,(100); Federal Communications Commission: “Salaries and expenses”, $20,000; Federal Power Commission: “Flood-control surveys”, $1,400; General Accounting Office: “Salaries”, $500,000; Interstate Commerce Commission: “General expenses”, $24,000; “Railroad safety”, $6,000; “Locomotive inspection”, $4,500; National Capital Housing Authority: “Maintenance and operation of properties”, $160; National Labor Relations Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $22,000; National Mediation Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $900; Railroad Retirement Board: “Salaries and expenses”, (trust fund) ($35,000); Selective Service System: “Salaries and expenses”, $100,000: Smithsonian Institution; “Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art”, $4,000; The Tax Court of the United States: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,000; Federal Security Agency Food and Drug Administration: “Salaries and expense”, $17,300; Howard University: “Salaries and expenses”, $4,420; Howard University: “Salaries and expenses”, (transfer) ($21,610); Office of Vocational Rehabilitation: “Salaries and expenses”, $2,000; Social Security Administration: “Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance”, (trust fund) ($173,000); “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Public Assistance”, $3,900; “Salaries and expenses, Children’s Bureau”, $5,250: “Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner”, $250; “Salaries and expenses, Office of the Commissioner”, (transfer) ($325); Office of the Administrator: “Salaries, Office of the Administrator”, $6,275; “Salaries, Office of the Administrator”, (transfer) ($2,400); “Salaries and expenses. Division of Service Operations”, $975; “Salaries and expenses, Division of Service Operations”, (transfer) ($700); Housing and Home Finance Agency Office of the Administrator; “Salaries and expenses”, $20,700; “Advance planning of non-Federal public works”, $6,350; “Salaries and expenses, defense housing and community facilities and services”, $4,470; “Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $4,000; 66 Stat. 124 “Federal National Mortgage Association”, (administrative expense limitation) ($24,400); “Loans for prefabricated housing”, (administrative expense limitation) ($1,800); Home Loan Bank Board: “Administrative expense limitation”, ($6,000); “Nonadministrative expense limitation”, ($9,500); Federal Housing Administration: “Administrative expense limitation”, ($33,400); “Nonadministrative expense limitation”, ($117,500); Public Housing Administration: “Administrative expenses”, $60,100; “Administrative expenses limitation”, ($83,300); “Nonadministrative expenses limitation”, ($103,100); Department of Agriculture “Research and Marketing Act of 1946”, $10,000;[60 Stat. 1082](/us/stat/60/1082). Bureau of Agricultural Economies:[7 USC 427, 427h–427j, 1621–1629](/us/usc/t7/s427/427h–427j/1621–1629). “Economic investigations”, $10,500: Agricultural Research Administration: “Research on Agricultural problems of Alaska”, $2,000; “Research on strategic and critical agricultural materials”, $3,200; Bureau of Animal Industry: Salaries and expenses: “Animal disease control and eradication”, $15,800; “Marketing agreements, hog cholera virus and serum”, $200; Bureau of Dairy Industry: “Salaries and expenses”, $3,000; “Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry”, $25,000; Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering: “Plant, soil, and agricultural engineering research”, $30,920; Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine: “Control of emergency outbreaks of insects and plant diseases”, (language) ($4,200); Forest Service: “State and private forestry cooperation”, $3,000; Production and Marketing Administration: “Marketing Services”, $74,000; “Commodity Exchange Authority”, $1,200; Rural Electrification Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $5,000; Farmers’ Home Administration; “Salaries and expenses”, $174,500; “Commodity Credit Corporation” (language) ($108,000); Farm Credit Administration: “Salaries and expenses”, $3,100; “Office of the Secretary”, $10,000; “Office of the Solicitor“’, $17,000; Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary: “Technical and scientific services”, $1,000; “Salaries and expenses, Defense production activities”, $400,000; Civil Aeronautics Administration: “Technical development and evaluation”, $7,000; “Maintenance and operation, Washington National Airport”, $8,000; Civil Aeronautics Board: “Salaries and expenses”, $15,000; Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: “Export Control”, $12,400; 66 Stat. 125 Maritime activities: “Maritime training”, $2,001); Patent Office: “Salaries and expenses”, $25,000; “Inland Waterways Corporation”, (administrative expenses limitation) ($1,000); Department of Defense Department of the Army—Civil Functions: “Canal Zone Government”, $55,000; “Postal service”, $5,000; “Panama Canal Company”, (administrative expenses limitation) ($1,500); Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary: “Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $15,000; Bonneville Power Administration: “Operation and Maintenance”, $16,000; “Construction”, $59,000; Bureau of Land Management: “Management of lands and resources”, $15,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs: “Health, education, and welfare services”, $75,000; Geological Survey: “Surveys, investigations, and research”, $64,900; Bureau of Mines: “Conservation and development of mineral resources”, $65,000; Fish and Wildlife Service: “Management of resources”, $10,000; “Investigations of resources”, $5,000; Office of Territories; “Administration of Territories”. $16,300; Administration, Department of the Interior: “Salaries and expenses”, $4,000; Department of Justice Legal Activities and General Administration: “Salaries and expenses, genera] legal activities”, $40,000; “Salaries and expenses. Antitrust Division”, $24,500; Federal Prison System: “Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Prisons”, $113,000; Department of Labor Office of the Secretary: “Salaries and expenses”, $1,500; “Salaries and expenses, Office of the Solicitor”, $2,200; “Salaries and expenses. Bureau of Labor Standards”, $700; “Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Veterans” Reemployment Rights”, $300; “Salaries and expenses, defense production activities”, $3,000; Bureau of Apprenticeship; “Salaries and expenses”, $3,500; Bureau of Employees’ Compensation: “Salaries and expenses”, $2.700; Bureau of Employment Security; “Salaries and expenses”, $9,000; Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Salaries and expenses”, $6,000; “Revision of consumers’ price index”. $1,600; Women’s Bureau: “Salaries and expenses ’, $200; Wage and Hour Division: “Salaries and expenses”, $11,500; 66 Stat. 126 Post Office Department (Ont of the postal revenues) “General Administration”, $16,750; “Postal operations”, $2,414,790; Department of State “Salaries and expenses”, $250,000; “International information and educational activities”, $175,000; “Government in occupied areas”, $70,000; Treasury Department Bureau of the Public Debt: “Administering the public debt”, (transfer) ($75,000); Bureau of Narcotics: “Salaries and expenses”, (transfer) ($13,000); Secret Service Division; “Salaries and expenses, White House Police”, (transfer) ($5,000). Sec. 1304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shallPublicity propaganda. be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not heretofore authorized by the Congress. This Act may be cited as the, “Third Supplemental AppropriationShort title. Act, 1952”. Approved June 5, 1952. Public Law 376: To amend the Code of Law of the District of Columbia in respect to the recording, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, of hills of sale, mortgages, deeds of trust, and conditional sales of personal property, and for other purposes. Public Law 376 Public Law 376 66 Stat. 126 1952-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 376 chapter 370 AN ACT To amend the Code of Law of the District of Columbia in respect to the recording, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, of hills of sale, mortgages, deeds of trust, and conditional sales of personal property, and for other purposes.June 5, 1952 [[S. 2736](/us/bill/82/s/2736)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Recordation of instruments, D.C. That

(a)the first paragraph of section 546, subchapter 3 of chapter 16 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, revised, and reenacted by the Act approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1103, ch. 417; title 42, sec. 101, D. C. Code, 1940), is hereby renumbered as section 546-A; and

(b)section 547 of such subchapter (title 42, sec. 103, D. C. Code, 1940) is hereby amended by striking therefrom the last two sentences and by renumbering such section as section 546-B. Sec. 2. The second paragraph of section 546 of such subchapter (title 42, sec. 102, D. C. Code, 1940) is hereby renumbered and amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 546–C. It shall not be necessary for the Recorder of DeedsIndex. to spread upon the records of his office the instruments tiled pursuant to section 546-A or section 546-B of this subchapter, but the same shall lie indexed and, except as hereinafter provided, shall be, kept on file and shall be open to inspection by the public, and shall have the same force and legal effect as if they were actually recorded in the books of said office.” " Sec. 3. Subchapter 3 of chapter 16 of such Act is further amended by adding thereto the following new sections: " “Sec. 546–D. Every instrument filed with the Recorder of DeedsVoid instruments. pursuant to section 546–A or section 546–B of this subchapter, and instruments filed with said Recorder or presented for recording pur- 66 Stat. 127 suant to the Act entitled ‘An Act for the recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes’, approved July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 736; title 40, ch. 7, D. C. Code, 1940), shall be void as against the creditors of the party indebted thereon and subsequent purchasers or mortgagees In good faith after the expiration of seven years from the filing thereof, unless, within ninety days next preceding the expiration of the term of seven years from such filing and each seven-year period thereafter, the vendor, mortgagee, trustee, conditional vendor, or donor shall make and file an affidavit setting forth the amount then due and unpaid: *Provided*, That no such instrument filed prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be void as against such creditors, subsequent purchasers or mortgagees, if such affidavit be made and filed within ninety days before the expiration of seven years from the filing of such instrument or one year from the effective date of this amendatory Act, whichever is later, and each seven-year period thereafter. The Recorder ofDisposal. Deeds shall attach such affidavit after the filing thereof to the instrument to which it relates. The Recorder of Deeds may destroy any such instrument which has become void under the provisions of this subchapter, together with any affidavit, release and assignment relating thereto: *Provided*, That such destruction shall not be effected until the expiration of one year from the effective date of this amendatory Act. “Sec. 546–E. When the debt secured by any instrument filed pursuantInstrument of release. to section 546–A or section 546–B of this subchapter has been paid in full, the vendor, mortgagee, trustee or conditional vendor or his assignee shall, within twenty days thereafter,

(a)execute or cause to be executed a release thereof, acknowledged before a notary public, and

(b)deliver or cause to be delivered such release to the Recorder of Deeds. The Recorder

(a)shall file the instrument of release by attaching the same to the instrument to which it relates; and

(b)shall enter on the released instrument and on the index record thereof the word ‘released’, the date of filing of the instrument of release and a facsimile of his signature. “Sec. 546–F. When any instrument filed pursuant to section 546–A or section 546–B of this subchapter has not become void but has, subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act, been released as provided in section 546-E of this subchapter, the Recorder may, after the expiration of three years from the date of the filing of such release, destroy such instrument, the release, and assignments relating thereto. “Sec. 546–G. Any person intentionally making a false statement with respect to an instrument filed withViolations. the Recorder of Deeds pursuant to section 546–A or section 546–B of this subchapter, or who, after receipt of payment in full of the debt secured by any such instrument, shall, for a period of more than twenty days after written demand by the person indebted, neglect or refuse to execute and file with the Recorder of Deeds a release as provided in section 546–E of this subchapter, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Prosecutions for violations of this subchapter shall be by the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants, in the name of the District of Columbia.” " Sec. 4. Section 11 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for theMotor vehicles. Liens. recording and releasing of liens by entries on certificates of title for motor vehicles and trailers, and for other purposes”, approved July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 736; title 40, ch. 7, D. C. Code, 1940), is amended by[D. C. Code 40–711](/us/dcc/40–711). adding at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows: “Whenever any lien has been released as provided in this section for a period of 66 Stat. 128 more than three years, the Recorder of Deeds may destroy the instrument which created such lien and the index cards upon which the lien information was entered: *Provided*, That no other unsatisfied lien is shown on any such index card.” Sec. 5. Section 552 of subchapter 4 of chapter 16 of the Act, approvedFees. March 3, 1901, as amended by the Acts of February 4, 1905 (33 Stat. 689, ch. 299) and June 17, 1935 (49 Stat. 384, ch. 265; title 45, sec. 708, D. C. Code, 1940), is amended by striking therefrom so much as reads: “For filing and indexing a bill of sale of chattels, or a mortgage or deed of trust thereof, or a conditional bill of sale of chattels or any release or satisfaction of any such, $1.50.”, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: “For filing and indexing a bill of sale of chattels, or a mortgage or deed of trust thereof, or a conditional bill of sale of chattels, including a release of any such instrument, $2: *Provided*, That for the filing of a release of any such instrument filed prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Recorder of Deeds shall collect a fee of 50 cents. “For filing an affidavit pursuant to section 546–D of this subchapter, $2.” Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect ninety days after its enactment.Effective date. Approved June 5, 1952. Public Law 377: To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Territory of Hawaii certain real property at Kahului, Wailuku, Maul, Territory of Hawaii. Public Law 377 Public Law 377 66 Stat. 128 1952-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 377 chapter 371 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Territory of Hawaii certain real property at Kahului, Wailuku, Maul, Territory of Hawaii.June 5, 1952 [[H. R. 4511](/us/bill/82/hr/4511)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hawaii. Conveyance. That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey, without reimbursement, to the Territory of Hawaii, subject to the reservations set forth in section 2 hereof and to such other terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as he may deem to be in the public interest, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the former Naval Air Station, Kahului, Wailuku, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, comprising one thousand three hundred and forty-one acres, more or less, together with all improvements thereon and such personal property relating thereto as the Secretary of the Navy may select. Sec. 2. The conveyance to the Territory of Hawaii herein authorized shall be made subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a)That the Territory shall not alienate its title to the property conveyed nor shall it lease the same or any part thereof except for public-airport purposes: *Provided*, That particular structures or parcels not suitable for airport purposes may be leased for other purposes with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy;

(b)that the Territory shall maintain or cause to be maintained in a condition which the Secretary of the Navy may deem to be suitable for public-airport purposes, the improvements now existing on the land as well as those which may hereafter be constructed thereon which the Territory and the Secretary of the Navy may mutually agree are suitable for such purposes, and

(c)that in time of war or national emergency the United States shall have the right of free and unlimited use, exclusive or nonexclusive, of the land conveyed, together with any improvements thereon and personal property relating thereto, and may after thirty days’ notice in writing to the Territory, enter upon, repossess, and reassert ownership of and title to said property, including within the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy all or any part of the improvements erected 66 Stat. 129 by the Territory, whereupon title to said property shall vest in the United States: *Provided, however*, That the United States shall make just compensation for the acquisition of title to any personal property acquired by the Territory without Federal aid and for any new facilities provided by the Territory without Federal aid which are not in the nature of improvements to or replacements of existing structures. Approved June 5, 1952. Public Law 378: To amend section 32

(2)of the Trading With the Enemy Act. Public Law 378 Public Law 378 66 Stat. 129 1952-06-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 378 chapter 372 AN ACT To amend section 32

(2)of the Trading With the Enemy Act.June 6, 1952 [[S. 302](/us/bill/82/s/302)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Property valuation. That the third proviso in subdivision

(D)of paragraph

(2)of section 32

(a)of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, is amended to read as[60 Stat. 51](/us/stat/60/51); [64 Stat. 1080](/us/stat/64/1080). [50 USC app., 32](/us/usc/t50/s32). follows: “*And provided further*, That the aggregate book value of returns made pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall not exceed $9,000,000; and any return under such proviso may be made if the book value of any such return, taken together with the aggregate book value of returns already made under such proviso does not exceed $9,000,000; and for the purposes of this proviso the term ‘book value’ means the value, as of the time of vesting, entered on the books of the Alien Property Custodian for the purpose of accounting for the property or interest involved;”. Approved June 6, 1952. Public Law 379: Relating to the manner of appointment of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, the deputy recorders, and the employees of the Office of Recorder, and for other purposes. Public Law 379 Public Law 379 66 Stat. 129 1952-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 379 chapter 373 AN ACT Relating to the manner of appointment of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, the deputy recorders, and the employees of the Office of Recorder, and for other purposes.June 9, 1952 [[S. 2871](/us/bill/82/s/2871)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Recorder of Deeds, D.C. That section 548 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 45–701) is hereby amended to read as follows:[31 Stat. 1275](/us/stat/31/1275). " “Sec. 548. Appointment and Duties.— There shall be a Recorder of Deeds of the District, appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall record all deeds, contracts, and other instruments in writing affecting the title or ownership of any real estate or personal property in the District which shall have been duly acknowledged and certified, and who shall perform all requisite services connected therewith, and shall have charge and custody of all the records, papers, and property appertaining to his office. No person shall be appointed Recorder of Deeds unless he has been a resident of the District of Columbia for at least five years next preceding his appointment.” " Sec. 2. Section 549 of the Code of Laws for the District of ColumbiaDeputy. (D. C. Code, sec. 45–702) is amended by inserting after “deputy recorder” the following: “in accordance with the civil-service laws and regulations and to fix his compensation in accordance with the[63 Stat. 954](/us/stat/63/954). [5 USC 1071 note](/us/usc/t5/s1071). Classification Act of 1949”. Sec. 3. The Act of March 3, 1925 (D. C. Code. sec. 45–703), isSecond deputy. amended to read as follows: “That the Recorder of Deeds is author- 66 Stat. 130 ized to appoint it second deputy recorder in accordance with the civil-service laws and regulations and to fix his compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949. The second deputy recorder may do and perform any and all acts which the Recorder is authorized to do, and all such acts by the second deputy recorder shall have the same legality, force, and effect as if performed by the Recorder. The Recorder of Deeds shall appoint all other employees of his office in accordance with the civil-service laws and regulations and fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949. The number of such employees shall not be in excess of the number actually necessary for the proper conduct of his office.” Sec. 4. The Civil Service Commission shall confer a competitiveCivil-service status of employees. civil-service status upon those employees of the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia performing service in such office on the date of enactment of this Act who are citzens of the United States, and who, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, are certified, by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon recommendation of the Recorder of Deeds,

(1)as having been appointed from among the highest available eligibles from an appropriate register of the Civil Service Commission or

(2)as having rendered active service in the office of the Recorder of Deeds prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and who qualify in such appropriate noncompetitive examinations as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe. Any employee in the office of Recorder of Deeds who fails to meet the requirements prescribed by this section, or who is not certified by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or who fails to take or pass the noncompetitive examination prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, may continue to serve for a period of not more than thirty days after the end of such six-month period or after the establishment of appropriate registers, whichever is the earlier. Approved June 9, 1952. Public Law 380: To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu to issue certain bonds for flood-control purposes. Public Law 380 Public Law 380 66 Stat. 130 1952-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public Public Law 380 chapter 374 AN ACT To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu to issue certain bonds for flood-control purposes.June 9, 1952 [[H. R. 4801](/us/bill/82/hr/4801)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Honolulu, T.H. Flood-control bonds. [31 Stat. 141](/us/stat/31/141); [42 Stat. 108](/us/stat/42/108). [48 USC 678](/us/usc/t48/s678). That the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, notwithstanding any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act to the contrary, may authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $1,000,090 for flood control and related purposes. Sec. 2. The bonds issued under authority of this Act may lie either term or serial bonds, maturing, in the case of term bonds, not later than thirty years from the date of issue thereof, and, in the case of serial bonds, payable in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years and the last installment to mature not less than thirty years from the date of such issue. Such bonds may be issued without the approval of the President of the United States. Sec. 3. Act 204 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, pertaining to the issuance of public improvement bonds, as authorized by this Act, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Approved June 9, 1952. Public Law 381: To enable the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the Board of .Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu to issue certain public improvement bonds. Public Law 381 Public Law 381 66 Stat. 131 1952-06-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-16 82 2 public

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