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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 558 -560--DEC. 7, 1945 [CHAPTER 558] AN AFTP 603 December 7, 195 Relating to clerical assistance at post offices, branches, or stations serving mili- [H. Ri. ] tary and naval personnel, and for other purposes. [Public Law 249] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 9, 1943 (57 Stat. 391), entitled "An Act to provide for clerical assistance at post offices, branches, or stations serving military and naval personnel, and for other purposes", is hereby amended to read as follows: "That, during the present war and for six months thereafter, when- ever deemed necessary in serving military and naval personnel at military and naval camps, posts, or stations, or at civilian plants devoted to war production, the Postmaster General is hereby author- ized to detail any postal employee from main post offices to postal units, at such camps, posts, or stations, or civilian plants,without chang- ing the official station of such postal employee, and to authorize allow- ances, not exceeding $4 per day in lieu of actual expenses, while so detailed, without regard to the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, such allowances to be paid from the appropriation 'Miscellaneous items, first- and second-class post offices'. "SEC. 2 . The Comptroller General of the United States is author- ized and directed to allow credit for any payments made prior to July 9, 1943, not exceeding the allowances herein provided, to the employees so detailed." Approved December 7, 1945. [CHAPTER 559] AN ACT Postal employees. 39U.S. ., Supp. IV, § 133 note. Details to units serving military and naval personnel. Allowances. 44 Stat. 688. 5U. . O.. 821; Supp. IV. i 823. December 7 194 To authorize the head of the postgraduate school of the United States Navy to [s. 1493i confer masters and doctors degrees in engineering and related fields. [Public Law 250] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, the head of the postgraduate school of the United States Navy is authorized, upon due accreditation from time to time by the appropriate profes- sional authority of the applicable curriculum of such school leading to masters or doctors degrees in engineering or related fields, to con- fer such degree or degrees on qualified graduates of such school. Approved December 7, 1945. [CHAPTER 560]N ACT AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to ad- just certain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire, or other unavoid- able casualty", approved March 17, 1882, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to adjust cer- tain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire, or other unavoid- able casualty", approved March 17, 1882 (22 Stat. 29), as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 39, sec. 49), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The Postmaster General may investigate all claims of postmasters, Navy mail clerks, assistant Navy mail clerks, Coast Guard mail clerks, assistant Coast Guard mail clerks, Army mail clerks, and Postgraduate school of U. S. Navy. Authority to confer certain degrees. December 7, 19l [H. R. 4127] [Public Law 251] Postal Service. Adjustment tf ca~ tain edams far kses by burglary, ie, et.

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