Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows:

Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands, acquired and administered under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, are hereby transferred, together with any improvements thereon, to the Department of the Army for use, administration, and disposition in connection with the Grenada Dam and Reservoir Project, Mississippi:

A strip of land of varying width and one parcel of land lying and being situated in sections 25, 35, and 36, Township 24 North, Range 5 East, and in sections 2 and 3, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, Yalobusha Land Utilization Project, MS-LU-21, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, more particularly described in four parts as follows:

PART 1B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 227+44 on the north boundary of the SW 4 of section 25, from which point the interior quarter section corner bears East, 217 feet distant, the north boundary of the SW 4 being the north boundary of the strip of land herein described, and also being the southerly line of the property conveyed by Ed. Berry, et al. to the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans Railroad Company, by deed dated May 22, 1948, run thence 50 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23' W., to Station 252+00; thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23′ W., to Station 259+00; thence 50 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23′ W., to Station 289+11 on the south boundary of the NE 14 of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the NE 4 bears East, 781 feet distant, the said south boundary being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 14.96 acres, more or less.

PART 2B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 299+15 on the east boundary of the NW SE of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the NWSE1⁄4 bears south, 498 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line with a 1°00' curve to the right, said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 42°15′ W., to Station 305+83 on the south boundary of the NWSE1⁄4, from which point the southeast corner of the NW4SE1⁄4 bears East, 438 feet distant, the said south boundary being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 2.30 acres, more or less.

PART 3B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 317+34 on the east boundary of the SW 4 of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the SW4 bears south, 549 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line with a 1°00' curve to the right to Station 327+00; thence continuing with said curve 150 feet to the north and 75 feet to the south to Station 328+50 on the south boundary of section 35, the said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 62°41′ W., the south boundary of section 35 being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 4.43 acres, more or less.

PART 4B

(1) A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 331+90 on the east boundary of the W2NW of section 2, from which point the northwest corner of section 2 bears N. 84°05′ W., 1,330 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 150 feet to the north of and 200 feet to the south of the said center line along a 1°00′ curve to the right to a P. T. at Station 335+45.06, the said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 72°27′ W.; thence 150 feet to the north and 200 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 336+00; thence 200 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 340+00; thence 200 feet to the north and 115 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 342+00; thence 200 feet to the north of and 100 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 344+00; thence 100 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 350+00; thence 160 feet to the north of and 125 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 357+00; thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 371+00; thence 100 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13′ W., to Station 401+84 on the west boundary of the NW 4 of section 3, from which point the southwest corner of the NW 4 bears south, 750 feet distant, the said section line being the west boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 35.75 acres, more or less. (2) A tract or parcel of land comprising that part of the NW 4 of section 3, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the NW 4 of section 3, run thence with the west boundary of section 3, north, 580 feet to the south right-of-way limits of the Illinois Central Railroad; run thence with said south right-of-way limits, N. 74°13′ E; 2805 feet, to a point located on the east boundary of said NW 4 of section 3; run thence with said east boundary, south, 1880 feet, to the southeast corner of said NW 4 of section 3;

run thence with the south boundary of said NW 14 of section 3, West, 2710 feet, to the point of beginning; containing 61.0 acres, more or less.

The above-described lands aggregate approximately 118.44 acres.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 17, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10527 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29, 111, 171; 54 Stat. 989, 1008; 55 Stat. 722; 26 U. S. C. 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1942 to 1953, inclusive, shall, during the 83d Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of its investigation of loan projects under section 608 of Title VI of the National Housing Act, as added by the Act of May 26, 1942 (56 Stat. 303), as amended, and the amounts of the mortgages, the cost of construction, and the cost of land of such projects, in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decision 6064,1 relating to the inspection of returns by certain committees of the Congress, approved by me February 11, 1954.

This Executive order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 19, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10528

ADDITION OF THE MARGINAL WHARF AREA TO SAND ISLAND MILITARY RESERVATION, TERRITORY OF HAWAII

WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, certain lands

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on Sand Island and Quarantine Island, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, were set aside for military purposes, and such lands now constitute a portion of Sand Island Military Reservation; and

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that there be added to the said reservation that certain adjoining parcel of land known as the Marginal Wharf Area; subject, however, to possible future use of such parcel of land for Reserved Channel purposes:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, and as President of the United States, the following-described parcel of land known as the Marginal Wharf Area, located at Sand Island, Kaholaloa, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby added to and reserved as a part of Sand Island Military Reservation and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Army for military purposes; subject, however, to possible future use of such parcel of land for Reserved Channel purposes in accordance with the establishment of the Reserved Channel and the Future Project Line by the Acting Secretary of War on May 31, 1935:

Being a portion of the land conveyed to the United States of America by deeds of: Dowsett Company, Limited, dated June 30, 1902, and recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, in Liber 241. on pages 260-264; Alfred W. Carter, George R. Carter and H. M. Von Holt, Trustees, dated July 9, 1902, and recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances at Honolulu, aforesaid, in Liber 241 on pages 264-265; and Oahu Railway and Land Company, dated October 16, 1902, and recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances at Honolulu, aforesaid, in Liber 241 on pages 265-269.

Beginning at a concrete monument at the west corner of this piece of land, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "U. S. E. North Base", being 3,279.39 feet North and 3,282.53 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South:

1. 216° 40' 318.84 feet;

2. 279° 47' 194.39 feet along Kalihi Channel;

3. 304° 32' 2,868.99 feet along same;

4. 34° 32′ 400.00 feet along Honolulu Harbor;

5. 124° 32′ 3,057.39 feet along Sand Island Military Reservation (Tract 1, Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920) to the

point of beginning; and containing an area of 27.845 acres, more or less.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 22, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10529

PARTICIPATION BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN STATE AND LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE PREEMERGENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 1245, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. In arranging for the use of personnel of Federal departments and agencies for civil-defense purposes in time of emergency and for their coordination with State and local civil-defense plans in consonance with the provisions of section 3 of Executive Order No. 103461 of April 17, 1952, the Federal Civil Defense Administrator, after consultation with the head of a department or agency, may recommend that the services of such personnel of the said department or agency as have volunteered their services and have been selected for civildefense assignments be made available for participation in the program of a State or of any political sub-division thereof for training, prior to an emergency, in the performance of civil-defense duties.

SEC. 2. After consideration of the recommendation of the Federal Civil Defense Administrator, the head of a Federal department or agency, or such officer as the head thereof may designate, may from year to year authorize such of the said personnel of such department or agency as he may designate to participate in pre-emergency training programs and test exercises in cooperation with any State or political sub-division thereof, and such duties shall be performed on assignment by the particular Federal department or agency, subject to the following conditions:

(a) Personnel so assigned shall at all times remain subject to the administrative jurisdiction and control of their Federal department or agency;

(b) The period of official time that may be authorized for any such assignment pursuant to this order shall not

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exceed a total of forty working hours for any person during a calendar year; and

(c) There shall be satisfactory evidence from State or local civil defense authorities that such personnel served or participated in such programs or exercises pursuant to specific request of a public governmental body or organization established pursuant to and in accordance with a State civil defense law.

SEC. 3. During any period or periods in which such personnel shall be engaged in said civil-defense training duties under authority of this order, they shall continue to be compensated in usual course by their Federal department or agency, and shall continue in their status as Federal employees for all purposes. Where travel is involved in connection with the performance of such training duties, travel allowances and expenses may be authorized in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations.

SEC. 4. This order shall not be construed as restricting or limiting the activities of officers or employees of the Federal Civil Defense Administration in the performance of their functions and duties.

SEC. 5. As used in this Order:

(a) The term "personnel" shall mean persons who are in a full time pay status as civilian officers or employees of the United States Government.

(b) The term "State" shall mean any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, each of the Territories and possessions of the United States, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 22, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10530 PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS VESTED IN OR SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

PART I. DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET

SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby designated and

empowered to perform the followingdescribed functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:

(a) The authority vested in the President by section 10 of the act of March 3, 1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1516, as amended by section 6 of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 808 (5 U. S. C. 73b), to prescribe regulations with respect to the certification required in connection with allowances for transportation exceeding the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used in such transportation.

(b) The authority vested in the President by sections 1 (a) and 1 (b) of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 806, 807 (5 U. S. C. 73b-1 (a), 73b-1 (b)), to prescribe regulations (1) with respect to the allowance and payment from Government funds of the expenses of travel of any civilian officer or employee of the Government transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, the expenses of transportation of his immediate family (or commutation thereof), and the expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects; and (2) with respect to reimbursement to such officer or employee on a commuted basis in lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects in the case of such transfers between points in continental United States.

(c) The authority vested in the President by section 7 of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 808 (5 U. S. C. 73b-3), to prescribe regulations with respect to the availability of appropriations for the departments for expenses of travel of new appointees, expenses of transportation of their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and personal effects from places of actual residence at time of appointment to places of employment outside the continental United States, and for such expenses on return of employees from their posts of duty outside the continental United States to the places of their actual residence at time of assignment to duty outside the United States.

(d) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of July 8, 1940, ch. 551, 54 Stat. 743 (5 U. S. C.

103a), to prescribe regulations with respect to the payment on the death of a civilian officer or employee of the United States (1) of the expenses of preparing and transporting the remains when the death of the officer or employee occurs while in travel status in the United States or while performing official duties in a territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country or in transit thereto or therefrom, and (2) of the transportation expenses of his dependents, including expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other personal property, to his former home or such other place as the head of the department shall determine when the death of the officer or employee occurs while in travel status or while performing official duties as set forth in item (1) of this paragraph.

(e) The authority vested in the President by section 407 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by the act of August 10, 1949, ch. 412, sec. 11, 63 Stat. 585 (5 U. S. C. 172f (a)), to approve the transfers of balances of appropriations provided for in the said section 407.

(f) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of paragraph (c) of section 32 of Title III of the act of July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 525, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1011c), to transfer to other Federal, State, or Territorial agencies lands acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 32 (a) of the said act.

(g) The authority vested in the President by section 45 of Title IV of the act of July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 530, as amended by the act of August 14, 1946, ch. 964, 60 Stat. 1064 and 1069 (7 U. S. C. 1019), and as limited with respect to Title III of the act of July 22, 1937, to transfer any right, interest or title held by the United States in any lands acquired in the program of national defense and no longer needed therefor, and to determine the suitability of the lands to be transferred, for the purposes referred to in said section 45; and to transfer for the purposes of Title III of the said act, any right, interest or title held by the United States in any lands under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, as provided by section 45 of the said act of July 22, 1937.

(h) The authority vested in the PresiIdent by section 4 (k) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 18, 1933, as amended, 55 Stat. 599 (16 U. S. C. 831c

(k)), to approve transfers under paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof, other than leases for terms of less than 20 years and conveyances of property having a value not in excess of $500.

(i) The authority vested in the President by section 7 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 18, 1933, ch. 32, 48 Stat. 63 (16 U. S. C. 831f (b)), to provide for the transfer to the Tennessee Valley Authority of the use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the United States deemed by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary and proper for the purposes of the Corporation as stated in the said Act.

(j) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of March 4, 1927, ch. 505, 44 Stat. 1422 (20 U. S. C. 191), to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of said act any land belonging to the United States within or adjacent to the District of Columbia located along the Anacostia River north of Benning Bridge.

(k) The authority vested in the President by section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of September 12, 1950, ch. 946, 64 Stat. 838 (31 U. S. C. 581c), to approve the transfers of balances of appropriations provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of the said section 202.

(1) So much of the authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 11 of the act of June 6, 1924, ch. 270, 43 Stat. 463 (as renumbered by sec. 2 of, and as amended by, the act of July 19, 1952, ch. 949, 66 Stat. 781, et seq.), as consists of authority to approve the designation of lands to be acquired by condemnation and of authority to approve contracts for purchase of lands.

(m) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of December 22, 1928, ch. 48, 45 Stat. 1070 (40 U. S. C. 72a), to approve contracts for acquisition of land subject to limited rights reserved to the grantor and for the acquisition of limited permanent rights in land adjoining park property.

(n) The authority vested in the President by section 108 of the Housing Act of July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 419 (42 U. S. C. 1458), to transfer, or cause to be transferred, to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator any right, title or interest held by the Federal Government or any department or agency thereof in any land (including buildings

thereon) which is surplus to the needs of the Government and which a local public agency certifies will be within the area of a project being planned by it. PART II. THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE

COMMISSION

SEC. 2. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered to perform the followingdescribed functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:

(a) So much of the authority vested in the President by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 631) as relates to establishing regulations for the conduct of persons in the civil service.

(b) The authority vested in the President by section 3 (b) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended by section 3 of the act of January 24, 1942, ch. 16, 56 Stat. 15 (5 U. S. C. 693 (b)), to exclude from the operation of the said Civil Service Retirement Act any officer or employee or group of officers or employees in the executive branch of the service whose tenure of office or employment is intermittent or of uncertain duration.

(c) So much of the authority vested in the President by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, ch. 314, 47 Stat. 404 (5 U. S. C. 715a), to exempt from automatic separation from the service persons who are reaching the prescribed retirement age when the public interest so requires as relates to persons other than Presidential appointees.

(d) The authority vested in the United States Civil Service Commission by section 605 of the act of June 30, 1945, ch. 212, 59 Stat. 304 (5 U. S. C. 945), to issue regulations necessary for the administration of that act insofar as it affects officers and employees in or under the executive branch of the Government.

SEC. 3. The Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 505 (b) of the Classification Act of October 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 959, as amended (5 U. S. C. 1105 (b)), to place positions in, and to remove positions from, Grade 18 of the General Schedule established by that act, exclusive of positions in the Commission's own organization.