An Act to make retrocession to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of jurisdiction over certain land in the vicinity of Fort Devens, Mass
PL 84-72 (H.R.3825), enacted 06/15/1955

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25 per centum of said sums for rural electrification loans may be 
employed in any one State or in all of the Territories." 
SEC. 2. Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "10 per 
centum" and inserting "25 per centum". 
Approved June 15, 1955. 
June 15. 1955 
[S. 4143 
Public Law 71 
CHAPTER 140 
AN ACT 
To authorize an examination and survey of the coastal and tidal areas of the 
eastern and southern United States, with particular reference to areas where 
severe damages have occurred from hurricane winds and tides. 
Hurricanes. 
Survey. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in view of the 
severe damage to the coastal and tidal areas of the eastern and south-
ern United States from the occurrence of hurricanes, particularly the 
hurricanes of August 31, 1954, and September 11, 1954, in the New 
England, New York, and New Jersey coastal and tidal areas, and the 
hurricane of October 15,1954, in the coastal and tidal areas extending 
south to South Carolina, and in view of the damages caused by other 
hurricanes in the past, the Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with 
the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal agencies concerned 
with hurricanes, is hereby authorized and directed to cause an ex-
amination and survey to be made of the eastern and southern seaboard 
of the United States with respect to hurricanes, with particular refer-
ence to areas where severe damages have occurred. 
SEC. 2. Such survey, to be made under the direction of the Chief 
of Engineers, shall include the securing of data on the behavior and 
frequency of hurricanes, and the determination of methods of fore-
casting their paths and improving warning services, and of possible 
means of preventing loss of human lives and damages to property, 
with due consideration of the economics of proposed breakwaters, sea-
walls, dikes, dams, and other structures, warning services, or other 
measures which might be required. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved June 15, 1955. 
June 15, 1955 
[H. R. 3825] 
Public Law 72 
CHAPTER 141 
AN ACT 
To make retrocession to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of jurisdiction 
over certain land in the vicinity of Fort Devens, Massachusetts. 
Massachusetts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembJed, That the United 
1 J^^«"*i*="'»" °^ States hereby makes retrocession to the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts of concurrent jurisdiction over the following-described land: 
Parcel "A": A parcel of land in the tow^n of Harvard, comprising 
a portion of the original reservation of Fort Devens, shown on sheet 
numbered 1 of a plan on file in the Office of the Corps of Engi-
neers, New England Division, at Boston, Massachusetts, as number 
MED-PA-638, dated May 1946, said parcel being located in the 
northernmost portion of said original reservation and being bounded 
and described as follows: 
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Beginning at a stone bound in the boundary line of the aforesaid 
reservation marking a point of curvature in the southerly location 
line of the right-of-way of the Fitchburg and Leominster Street Rail-
way and extending thence by said boundary southeasterly by a curve 
to the left of 1,025,00 feet radius 222.45 feet to a point; thence leaving 
said boundary line and extending north 83 degrees 32 minutes 58 
seconds west 520.53 feet to a point on the dividing line between the 
towns of Harvard and Shirley as approximately located by the Nashua 
River; thence following said dividing line north 55 degi'ees 52 minutes 
17 seconds east 110.22 feet to the aforesaid boundary line; thence 
returning by said boundary line south 71 degrees 6 minutes 53 seconds 
east 221.30 feet to the point of beginning; containing about 15,000 
square feet. 
Parcel " B " : A parcel of land in the town of Shirley, comprising 
a portion of tract numbered 201, shown on sheet numbered 1 of a 
j)lan on file in the Office of the Corps of Engineers, New England 
Division, at l^oston, Massachusetts, as Number NED-PA-638, dated 
May 1940, said parcel being located in the northeasterly corner of 
said tract and being bounded and described as follows: 
Beginning at a stone bound marking the northeasterly corner of the 
boundary line of said tract and extending thence by said boundary line 
^outh 27 degrees 36 minutes 2 seconds east 55.34 feet; thence leaving 
said boundary line and extending south 67 degrees 31 minutes 31 
seconds west 619.41 feet to a point again on said boundary line; thence 
returning by said boundary line north 62 degrees 23 minutes 58 seconds 
east 616.93 feet to the point of beginning; containing about 17,070 
square feet (the above-described parcels of land being the same parcels 
covered by a grant from the Secretary of War to the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, dated June 18, 1947, authorized by the Act of Con-
gress approved July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. 104)). 
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Parcel "C": A parcel of land comprising a portion of the Fort 
Devens Reservation, bounded and described as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the westerly boundary of said reservation 
(in the town of Lancaster) at bound numbered 39 thereof, and 
extending thence (along said boundary between said bound numbered 
39 and bound numbered 40) north 60 degrees 32 minutes 27 seconds 
east 623.39 feet; thence leaving said boundary and extending (partly 
in Lancaster and partly in Harvard) south 79 degrees 15 minutes 41 
seconds east 1,074.93 feet; thence in Harvard north 48 degrees 32 
minutes 49 seconds east 368.43 feet; thence north 23 degrees 41 minutes 
23 seconds east 375.84 feet; thence south 73 degrees 6 minutes 56 seconds 
east 90.00 feet; thence south 3 degrees 1 minute 55 seconds east 502.16 
feet; thence south 15 degrees 29 minutes 11 seconds east 533.03 feet; 
thence south 51 degrees 39 minutes 51 seconds east 496.49 feet; thence 
south 79 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds east 5,656.00 feet; thence by 
a curve to the left of 2,400.29 feet radius 524.96 feet to a point on the 
northwesterly location line of the right-of-way of the Boston and 
Maine Railroad (Worcester to Aver); said right-of-way location line 
also marking the easterly boundary of the aforesaid Camp Devens 
Military Reservation, and said point bearing north 6 degrees 40 
minutes 47 seconds east and being 101.06 feet distant from station 
1314+79.63 of the base line of said railroad right-of-way; thence 
following said railroad location line southwesterly by a curve to the 
left, as shown on plan, of 1,951.33 feet radius 5.87 feet; thence south 
30 degrees 45 minutes 59 seconds west 151.40 feet, north 59 degrees 
14 minutes 1 second west 16.50 feet and south 30 degrees 45 minutes 
59 seconds west 85.78 feet; thence leaving said railroad location line 
and returning westerly by a curve to the right of 2,600.29 feet radius 
423.91 feet; thence north 79 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds west 
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6,534.00 feet; thence (partly in Harvard and partly in Lancaster) 
south 67 degrees 1 minute 10 seconds west 1,415.90 feet; thence (in 
Lancaster) north 47 degrees 47 minutes 4 seconds west 949.51 feet 
to a point on the aforesaid westerly boundary of Fort Devens Military 
Reservation, on the line between bounds numbered 37 and 38 thereof; 
thence by said boundary line north 70 degrees 11 minutes 26 seconds 
east 202.26 feet to the said bound numbered 38, and thence north 4 
degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds w^est 503.20 feet to the point of begin-
ning above described, at the aforesaid bound numbered 39. 
The area of the above-described parcel is 91.20 acres of which 43.77 
acres are in Lancaster and 47.43 acres are in Harvard. 
The above-described parcel is shown on a plan signed by P. H. 
Kitfield, chief engineer, and entitled, "The Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts Plan of Land in the Towns of Lancaster and Harvard, Wor-
cester County, in Which an Easement for Highway Purposes Is To 
Be Conveyed to the Commonwealth by the United States of America. 
Scale: 100 feet to the inch." 
(The above-described parcel of land 
being the same parcel covered by grant from the Secretary of the 
Army to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dated May 22, 1950, 
authorized by section 7 of the Act of Congress approved July 24, 
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1946 (60 Stat. 643). 
Effectivity. 
SEC. 2. The retrocession of jurisdiction herein contained shall take 
effect upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Approved June 15, 1955. 
Public Law 73 
CHAPTER 142 
AN ACT 
June 15, 1955 
[H. R. 4294] 
To amend section 640 of title 14, United States Code, concerning the interchange 
of supplies between the Armed Forces. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ojssembled^ That section 640 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting the term "Air 
Force," immediately after the term "Navy,". 
Approved June 15, 1955. 
Public Law 74 
CHAPTER 143 
June 15. 1955 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 4725] 
To rei>eal secti(jns 452 and 462 of the Internal Kevenue Code t)f 1954. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SECTIONS 452 AND 462. 
68AStat. 152. 
(j^) PREPAID INCOME.—Sectiou 452 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954 is hereby repealed. 
68AStat. 158. 
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RESERVES FOR ESTIMATED EXPENSES, E T C . 
ScctioU 462 of t h e 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are 
hereby amended as follows: 
68Astat. 127. 
(1) Subsectiou (c) of sectiou 381 is amended by striking out 
paragraph (7) (relating to carryover of i)repaid income in certain 
corporate acquisitions). 
63 Stat. 546.