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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 307, 312-MAY 13, 14, 1942 Limitation. May 14, 1942 [H. R. 6293] [Public Law 554] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Establishment for noncombatant serv- ice. Maximum strength. Director and Assist- ant Directors. Salaries and duties. Post, pp. 988,989. Officers' training schools. Post, p. 989. Quarters, subsist- ence, and pay. center line of said road, and extending from the southerly property line of the United States of America to a line at right angles to the center line of said Koch Road at survey station three plus 20 on said road; said survey station is three hundred and twenty feet from the intersection of the center line of Koch Road with the center line of the approach road to the Mississippi River Bridge, containing five one-hundredths of an acre, more or less. SEC. 2. The easement herein authorized to be granted shall be lim- ited to the period of time the aforesaid lands are required and actu- ally used by the State of Missouri for highway purposes, and when no longer so required and used, all interests herein authorized to be conveyed in said lands shall cease and determine. Approved, May 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 312] AN ACT To establish a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps for service with the Army of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to establish and organize in such units as he may from time to time determine to be necessary a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps for noncombatant service with the Army of the United States for the purpose of making available to the national defense when needed the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of this Nation. The total number of women enrolled or appointed in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps shall not exceed the number authorized from time to time by the President, and in no event shall exceed one hundred fifty thousand. SEC. 2. From women citizens of the United States, the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint the Director and such Assistant Direc- tors as he from time to time may deem necessary or advisable, all of such appointees to serve during the pleasure of the Secretary. The Director shall receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, together with such other allowances as may be provided for hereinafter. The Director, under the direction of the Chief of Staff of the Army of the United States, shall advise the War Department on matters pertaining to the establishment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; shall operate and administer the corps in accordance with normal military procedure of command and ad ministration and such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War; shall make recommendations as to plans and policies concerning the employ- ment, training, supply, welfare, and discipline of the corps; and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Each Assistant Director appointed pursuant to this Act shall receive a salary of $2.400 per annum, together with such other allowances as may be provided for hereinafter. Each Assistant Director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by regulations published by the Secretary of War. SEC. 3. The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain such number of schools as he may consider necessary for the purpose of training candidates for officers of the corps. The Secretary may establish by regulation the qualifications for entry into such schools, the course of study to be pursued, and the requirements for graduation therefrom. Candidates for such schools may be selected from women volunteers who are citizens of the United States and during their attendance at such schools shall be furnished living quarters, uni- 278 [56 STAT.

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