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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 464-JUNE 14, 1948 [CHAPTER 464] ne 4, AN ACT [H. R. 1380] To amend sections 207, 213 215, 216, 220, 222, and 225, of title 2 of the Hawaiian [Public Law 6381 Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Hawaiian Homes United States of America in Congress assembled,That section 207 (a) amendments. of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 48 tat.S. S701 (a). SEO. 207. LEASES TO HAWAIIANs, LICENSES.- "(a) The Commission is authorized to lease to native Hawaiians the right to the use and occupancy of a tract or tracts of Hawaiian home lands within the following acreage limits per each lessee: (1) Not less than one nor more than forty acres of agricultural lands; or (2) not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred acres of first-class pastoral lands; or (3) not less than two hundred and fifty nor more than one thousand acres of second-class pastoral lands; or (4) not more than one acre of any class of land to be used as a residence lot: lmentoianoSttle- Provided,however, That, in the case of any existing lease of a farm lot in the Kalanianaole Settlement on Molokai, a residence lot may exceed one acre but shall not exceed four acres in area, the location Farm lots. of such area to be selected by the lessee concerned: Provided further, That a lease granted to any lessee may include two detached farm lots located on the same island and within a reasonable distance of each other, one of which, to be designated by the Commission, shall be occupied by the lessee as his home, the gross acreage of both lots not to exceed the maximum acreage of an agricultural or pastoral lot, as the case maybe, as provided in this section." 58 Stat. 264. 48 U.: 2.. 701(c). SEC. 2. Section 207 (c) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: Licenses.

"(c)(1) The Commission is authorized to grant licenses for terms

of not to exceed twenty-one years in each case, to public-utility com- panies or corporations as easements for railroads, telephone lines, electric power and light lines, gas mains, and the like. The Com- mission is also authorized to grant licenses for lots within a district in which lands are leased under the provisions of this section, to- (A) churches, hospitals, and public schools; (B) theaters, garages service stations, markets, stores, and other mercantile establishments (all of which shall be owned by lessees of the Commission or by organizations formed and con- trolled by said lessees). "(2) The Commission is also authorized, with the approval of the Governor, to grant licenses to the United States for terms not to exceed five years, for reservations, roads, and other rights-of-way, water storage and distribution facilities, and practice target ranges: Pro- mded, That any such license may be extended from time to time by the Commission, with the approval of the Governor, for additional terms of three years: Provided further, That any such license shall not restrict the areas required by the Commission in carrying on its duties, nor interfere in any way with the Commission's operation or maintenance activities." 42 Stat.,12. SEC. 3 . Section 213 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 213. HAWAIIAN HOME-LOAN FuND; HAWAIIAN HoME-DEVEL- OPMENT FUND; HAWAIIAN HOM1E-OPERATINa FUND; HAWAIIAN HoME-ADMINIsTRBATIoN AccouNTr.- (a) There are hereby established in the treasury of the Territory two revolving funds to be known as the Hawaiian home-loan fund and the Hawaiian home-operating fund, and two special funds to be known as the Hawaiian home-development fund and the Hawaiian home-administration account. 390 [62 STAT.