An Act to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to provide reduced annuities to male employees who have attained age sixty-two, and for other purposes.
PL 87-285 (S.2395), enacted 09/22/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-285-SEPT. 22, 1961 
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Public Law 87-284 
AN ACT 
To authorize the disposition of land no longer needed for the Chilocco Indian 
Industrial School at Chilocco, Oklahoma. 
September 22,1961 
[S.1807] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary 
Jf^if*^^' indi 
of the Interior is authorized to convey, without consideration, to indu8trua° school! 
Charlie Gray, his successors or assi^is, and to Esau Greenwood, his °^l^^^^ c n e -
successors or assigns, respectively, title to the homestead sites within anc^." '^°"'^^y 
the Chilocco Indian Industrial School Reserve that are described 
below when all payments required by their homestead agreements 
have been paid: 
(a) Charlie Gray homestead: Beginning at a point 39 rods south of 
the northeast corner of the northeast quarter section 17, township 
29 north, range 2 east, Indian meridian; thence 24 rods south, thence 
83% rods west, thence 24 rods north, thence 33l^ rods east to point 
of beginning, containing 5 acres. 
(b) Esau Greenwood homestead: Beginning at a point 67 rods 
north of southeast corner of the northeast quarter section 20, town-
ship 29 north, range 2 east, Indian meridian, thence north 20 rods, 
thence west 50 rods, thence south 10 rods, thence east 20 rods, thence 
south 10 rods, thence east 30 rods to point of beginning, containing 
5 acres. 
Approved September 22, 1961. 
Public Law 87-285 
AN ACT 
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to provide reduced annuities to 
male employees who have attained age sixty-two, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 2(a) 3 
of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows: 
"3. Men who will have attained the age of sixty and will have 
completed thirty years of service, or individuals who will have 
attained the age of sixty-two and will have completed less than 
thirty years of service, but the annuity of such men or such indi-
viduals shall be reduced by 1/180 for each calendar month that 
he or she is under age sixty-five when the annuity begins to 
accrue." 
SEC. 2. Section 2(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
amended by striking "three years" and inserting in lieu thereof "one 
year" and by inserting after the word "filed" where it first appears 
the following: ", or in the month prior to her or his marriage to such 
annuitant or pensioner was eligible for an annuity under subsection 
(a) or (d) of section 5 of this Act or, on the basis of disability, under 
subsection (c) thereof". 
SEC. 3. Section 5(1) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the fol-
lowing: ". Where a woman has qualified for an annuity under this 
section as a widow, and marries another employee who dies within one 
year after the marriage, she shall not be disqualified for an annuity 
under this section as the widow of the second employee by reason of 
not having been married to the employee for one year". 
SEC. 4. The amendments made oy this Act shall be effective with 
respect to annuities beginning to accrue in calendar months after the 
calendar month of enactment thereof. 
Approved September 22, 1961. 
September 22,1961 
[S. 2395] 
Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1937, 
amendment. 
Change in bene-
fits. 
73 Stat. 25. 
45 u s e 228b. 
65 Stat. 684. 
45 u s e 228e. 
Effective date. 
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