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 [55 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 611, 612-DEC. 22, 1941 [CHAPTER 6111 AN ACT December 22 1941 [S.20771 Amending the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942, so as to [Public Law 364] provide for agricultural conservation program payments to farmers whose crops have been acquired under the national-defense program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the DepartmentofAgri- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last culture Appropriation Act, 1942, amend- proviso under the head "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land ment. Resources, Department of Agriculture" in the Department of Agri- culture Appropriation Act, 1942 (Public Law 144, Seventy-seventh Ant, p. 436. Congress, approved July 1, 1941), is amended to read as follows: Agricultural conser- "Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, vation program pay- ti program pay- persons who in 1940 and 1941 carried out farming operations as land- lords, tenants, or sharecroppers on cropland owned by the United States Government and who complied with the terms and conditions of the 1940 and 1941 agricultural conservation programs, formulated 49 Sa.t18c. ,590g- pursuant to sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and 590q. Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments, or to retain payments heretofore made, for their participation in said program to the same extent as other Farms acquirednn- producers, and wherever in either of such years the acquisition of perogrnatonadefese title to, or lease of, any farm for use in the national-defense program caused the producers to lose their interest in the crops planted thereon, or the proceeds thereof, prior to the time of harvest, the landlord tenants, and sharecroppers on such farm in such year shall be entitled to apply for and receive the payments which they would have received under the agricultural conservation program for such year if they had been permitted to retain their interest in such crops, or the pro- ceeds thereof, to the extent that it does not clearly appear that in connection with such acquisition full compensation was made for the failure to receive such payments." Approved, December 22, 1941. [CHAPTER 612] AN ACT December 22, 1941N ACT [11.R. 48531 To amend section 4, Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, [Public Law 365] 1939, to authorize hospitalization of retired officers and enlisted men who are war veterans on a parity with other war veterans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Retired war vet- United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of erals. e stat. 1070. Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 38 U. . C. I 706b. 19, 1939, is hereby amended to read as follows: Hospitalization and "SEC. 4. In the administration of laws pertaining to veterans, domiciliary care. retired officers, and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, who served honorably during a war period as recognized by the Veterans' Administration, shall be, and are entitled to hospitalization and domiciliary care in the same manner and to the same extent as veterans of any war are now or may hereafter be furnished hospitalization or domiciliary care by the Veterans' Admin- istration and subject to those provisions of paragraph VI (A) of 38 R-. C. I 724 Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (c), which provide for reduction vet. eg. 6(c). of monetary benefits to veterans having neither wife, child, nor dependent parent while being furnished hospital treatment, institu- tional, or domiciliary care." Approved, December 22, 1941. 850

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