An Act to exempt certain commissioned officers retired for disabilities caused by instrumentalities of war from the limitation prescribed by law with respect to the combined rate of retired pay and of compensation as civilian employees of the Government which retired officers may receive
PL 83-300 (H.R.5959), enacted 02/20/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 300-FEB. 20, 1954 
[68 STAT. 
Public Law 300 
CHAPTER 13 
February 20, 1954 
[H. R. 5959] 
Armed Forces. 
Dual compensa-
tion. 
47 Stat. 406. 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
Effective date. 
AN ACT 
To exempt certain commissioned officers retired for disabilities caused by instru-
mentalities of war from the limitation prescribed by law with respect to the 
combined rate of retired pay and of compensation as civilian employees of the 
Government which retired officers may receive. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in 
section 212 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations 
for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1933, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1932 
(5 U. S. C, sec. 59a (b)), is amended to read as follows: '"''Provided^ 
That this section shall not apply to any regular or emergency commis-
sioned officer retired for disability (1) incurred in combat with an 
enemy of the United States, or (2) caused by an instrumentality of war 
and incurred in line of duty during an enlistment or employment as 
provided in Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part I, para-
graph I". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
take effect as of January 1, 1951. 
Approved February 20, 1954. 
February 27, 1954 
[S. 2689] 
Wright-P atters on 
Air F o r c e Base, 
Ohio. 
Highway j u r i s-
diction. 
Public Law 301 
CHAPTER 33 
AN ACT 
To retrocede to the State of Ohio concurrent jurisdiction over certain highways 
within Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 
Be it enxwted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
granted to the State of Ohio a retrocession of jurisdiction over the 
portions of highways described below within the Wright-Patterson 
Air Force Base to the extent that all laws of the State and all laws 
of the United States shall be applicable thereon and the United States 
and the State shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction thereover: 
(A) State Route Numbered 4, beginning at Huberville, approxi-
mately three thousand feet northeast of the intersection of Harshman-
ville Road with State Route Numbered 4, thence northeast to the 
Greene County and Montgomery County line, the above section of 
road being in Montgomery County, Ohio; 
(B) All that part of State Route Numbered 4 lying between 
the Greene County and Montgomery County line and the Cleveland, 
Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad underpass and being 
within the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base reservation boundaries, 
the above section of road being in Greene County, Ohio; 
(C) Beginning at the point where State Route Numbered 4 passes 
the extreme south corner of the original Wilbur Wright Field bound-
ary, said point being approximately one thousand seven hundred feet 
northeast of Huffman Dam, thence northeasterly to the corporate 
limits of the village of Fairborn, Ohio, the above section of road 
being in Greene County, Ohio; 
(D) State Route Numbered 235, beginning at a point where State 
Route Numbered 235 intersects and crosses an easterly boundary line 
of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said point being approxi-
mately one thousand seven hundred feet north of the intersection of