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 65 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1sT SESS.-CHS. 94-96--MAY 6, 7, 10, 1949 lands in Jackson County, Michigan, to the Mount Hope Cemetery Association of Waterloo, Michigan: Block 44, village of Waterloo, section 36, township 1 south, range 2 east, of the Michigan meridian. Any conditions providing for a reversion of title to the United States that may be contained in the conveyance of such lands by the United States to the State of Michigan are hereby released as to the lands herein authorized to be transferred. Approved May 6, 1949. [CHAPTER 95] AN ACT To establish the grade of General of the Air Force, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established in the United States Air Force the grade of General of the Air Force. SEC. 2. The grade of any individual transferred in the grade of General of the Army from the Regular Army to the United States Air Force, pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947 (Act of July 26, 1947; 61 Stat. 695), is herewith redesignated "General of the Air Force". SEC. 3. Nothing herein shall be construed as appointing any indi- vidual to a new or different office or to alter or prejudice the status of any individual concerned so as to deprive him of any pay or allow- ances, rights, benefits, or privileges to which he may be entitled under existing law. Approved May 7, 1949. [CHAPTER 96] AN ACT To increase the fees of witnesses in the United States courts and before United States commissioners, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1821 of title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1821. Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence. A wit- ness attending in any court of the United States or before a United States commissioner or person taking his deposition pursuant to any order of a court of the United States, shall receive $4 for each day's attendance and for the time necessarily occupied in going to and return- ing from the same, and 7 cents per mile for going from and returning to his place of residence. Witnesses who are not salaried employees of the Government and who are not in custody and who attend at points so far removed from their respective residence as to prohibit return thereto from day to day shall be entitled to an additional allow- ance of $5 per day for expenses of subsistence including the time neces- sarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance: Provided, That in lieu of the mileage allowance provided for herein, witnesses who are required to travel between the Territories, posses- sions, or to and from the continental United States, shall be entitled to the actual expenses of travel at the lowest first-class rate available at the time of reservation for passage, by means of transportation employed: 'Providedfurther, That this section shall not apply to Alaska." Approved May 10, 1949. 81939°--0 -PT. 1 - - - -5 May 7,1949 [S. 796] [Public Law 58] General of the Air Force. 61 Stat. 495. 5U. S. C., Supp. II, § 171 note. Ante, p. 30; post, p. 578. Status. May 10, 1949 I[. 635] [Public Law 591 Title 28, United States Code, amentid- ment. 62 Stat. 950. 28 U. 8. C., Siupp. II, § 1821. Post, p. 103. Nonapplicability.

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