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 62 STAT.] 8OTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 449, 450-JUNE 12, 1948 ents and beneficiaries, except as may be necessary to adapt said pro- visions to such female persons: Provided,That the husbands of such female persons shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for their chief support, and the children of such female persons shall not be considered dependents unless their father is dead or they are in fact dependent on their mother for their chief support. (c) Appointments of women to commissioned grade in the Air Force Reserve may be made by the President alone in grades from lieutenant colonel to second lieutenant, inclusive, from female citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twenty-one years and who possess such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force: Provided,That any person who has served satisfactorily in the temporary grade of colonel in the Women's Army Corps established by Act of July 1, 1943 (57 Stat. 371), or in the temporary grade of colonel in the Regular Air Force, may, if other- wise qualified, be appointed in the grade of colonel in the Air Force Reserve. (d) Enlistments of women in the Air Force Reserve may be accepted under the provisions of law now applicable to enlistments of male persons in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, under such regulations, in such grades or ratings, and for such periods of time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. (e) The President may form any or all such female persons of the Air Force Reserve into such organizations and units as he may prescribe. Approved June 12, 1948. [CHAPTER 450] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to proceed with construction at military installations, 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 Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force are hereby authorized to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the con- struction, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent pub- lic works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities; or by the completion of such construction, installation, or equipment specifically approved by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force and heretofore undertaken as follows: CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Alamogordo Army Airfield, New Mexico: Family quarters, rocket- firing facilities and utilities; $1,622,720. Andrews Field, Maryland: Family quarters and utilities; $3,143,630. Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas: Family quarters, barracks, and utilities; $852,100. Army and Navy Medical Procurement Office, Engineering and Development Division, Fort Totten, New York: Medical equipment laboratory; $390,000. Anniston Ordnance Depot, Alabama: Waste disposal facilities; $60,000. Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Family quarters and utilities; $792,380. Fort Benning, Georgia: Family quarters and utilities; $1,466,050. Bergstrom Field, Texas: Family quarters and utilities; $1,501,970. Fort Bliss, Texas: Family quarters and utilities; $1,113,000. 375 Dependents. Appointments in Air Force Reserve. 50U.S.C.app. 5§ 1 151-1555; Supp. I , §§ 1551-1555 notes. Enlistments in Air Force Reserve. June 12, 1948 [S. 1676] [Public Law 6261 Construction at mili- tary installations.

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