An Act to retrocede to the State of Virginia concurrent jurisdiction over certain highways within Fort Belvoir, Va.
PL 83-38 (S.1549), enacted 05/27/1953

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"SEC. 204. Except as provided in section 203 and 211 of this title, 
appointment to the grade of nurse in the Regular Navy shall be with 
the rank of ensign or lieutenant (junior grade), and each such appoint-
ment shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of the Navy 
until such time as the appointee has served under such appointment 
for three years from the date of appointment. 
Officers whose appoint-
ments are so revoked shall be discharged from the service without 
advanced pay. 
Appointees shall be female citizens of the United 
States who shall have reached the age of twenty-one years on July 
1 of the calendar year in which appointed. 
No person shall be 
appointed pursuant to this section until she shall have established 
her mental, moral, educational, professional, and physical qualifica-
tions to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy. 
A person 
appointed under this section shall be appointed with the rank of— 
"(1) ensign, if she is not more than twenty-seven years of 
age on the date of nomination by the President and is not quali-
fied for appointment as a lieutenant (junior grade) under clause 
(2); or , 
"(2) lieutenant (junior grade), if she is qualified under regu-
lations issued by the Secretary of the Navy and is not more than 
thirty years of age on the date of nomination by the President. 
The maximum ages specified in clauses (1) and (2) are increased by 
the period of active Federal commissioned service performed after 
December 31, 1947. However, such an age may not be so increased 
by more than five years." 
Approved May 27, 1953. 
34 u s e 43b, 43j. 
Navy nurses, ap> 
p o i n t m e n t rai^, 
etc. 
Restriction. 
Maximum ages. 
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CHAPTER 72 
AN ACT 
To retrocede to the State of Virginia concurrent jurisdiction over certain 
highways within Fort Belvoir, Virginia. 
May 27. 1953 
[S. 1549] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
granted to the State of Virginia a retrocession of jurisdiction over 
portions of highways described below within the Fort Belvoir Military 
Reservation 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: United 
States Highway Numbered 1 between the easterly and westerly 
boundaries of the reservation, Virginia Highway Numbered 617 from 
Accotink to the northwesterly boundary of the reservation, Virginia 
Highway Numbered 618 between United States Highway Numbered 
1 and Virginia Highway Numbered 613, Virginia Highway Numbered 
613 from its intersection with Virginia Highway Numb,ered 611 (also 
known as Telegraph Road) to its intersection with Virginia Highway 
Numbered 618, and over the following area: Beginning at the inter-
section of the center lines of Virginia Highways Numbered 613 and 
617; thence westerly at right angles to the center line of Highway 
Numbered 617, four feet; thence north forty degrees west two hundred 
thirty-two and forty-seven one-hundredths feet to center of bridge; 
thence north fifty degrees east forty-four feet to a point in stream; 
thence south forty degrees east one hundred eighty-eight and forty-
seven one-hundredths feet to a point in Highway Numbered 613; 
thence south five degrees west sixty-two and twenty-three one-
hundredths feet to point of beginning. 
This legislation is to be 
effective only as to those portions of the highways and area indicated 
Ft. Belvoir, Va. 
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herein over which the United States has heretofore acquired exclusive 
jurisdiction and shall not affect portions of such highways and area, 
if any, over which exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction is now vested in 
the State of Virginia. The general location of the numbered highways 
and the bounded area are shown on a map designated: War Depart-
ment, O. C. E., Construction Division, Real Estate, Fort Belvoir 
Layout Map, approved 22 September 1944, Drawing No. MAD 37, 
on file in the Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. 
SEC. 2. The retrocession of jurisdiction provided for in section 1 
of this Act shall take effect upon the acceptance thereof by the Legis-
lature of the State of Virginia. 
Approved May 27, 1953. 
Public Law 39 
CHAPTER 73 
May 27, 1953 
[S. 1528] 
58 Stat. 679. 
50 u s e app. 100 1 
note. 
64 Stat. A454. 
AN ACT 
To continue in effect certain appointments as officers and as warrant officers 
of the Army and of the Air Force. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenwled, That if the appoint-
ment as a commissioned officer or warrant officer of any person who 
is determined, as provided in the Missing Persons Act (56 Stat. 143), 
as amended, to have been in a status of missing, missing in action, 
interned, captured, beleaguered, or besieged at any time after June 25, 
1950, and before the termination of the national emergency proclaimed 
by the President on December 16, 1950 (Proc. 2914, 3 C. F. R. 71), 
would normally terminate before the person holding that appointment 
is released from active duty, the President is authorized to continue 
that appointment in effect until that person is released from active 
duty. 
On or before the date of his release from active duty, any 
such person who agrees in writing to have his appointment 
as a Reserve commissioned officer or a Reserve warrant officer con-
tinued in effect for an indefinite term shall be givpn an indefinite term 
appointment in lieu of the appointment which he holds at that time. 
Approved May 27, 1953. 
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CHAPTER 
74 
May 27, 1953 
[S. 1547] 
AN ACT 
To authorize payment for the transportation of household effects of certain 
naval personnel. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That payment of the 
cost of transportation (including packing, crating, drayage, and un-
packing) of household effects of members of the naval forces, upon 
release from active duty, from their homes of record to places selected 
by such members is hereby authorized to be made from current appro-
priations as may be available for such services and any payments 
representing the cost of such transportation (including packing, crat-
ing, drayage, and unpacking) heretofore made, are ratified and 
approved: Provided, That such transportation shall have been author-
ized prior to June 13,1947, pursuant to duly promulgated regulations 
of the Navy Department: Provided further, That the transportation 
costs authorized to be paid hereunder are limited to the constructive 
costs of transportation from the last duty stations to the homes of 
record. 
Approved May 27, 1953.