An Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a State.
PL 86-184 (S.2099), enacted 08/24/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-185-AUG. 26, 1959 
SEC. 2. Except as may be otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of the Navy such persons shall, as a condition to receiving instruction 
under the provisions of this joint resolution, agree to be subject to the 
same rules and regulations governing admission, attendance, disci-
pline, resignation, discharge, dismissal, and graduation, as cadets at 
the United States Naval Academy appointed from the United States; 
but they shall not be entitled to appointment to any office or position 
in the United States Navy by reason of their graduation from the 
United States Naval Academy. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this pint resolution shall be construed to subject 
such persons to the provisions of section 6959 of title 10 of the United 
States Code. 
Approved August 24, 1959. 
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Conditionii, 
70A Stat. 732. 
Public Law 86-184 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of tlie one hundredth 
anniversary of the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a State. 
August 24, 1959 
[S. 2099] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in commemora- 
c^e^nX^^i^nTiai 
tion of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of West medals. 
Virginia into the Union as a State (which anniversary will be cele-
brated in 1963), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and 
directed to strike and furnish to the West Virginia Centennial Com-
mission not more than two hundred thousand silver medals, one and 
five-sixteenths inches in diameter, with suitable emblems, devices, and 
inscriptions to be determined by the West Virginia Centennial Com-
mission subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The medals shall be made and delivered at such times as may be 
required by the Commission in quantities of not less than two thousand, 
but no medals shall be made after December 31, 1963. The medals 
shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 
3551 of the Revised Statutes. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals 
to be struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture ; including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full payment 
of such cost. 
(b) Upon authorization from the West Virginia Centennial Com-
mission, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in silver 
of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as he 
may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof (including 
labor). 
Approved August 24, 1959. 
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Public Law 86-185 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To designate the lake to be formed by the waters impounded by the Dickinson 
Dam in the State of North Dakota as "Edward Arthur Patterson Lake". 
August 25, 1959 
[S. J. Res. 16] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the lake to be formed p^ttr^on'^L^k'^ 
by the waters impounded by the Dickinson Dam in the State of N. Dak. 
North Dakota shall hereafter be known as "Edward Arthur Patterson 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-186-AUG. 25, 1959 
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Lake", and any law, regulation, document or record of the United 
States in which such lake is designated or referred to shall be held 
to refer to such lake under and by the name of "Edward Arthur 
Patterson Lake". 
Approved August 25, 1969. 
August 25, 1959 
[S. 2210] 
Public Law 86-186 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of the Philadelphia Army Base, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 
P h i l a d e l p h i a 
Army base. 
Disposition. 
Report. 
Be it encwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to convey, on or before June 30, 1960, by 
quitclaim deed to the city of Philadelphia the real property under his 
jurisdiction located at the Philadelphia Army Base, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately fifty-three and seventy-
five one-hundredths acres together with all appurtenances pertaining 
thereto and all improvements located thereon. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance herein authorized shall be made at the fair 
market value of the property as determined by the Secretary of the 
Army, and shall be made upon such terms and conditions and shall 
include such reservations as the Secretary of the Army shall determine 
to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 3. Within at least thirty days prior to execution of the quit-
claim deed, the Secretary of the Army shall report to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 
his determination of the fair market value of the property authorized 
to be conveyed by section 1. 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
August 25, 1959 
[H. R. 267] 
Public Law 86-187 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States CJode to provide that multiple sclerosis 
developing a 10 per centum or more degree of disability within three years 
after separation from active service shall be presumed to be service connected. 
72 Stat. 1120. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 312(4) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "two" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "three". 
Approved August 25, 1959. 
August 25, 1959 
[H. R. 271] 
Public Law 86-188 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide a further period for 
presuming service connection in the case of veterans suffering from Hansen's 
disease (leprosy). 
Veterans. 
H a n s e n ' s 
dis-
ease. 
72 Stat. 1120. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 312 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately 
below paragraph (4) thereof the following: