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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 300 -302 -MAY 31, 1938 Company, Limited, the present Maalaea Airport on the island of Maui, comprising an area of approximately one hundred eleven and nine-tenths acres and an appraised value of $13,425, in part payment for a conveyance to the Territory of Hawaii, by said Hawaiian Com- mercial and Sugar Company, Limited, of an area of approximately three hundred and seventy-one one-hundredths acres and an appraised value of $30,017.75, situated at Pulehu-Nui, island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, to be used as a site for a new airport. Approved, May 31, 1938. [CHAPTER 301] AN ACT Relating to the retirement of the justices of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii and judges of the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii and every judge of the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii may hereafter retire after attaining the age of seventy years. If such justice or judge retires after having served as a justice or judge of either of the aforementioned courts for a period or periods aggregat- ing ten years or more, whether continuously or not, he shall receive annually in equal monthly installments, during the remainder of his life, a sum equal to such proportion of the salary received by such justice or judge at the date of such retirement as the total of his aggregate years of service bears to the period of sixteen years, the same to be paid by the United States in the same manner as the sal- aries of the aforesaid justices and judges: Provided, however, That in no event shall the sum received by any such justice or judge here- under be in excess of the salary of such justice or judge at the date of such retirement. SEC. 2. In computing the years of service under this Act service in either of the aforesaid courts shall be included whether such serv- ice be continuous or not and whether rendered before or after the enactment hereof. The terms "retire" and "retirement" as used in this Act shall mean and include retirement, resignation, failure of reappointment upon the expiration of the term of office of an incum- bent or removal by the President of the United States upon the sole ground of mental or physical disability. Approved, May 31, 1938. [CHAPTER 302] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce of the United States to grant and convey to the State of Delaware fee title to certain lands of the United States in Kent County, Delaware, for highway purposes. 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 hereby authorized and directed to grant and convey for State highway purposes to the State of Delaware the fee title to the following strip of land, being a portion of the Mahon (Delaware) River Light Station Reservation, certain property of the United States in Kent County, State of Delaware: 591 May 31, 1938 [H. R . 8700] [Public, No. 566] Hawaii. Retirement of cer- tain judges. Eligibility. Retirement pay. Proviso. Limitation. Computation of years of service. Terms construed. May 31,1938 [H. R . 8715] [Publio, No. 567] State of Delaware. Conveyance of cer- tain lands in Kent County to, for high- way purposes.