An Act to amend section 1 of the act of March 12, 1914
PL 84-232 (H.R.3338), enacted 08/04/1955

494 
August 4,1955 
[H.R. 3338] 
PUBLIC LAW 232-AUG. 4, 1955 
[69 STAT. 
Public Law 232 
CHAPTER 554 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1 of the Act of March 12, 1914. 
Alaska. 
Railroad l e a s e 
extension* 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the first 
sentence of section 1 of the Act of March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. 305), as 
amended (48 IT. S. C . sec. 301), is amended by striking out "but no 
lease shall be for a longer period than twenty years", and inserting in 
lieu thereof "but no lease of such railroad or railroads shall be for a 
longer period than twenty years and no other lease authorized in this 
Act shall be for a longer period than fifty-five years". 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
August 4, 1955 
CH.R. 4106] 
Public Law 233 
CHAPTER 555 
AN ACT 
To authorize the crediting, for certain purposes, of prior active Federal com-
missioned service performed by a person appointed as a commissioned officer 
under section 101 or 102 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947, as amended, 
and for other purposes. 
A r m y - N a v y 
nurses and medical 
Vecialists. 
Service credits. 
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Effective date. 
Restriction. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,, That sections 101 
and 102 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 41, 42), as 
amended (10 U. S. C. 166,166a), are each further amended by adding 
the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) In determining position on a promotion list, seniority in her 
grade in the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case 
may be, and eligibility for promotion, a person originally appointed 
as a commissioned officer under subsection (c), shall be credited, at 
the time of her appointment, with the active Federal commissioned 
service, after December 31, 1947, which she performed after becom-
ing twenty-one years of age and before her appointment. 
However, 
not more than five years of service may be so credited. 
A person 
originally appointed as a first lieutenant who has not performed 
at least three years of such active Federal commissioned service after 
December 31,1947, shall, for the same purposes, be credited with that 
amount of service. 
Service credited pursuant to this subsection shall 
be in lieu of and not in addition to service credited under section 105 
of this Act." 
SEC. 2. The effective date of the amendments made by section 1 
of this Act is January 1, 1948. No person is entitled to any back 
pay or allowances because of those amendments. 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
August 4. 1955 
[H.R. 4717] 
SagHarbor, N. Y. 
C o n v e y a n c e of 
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Public Law 234 
CHAPTER 556 
AN ACT 
To provide for the release of the express condition and limitation on certain land 
heretofore conveyed to the trustees of the village of Sag Harbor, New York. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army, with respect to the land described in section 2 of this 
Act, is authorized and directed to release by quitclaim deed to the 
village of Sag Harbor, New York, the express condition and limitation