An Act to relieve certain veterans who relied on an erroneous interpretation of the law from liability to repay a portion of the subsistence allowances which they received under the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944
PL 84-711 (H.R.1761), enacted 07/14/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 711~JULY 14, 1956 
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States of America against 76.15 acres of land, more or less, a certified 
copy of which was recorded on December 21, 1951, in book 6618, page 
839, official records of Alameda County; thence along the northern 
boundary line of the said 76.15 acre parcel south 87 degrees 12 minutes 
43 seconds east, 1,863.14 feet; thence north 2 degrees 47 minutes 17 
seconds east, 309.5 feet; thence north 87 degrees 12 minutes 43 seconds 
west, 1,875.09 feet to the westerly line of said tract 39; thence along 
said westerly line south 0 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds west, 309.73 
feet to the point of commencement, said property containing 13.280 
acres, more or less. 
Easements. 
gj,^ 4. (a) The property authorized to be conveyed to the State of 
California by section 2 of this Act shall be subject to— 
(1) nonexclusive easement for roadway purposes over and 
across a strip of land 75 feet wide, the centerline of said strip of 
land described as follows: 
Commencing at a point on the westerly line of the above-
described parcel, distance thereon north 2 degrees 04 minutes 31 
seconds east 37.50 feet from the southwesterly corner of said par-
cel ; thence south 87 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds east 387.19 feet. 
The easterly terminus of said centerline being distant north 87 
degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds west 452.39 feet from the westerly 
line of Webster Street, as said line was established by the deed to 
the city of Alameda, recorded June 5, 1928, in book 1867, page 
266, official records of Alameda County; 
(2) easement for water pipeline serving the Oakland Quarter-
master Market Center; 
(3) easement for water pipeline serving Estuary Housing 
Project; and 
(4) easement for utility lines lying within the 8.538 acres to 
be conveyed. 
(b) The property authorized to be conveyed to the United States 
by section 3 of this Act shall be subject to a perpetual easement for 
right-of-way 20 feet in width for the construction and maintenance of 
a sewer over and across the herein-described property as condemned 
by the United States of America in action numbered 22606-S had in 
the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of 
California, southern division. The certified copy of the decree of 
condemnation in said action being recorded on June 18, 1943, in book 
4414 of official records of Alameda County at page 13. 
(c) The bearings and distances used in the description of property 
contained in this Act are on the California coordinate system, zone 3. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 711 
CHAPTER 597 
July 14, 1956 
A.N ACT 
[H. R. 1761] 
rp^j relieve certain veterans who relied on an erroneous interpretation of the 
law from liability to repay a portion of the subsistence allowances which 
they received under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. 
Veterans. 
U. C. and Stan-
ce it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That every individual 
ford'u^Ttudent'^' 
who, wliile attending the University of California or Stanford Uni-
p&ymentl':^'"' '*" versity prior to January 1, 1951, was employed by the Veterans' 
Administration as a clinical psychologist trainee, and who, in reliance 
upon interpretations of paragraph 6 of part VIII of Veterans Regu-
38uscch.*^i2A, 
lation Numbered 1 (a) that work performed in excess of twenty hours 
per week was to be considered as irregular and nonscheduled overtime, 
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did not report to the Veterans' Administration income derived from 
work performed for the Veterans' Administration in excess of twenty 
hours per week, is hereby relieved from liability to repay to the United 
States all sums for which he has been held liable arising out of such 
work performed for the Veterans' Administration. 
In the audit and 
settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of 
the United States, full credit shall be given for any amount for which 
liability is relieved by this section. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 
directed to pay, out or any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to each of the individuals described in the first section 
of this Act an amount equal to the sum of all amounts which he has 
repaid to the United States (or which have been withheld by the 
United States from amounts otherwise payable to him, or for his 
benefit) by reason of the liability of which he is relieved hyj the first 
section of this Act: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated 
in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or 
attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such 
claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 
Any person violating the provisions of this Act 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Restrictions. 
Penalty. 
Public Law 712 
CHAPTER 598 
AN ACT 
To relieve the Secretary of the Interior of certain reporting requirements in 
connection with proposed National Park Service awards of concession leases 
and contracts, including renewals thereof. 
July 14, 1956 
[H. R, 3897] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ues of the 
United States of America in Congress assempled, That the second 
paragraph under the heading "National Park Service" in the 
Act of July 31, 1953 (67 Stat. 261, 271) is amended to read as 
follows: "The Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter report in 
detail all proposed awards of concession leases and contracts involving 
a gross annual business of $100,000 or more, or of more than five years 
in duration, including renewals thereof, sixty days before such awards 
are made, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of 
Representatives for transmission to the appropriate committees." 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
N a t i o n a l Park 
Service. 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
16 u s e 17b- 1. 
Public Law 713 
CHAPTER 599 
AN ACT 
To allow the use of certain property in Volusia County, Florida, for civil-defense 
purposes without payment of compensation to the United States. 
July 14, 1956 
[H, R. 5657] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, or any condition or restriction placed 
on the real property by the deed given by the United States to the 
Board of Public Instruction of Volusia County, Florida, on May 15, 
1948, which can be found in book 386, page 27 of the public records of 
Volusia County, Florida, such real property may be used for civil-
defense purposes by the Volusia County Civil Defense Control Center 
without the payment of compensation to the United States. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Volusia County,. 
Fla.