An Act to amend section 201 (d) of tine Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for advance payments of certain pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
PL 84-144 (S.804), enacted 07/12/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 143-JULY 11, 1956 
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National e m e r -
gency. 
Cost of surveys. 
training of the National Guard and the Air National Guard and for 
other military purposes, and in the event it shall not be used for such 
purposes title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, 
and, in addition, title to all improvements made by the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts during its occupancy shall vest in the United States 
without payment of compensation therefor. The deed of conveyance 
shall also provide for such reservations and joint use of facilities as 
the Secretary of the Army determines as necessary for the use and 
maintenance of Fort Devens and contain the further provision that 
whenever the Congress of the United States shall declare a state of 
war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state 
of emergency to exist, and upon the determination by the Secretary 
of Defense that the property so conveyed is useful or necessary for 
military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national defense, 
the United States shall have the right without charge to reenter upon 
the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any and 
all improvements made by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for 
a period not to exceed the duration of such state of war or national 
emergency plus six months and upon cessation of such use, such prop-
erty shall revert to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, together 
with any or all improvements thereon and appurtenances appertaining 
thereto. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the con-
veyance authorized herein shall be borne oy the grantee. 
Approved July 11, 1955, 
July 11, 1955 
[S. 1725] 
Public Law 143 
CHAPTER 306 
AN ACT 
To repeal two provisions of law requiring that certain military personnel shall 
be paid monthly. 
10 u s e 861. 
Be it cTiacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1268 
of the Revised Statutes is repealed. 
SEC. 2. The last proviso in subtitle "PAY" of the Act of August 30, 
1890 (26 Stat. 400), is repealed. 
Approved July 11, 1955. 
July 12, 1955 
[S. 804] 
Public Law 144 
CHAPTER 325 
AN ACT 
To amend section 201 (d) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, 
to provide for advance payments of certain pay and allowances of members 
of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. 
Uniformed se 
ices. 
Advance pay. 
Ante, 
p. 19. 
37 u s e 232. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by adding 
at the end of subsection 201 (d) the following provision: "Any pay 
and allowances authorized by this Act which will lawfully accrue to 
members for their return home incident to release from active duty 
or training duty may be paid to such members prior to their departure 
from their last duty station incident to such release, without regard to 
the actual performance of such travel.". 
Approved July 12, 1955,