An Act to approve repayment contracts negotiated with the Hermiston and West Extension Irrigation Districts, Oregon, and to authorize their execution, and for other purposes
PL 83-404 (S.2761), enacted 06/18/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 403-JUNE 18, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
States for a period of at least ninety days at any time on or after 
September 16,1940, and prior to the termination of the Korean conflict 
as determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of 
the Congress, and is honorably discharged from the military or naval 
forces and who makes homestead entry subsequent to such discharge 
shall have the period of such service, not exceeding two years, con-
strued to be equivalent to residence and cultivation upon the land for* 
the same length of time.". 
(b) The proviso at the end of the first section of such Act is amended 
to read as follows: '"''Provided^ That such compliance shall include 
bona fide cultivation of at least one-eighth of the area entered under 
the homestead laws: Provided further^ That no person who has served 
in the military or naval forces of the United States for a period of at 
least ninety days at any time on or after September 16, 1940, and prior 
to the termination of the Korean conflict as determined by Presidential 
proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, and is honor-
ably discharged shall be disqualified from making homestead entry or 
from any other benefits of this Act merely by reason of not having 
reached the age of twenty-one years.". 
(c) Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "ten years" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "fifteen years". 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
June 18, 1954 
[S. 3096] 
Public Law 403 
CHAPTER 307 
AN ACT 
To further amend section 4 of the Act of September 9, 1950, in relation to the 
utilization in an enlisted grade or rank in the Armed Forces of physicians, 
dentists, or those in an allied specialist category. 
Armed 
F o r c e s 
physicians, etc. 
Appointments. 
50 u s e 
a p p. 
454a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (a) 
of section 4 of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 828), as that 
section was amended by section 3 of the Act of June 29,1953 (67 Stat. 
87), is amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof: 
^^Provided^ That any person heretofore or hereafter inducted or 
ordered to active duty under the authority of this Act who fails to 
qualify for, or to accept, a commission or whose commission is ter-
minated may be utilized in his professional capacity in an enlisted 
grade or rank." 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
June 18, 1954 
[S.2761] 
Public Law 404 
CHAPTER 308 
AN ACT 
To approve repayment contracts negotiated with the Hermiston and West 
Extension Irrigation Districts, Oregon, and to authorize their execution, and 
for other purposes. 
Oregon. 
Repayment 
co 
tracts. 
53 Stat. 1192. 
43 u s e 485f. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled, That the repayment 
contracts negotiated as provided in subsection (a) of section 7 of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) by the Secretary of 
the Interior with the Hermiston Irrigation District dated September 9, 
1952, and the West Extension Irrigation District dated September 6, 
1952, are approved and the Secretary is authorized to execute them on 
behalf of the United States.