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PUBLIC LAW 85-798-AUG. 28, 1958

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2 land shall be counted as eighty-eight one-hundredths of an acre, each acre of class 3 land shall be counted as seventy-one one-hundredths of an acre, and each acre of class 4 land shall be counted as forty-three one-hundredths of an acre. Conveyances. SEC, 5. The Secretary is authorized to perform such acts, to make such rules and regulations, and to include m contracts made under the authority of this Act such provisions as he deems proper for carrying out the provisions of this Act; and in connection with sales or exchanges under this Act, he is authorized, in his discretion, to effect conveyance without regard to the laws governing the patenting of public lands. 43 SEC. 6. This Act shall be deemed a supplement to and part of the 620o. u s e 620Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105). Approved August 28, 1958. Public Law 85-798 August 28. 1958 [H. R. 5411]

AN ACT To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a widow or former wife divorced who loses mother's insurance benefits by remarriage may again become entitled if her husband dies within one year of such remarriage, to provide that interstate instrumentalities may secure coverage for policemen and firemen in positions under a retirement system of the instrumentality.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Social Security. United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 202 an'^e^bene^fitr.^"'" (g) of the Social Security Act (relating to mother's insurance bene64 Stat. 485; 71 fits) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following ^*42 USC 402. new paragraph: Wido w or di"(3) In the case of any widow or former wife divorced of an vorcee. Post, p 1013. individual— " (A) who marries another individual, and " (B) whose marriage to the individual referred to in subparagraph (A) is terminated by his death but she is not his 64 Stat. 5 10. widow as defined in section 216(c), the marriage to the individual referred to in clause (A) shall, for the purpose of paragraph (1), be deemed not to have occurred. No benefits shall be payable under this subsection by reason of the preceding sentence for any month prior to whichever of the following is the latest: (i) the month in which the death referred to in subparagraph (B) of the preceding sentence occurs, (ii) the twelfth month before the month in which such widow or former wife divorced files application for purposes of this paragraph, or (iii) the month following the month in which this paragraph is enacted." 64 Stat. 5 14. SEC. 2. Subsection (k) of section 218 of the Social Security Act 42 USC 418. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: Policemen "(3) Any agreement with any instrumentality of two or more States firemen. entered into pursuant to this Act may, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d)(5)(A) and the references thereto in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(3), apply to service performed by employees of such instrumentality in any policeman's or fireman's position covered by a retirement system, but only upon compliance, to the.extent practicable, with the requirements of subsection (d)(3). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, a retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen or both, and other positions shall, if the instrumentality concerned so desires, be deemed to be a separate retirement system with respect to the positions of such policemen or firemen, or both, as the case may be."

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