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64 April 12, 1943 [S. 223] [Public Law 35] Fort Sill, Okla. Exchange of lands. April 12, 1043 -1 I.D31 [Public Law 36l National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, amendment. 55 Stat. 846. 38 U. 8. C., Supp. II, § 802 (d) (1). PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 52, 53 , 56-APR. 11, 12, 1943 [57 STAT. Director on October 27, 1942, which are in conflict with this section are hereby rescinded; and (2) all orders, regulations, and other directives, and all decisions, promulgated or made by virtue of the said Executive order or regulation which are in conflict with this section are hereby rescinded. [Received by the President, Tuesday, March 30, 1943.] [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act, having been pre- sented to the President of the United States for his approval and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [CHAPTER 53] AN ACT To authorize the exchange of lands between the War Department and the Department of the Interior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assenrbled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior that portion of the Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma, now occupied by the Department of the Interior under revocable permit from the Secretary of War dated January 23, 1942, and in exchange therefor the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to transfer to the control and juris- diction of the Secretary of War that portion of the Wichita Moun- tains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, now occupied by the War Depart- ment under permit from the Secretary of the Interior dated October 2, 1941. Approved April 12, 1943. [CHAPTER 56] AN ACT To amend section 602 (d) (1) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 602 (d) (1) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended by section 10 of Public Law 360, Seventy-seventh Congress, December 20, 1941, is amended to read as follows: "(d) (1) Any person ini the active service and while in such service shall be granted such insurance without medical examination and without medical-history statement upon application therefor in writing (made within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act) upon payment of the premi- ums: Prorideed, That after the expiration of such one-hundred-and- twenty-day period any such person may be granted national service life insurance at any time upon application, payment of premiums, and evidence satisfactory to the Administrator showing him to be in good health." Approved April 12, 1943.