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PUBLIC LAW 122—AUG. 22. 1951

C a d e t s and midshipmen. Initial clothing and equipment advances.

Discharge prior to graduation.

10 U.S.C. § 1149.

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and (f) the term 'World War II ' shall include the period extending from September 8, 1939, to July 25, 1947, at 12 o'clock noon. "SEC. 4. Whoever shall (1) wear, display on his person, or otherwise use as an insignia, any gold star lapel button issued to another person under the provisions of this Act; (2) falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or aid in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any lapel button authorized by this Act; or (3) sell or bring into the United States, or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, from any foreign place, or have in his possession, any such false, forged, or counterfeited lapel button, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. "SEC. 5. Such sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act." Approved August 21, 1951.

Public Law 122 August 22, 1951 [H. R. 2736]

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AN ACT To authorii^ advances for clothing and equipment to cadets at the MilitaryAcademy and the Coast Guard Academy and to midshipmen at the Naval Academy, 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 Navy are respectively authorized to prescribe the sum which shall be credited to each new cadet or midshipman, upon first admission to the Military Academy or the Naval Academy, to cover the cost of his initial clothing and equipment issue, which sum shall be deducted subsequently from his p a y: Provided, That hereafter each cadet or midshipman discharged prior to graduation who is indebted to the United States on account of advances of pay to purchase required clothing and equipment shall be required to turn in to the respective Academies all clothing and equipment of a distinctively military nature to the extent required to discharge such indebtedness; and, if the value of such clothing and equipment so turned in does not cover the indebtedness so incurred, then such indebtedness shall be canceled. SEC. 2. That part of the Act of June 30, 1921 (42 Stat. 68, 95), under the heading "United States Military Academy—Permanent Establishment" which reads: Provided further, That hereafter each new cadet shall, upon admission to the United States Military Academy, be credited with the sum of $250 to cover the cost of his initial clothing and equipment issue, to be deducted subsequently from his pay."; and that part of the Act of July 12, 1921 (42 Stat. 122,131), under the heading "Bureau of Supplies and Accounts", which reads: '-''Provided, That hereafter each new midshipman shall, upon admission to the Naval Academy, be credited with the sum of $250 to cover the cost of his initial clothing and equipment issue, to be deducted subsequently from his pay.", are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Section 183 of title 14 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "§ 183. Cadets; initial clothing allowance "The Secretary may prescribe a sum which shall be credited to each new cadet upon first admission to the Academy, to cover the cost of his initial clothing and equipment issue, which sum shall be deducted subsequently from his pay. Each cadet discharged prior to graduation who is indebted to the United States on account of advances of

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