An Act to amend the act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568), and for other purposes.
PL 84-607 (S.2967), enacted 06/22/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 606-JUNE 21, 1956 
[70 ST A T , 
June 21, 1956 
[H. R. 9838] 
Public Law 606 
CHAPTER 421 
AN ACT 
To authorize transfer of oflScers of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy aud 
Naval Reserve to the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and for other 
purp<jses. 
ical Service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
cotpZ^ ^ " ' ^ * United States of America 
in Congress a^ssemhled., That during a 
Traisfer^o Med- period of iiot iiiore tliaii twelve months after enactment of this Act, 
Muy officer on the active list of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy 
or any officer of the Nurse Corps of the Naval Reserve in a permanent 
grade not above lieutenant who is qualified in one or more of the 
specialties of dietetics, physical therapy, or occupational therapy, may 
be, upon her application, transferred to and appointed in the Medical 
Service Corps of the Regular Navy subject to regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy. 
An officer so transferred shall 
be appointed in her permanent grade with the precedence held by 
her at the time of transfer and upon transfer she may be reappointed 
to a higher permanent or temporary grade which corresponds to a 
higher temporary grade in w^hich she was serving at the time of 
transfer. 
The reappointment in a higher temporary grade of an 
officer so transferred shall be regarded for all purposes as having 
been effected under the same authority of law pursuant to which she 
was serving in a higher temporary grade at time of such transfer. 
The running mate of an officer transferred in accordance with this 
authority shall be, upon transfer, a w^oman line officer or a male 
officer, as the case may be, of the Regular Navy of appropriate 
])recedence assigned by the Secretary of the Navy. 
Officers so trans-
ferred who at the time of transfer had to their credit leave accrued, 
but not taken, shall not, by reason of such transfer, lose such accrued 
leave. 
SEC. 2. All provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted 
relating to authorized grades, distribution in grade, selection for 
promotion, promotion and retirement of women staff officers of the 
Regular Navy appointed pursuant to the Act of June 12, 1948 (62 
Stat. 356, ch. 449), as amended, or the Act of June 24, 1952 (66 Stat. 
155, ch. 457) shall be construed to apply in like manner to officers 
transferred and appointed to the Medical Service Corps under the 
authority of this Act; however, officers transferred and reappointed 
pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to existing provisions of law 
relating to age limitations for appointments. 
SEC. 3. All provisions of law relating to paj, leave, money allow-
ances for subsistence and rental of quarters, mileage and other travel 
allowances, or other allowances, benefits, and emoluments of women 
staff officers of the Regular Navy shall apply to officers transferred 
and appointed to the Medical Service Corps under the authority of 
this Act. 
Approved June 21, 1956. 
Grades and pro-
motion. 
62 Stat. 363. 
34 u s e 
105 et 
aeq. 
34 u s e 21e. 
Limitation. 
Pay, leave, etc. 
June 22, 1956 
[S. 2967] 
Public Law 607 
CHAPTER 425 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568), and for other purposes. 
Sup e r i o r 
N a-
t i o n al 
F o r e s t , 
Minn. 
16 u s e S77c. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That, except as here-
inafter provided, the provisions of the Act approved June 22, 1948 
(62 Stat. 568), are hereby extended and made applicable to the follow-
ing described lands: 
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PUBLIC LAW 607-JUNE 22, 1956 
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Township 61 north, range 6 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 5 to 8, inchisive; west half section 4; west half section 9. 
Township 61 north, range 7 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 12, inclusive. 
Townshif) 61 north, range 8 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 3 to 8, inclusive. 
Township 61 north, range 9 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 12, inclusive. 
Township 61 north, range 10 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1, 2, 11, and 12. 
Township 62 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian: West 
half of section 3; sections 4 to 9, inclusive. 
Township 62 north, range 4 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 6, inclusive; sections 8 to 15, inclusive. 
Township 62 north, range 5 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 24, inclusive. 
Township 62 north, range 6 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 20, inclusive; north half section 21; sections 22 to 24, inclu-
sive ; sections 29 to 32, inclusive. 
Township 62 north, range 7 west, fourth principal meridian: Entire 
township. 
Township 62 north, range 8 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 34, inclusive; north half section 35; north half section 36. 
Township 62 north, range 9 west, fourth principal meridian: Entire 
township. 
Township 62 north, range 10 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 6 inclusive; sections 8 to 17, inclusive; sections 21 to 28, in-
clusive ; sections 33 to 36, inclusive. 
Township 62 north, range 11 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 and 2. 
Township 63 north, range 1 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 4 to 9, inclusive; sections 16 to 21, inclusive. 
Township 63 north, range 2 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 4, inclusive; sections 9 to 16, inclusive; north half of section 
17; north half of section 18; sections 21 to 24, inclusive. 
Township 63 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian: North 
half section 13; north half section 14; north half, southwest quarter 
section 15; sections 16 to 21, inclusive; west half section 22; west half 
section 27; sections 28 to 33, inclusive; west half section 34. 
Township 63 north, range 9 west, fourth principal meridian: Lot 
3 section 15; lots 4, 6, 7, 8,10,11 and 12 section 16; lots 6 and 7 section 
19. 
Township 63 north, range 10 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tion 6, north half section 7; lots 7 and 8 section 24; northeast quarter, 
lots 1, 3 and 4, southwest quarter southwest quarter, east half south-
west quarter, southeast quarter section 25; lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, south-
east quarter southeast quarter section 26; lots 3 to 6, inclusive, lot 8, 
southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter section 27; lots 
5 to 8, inclusive, south half section 28; lots 5 to 8, inclusive, south half 
section 29; lots 10 to 14, inclusive, southeast quarter southeast quarter 
section 30; sections 31 to 36, inclusive. 
Township 63 north, range 11 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 4, inclusive; north half of sections 9 to 12, inclusive; lots 
9 to 12, inclusive, section 25; lots 5 and 6, section 26; section 35 except 
lot 3; section 36. 
Township 63 north, range 13 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 5,7, and 18. 
Township 63 north, range 14 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 12,23, and 24. 
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Township 64 north, range 1 east, fourth principal meridian: Lot 
15, section 5. 
Township 64 north, range 1 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 21,22,27,28,33, and 34. 
Township 64 north, range 2 west, fourth principal meridian: South 
half of sections 3 to 6, inclusive. 
Township 64 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian: South 
half of sections 1 to 4, inclusive; sections 5 and 6. 
Township 64 north, range 4 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 5, inclusive; sections 8 and 9. 
Township 64 north, range 9 west, fourth principal meridian: North 
half of sections 25 to 30, inclusive. 
Township 64 north, range 10 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 19 to 24, inclusive; north half of sections 25, 26, and 27; sections 
28 to 33, inclusive. 
Township 64 north, range 11 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 8,17,21 to 28, inclusive; sections 33 to 36, inclusive. 
Township 64 north, range 13 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 14 and 23; north half northwest quarter, southwest quarter 
northwest quarter section 26; section 27. 
Township 65 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian: Section 
18. 
Township 65 north, range 4 west, fourth principal meridian: South 
half section 6; sections 7,18,19, and 30. 
Township 65 north, range 5 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 5, inclusive; sections 8 to 17, inclusive. 
Township 65 north, range 12 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 18,19,28,29,30,32, and 33. 
Township 65 north, range 13 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 4 to 9, inclusive; sections 13,14,16,17, and 24. 
Township 65 north, range 14 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 1 to 3, inclusive. 
Township 66 north, range 4 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 4 to 8, inclusive; sections 17 to 20, inclusive. 
Township 66 north, range 5 west, fourth principal meridian: Section 
1; sections 3 to 7, inclusive; sections 10 to 15, inclusive; sections 21 to 
29, inclusive; sections 32 to 35, inclusive; west half section 36. 
Township 66 north, range 14 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 29 and 30. 
Township 66 north, range 15 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 18 and 19; sections 25 to 30, inclusive. 
Township 66 north, range 16 west, fourth principal meridian: Sec-
tions 13, 24, and 25. 
Township 67 north, range 4 west, fourth principal meridian: Entire 
township. 
SEC. 2. With respect to the lands described in section 1 of this Act, 
16 use 577g. 
^Yie second proviso of section 5 of the aforementioned Act of June 22, 
1948 is hereby revised to read as follows: '"''Provided further^ That the 
first payment to the State of Minnesota under the provisions of this 
section shall be due at the close of the fiscal year 1959." 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of the aforementioned Act of June 22, 1948, is 
hereby amended by striking the figure "$500,000" and inserting in 
lieu thereof the figure "$2,500,000''. 
Approved June 22, 1956. 
16 u s e 577h.