An Act to provide for payment for lands heretofore conveyed to the United States as a basis for lieu selections from the public domain, and for other purposes
PL 86-596 (H.R.9142), enacted 07/06/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-596-JULY 6, 1960 
[74 S T A T , 
16 U S C 1, 2-4, 
22, 43. 
Appropriation. 
SEC. 2. (a) The lands acquired under the first section of this Act 
shall be set aside as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of 
the people of the United States, and shall be designated as the 
Arkansas Post National Memorial. 
The Secretary of the Interior 
shall administer the park as a part of the national park system, 
subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 
25,1916 (39 Stat. 535). 
(b) In order to provide for the proper development and mainte-
nance of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and 
maintain therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other 
improvements, and such facilities for the care and accommoda-
tion of visitors, as he may deem necessary. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums, but not more than $125,000, as may be needed for the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests in lands and for development of the 
Arkansas Post National Memorial, of which not more than $25,000 
shall be used for acquisition purposes, and in addition thereto, such 
sums as may be needed for its administration and maintenance. 
Approved July 6, 1960. 
July 6, 1960 
[H. R. 9142] 
Public Law 86-596 
AN ACT 
To provide for payment for lands heretofore conveyed to the United States as a 
basis for lieu selections from the public domain, and for other purposes. 
Interior 
Depart-
ment. 
Payment for cei^ 
tain lands. 
42 Stat. 1017. 
C o n d i t i o n for 
payment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall certify to the General Accounting Office for 
audit the claim of any person who relinquished or conveyed lands to 
the United States as a basis for a lieu selection in accordance with the 
provisions of the fifteenth paragraph under the heading "Surveying 
the Public Lands" in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36), as 
amended and supplemented by the Acts of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 
588, 614), March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1010, 1037), March 3, 1905 (33 
Stat. 1264) and the Act of September 22, 1922 (42 Stat. 1067, 16 
U.S.C. 483), and who has not heretofore received his lieu selection, 
a reconveyance of his lands, or authority to cut and remove timber, 
as provided by law, and there shall be paid to each such person whose 
claim is found to be valid the sum of $1.25 per acre for the lands con-
veyed by him to the United States with interest thereon at the rate 
of 4 per centum per annum, from the date on which application was 
last made by said person for a lieu selection, for reconveyance, or for 
authority to cut and remove timber or, if no such application has been 
made, from the date of this Act. 
Said payment shall be made from 
moneys appropriated under the heading "Claims for Damages, 
Audited Claims, and Judgments," and acceptance thereof shall con-
stitute a full and complete satisfaction of all claims which the per-
son to whom payment is made may have against the United States 
arising from the transaction in connection with which the payment 
is made. No person shall receive, or be entitled to receive, payment 
under this Act except upon demand therefor made in writing to the 
Secretary, or any officer of the Department of the Interior to whom 
the Secretary delegates authority to receive such demand, within one 
year from the date of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) The right to receive payment under this Act shall not be 
assignable. 
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(b) For purposes of payment under this Act, the term "person 
who conveyed lands to the United States" includes (i) the heirs and 
devisees of any such person and (ii) any other person to whom he or 
his heirs or devisees lawfully assigned, before enactment of this Act, 
their right to a lieu selection or a reconveyance, or their right to re-
ceive authority to cut and remove timber. 
If more than one heir, 
devisee, or assignee is entitled to share in a payment to be made under 
this Act, each may individually claim and receive his proper share 
of the total amount of $1.25 per acre, with interest, which is payable 
hereunder. 
(c) No agent or attorney acting on behalf of another to procure a 
payment under this Act shall demand, accept, or receive more than 
10 per centum of the payment made, and any agreement to the con-
trary shall be null and void. 
SEC. 3. The Act of September 22, 1922 (42 Stat. 1017; 16 U.S.C. 
483) is hereby repealed. 
No reconveyance of lands to which section 
1 of this Act applies shall hereafter be made under section 6 of the 
Act of April 28, 1930 (46 Stat. 257; 43 U.S.C. 872). 
SEC. 4. Any land for which the United States makes payment under iand.^^° ^^*'°" °^ 
section 1 of this Act, or any land for which it might make payment 
thereunder upon application by the proper party, but for which no 
demand is made, shall (unless it has heretofore been disposed of by 
the United States) be a part of the national forest, national park, or 
other area within the boundaries of which it is embraced, shall be 
administered as a part thereof, and shall be subject to the laws, rules, 
and regulations applicable to land set apart and reserved from the 
public domain in that national forest, national park, or other area. 
Approved July 6, 1960. 
Public Law 86-597 
AN ACT 
To authorize a continuation of flight instruction for members of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps until August 1,1964. 
July 1, I960 
[H. R. 11787] 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 32 
of the Act of September 2, 1958, Public Law 85-861 (72 Stat. 1564), 
is amended by striking out the words "four years" and inserting the 
words "eight years" in place thereof. 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
R e s e r v e 
Offi-
c e r s ' 
T r a i n i n g 
Corps. 
10 U S C 
4384 
Public Law 86-598 
AN ACT 
To amend section 601 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the furnish-
ing of needed services of optometrists to veterans having service-connected eye 
conditions. 
July 7, I960 
[H. R. 7966] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossembledyThut 
section 601(6) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately 
after "medical examination and treatment," the following: "optom-
etrists' services,". 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
Veterans. 
Eye 
conditions, 
treatment. 
72 Stat. 114 1.