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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 214, 216-MAY 29, 31, 1944 [58 STAT. Appropriations au- SEC. 9. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually t ,p. 60. such sums as may be necessary to pay such annuities and to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved May 29, 1944. [CHAPTER 216] AN ACT May 31, 1944 [H. R . 34031 To withdraw and restore to their previous status under the control of the Terri- [Public Law 320] tory of Hawaii certain Hawaiian home lands required for use for airplane landing fields, and to amend sections 202, 203, and 207 of title 2 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Hawaiian Homes United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 202 Commission Act, 1920, amendments. 920 () of title 2 of the Act entitled "Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 48 U.S. c. §693(). 1920", approved July 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 108), as amended, be further amended to read as follows: Chairman of Com- "(c) One of the members shall be designated by the Governor mission;executiveoffi- cer, etc. as chairman. An executive officer and such clerical assistants as may be necessary shall be appointed by the Commission to serve at its pleasure. The executive officer shall reside habitually at the major Hawaiian Homes Settlement. He shall receive an annual salary in such amount as shall be set by the Commission, from time to time, not to exceed $6,000: Provided, That if the compensation for like posi- tions in the Territorial service is fixed by classification thereof, pur- suant to any schedule established by legislative or executive authority, such compensation may equal but shall not exceed the amount cer- tified for the position by the Board, Commission, officer, or other agency determining such classifications for the Territorial service, in clerical assistants. accordance with established Territorial procedure. Clerical assist- ants shall be paid in accordance with Territorial practice for such Members. services. The members of the Commission shall serve without pay, but shall receive actual expenses incurred by them in the discharge Terms of office. of their duties as such members. Of the originally appointed mem- bers one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years. Their successors shall hold office for terms of five years except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the mem- Removal for cause. ber whom he succeeds. A member may also be removed by the Governor for cause after due notice and public hearing." Designatedlandsre- SEC. 2 . So much of section 203 of title 2 of the Hawaiian Homes stored to previous status. Commission Act, 1920, as amended, as designates the land herein- 42 Stat. 109. 48 U. S. o . 697; after described as available lands within the meaning of that Act Supp. III,§ 97. is hereby repealed and the land restored to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii. On island of Molo- On the island of Molokai: That portion of Palaau, Apana 2, being an addition to the Molokai airplane landing field, as follows: Parcel 1. As returned to the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii by resolution numbered 68 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, dated March 3, 1941, and consisting of thirteen and five hundred and twenty-seven one-thousandths acres, more or less, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of this piece of land on the west oundary of the present Molokai airport, the true azimutand distance from the northwest corner of the Molokai airport (Executive Order Numbered 809) being no degrees fifty-six minutes thirty sec- onds two hundred and forty-two feet, and the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation