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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 720, 728, 729-DEC. 11, 14 , 1942 he shall be presumed not to have been duly licensed in accordance with this Act and the burden of proof shall be on the defendant to rebut such presumption. SEO. 15. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such isprabity of pro- provision to any circumstance, shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after its enact- Effective date. ment. SEC. 17. The Act may be cited as the "Opium Poppy Control Act of Short title. 1942". Approved, December 11, 1942. [CHAPTER 728] AN ACT To further amend section 126 of the Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, to authorize travel pay for certain military and naval personnel on discharge or release or relief from active duty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 126 of the Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 217, 10 U. S . C . 752), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding a further proviso at the end of said section to read as follows: ": Providedfurther, That from and after August 27, 1940, upon discharge or relief or release from active duty, an enlisted man inducted into the military or naval service under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or Public Resolution Numbered 96, approved August 27, 1940, shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, shall prescribe, receive the said 5 cents per mile for the distance from the place of discharge or relief or release from active duty to the location of the local board where he first reported for delivery to an induction station in the case of a selectee, or to the home station of the National Guard unit in the case of a National Guard enlisted man, or to the place where he was selected for enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the case of a Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee so inducted: And provided fur- ther, That the enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the Regular Arny Reserve shall receive, upon discharge or relief or release from active duty, the same mileage allowance as herein prescribed, and under the same conditions as herein prescribed for enlisted men inducted into the military or naval service under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, except that the distance for which mileage is computed shall be from the place of discharge or relief or release from active duty to the place from which ordered to active duty. Approved, December 14, 1942. [CHAPTER 729] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to designate the titles of certain offices and departments of instruction at the United States Military Academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe from time to time the titles by which each of the several departments of instruction and offices of professor now or hereafter established at the United States Military Academy shall be known. December 14 1942 [S. 2268s [Public Law 798] Travel pay for cer- tain military and naval personnel. 34U. S. C. §895. Selectees. 54 Stat. 885, 858. 50 U. 8. C., app. § 301-318, 401 -405; upp. I, §§ 302-316, 401. Ante, pp. 369, 386, 724,1018. National Guard. CCC enrollees. Enlisted reserve forces. December 14, 1942 [S. 2422] [Public Law 799] U. S. Military Academy. Titles of depart- ments of instruction, etc. 1049

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