Public Law 591.

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68 Stat. 730 Public Law 591 chapter 736 AN ACT To revise the internal revenue laws of the United States.August 16, 1954[[H. R. 8300](/us/bill/83/hr/8300)] [This Act, known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, is printed as Volume 68A of the United States Statutes at Large.] Public Law 592: To amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychological services provided for in such section.

Public Law 592 Public Law 592 68 Stat. 730 1954-08-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 592 chapter 737 AN ACT To amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychological services provided for in such section.August 16, 1954[[H.

R. 9077](/us/bill/83/hr/9077)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,[67 Stat. 105](/us/stat/67/105).[D. C. Code 24–106](/us/dcc/24/106). That section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 is amended by striking “(1) The probation officers” and inserting in lieu thereof “(1) In criminal cases, the judges of the district court and the probation officers”. Approved August 16, 1954. Public Law 593:

To amend the Act of December 3, 1942. Public Law 593 Public Law 593 68 Stat. 730 1954-08-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 593 chapter 738 AN ACT To amend the Act of December 3, 1942.August 16, 1954[[S. 2389](/us/bill/83/s/2389)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Coast and Geodetic Survey officers.Benefits.

That section 2 of the Act of December 3, 1942 (56 Stat. 1038; 33 U. S. C. 855a), is amended to read as follows: " “Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who, in time of war or national emergency declared by the President, are assigned to duty on projects for the military departments in areas determined by the Secretary of Defense to be of immediate military hazard, shall, while on such duty, be entitled to the rights and benefits provided by law for officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are actually transferred to the service of the military departments: *Provided*, That the benefits of this section shall be applicable also to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving in the Philippine Islands on December 7, 1941.

” " Approved August 16, 1954. Public Law 594: To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved June 12, 1934, both relating to alley dwellings in the District of Columbia. Public Law 594 Public Law 594 68 Stat. 730 1954-08-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 594 chapter 739 AN ACT To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved June 12, 1934, both relating to alley dwellings in the District of Columbia.August 16, 1954[[S. 3506](/us/bill/83/s/3506)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,D.

C. alley dwellings.Repeals. That the Act entitled “An Act to provide, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in the alleys in the District of Columbia”, approved September 25, 1914 (38 Stat. 716), as amended (secs. 5–101, 102, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is hereby repealed. 68 Stat. 731 Sec. 2. Subsections (b), (c), and

(d)of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in alleys in the District of Columbia, and for the replatting and development of squares containing inhabited alleys, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, safety, and welfare, and for other purposes”, approved June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 932), as amended (sec. 5–106. D. C. Code, 1951 edition), are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect sixty days after approval or July 1,Effective date. 1955, whichever is earlier. Approved August 16, 1954. Public Law 595: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930, so as to modify the duty on the importation of wood dowels, and for other purposes. Public Law 595 Public Law 595 68 Stat. 731 1954-08-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public Public Law 595 chapter 740 AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930, so as to modify the duty on the importation of wood dowels, and for other purposes.August 16, 1954[[H. R. 2763](/us/bill/83/hr/2763)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Wood dowels.Import duty.[46 Stat. 629](/us/stat/46/629). That paragraph 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 401) is amended by changing the comma after “$1 per thousand feet, board measure” to a semicolon and inserting thereafter the words “dowels, if of fir, spruce, pine, hemlock, or larch, 25 cents per thousand feet, board measure;”. Sec. 2. Paragraph 1803 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1803) is amended by inserting “dowels;”[46 Stat. 683](/us/stat/46/683). in subparagraph

(1)between “grooved;” and “all the foregoing”. Sec. 3. Section 3424 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, Supp. V, title 26, sec. 3424), is further[53 Stat. 415](/us/stat/53/415). amended by inserting after “board measure;” the following language “dowels made of fir, spruce, pine, hemlock, larch, or cedar (except cedar commercially known as Spanish cedar), 75 cents per thousand feet, board measure; dowels made of Japanese maple, Japanese white oak, teak, box, ebony, lancewood, or lignum vitae, $3 per thousand feet, board measure: dowels made of other wood, $1.50 per thousand feet, board measure;”. Sec. 4. These amendments shall be effective as to dowels entered, orEffectivity. withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the day following the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply also to any dowels entered or withdrawn before that day with respect to which the liquidation of the entry or withdrawal has not become final by reason of section 514, Tariff’ Act of 1930.[46 Stat. 734](/us/stat/46/734).[19 USC 1514](/us/usc/t19/s1514).Duty-free reimports.[52 Stat. 1092](/us/stat/52/1092).[19 USC 1201 par. 1615](/us/usc/t19/s1201/par1615). Sec. 5. Paragraph 1615

(a)of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the following: “and articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation, if

(1)reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means, after having been exported under lease to a foreign manufacturer, and

(2)reimported by or for the account of the person who imported them into, and exported them from, the United States”. Sec. 6. The amendment made by this Act shall be effective as toEffective date. articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 16, 1954. Public Law 596: To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended. Public Law 596 Public Law 596 68 Stat. 732 1954-08-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public

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