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[69 Stat. 299]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 299]

69 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 154-JULY 12, 1955

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of Greenwich, Connecticut, lying north of a line extending south 84 degrees 00 minutes and 36 seconds east from a point (365 feet from the northwest corner of the existing Greenwich Harbor bulkhead and pier line) whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers' Harbor Line System are north 6,244.55 and west 377.41 is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable water of, the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. SEC, 2. The line hereinbefore described shall be established as a combined pierhead and bulkhead line of the Greenwich Harbor. SEC. 3. Any project heretofore authorized by any Act of Congress, insofar as such project relates to the above-described portion of the Greenwich Harbor, is hereby abandoned. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. This Act shall become effective when the State Highway Department of Connecticut has completed the dredging to a depth of six feet of a compensating anchorage area of nine-tenths of an acre, to the satisfaction of the Division Engineer of the Corps of Engineers in charge of the locality. Approved July 12, 1955.

Public Law 153

CHAPTER 334

AN ACT To authorize voluntary extensions of enlistments in the Army, Navy, and Air Force for periods of less than one year.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifth paragraph under the heading "Pay, Miscellaneous" of the Act of August 22, 1912 (ch. 335,37 Stat. 331), as amended, is amended by deleting the word "either" and substituting therefor the words "less than one year or for a period of". SEC. 2. The term of enlistment of any enlisted man in the Army and the Air Force may, by his voluntary written agreement, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, be extended for a period of less than one year from the date of expiration of the then existing term of enlistment, and subsequent to said date such enlisted men as extend the term of enlistment as authorized in this section shall be entitled to and shall receive the same pay and allowances in all respects as though regularly discharged and reenlisted immediately upon expiration of their term of enlistment, and such extension shall not operate to deprive them upon discharge at the termination thereof of any right, privilege, or benefit to which they would be entitled at the expiration of the former term of enlistment. Approved July 12, 1955.

Public Law 154

July 12.1955 [S. 1571]

ErtifBti^n'ts! 34 USC i84.'

CHAPTER 335

AN ACT Relating to a constitutional convention in Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to create a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative

ly 12.195 [S. 1633]