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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 393-396-JUNE 3, 1948 une 3, 1948 i[. R. 48041 [Public Law 591] Coast Guard. Guards, etc., at Ivigtut Cryolite Mine, Greenland. subject to disposition by the War Assets Administration, is hereby transferred, without exchange of funds, to the administrative juris- diction of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior to be administered as a part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area project, authorized by the Act of August 17, 1937, as amended (50 Stat. 669; 16 U. S. C., secs. 459-459ar-3), and shall be subject to all laws applicable thereto. Approved June 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 394] AN ACT To allow service credit for certain enlisted men of the Coast Guard who acted as policemen and guards at the Ivigtut Cryolite Mine, Greenland, during 1940 and 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That those enlisted men of the Coast Guard who, during 1940 and 1941, were discharged from the Coast Guard to accept employment as policemen and guards at the Ivigtut Cryolite Mine3 Greenland, and who reenlisted in the Coast Guard within three months after the termination of their service as such policemen and guards, shall be credited with the time between discharge and reenlistment for purposes of longevity pay and retire- ment, but no increased retroactive pay shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act. Approved June 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 395] JuneS, 1948 AN ACT IH. R. 4817] To amend the Act of July 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 409) (Public Law Numbered 219 (Public Law 592] of the Eightieth Congress). Coast Guard. Appointment ofoffi- cers. 34 U. . 0.0. 350- 36J; Supp. I, I§ 350- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in CongreTs assembled, That section 16 of the Act of July 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 409), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 16. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed; but the Act of July 24, 1941, as amended (55 Stat. 603), shall continue to have application to the Coast Guard until such time as the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine that the number of officers holding permanent appointments on the active list of the Coast Guard is equal to 95 per centum of the number of such officers authorized by law, exclusive of extra numbers, or on January 1, 1957, whichever shall occur earlier." Approved June 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 396] sune 3, 1948 [H. R. 5122] [Public Law 593] Alaska. 48 U. 8.C.0 77-79. Taxation. AN ACT To amend section 9 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 512). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first proviso of section 9 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 512, 515), be amended to read as follows: "Provided,That all authorized indebted- ness shall be paid in the order of its creation; all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects and shall be levied and collected under general laws, and the assessments shall be according to the true and 302 [62 STAT.

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