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 LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Public Law 667 --- National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, amendments. AN ACT To amend subsection (3) of section 602 (d) of the Na- tional Service Life Insurance Act, as amended, and for other purposes- -- -- -- 668 --- Disabled American Veterans. AN ACT To amend the Act en- titled "An Act to incorporate the Disabled American Veterans of the World War", approved June 17, 1932, so as to change the name to "Disabled American Veterans", and to extend membership eligibility therein to American citizens, honorably discharged from the active military or naval forces of the United States, or of some country allied with the United States, who have been either wounded, injured, or disabled by reason of such active service during time of war________ 669 -- _ Bridge, Saint Croix River. AN ACT Authorizing the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, jointly or separately, to acquire bridges now existing or to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Croix River, also known as Lake Saint Croix, at or near Hudson, Wisconsin__________ 670 --- Interdepartmental procurement of supplies, etc. AN ACT To amend section 7 (a) of the Act of May 21, 1920 (41 Stat. 613), as amended by section 601 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 417), to authorize interdepartmental procurement by contract, upon orders placed by the War Department, Navy Department, Treasury Department, Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration, and the Maritime Commission- _ _ _ -- - __--- 671 --- Decorations,orders, medals, etc. AN ACT To authorize officers and enlisted men of the armed forces of the United States to accept decorations, orders, medals, and emblems tendered them by governments of cobelligerent nations or other American republics and to create the decorations to be known as the "Legion of Merit", and the "Medal for Merit"__.. .._ __ _- 672 -__ Army of the U. S ., temporaryappointmentsof certainofficers. AN ACT To authorize temporary appointments in the 'Army of the United States of officers on duty with the Medical Ad- ministrative Corps_ -- -- _________-___ ___-___- - 673 --- Southwest Texas State Teachers College, conveyance. AN ACT To convey certain property to the Southwest Texas State Teach- ers College..._______________________________ ____ 674 -__ Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943. AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes- _ _ 675 --- Barge canal across Florida,Intracoastal Waterway, and petroleum pipe lines. AN ACT To promote the national defense and to promptly facilitate and protect the transport of materials and supplies needful to the Military Establishment by authorizing the construction and operation of a pipe line and a navigable barge channel across Florida, and by deepening and enlarging the Intracoastal Waterway from its present eastern terminus to the vicinity of the Mexican border 676 --- Internal Revenue Code, amendment. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend section 1700 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code to extend to the members of the armed forces of the United Nations the exemption from the tax on admissions in cases where admission is free, and to exempt from tax the amount paid for admissions to theatres and other activities operated by the War Department or the Navy Department within posts, camps, reservations, and other areas maintained by the Military or Naval Establishment --..--..-- ______ 677 --- Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939 so as to provide for the training of civilian aviation technicians and mechanics_ 678 --- First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943. AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the national defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes- - - --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 679 --- Isle Royae National Park, Mich. AN ACT Relating to the jurisdiction over certain lands in the Isle Royale National Park 680 --_ Military or naval service, posthumous appointments, etc. AN ACT To provide for the posthumous appointment to com- missioned or noncommissioned grade of certain enlisted men and the posthumous promotion of certaincommissioned officers and enlisted men __._ ____ .._ . ..-. .. -- --- _- Date July 11, 1942_ -- July 15, 1942___ July 17, 1942-__ July 20, 1942-__ July 20,1942 -- July 20, 1942_ -- July 22, 1942_ - July 22, 1942-_- July 23, 1942 -_ July 23, 1942_ - - July 24, 1942 -- July 25, 1942___ July 27, 1942- __ XX Page 657 659 661 661 662 663 664 664 703 703 704 704 722 July 28, 1942_. 722

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