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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 451-453 -AUG. 17, 1949 authorized to be appropriated the sum of $800,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act, for com- pletion and equipment of the additional story and the extension and remodeling of the existing Terminal Annex Station, Los Angeles, California, in addition to the amount previously authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the extension and improvement of post-office facilities at Los Angeles, California, and for other pur- poses", approved June 29, 1948 (Public Law 832, Eightieth Congress). Approved August 17, 1949. [CHAPTER 452] AN ACT To extend to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey the provisions of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 963), as now or hereafter amended, relating to the granting of annual leave and compensation for leave accumulated in excess of sixty days on August 31, 1946, shall apply to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the same extent and with the same relative conditions as are provided therein for commissioned officers of the armed forces: Provided, That the term "Secretary" as used in such Act shall mean, in the case of commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Secretary of Commerce: And provided further, That in any case in which a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on active duty on September 1, 1946, excepting officers on terminal leave on that date, had to his credit on August 31, 1946, accumulated or accrued leave aggregating in excess of sixty days, such leave in excess of sixty days not subsequently taken shall be settled and compensated for in cash on the basis of the rate of pay and allowances applicable to such officer on August 31, 1946, if application is made therefor to the Secretary of Commerce within one year after the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 2. Funds appropriated by the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 663, Seventy-ninth Congress), to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, are hereby made available for carrying out the provisions of this Act and may be allotted to the Department of Commerce by transfer to and merger with appropriations thereof or otherwise, in such amounts as may be determined by the Director of the Budget. SEC. 3. The provisions of this Act shall be effective from August 9, 1946. Approved August 17, 1949. [CHAPTER 453] AN ACT To exempt certain volatile fruit-flavor concentrates from the tax on liquors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subchapter E of chapter 26 of the Internal Revenue Code (miscellaneous general provisions relating to the tax on liquors) is hereby amended by add- mg at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 3182. VOLATILE FRUIT-FLAVOR CONCENTRATES. "(a) EXEMPrION.- T he provisions of this chapter (other than sec- tions 2810, 2819, and 2823 and other than sections 2827 to 2830, both 611 Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p . 976. 62 Stat. 1104. August 17, 1949 [H. R. 2572] [Public Law 239] Coast and Geodetic Survey. Commissioned offi- cers. 37U.S.C.§32-37; Supp. II, §32 ct seq.; 10U.S.C. §18; 14 U.S. C. §50d;34U. S. C. §604. "Secretary." Accumulated leave in excess of 60 days. Availability of funds. 60 Stat. 912. 60 Stat. 963. 37U. .C. §.32-37; Supp. 11, §32 t seq.; 10 U. S.C. §18;14U.8. C. sOd;34U.S.0. 6B04. August 17, 1949 [H. R. 5831] [Public Law 240] Internal Revenue Code, amendment. 53 Stat. 373. 26 U.S.C. §. 3170- 3181; Supp. II, § 3179. 53 Stat. 308,314,316, 317. 26 U. . o.. 12810, 2819,2823,2827-2830.

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