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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 173, 174-MAR. 9, 1942 tion, in separate fiscal years, of each of their first three periods of active duty training of three months or less, following their original appointment." SEC. 2 . Any person originally commissioned below the grade of major, on or subsequent to September 26, 1941, an officer in the Army of the United States or in any component thereof, except the Army Nurse Corps, from any source except graduates of the United States Military Academy, shall be entitled to an allowance of $150 for uni- forms and equipment, which shall be payable, in the case of an officer of the Regular Army, upon acceptance of such commission, and in the case of other officers, when they shall have been ordered to, found qualified and accepted for active duty in the military service of the United States for a period of more than three months within three years from the date of, and under their respective original commis- sions: Provided, That any officer of the Officers' Reserve Corps com- missioned prior to September 26, 1941, who has received any allowance under the provisions of the Act of May 14, 1940 (Public, Numbered 511, Seventy-sixth Congress), as originally approved, or who would have been entitled to receive such allowance if he had completed any duty prescribed in the said Act and, in either case, who has not completed his first three periods of active duty training of three months or less in separate fiscal years following his original appointment, shall be entitled to receive the allowance provided in this section, if he has been or shall be ordered to, found qualified, and accepted for active duty for a period in excess of three months under his com- mission: Provided, however, That any sum which shall have been paid to any officer under the provisions of section 1 of this Act or under the provisions of the Act of June 3, 1941 (Public, Num- bered 97, Seventy-seventh Congress), as an allowance for uniforms and equipment shall be deducted from the amount payable to him under this section: And provided further,That payment to any officer of the allowance provided in this section shall disqualify such officer thereafter from receiving the allowance provided in section 1 hereof or section 4 of the Act of June 3, 1941 (Public, Numbered 97, Seventy- seventh Congress). Approved, March 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 174] AN ACT For the relief of Multnomah County, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Multnomah County, Oregon, the sum of $6,370 in full satisfaction of all claims of such county against the United States for taxes assessed by such county for the year 1928 against certain lots, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, block 183, Portland, Oregon, which lots were purchased by the United States after the date of such assessment but prior to the date for collection of such taxes: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 9, 1942. 149 Army of the United States. Allowance for uni- forms and equipment. Provisos. Officers' Reserve Corps. 64 Stat. 212. 10U. S. C. §361b. Post, p. 1039. Deduction of prior allowances. 55 Stat. 239. 10U.S.C., Supp. I, § 304a. Post, p. 650. Disqualification. 55 Stat. 240 . 10U. 8. C., Supp.I, §304a. Post, p. 650. March 0, 1942 [II. It. 962] [Publlic Law 4931 Multnomah Coun- ty, Oreg. Payment to. Proiso.

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