An Act authorizing the Administrator of General Services to convey certain property of the United States to the city of Bonham, Texas
PL 84-586 (H.R.8490), enacted 06/15/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 586-JUNE 15, 1956 
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Marine Corps, 
Lieutenant colo-
Determination of 
numbers* 
(B) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) ; 
(C) adding a new subsection (d) as follows: 
•'(d) Women commissioned in the Regular Marine Corps under the 
provisions of this title shall not have permanent commissioned grade ^^^» and majors, 
on the active list of the Regular Marine Corps above that of lieuten-
ant colonel. The number of women officers on the active list of the 
Regular Marine Corps in the permanent grades of lieutenant colonel 
and major shall not exceed 10 per centum and 20 per centum, respec-
tively, of the number of women officers on the active list of the Reg-
ular Marine Corps in the grades of second lieutenant and above at any 
one time. 
Computations to determine such numbers shall be made at 
such times that the needs of the service require but not less than once 
annually. 
Whenever a final fraction occurs in any computation made 
pursuant to this section, the nearest whole number shall be taken and 
if such fraction be one-half the next higher whole number shall be 
taken. 
Upon determining such numbers, the Secretary of the Navy 
may further determine the number, which may be a lesser number, of 
women officers on the active list of the Regular Marine Corps which 
may serve in each of those grades and the number so further deter-
mined shall be held and considered as the authorized numbers until 
subsequent computations and determinations are made. 
No woman 
officer of the Regular Marine Corps shall be reduced in grade or pay, 
or be separated from the active list, as the result of any such computa-
tion or determination." 
(D) adding the following new subsections: 
"(f) The number to be furnished the appropriate selection board in 
respect to the promotion of women officers of the Regular Marine Corps 
to the grades of lieutenant colonel and major shall be determined by 
the Secretary of the Navy as of the date of the convening of the board 
and shall be equal to the number of vacancies existing for such officers 
in the grade concerned plus the estimated number of such vacancies 
which will occur during the ensuing twelve-month period and minus 
the number of such officers then on the promotion list." 
"(g) Women officers of the grades of captain and first lieutenant in 
the Regular Marine Corps whose names on June 30 of the fiscal year 
in which they complete thirteen and seven years' active commissioned 
service, respectively, in the Regular Marine Corps and Marine Corps 
Reserve are not then on a promotion list for promotion to the next 
higher grade shall be honorably discharged from the Marine Corps 
on that date with a lump-sum payment computed on the basis of two 
months active-duty pay at the time of their discharge for each year 
of commissioned service, but not to exceed a total of two years' pay. 
For the purposes of this subsection a fractional year of six months or 
more shall be considered a full year in computing the number of years' 
commissioned service upon which to base such lump-sum payment." 
Approved June 15, 1956. 
Restriction. 
Promotions. 
Capt a i n s a n d 
first lieutenants. 
Discharges. 
Public Law 586 
CHAPTER 394 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Administrator of General Services to convey certain property 
of the United States to the city of Bonhaui, Texas. 
June 15, 1956 
[H. R. 8490] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, subject to sec-
tion 2 of this Act, the Administrator of General Services is authorized 
and directed to quitclaim to the city of Bonham, Texas, all of the right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land con-
taining twenty-one and nine-tenths acres, more or less, situated in the 
Bonham, 
Texas. 
Conveyance. 
PUBLIC LAW 587-JUNE 15, 1966 
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tions, etc. 
condi* 
Veterans' Administration Center reservation in that city, tRe exact 
legal description of which shall be determined by the Administrator 
of General Services, together with such improvements as are not 
specifically reserved to the Government in the deed of conveyance. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act (1) shall provide 
that the tract of land so conveyed shall be used for recreational pur-
poses, and if it shall ever cease to be used for such recreational pur-
poses the title to such property shall revert to the United States, which 
shall have the immediate right of reentry thereon, (2) shall reserve 
to the United States all mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the 
land so conveyed, and (3) may contain such additional terms, condi-
tions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by the 
Administrator of General Services to be necessary to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
Approved June 15, 1956. 
Public Law 587 
CHAPTER 395 
June 15, 1956 
AN ACT 
—LJ—' ^^ .I-*— To provide for the return of certain property to the city of Biloxi, Mississippi. 
Biloxi, Miss. 
Conveyancea 
Be it eTiacted hy 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 shall con-
vey to the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a tract of land containing one hundred and 
forty-four acres, more or less, one hundred and thirty-nine acres of 
which constitute a portion of land heretofore given to the United 
States by the city of Biloxi, and is located in the Veterans' Admin-
istration reservation in that city. The exact legal description of the 
land to be conveyed shall be determined by the Administrator, and in 
the event a survey is required in order to make such determination, the 
city of Biloxi shall bear the expense thereof. 
SEC. 2. The deed of conveyance authorized under the provisions of 
this Act may contain such terms, conditions, reservations, and restric-
tions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs 
to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States. 
Approved June 15, 1956. 
June 15, 1956 
[H. R. 9358] 
Public Law 588 
CHAPTER 396 
AN ACT 
To require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to issue a deed to the city of 
Cheyenne, Wyoming, for certain land heretofore conveyed to such city, removing 
the conditions and reservations made a part of such prior conveyance. 
Cheyenne, Wyo. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey 
to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for public-park and golf-course pur-
poses, certain land situated within the boundaries of the Veterans' 
Administration center at Cheyenne, Wyoming", approved June 29, 
1948 (62 Stat. 1104; Public Law 831, Eightieth Congress), is amended 
by inserting at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 2. If the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, conveys to the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs by quitclaim deed the parcel of land con-