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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 588, 589-DEC. 28, 1945 58 Stat. 287-300; 57 Stat. 43 . 38 U. S. C., Supp. IV, [§ 694-696m, 701, note foll. ch. 12 . Ante, pp. 270, 542, 624 et seq. Nonresidents. Terminal leave; benefits. 58 Stat. 301 . 38 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 697c. 58 Stat. 287-293; 57 Stat. 43. 38 U. S. C., Supp. IV, i 694-694e, 701, note foll. ch. 12. Suprm. otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefits of titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act or of Public Law 16, Seventy-eighth Congress, in the same manner and to the same extent as persons who served in the active military or naval service of the United States: Provided, That any such benefit shall not be extended to any person who is not a resident of the United States at time of filing claim or to any person who has applied for and received the same or similar benefit from the government of the nation in whose active military or naval service he served. "SEC. 1507. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1503, any person while on terminal leave, or while hospitalized pending final discharge, may be afforded the benefits of titles II and III of this Act, or vocational rehabilitation training under Public Law 16, Seventy- eighth Congress, as amended, subject to all conditions thereof except actual discharge: Provided, That no subsistence allowance shall be paid in such cases under title II of this Act or Public Law 16, Seventy- eighth Congress. This section shall be effective from June 22, 1944." Approved December 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 589] December 28, 1945 [H. R. 48051 [Public Law 2691 First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. 58 Stat. 334. Ante, p. 238 Ante, p. 239. Secretary for ma- jority. Ante, p. 32. Special telephone wiring plans- Ante, p. 243. AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supple- mental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30,1946, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATIVE SENATE For payment to Minnie McN. Johnson, widow of Hiram W. John- son, late a Senator from the State of California, $10,000. For payment to Mary T. Peavey, daughter of John Thomas, late a Senator from the State of Idaho, $10,000. The unobligated balance of the appropriation for mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, for the fiscal year 1945, is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1946. The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1946 is hereby amended by striking out "night watchman, $1,920", under the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, and inserting in lieu thereof "special officer, $2,280", and the necessary amount is hereby author- ized to be expended from the appropriation for salaries of officers and employees of the Senate beginning January 1, 1946. Beginning January 1, 1946, the salary of the secretary for the majority shall be at the rate of $5,400 per annum and $1,500 addi- tional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to install in the offices of Senators special telephone wiring plans with features to pick up, hold, and intercommunicate on one to three lines, the cost thereof to be paid out of the appropriation for "Miscellaneous items, contingent expenses of the Senate". 632 [59 STAT.

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