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PUBLIC LAW 579-JUNE 13, 1956 Public Law 579

June 13, 1956 [H. R. 102511

Grand Junction, Colo. Conveyance.

Terms, tions, etc.

condi-

Effectivity.

Army and Air Force. Di s a b 1 e d off i<cers. 10 USC 499.

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CHAPTER 386 AN ACT

To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to deed certain land to the city of Grand Junction, Colorado.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to quitclaim to the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land containing sixteen and seventy-two one-hundredths acres, more or less, situated in the Veterans' Administration hospital reservation in that city, the exact legal description of which shall be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and in the event a survey is required in order to make such determination, the city of Grand Junction shall bear the expense thereof. SEC. 2. (a) The conveyance authorized by this Act (1) shall provide that the tract of land so conveyed shall be used for park and recreational purposes, and if it shall ever cease to be used for such park and recreational purposes, the title to such property shall revert to the United States, provided that the hospital being presently administered and operated on the tract of land of which the said sixteen and seventy-two one-hundredths acres is a part is still used as a veterans' hospital, and in the event of a use other than that for park and recreational purposes, the United States shall have the immediate right of reentry thereon and (2) may contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be necessary to protect the interest of the United States. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the tract of land authorized to be conveyed under authority of this Act, shall become vested in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, effective (1) upon the expiration of the fifty-year period commencing on the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) upon the date the hospital referred to in subsection (a) of this section ceases to be operated as a veterans' hospital, whichever is the earlier. Approved June 13, 1956. CHAPTER 388

Public Law 580 June 15, 1956 [H. R. 2216]

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.AN ACT To amend the Act of June 19, 1!)4S (ch..")11, 62 Stat. 480), relating to the retention in the service of disahled commissioned officers and warrant oflScers of the Army and Air Force.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhied, That the Act of June 19, 1948 (ch. 511, 02 Stat. -189), is hereby amended to read as follows: "That notwithstanding any other law, the President may retain on active duty disabled commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Army and Air Force until their physical reconstrviction has reached a point where they will not be further benefited by retention in a military or Veterans' Administration hospital, or until processed for physical disability benefits otherwise provided by law." Approved June 15, 1956,

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