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16 U. S .. iC391- 394; Supp. V, § 391b. Description. Transfer provision. July 18, 1940 [. 458] [Public, No. 746] Provisional, etc., officers of World War. Disability retire- ment. 45 Stat. 735. .8U. ..§.581, 582. 48 Stat. 10. 38U.S.C. §710. Filing of applica- tion. Proviso. Benefits, date effec- tive. July 18, 1940 [S. 3131] [Public, No. 747] Extension of certain benefits to members of Officers' Reserve Corps, etc. 39 Stat. 742 . 6U.S.C., ch.15; Supp. V, ch. 15 . PUBLIC LAWS--CS . 630 , 632 , 633-JULY 16, 18 , 1940 [54 STAT. in the Hawaii National Park, created by the Act of August 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 432), as amended, and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a place called Na Puu O na Elemakule located at the southeastern corner of the Hawaii National Park, said point being marked by a triangle on a large flat stone, thence by azimuth (measured clockwise from true south) and distances as follows: Eighty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty seconds, three thou- sand three hundred feet along the southern boundary of Hawaii National Park; one hundred and seventy-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes thirty seconds, fourteen thousand five hundred and fifty feet over and across Pali to a point on Kau Desert Plateau; two hundred and forty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes no seconds, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty feet to a point located above Hilima Pali; three hundred and fifty-nine degrees twenty-seven min- utes thirty seconds, twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety feet more or less to high-water line; thence in southwesterly direction along the high-water line to the point of beginning; containing an area of six thousand four hundred and fifty acres, more or less; there shall be withdrawn from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of War so much thereof as may be agreed upon between the Secretaries of War and Interior for use as an Air Corps bombing target range, and for such other military purposes and uses as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Approved, July 16, 1940. [CHAPTER 632] AN ACT Extending the benefits of the Emergency Officers' Retirement Act of May 24, 1928, to provisional, probationary, or temporary officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who served during the World War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of the Act of May 24, 1928, (Public, Numbered 506, Seventieth Con- gress), subject to the limitations contained in section 10 of the Act of March 20, 1933 (Public Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress) as now or hereafter amended are hereby extended to provisional, probationary, or temporary officers of the military or naval forces or Coast Guard, who served subsequent to April 6, 1917, and who are now in a status of honorable separation from the military, naval, or Coast Guard Service, if application for such benefits is filed with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs within twelve months after the passage of this Act: Provided,That the benefits under this Act shall take effect from the date of application, if approved. Approved, July 18, 1940. [CHAPTER 633] AN ACT To extend the benefits of the United States Employees' Compensation Act to members of the Officers' Reserve Corps and of the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army who were physically injured in line of duty while performing active duty or engaged in authorized training between dates of February 28, 1925, and July 15, 1939, both inclusive, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where in time of peace any member of the Officers' Reserve Corps or of the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army was physically injured in line of duty