An Act to amend the Army-Navy Medical Services Corps Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 734), as amended, so as to authorize the appointment of a Chief of the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and for other purposes
PL 83-618 (H.R.2224), enacted 08/23/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 618-AUG. 23, 1954 
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Public Law 617 
CHAPTER 786 
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A C T 
August 21, 1954 
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property to the town of Beaufort, 
[H. R. 9406] 
North Carolina. 
Beaufort, N. C. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey to 
the town of Beaufort, North Carolina, upon payment by such town 
of $1, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in such town, 
bounded and particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point which is south twenty-three degrees twenty 
minutes west fifty feet from the center of the Beaufort-Lennoxville 
Road, which point also is north sixty-six degrees fifty-five minutes 
west fifty feet from the center line of the road connecting Front Street 
and Lennoxville Road, and running thence north sixty-six degrees 
fifty-five minutes w^est one hundred and fifty feet; thence south 
twenty-three degrees twenty minutes west four hundred sixteen and 
seven-tenths feet, more or less, to the high-water line of Taylor's Creek; 
thence southeastwardly, with and along the high-water line of Tay-
lor's Creek one hundred fifty and five-tenths feet, more or less, to a 
point fifty feet in the direction north sixty-six degrees fifty-five min-
utes west from the center line of the road connecting Front Street and 
the Lennoxville Road projected to Taylor's Creek; thence north 
twenty-three degrees twenty minutes east four hundred forty-tw^o 
and four-tlnths feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, excepting 
from the foregoing description that portion of Front Street embraced 
therein, the same being described as follows: Beginning at a point 
which is south twenty-three degrees twenty minutes west three hun-
dred ninety-two and four-tenths feet from the center line of the Beau-
fort-Lennoxville Road, w^hich point also is north sixty-six degrees 
fifty-five minutes west fifty feet from the center line of the road con-
necting Front Street and Lennoxville Road, and runs thence north 
sixty-one degrees twenty-five minutes west one hundred fifty and 
five-tenths feet; thence south twenty-three degrees twenty minutes 
west sixty feet; thence south sixty-one degrees twenty-five minutes east 
one hundred fifty and five-tenths feet; thence north twenty-three 
degrees twenty minutes east sixty feet to the point of beginning, being 
show^n on map entitled "Property of United States Coast Guard and 
or United States Navy Department, Beaufort, North Carolina." 
Approved August 21, 1954. 
Public Law 618 
CHAPTER 822 
AN A C T 
August 23, 1954 
To amend the Army-Xavy Medical Services Corps Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 734), 
[H. R. 2224] 
as amended, so as to authorize the appointment of a Chief of the Medical Serv-
ice Corps of the Navy, and for other purposes. 
Navy. 
61 Stat. 738. 
34 u s e 30j. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemNed^ That the Army-
Navy Medical Services (yorps Act of 1947, as amended, is further 
amended by adding to title I I the following new section: 
"SEC. 208. (a) There shall be a Chief of the Medical Service Corps, 
chief. Medical 
appointed by the Secretary of the Navy upon recommendation of the ^%'poimmTnt. 
Surgeon General of the Navy, for a term of not more than four years, 
from among officers of the active list of that corps of the permanent 
rank of lieutenant commander or above, to serve at the pleasure of the 
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Secretary. While so serving the officer shall have the rank of captain 
in the Navy and shall receive the pay and allowances now or hereafter 
prescribed by law for that rank and his permanent status as a com-
missioned officer of the Medical Service Corps shall not be disturbed 
by reason of such appointment. 
Retired pay. 
"(b) j^j-^ officer of the Mcdical Service Corps who is retired for any 
reason while serving as Chief of the Medical Service Corps, or who 
having so served for two and one-half years or more is subsequently 
retired while serving in a lower grade, may, in the discretion of the 
President, be retired with the rank held by him while serving as Chief 
of the Medical Service Corps and with retired pay based on the active-
duty pay of that rank." 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
Public Law 619 
CHAPTER 823 
August 23, 1954 
AN ACT 
[H- ^- ^280]— rp^ extend temporarily the rights of priority of nationals of Japan and certain 
nationals of Germany with respect to applications for patents. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
German Sationalsf United /States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That the rights of 
Patents. 
priority specified in section 1 of Public Law 690, Seventy-ninth 
Congress, approved August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 940), which arose before 
April 1, 1950, are hereby extended, with respect to inventions made 
subsequent to January 1, 1946, in favor of nationals of Japan, and of 
nationals of Germany, excluding persons residing in or suLject to the 
jurisdiction of the zone of Germany occupied by the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics, the Soviet sector of Berlin or other areas of 
Germany under Soviet or Polish administration, to a date nine months 
after the enactment of this Act, subject to the conditions and limita-
tions specified in sections 1, 4, 10, 12, and 15 of said Public Law 690. 
For the purpose of this Act, the phrase "passage of this Act" in 
said Public Law 690 shall be understood to refer to the date of 
enactment of the present Act. 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
August 23, 1954 
Public Law 620 
CHAPTER 824 
AN ACT 
agust 23, 1954 
[R. R. 6885] 
To amend section 1 of Joint Resolution 12 enacted by the Twenty-tifth Legislature 
of the Territory of Hawaii, in tiie regular session of 1949 and approved by the 
Eighty-first Congress of the United States of America at the second session 
(Public Law 746, chapter 833). 
Hawaii. 
H o m e s t e ad 
Be it enacted hy the Senate atid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of 
leases"'"""'" °" Joint Resolution 12 enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of 
Hawaii in the regular session of 1949 and approved by the Eighty-first 
Congress of the United States of America, at the second session, 
64 Stat. 572. 
Public Law 746, chapter 833, be amended as follows: 
"SECTION 1. A fee simple patent shall be issued to every lessee under 
a nine hundred and ninety-nine year homestead lease of public lands 
where such lands have been improved under such lease or pursuant to 
a prior certificate of occupation and have been occupied as a place of 
residence by the lessee under such lease or under such lease and certifi-
cate of occupation for an aggregate continuous period of not less than 
ten years, upon the payment to the commissioner of public lands of a