An Act to provide for the transfer of the site of the original Fort Buford, N. Dak., to the State of North Dakota
PL 83-409 (H.R.107), enacted 06/18/1954

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PUBLIC L|AW 409-JUNE 18, 1954 
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concerned may be readjusted as necessary to maintain for him the 
precedence evidenced by his position on the appropriate lineal list." 
(b) Adding to section 312 new subsections (1) and (m) as follows: 
"(1) Officers of the grades of lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) 
except lieutenants of the Nurse Corps, who after March 29, 1951, have 
twice been considered for selection for promotions under the Act of 
July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), as amended, and who on the date of 
enactment of this amendatory Act have not been recommended for 
promotion may be honorably discharged from the Navy as soon as 
practicable if they request discharge within a period of six months 
after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act. 
Such officers 
upon discharge pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be 
entitled to receive a lump-sum payment computed as prescribed in 
subsection (h) of this section. 
" (m) The acceptance of a lump-sum payment under subsections (h) 
(1) of this section shall not deprive a person of any retirement 
or 
benefits from the Government to which he would otherwise become 
entitled, but there shall be deducted from such retirement benefits to 
such a person such portion thereof as is attributable to the active service 
in respect of which lump-sum payment shall have been made to him 
under subsections (h) or (1) until the total of the deductions so made 
equals the total of such lump-sum payment." 
(c) Adding to section 314 a new subsection (v) as follows: 
" (v) The provisions of subsection 304 (t) relating to the affirmation 
of temporary appointments made under the Act of July 24, 1941 (55 
Stat. 603), as amended, shall not apply to officers of the Marine Corps." 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
34 u s e 41 Oj. 
Discharge on re-
quest. 
Lump-sum p a y -
ment. 
34 u s e 626-1. 
Ante, p. 256. 
Nonapplicability. 
Public Law 408 
CHAPTER 312 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of January 6, 1951 (64 Stat. 1221), by authorizing certain 
rehabilitation at the United States Military Academy. 
June 18, 1954 
[S« 3446] 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101, 
title I, of the Act approved January 6, 1951 (64 Stat. 1221), is hereby 
amended by inserting immediately following the words "Facilities for 
Army Field Force stations, $79,722,525" a comma and the following: 
"of which $497,000 shall be available for the repair, rehabilitation, and 
modification of cadet barracks, buildings numbered 737 and 747 at the 
United States Military Academy, New York". 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
Public Law 409 
CHAPTER 313 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transfer of the site of the original Fort Buford, North 
Dakota, to the State of North Dakota. 
June 18, 1954 
[H.R. 107] 
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 the Act of May 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 98; 40 U. S. C. 
440) the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to consent to a grant, 
donation, and conveyance by the North Dakota Rural Rehabilitation 
Corporation to the State of North Dakota, for the use by the North 
Dakota State Historical Society, of that portion of the site of the 
F o r t 
B u f o r d , 
N. Dak. 
Conveyance. 
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Restriction. 
original Fort Buford, North Dakota, which is more particularly 
described as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the east-west quarter line, said point being 
located south eighty-nine degrees fifty-four minutes east two thousand 
three hundred and fifteen feet from the west quarter corner of section 
16, in township 152 north, range 104 west, of the fifth principal 
meridian, Williams County, North Dakota; thence north no degrees 
six minutes east one thousand four hundred feet; thence south eighty-
nine degrees fifty-four minutes east one thousand feet; thence south 
no degrees six minutes west one thousand four hundred feet to the 
quarter line; thence along east-west quarter line north eighty-nine 
degrees fifty-four minutes west one thousand feet to the point of 
beginning, containing thirty-two and fourteen one-hundredtns acres, 
more or less, in said section. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized in the first section shall not be 
made until the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota 
and the North Dakota Kural Rehabilitation Corporation have assented 
thereto. 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
June 18, 1954 
[H. R. 2226] 
Public Law 410 
CHAPTER 314 
AN ACT 
To repeal the provision of the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 662), as amended, 
relating to pay of civilian employees of the Navy Department appointed for 
duty beyond the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^Navy Depart- Uj^ited States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the second 
Employee transit paragraph Under the heading "Emergency Fund, Navy Department" 
^1'A use 506. 
of the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 662), as amended (54 Stat. 383), 
which reads: 
Repeal. 
"The Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, is authorized to pay 
all civilian employees appointed for duty beyond the continental limits 
of the United States, and in Alaska, from the date of their sailing from 
the United States until they report for duty to the officer under whom 
they are to serve, and while returning to the United States by the most 
direct route and with due expedition, compensation at a rate corre-
sponding to their rate of pay while actually employed." is repealed. 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
June 18, 1954 
[H. R. 8487] 
Public Law 411 
CHAPTER 315 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 19, 1948, to provide for censuses of manufactures, 
mineral industries, and other businesses, relating to the year 1954. 
13 u s e 121. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (a) 
of the Act of June 19,1948 (62 Stat. 478), is amended by the addition 
of the following proviso: '"'Provided further, That the censuses of 
manufactures, of mineral industries, and of other businesses, including 
the distributive trades and service establishments, directed to be 
taken in the year 1954 relating to the year 1953, shall be taken instead 
in the year 1955 relating to year 1954". 
Approved June 18, 1954.