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PUBLIC LAW 526-MAY 18, 1956

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Arizona, and subsequently transferred to the Veterans' Administration by section 6 of the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1550), is hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, and the title to such lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Yavapai Indians, subject to any valid and existinj;^ rights in such lands. The description of the lands hereby transferred shall be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, jointly, and in the event a survey is required to make such determination, the Department of the Interior shall bear the expense thereof. The transfer shall be subject to such terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as the Administrator of Veterans' Affaii'S, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines to be necessary to protect the interest of the Veterans' Administration Center, Whipple, Arizona. Approved May 18, 1956. Public Law 526 May 18, 1956
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Armed Forces. Army and Air Fprce nurses.

AN ACT IJIQ provide for the relief of certain Army and Air Force nurses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all payments of longevity pay heretofore made to Army and Air Force nurses for service after April 15, 1947, and before October 1, 1949, are validated to the extent that those payments were based upon service performed by the persons concerned as nurses or as commissioned officers of the Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, or Public Health Service. Any Army or Air Force nurse who has made a repayment to the United States of the amount so paid to her as longevity pay is entitled to be paid the amount involved, if otherwise proper. SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing agents, of the Army and the Air Force from accountability or responsibility for any payments described in section 1 of the Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those officers or agents for payments which appear to be free from fraud and collusion. Approved May 18, 1956. Public Law 527

May 18, 1956 [H. R. 5787]

PHS ho s p i t a l, C a r v i l l e, La. Claims.

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CHAPTER 281

AN ACT To authorize settlement of claims for residential structures heretofore erected at the expense of patients on the grounds of the Public Health Service hospital, Carville, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,0(X), to remain available until June 30, 1958, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to settle or compromise all claims by various persons of right or title to or interest in certain structures (including furniture and fixtures therein) which were erected prior to January 1, 1954, by patients of the Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, Louisiana, at their own expense on the grounds of the hospital. Sucii claims may be settled or compromised, with the approval of the Administrator of General Services, for such amounts as may be arrived

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