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PUBLIC LAW 696-JULY 11, 1956 Public Law 696

July 11, 1956 [H. R. 9828]

Kanosh, Indians, Utah. Transfer of land.

25 USC 741-760.

Armed Forces. Insurance. 5 6 Stat. 773. 50uSCapp.S40. Effective date.

Alaska. H o m e s t e a der, final proof. 40 Stat. 633.

CHAPTER 569

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingdescribed public domain is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Kanosh Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe in Utah, subject to the provisions of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1099), with respect to the termination of Federal supervision over all property of such Indians: The southeast quarter, east half northeast quarter, and the northwest quarter northeast quarter, section 35, township 22 south, range 5 west; the west half west half, section 14, and the east half east half, section 15, township 23 south, range 5 west. Salt Lake meridian, LTtah, containing 600 acres. Approved July 11, 1956. CHAPTER 570

AN ACT To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to restrict its application to insurance which has been in effect six months at the time benefits are sought under such Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 400 of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 is amended by striking out "thirty" and inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred and eighty". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect with respect to applications for benefits made after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 11, 1956. Public Law 698

July n, 1956 IH. R. 10504]

ST A T.

AN ACT To transfer six hundred acres of public domain to the Kanosh Band of Indians, Utah.

Public Law 697 July 11, 1956 [H. R. 10441]

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CHAPTER 571

AN ACT To allow a homesteader settling on unsurveyed public land in Alaska to make single final proof prior to survey of the lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of July 8, 1916, as amended (48 U.S.C. 375) is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The entryman may, after due compliance with the terms of the homestead laws, file his final homestead proof in accordance with applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior regardless of whether or not the system of public surveys has been extended over the land included in a homestead entry. The Secretary of the Interior shall, within one year after the filing of such proof, issue proper instructions for the survey of the land so entered, without expense to the entryman, and if the entryman has complied with the requirements of the homestead law and applicable regulations a patent based on such survey shall be issued. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the homesteader from securing earlier action on his entry and proof by a special survey at his own expense, if he so elects."

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