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 PUBLIC LAW 232-AUG. 4, 1955

494 Public Law 232 August 4, 1955 [H.R. 3338]

Alaska. Railroad l e a s e extension*

Army- Navy nurses and medical Vecialists. Service credits.

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Effective date. Restriction.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 1 of the Act of March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. 305), as amended (48 U.S.C. sec. 301), is amended by striking out "but no lease shall be for a longer period than twenty years", and inserting in lieu thereof "but no lease of such railroad or railroads shall be for a longer period than twenty years and no other lease authorized in this Act shall be for a longer period than fifty-five years". Approved August 4, 1955.

SagHarbor, N. Y. C o n v e y a n c e of landa

CHAPTER 555

AN ACT To authorize the crediting, for certain purposes, of prior active Federal commissioned service performed by a person appointed as a commissioned officer under section 101 or 102 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,, That sections 101 and 102 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 41, 42), as amended (10 U.S.C. 166,166a), are each further amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (d) In determining position on a promotion list, seniority in her grade in the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be, and eligibility for promotion, a person originally appointed as a commissioned officer under subsection (c), shall be credited, at the time of her appointment, with the active Federal commissioned service, after December 31, 1947, which she performed after becoming twenty-one years of age and before her appointment. However, not more than five years of service may be so credited. A person originally appointed as a first lieutenant who has not performed at least three years of such active Federal commissioned service after December 31, 1947, shall, for the same purposes, be credited with that amount of service. Service credited pursuant to this subsection shall be in lieu of and not in addition to service credited under section 105 of this Act." SEC. 2. The effective date of the amendments made by section 1 of this Act is January 1, 1948. No person is entitled to any back pay or allowances because of those amendments. Approved August 4, 1955. Public Law 234

August 4. 1955 [H.R. 4717]

CHAPTER 554

AN ACT To amend section 1 of the Act of March 12, 1914.

Public Law 233 August 4, 1955 CH.R. 4106]

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CHAPTER 556

AN ACT To provide for the release of the express condition and limitation on certain land heretofore conveyed to the trustees of the village of Sag Harbor, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army, with respect to the land described in section 2 of this Act, is authorized and directed to release by quitclaim deed to the village of Sag Harbor, New York, the express condition and limitation

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