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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 458 , 459-JUNE 12, 1948 [CHAPTER 458] AN ACT To withdraw certain land as available land within the meaning of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 108), as amended, and to restore it to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the portion of Hawaiian Homes Commission land of Waiakea-Kai or Keaukaha, South Hilo, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, more fully described as follows, is withdrawn as "available land" within the meaning of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 108), as amended, and is hereby restored to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii: Portion of Hawaiian home land of Keaukaha, tract 2, Waiakea, South Hilo, island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, as returned to the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii by resolution numbered 85 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, dated July 18, 1944, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a spike at the northwest corner of this tract of land and on the southeast corner of the intersection of Nene and Akepa Streets, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Halai" being five thousand two hun- dred and eight and twenty-one one -hundredths feet north and twenty- four thousand eight hundred and eighteen and six one-hundredths feet east, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south: 1. Two hundred and ninety degrees eleven minutes five hundred and sixty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths feet along the south side of Nene Street; 2. Thence along same on a curve to the left with a radius of one thousand four hundred and sixty-five and four-tenths feet, the chord azimuth and distance being two hundred and sixty-eight degrees thirty-seven minutes one thousand and seventy-seven and thirty one- hundredths feet; 3. Two hundred and forty-seven degrees three minutes five hundred and ninety-six and sixty-two one-hundredths feet along same; 4. Three hundred and sixty degrees no minutes one thousand two hundred and thirty-seven and eighty-five one-hundredths feet; 5. Ninety degrees no minutes two thousand one hundred and fifty- three and sixty-nine one-hundredths feet; 6. One hundred and eighty degrees no minutes one thousand one hundred and seventy-three and four one-hundredths feet along the east side of the proposed extension of Akepa Street to the point of beginning, and containing an area of fifty acres, more or less. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Act, if, at any time, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Lands, use of the above-described lands has been discontinued by the Department of Commerce, upon the making of such a determination by the Com- missioner of Public Lands such lands shall become available lands within the meaning of section 203 of title II of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Approved June 12, 1948. June 12, 1948 [H. R. 6091] [Public Law 634] Hawaii. Withdrawal of cer- tain "available land." 48U.S.C.§691et seq. Ante, pp. 295, 303; post, p. 390. 42 Stat. 109. 48U.S.C. 697. Ante, pp. 295, 303. [CHAPTER 459] JOINT RESOLTITON June 12, 1948 To extend the time for the release, free of estate and gift tax, of powers of [H.J.Res.395] appointment, and for other purposes. [Public Law 635] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 403 (d) (3) of aencdment 942