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 1041 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CHS. 679, 680, 690-DEC. 5, 7, 1942 erty at Tacoma, Washington, for Indian sanatorium purposes, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to those persons, or their heirs, whose names appear on the said roll approved on May 12, 1930, as herein modified, and section 2 of said Act of August 11, 1939, is hereby amended accordingly. Approved, December 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 680] ANT ACT December 5, 1942 To accord free entry to bona fide gifts from members of the armed forces of the [H. R. 7792] United States on duty abroad. [Public Law 790] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe so much of any shipment as does not exceed $50 in value shall be admitted into the United States or its Territories or possessions free of all customs duties, charges, or exactions, or internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation, if there is filed in connection with the entry satisfactory evidence that the articles for which free entry is claimed are bona fide gifts from a member of the armed forces of the United States on duty outside the continental limits of the United States. SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the day following the date of its enactment and before the expiration of six months after the termination of hostilities as determined by proclamation of the President, or by concurrent resolution of the Congress. Approved, December 5, 1942. [CHAPTER 690] AN ACT Providing for the naturalization of certain alien veterans of the World War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a new section is hereby inserted between sections 323 and 324 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise and codify the nationality laws of the United States into a comprehensive nationality code", approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1149): "SEC. 323a. A person who was a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918, or at any time after April 20, 1898, and before July 5, 1902, or who served on the Mexican Border as a member of the regular Army or National Guard from June 1916, to April 1917, who is not an alien ineligible to citizenship who was not at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions, who was not a conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, and who was not at any time during such period or there- after discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his alienage, shall, if he has resided in the United States continuously for at least two years pursuant to a legal admission for permanent resi- dence in lieu of the usual five years' residence within the United States and six months' residence within the State of his residence at the time of filing the petition for naturalization, during all of which Free entry of gifts from members of U. S. armed forces abroad. Maximum value. Effective date; dura- tion. December 7, 1942 [H. R. 4167] [Public Law 791] Nationality Act of 1940, amendlment. Ante, p. 198. 8U.S.C.1724. Naturalizatlon of certain alien veterans. 65714°-43-PT. I 8

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