Volume 62
Public Law 80–552
To authorize the extension of leases of certain land in the Territory of Hawaii.
Approved June 19, 1948
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the extension of leases of certain land in the Territory of Hawaii.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That where a lessee of water-front lands in the Territory of Hawaii under lease on April 1, 1946, has spent substantial sums in repairing or replacing improvements on such lands damaged or destroyed by the tidal wave of that date, then notwithstanding any provision of the Organic Act of Hawaii (31
48 U.S.C. § 493 note.
Stat. 141), as amended, or of the laws of the Territory of Hawaii, the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii, at the request of the lessee, in his discretion may extend the term of the lease at
Expiration date.
the original rental: Provided, That no lease is extended beyond March 31, 1967.
Approved June 19, 1948.