Public Law 98. to authorize the apprehension and detention of Insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1904, as amended

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65 Stat. 150 Public Law 98 chapter 277 AN ACT To amend section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, relating to parole of Federal prisoners.July 31, 1951[[H. R. 3455](/us/bill/82/hr/3455)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Title 18, U. S. Code, amendments.[62 Stat. 854](/us/stat/62/854). That section 4202 of title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: " “§ 4202. Prisoners eligible “A Federal prisoner, other than a juvenile delinquent or a committed youth offender, wherever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, whose record shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, may be released on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over forty-five years.

” " Approved July 31, 1951. Public Law 99: To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of Insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1904, as amended. Public Law 99 Public Law 99 65 Stat. 150 1951-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 99 chapter 282 AN ACT To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of Insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1904, as amended.August 1, 1951[[S. 263](/us/bill/82/s/263)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Insane persons, commitment, etc.

That section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1904, as amended (sec. [33 Stat. 318](/us/stat/33/318).21–330, D. C. Code, 1940 edition), is hereby amended to read: " “That for the purpose of this Act no certificate as to the sanity orValidity of certificate. the insanity of any person shall be valid which has been issued

(a)by a physician who has not been regularly licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia, unless he be a commissioned surgeon of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service, or a physician employed by the Veterans’ Administration; or

(b)by a physician who is related by blood or by marriage to the person whose mental condition is in question. No certificate alleging the insanity of any person shall be valid, which has been issued by a physician who is financially interested in the hospital or asylum in which the alleged insane person is to be confined; nor, except in the case of physicians employed by the United States or the District of Columbia, shall any such certificate be valid which has been issued by a physician who is professionally or officially connected with such hospital or asylum.” " Approved August 1, 1951. Public Law 100: To permit the exchange of land belonging to the District of Columbia for land belonging to the abutting property owner or owners, and for other purposes. Public Law 100 Public Law 100 65 Stat. 150 1951-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 100 chapter 283 AN ACT To permit the exchange of land belonging to the District of Columbia for land belonging to the abutting property owner or owners, and for other purposes.August 1, 1951[[S. 673](/us/bill/82/s/673)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Exchange of land. That where two lots 65 Stat. 151 or parcels of land abut each other and one of such lots or parcels belongs to the District of Columbia, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, are hereby authorized and empowered, when in their judgment and discretion it is for the best interest of the District of Columbia, to exchange such District-owned land, or part thereof, for the abutting lot or parcel of land, or part thereof: *Provided*, That no such exchange shall be made unless the commissioners of said District shall, thirty days prior thereto, publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the said District a notice of their intention to make such exchange and such notice shall include a description by lot or parcel number or otherwise of all lots or parcels to be exchanged and the appraised value thereof. The said commissioners are hereby authorized to execute a proper deed of conveyance for the land belonging to the District to be conveyed and to accept a proper deed of conveyance from the owner of such abutting real estate. If, in the opinion of the Commissioners, the value of the land to be conveyed to the District is in excess of the value of the land to be conveyed by the District, the Commissioners are authorized to pay, within the limitation of appropriations therefor, to the abutting property owner the amount of such excess as determined by the commissioners, on the basis of an appraisal, and. if the value of the land to be conveyed by the District is in excess of the value of the land to be conveyed to the District, the Commissioners shall require the abutting property owner to pay such excess as determined by the Commissioners, on the basis of an appraisal, as part of the consideration for the said exchange. Approved August 1, 1951. Public Law 101: To amend the existing law to provide the privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium-term policies of United States Government life insurance. Public Law 101 Public Law 101 65 Stat. 151 1951-08-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 101 chapter 286 AN ACT To amend the existing law to provide the privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium-term policies of United States Government life insurance.August 2, 1951[[H. R. 1072](/us/bill/82/hr/1072)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, amendment.[57 Stat. 41](/us/stat/57/41).[38 U. S. C. § 512](/us/usc/t38/s512). That the second proviso of the first paragraph of section 301 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: “*Provided further*, That at the expiration of any five-year period a five-year level-premium-term policy may be renewed for a successive five-year period at the premium rate for the attained age without medical examination.” Approved August 2, 1951. Public Law 102: To amend section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1423), as amended, so as to provide that a mess operated under the direction of a Supply Corps officer can be operated either on a quantity or on a monetary-ration basis. Public Law 102 Public Law 102 65 Stat. 151 1951-08-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 102 chapter 287 AN ACT To amend section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1423), as amended, so as to provide that a mess operated under the direction of a Supply Corps officer can be operated either on a quantity or on a monetary-ration basis.August 2, 1951[[H. R. 1201](/us/bill/82/hr/1201)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Navy ration. That section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to effect needed changes in the Navy ration”, approved March 2, 1933 (47 Stat. 1423), as amended, is further[34 U. S. C. § 902d](/us/usc/t34/s902d). amended by striking out the words “limit of the cost of rations on destroyers, submarines, mine sweepers, tugs, aircraft., and other vessels and stations subsisted under the direction of commanding officers” and substituting in lieu thereof the words “monetary limit of the cost of 65 Stat. 152 ration aboard such ships and at such stations where in his opinion it is not desirable to administer the mess under the quantity allowances [34 U. S. C. § 902a](/us/usc/t34/s902a).stated in section 1”. Approved August 2, 1951. Public Law 103: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in certain lands in Klamath County, Oregon, and for other purposes. Public Law 103 Public Law 103 65 Stat. 1951-08-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 103 chapter 288 AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in certain lands in Klamath County, Oregon, and for other purposes.August 2, 1951[[H. R. 3018](/us/bill/82/hr/3018)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Klamath Falls.Oreg. Conveyance. That

(a)the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to the following-described land in Klamath County, Oregon:

(1)The right-of-way for the A–3-n lateral from the central quarter corner of section 22, township 39 south, range 9 east, Willamette meridian, to a point one thousand three hundred and thirty-six feet east of said quarter corner, as acquired from Charles E. Worden on August 6, 1912, and recorded on page 83, volume 38, of deed records of Klamath County, Oregon, and from E. E. Henry on December 27, 1912, and recorded on page 33 of volume 38 of deed records in Klamath County, Oregon.

(b)There shall be reserved to the United States, in the conveyance of the above-described lands, rights of ingress and egress over roads in the above-described lands serving buildings or other works operated by the United States or its successors or assigns in connection with the Klamath project. There shall be further reserved in said lands all rights-of-way for water lines, sewer lines, telephone and telegraph lines, power lines, and such other utilities as now exist, or may be or become necessary to the operation of said Klamath project. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to relinquish and surrender to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United States in the right-of-way for the 1-E drain over and across the southwest quarter northeast quarter and the east half southeast quarter of section 22, township 39 south, range 9 east, Willamette meridian, and the west half southwest quarter of section 23 of aforesaid township and range, as described in the easements from Ernest J. Lang and Mary J. Lang, dated August 28, 1918, and from John N. Moore and Frances Moore, dated November 15, 1915, and from Mary L. Moore, dated October 27, 1918, recorded respectively, on page 430 of volume 49, page 235 of volume 45, and page 393 of volume 49 of deed records of Klamath County, Oregon. Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, a perpetual easement for highway purposes over a strip of land one hundred feet in width, or as near to that width as is practicable, immediately adjacent and parallel to the west boundary line of the existing Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way across the south half northwest quarter and the northeast quarter southwest quarter of section 22, township 39 south, range 9 east, Willamette meridian. Such easement shall be subject to the prior right of the United States to construct, operate, and maintain ditches and canals, telephone, telegraph, and power transmission and distribution lines along and across said strip of land. 65 Stat. 153 Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directedCancellation of unaccrued construction charges. to cancel all unaccrued construction charges amounting to $19,590 against seven hundred eleven and fifty-five one-hundredths acres of class 5 land in sections 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27, township 39 south, range 9 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, within the boundaries of the Klamath Irrigation District, being utilized by the city of Klamath Falls as a municipal airport, and to reduce by that amount the obligation of the Klamath Irrigation District under its contract with the United States of America of July 6, 1918, as amended; and to retain on behalf of the United States of America the accrued construction charges, amounting to $11,733.27, which have been paid on said seven hundred eleven and fifty-five one-hundredths acres of class 5 lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. Sec. 5. The conveyances authorized in sections 1, 2, and 3 hereofRestrictions. and the cancellation authorized in section 4 hereof shall not be made until and unless—

(a)all of the lands within the Klamath Falls Municipal Airport, and also a strip of land thirty feet wide being the north thirty feet of the south half of the southwest quarter of section 15, township 39 south, range 9 east, Willamette meridian, lying within the territorial limits of the Klamath Irrigation District have been duly excluded from said district; and

(b)the aggregate of the sums payable on account of construction charges with respect to classes 1 to 4 lands owned by the city of Klamath Falls within the boundaries of the Klamath Falls Municipal Airport, and the aggregate of the sums due and unpaid as of the date upon which the class 1 to 5 lands included within the boundaries of the Klamath Falls Municipal Airport and the above-described thirty-foot strip are excluded from said District, on account of operation and maintenance charges against said lands have been paid to the United States. Amounts so received by the United States shall be credited against the obligation of the Klamath Irrigation District under its contract with the United States of America of July 6, 1918, as amended. Approved August 2, 1951. Public Law 104: To amend subsection 602

(f)of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, to authorize renewals of level premium term Insurance for successive five-year periods. Public Law 104 Public Law 104 65 Stat. 153 1951-08-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public Public Law 104 chapter 289 AN ACT To amend subsection 602

(f)of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, to authorize renewals of level premium term Insurance for successive five-year periods.August 2, 1951[[H. R. 4000](/us/bill/82/hr/4000)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, amendment.[54 Stat. 1009](/us/stat/54/1009).[38 U. S. C. § 802](/us/usc/t38/s802). That the first proviso of subsection

(f)of section 602 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: “*Provided*, That at the expiration of any term period any national service life insurance policy which has not been exchanged or converted to a permanent plan of insurance, may be renewed as level premium term insurance for a successive period of five years at the premium rate for the then attained age without medical examination, provided the required premiums are tendered prior to the expiration of such term”. Approved August 2, 1951. Public Law 105: To provide that children be committed to the Board of Public Welfare in lieu of being committed to the National Training School for Girls; that the property and personnel of the National Training School for Girls be available for the care of children committed to or accepted by the Board of Public Welfare; and for other purposes. Public Law 105 Public Law 105 65 Stat. 154 1951-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-19 82 1 public

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