An Act to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide a further period for presuming service connection in the case of veterans suffering from Hansens disease (leprosy)
PL 86-188 (H.R.271), enacted 08/25/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-186-AUG. 25, 1959 
[73 ST A T . 
Lake", and any law, regulation, document or record of the United 
States in which such lake is designated or referred to shall be held 
to refer to such lake under and by the name of "Edward Arthur 
Patterson Lake". 
Approved August 25, 1969. 
August 25, 1959 
[S. 2210] 
Public Law 86-186 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of the Philadelphia Army Base, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 
P h i l a d e l p h i a 
Army base. 
Disposition. 
Report. 
Be it encwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to convey, on or before June 30, 1960, by 
quitclaim deed to the city of Philadelphia the real property under his 
jurisdiction located at the Philadelphia Army Base, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately fifty-three and seventy-
five one-hundredths acres together with all appurtenances pertaining 
thereto and all improvements located thereon. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance herein authorized shall be made at the fair 
market value of the property as determined by the Secretary of the 
Army, and shall be made upon such terms and conditions and shall 
include such reservations as the Secretary of the Army shall determine 
to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 3. Within at least thirty days prior to execution of the quit-
claim deed, the Secretary of the Army shall report to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 
his determination of the fair market value of the property authorized 
to be conveyed by section 1. 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
August 25, 1959 
[H. R. 267] 
Public Law 86-187 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States CJode to provide that multiple sclerosis 
developing a 10 per centum or more degree of disability within three years 
after separation from active service shall be presumed to be service connected. 
72 Stat. 1120. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 312(4) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "two" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "three". 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
August 25, 1959 
[H. R. 271] 
Public Law 86-188 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide a further period for 
presuming service connection in the case of veterans suffering from Hansen's 
disease (leprosy). 
Veterans. 
H a n s e n ' s 
dis-
ease. 
72 Stat. 1120. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 312 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately 
below paragraph (4) thereof the following: 
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••'(5) Hansen's disease developing a 10 per centum degree of 
disability or more within three years from the date of separation 
from such service;". 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
Public Law 86-189 
AN ACT 
To designate the dam and reservoir to be constructed on the Pound River near 
Bartlick, Dickenson County, Virginia, as the "John W. Flannagan Dam and 
Reservoir". 
August 2'S, 19S9 
[H. R. 109] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam and 
reservoir to be constructed on the Pound River near Bartlick, Dicken-
son County, Virginia, authorized by section 4 of the Act entitled "An 
Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers 
and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved 
June 28,1938 (52 Stat. 1216; Public Law 761, Seventy-fifth Congress), 
shall be known and designated hereafter as the "John W. Flannagan 
Dam and Reservoir". 
Any law, regulation, map, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States in which such dam and reservoir 
are referred to shall be held to refer to such dam and reservoir as 
the "John W. Flannagan Dam and Reservoir". 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
John W. Flanna-
gan Dam Eind Res* 
ervoir, Va. 
Designation. 
Public Law 86-190 
AN ACT 
To validate and confirm a contract entered into between the United States and 
the town of Bridgeport, Washington. 
August 2;i, 1959 
[H. R. 802] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That the contract 
numbered DA-45-108-ENG-565, entered into on June 15, 1950, 
between the town of Bridgeport, Washington, and the Corps of Engi-
neers, Department of the Army, on behalf of the United States, in 
which the United States agreed to pay for certain municipal services 
furnished by the town of Bridgeport, Washington, is hereby validated 
and confirmed as of June 15,1950. 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
BrldgeportfWash. 
C o n t r a c t 
w i t h 
U. S. 
Public Law 86-191 
AN ACT 
To repeal the Act of August 9, 1939, creating the Louisiana-Vicksburg Bridge 
Oommission. 
August 25, 1959 
[H. R. 1074] 
Be it enxLcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^ssembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act creating the Louisiana-Vicksburg Bridge Commission; 
defining the authority, power, and duties of said commission; and 
authorizing said commission and its successors and assigns to purchase, 
maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near 
Delta Point, Louisiana, and Vicksburg, Mississippi", approved 
August 9,1939 (53 Stat. 1267), is hereby repealed. 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
Repeal.