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PUBLIC LAW 3 6 ~ M A Y 27, 1953

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land at the former United States Marine Corps air station, Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas, comprising an aggregate of two hundred twenty-five and five one-hundredths acres, more or less, and indicated as sections 1, 2, and 3 of area D on Public Works Drawing Numbered 4847 approved February 10, 1950, a copy of which is on file in the Navy Department, reserving however, to the United States of America, avigation easement rights and such other rights in, to, and over said lands as the Secretary of the Navy may deem proper. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to accept the conveyance to the United States of America by the said Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 of fee simple title to two parcels of land at the said former United States Marine Corps air station, Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas, containing an aggregate area of two hundred forty-four and thirty one-hundredths acres, more or less, and indicated as areas A and B on said Public Works Drawing Numbered 4847, together with perpetual avigation easement rights acceptable to the Secretary of the Navy over other lands of the said district lying in the flight clearance zone of the east-west runway of the said air station. Approved May 27, 1953. Public Law 35

CHAPTER 69

^^ ^^^ To amend section 40b of the National Defense Act, as amended (41 Stat. 759, 777), to remove the limitation upon the detail of oflScers on the active list for recruiting service and for duty with ROTC units.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 40b of the National Defense Act (41 Stat. 75^, 777), as amended, is further amended by striking out so much of the second sentence as reads, "and no officer on the active list shall be detailed for recruiting service or for duty at a school or college, not including schools of the service, where officers on the retired list can be secured who are competent for such duty". Approved May 27, 1953. Public Law 36

May 27, 1953 P ' 1527]

louscsae, 386.

CHAPTER 70

AN ACT To amend the Act authorizing the Secretary' of War to approve a standard design for a service flag and service lapel button.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of October 17, 1942 (ch. 615; 56 Stat. 796), is hereby amended by striking the words "Secretary of W a r " wherever they appear therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Secretary of Defense" and striking the words "the current war" appearing at the end of the first and second sections of the Act and inserting in lieu thereof the words "any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States may be engaged". Approved May 27, 1953.

May 27. 1953 [s. 1546]

3^ use 179-182.

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