An Act to increase the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service
PL 83-672 (H.R.1843), enacted 08/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 672-AUG. 27, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
Agreements. 
Separability. 
of this Act, or to establish a marketable and recordable title to any 
property disposed of pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 27. The Secretary is authorized to issue rules and regulations 
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, and may, in his discre-
tion, provide for tribal or group referenda on matters pertaining to 
management or disposition of tribal or group assets. 
SEC. 28. Whenever any action pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act requires the agreement of the mixed-blood and full-blood groups 
and such agreement cannot be reached, the Secretary is authorized 
to proceed in any manner deemed by him to be in the best interests 
of both groups. 
SEC. 29. All Acts, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act are 
hereby repealed insofar as they affect the tribe or its members. 
SEC. 30. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the 
Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circum-
stances shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved August 27, 1954. 
Public Law 672 
CHAPTER 1010 
uguBt 27, 1954 
AN ACT 
: 
[H. R. 1843] 
r£Q increase the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service* 
Lighthouse Serv 
ice. 
Retired pay. 
40 Stat. 608. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinhled, That the annual 
rate of retired pay received by any person who was retired on or before 
June 30,1953, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended 
and supplemented (33 U. S. C , sees. 763-765), shall be increased, 
effective on the first day of the calendar month following enactment 
of this Act, by 15 per centum or $264, whichever is the lesser; Pro-
vided, That no retired pay shall be increased to an amount in excess 
of $2,160 by reason of this Act: And provid^^ further, 
That the 
increases provided herein shall terminate, without subsequent resump-
tion, on June 30. 1955. 
Approved August 27, 1954. 
August 27, 1954 
[H. R. 3419] 
Public Law 673 
CHAPTER 1011 
AN ACT 
To authorize a $50 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of 
Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the 
Red Lake Reservation, 
Chippewa I n d i -
ans. 
Per c^ita pay-
ment to Red Lake 
Band. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to withdraw as much as may be necessary 
from the fund on deposit in the Treasury of the United States arising 
from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber within the Red 
Lake Reservation in Minnesota, according to the provisions of the Act 
of May 18,1916 (39 Stat. 137), to the credit of the Red Lake Indians 
in Minnesota, and to pay therefrom $50 to each member of the Red 
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota who is living at the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Such payment shall be made in two 
installments of $25 each, the first to be made within thirty days of 
ratification by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota 
as provided for in section 2 of this Act, the second installment ninety 
days thereafter, and under such other rules and regulations as the 
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.