An Act to authorize voluntary extensions of enlistments in the Army, Navy, and Air Force for periods of less than 1 year.
PL 84-153 (S.1571), enacted 07/12/1955

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of Greenwich, Connecticut, lying north of a line extending south 84 
degrees 00 minutes and 36 seconds east from a point (365 feet from 
the northwest corner of the existing Greenwich Harbor bulkhead and 
pier line) whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers' Harbor Line 
System are north 6,244.55 and west 377.41 is hereby declared to be 
a nonnavigable water of, the United States within the meaning of 
the Constitution and laws of the United States. 
SEC, 2. The line hereinbefore described shall be established as a 
combined pierhead and bulkhead line of the Greenwich Harbor. 
SEC. 3. Any project heretofore authorized by any Act of Congress, 
insofar as such project relates to the above-described portion of the 
Greenwich Harbor, is hereby abandoned. 
SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. This Act shall become effective when the State 
Highway Department of Connecticut has completed the dredging to 
a depth of six feet of a compensating anchorage area of nine-tenths 
of an acre, to the satisfaction of the Division Engineer of the Corps 
of Engineers in charge of the locality. 
Approved July 12, 1955. 
Public Law 153 
CHAPTER 334 
AN A C T 
July 12.1955 
To authorize voluntary extensions of enlistments in the Army, Navy, and Air 
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Force for periods of less than one year. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifth para- 
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graph under the heading "Pay, Miscellaneous" of the Act of August 
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22,1912 (ch. 335,37 Stat. 331), as amended, is amended by deleting the 
word "either" and substituting therefor the words "less than one year 
or for a period of". 
SEC. 2. The term of enlistment of any enlisted man in the Army and 
the Air Force may, by his voluntary written agreement, under such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, be 
extended for a period of less than one year from the date of expiration 
of the then existing term of enlistment, and subsequent to said date 
such enlisted men as extend the term of enlistment as authorized in this 
section shall be entitled to and shall receive the same pay and allow-
ances in all respects as though regularly discharged and reenlisted 
immediately upon expiration of their term of enlistment, and such 
extension shall not operate to deprive them upon discharge at the 
termination thereof of any right, privilege, or benefit to which they 
would be entitled at the expiration of the former term of enlistment. 
Approved July 12, 1955. 
Public Law 154 
CHAPTER 335 
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Relating to a constitutional convention in Alaska. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to create 
a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative 
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