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PUBLIC LAW 228—OCT. 29, 1951

SEC. 5. Any teacher or attendance officer who after the enactment of this Act is granted leave without pay by the Superintendent of Schools or the Board of Education shall be reinstated to the position from which leave was granted or to an equivalent position when said employee is ready to resume his duties in accordance with the rules of the Board of Education existing at the time such leave was granted. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month following its enactment. Approved October 29, 1951.

Public Law 227

Eflective date.

CHAPTER 602 AN ACT

To provide that payment to States and Territories for care given to certain disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States shall be effective from the date such care commenced. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso to section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase temporarily the amount of Federal aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States", approved May 18, 1948, is hereby amended to read as follows: '"''Provided further, That no such payment to a State or Territory shall be made until the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran, on whose account such payment is requested, is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility, and after such determination of eligibility such payment shall be made covering the period of eligibility from the date such care commenced, except that no such payment shall be made effective prior to the date of receipt by the Veterans' Administration of an appropriate request for determination of eligibility in the case of any eligible veteran with respect to whom such request is not received within ten days following the date such care commenced". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply to payments with respect to care given to disabled soldiers and sailors on and after the first day of the month next following the month during which this Act is enacted. Approved October 29, 1951.

Public Law 228

October 29.1951 [H. R. 3548]

Disabled soldiers and sailors. Support.

62 Stat. 237. 24 U.S.C.§ 134 note.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 6 0 3 AN ACT

To provide for an agricultural program in the Virgin Islands.

October 29, 1951 [H. R. 4027]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Ig'icufturatproof Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain in the Virgin gram. Islands of the United States an agricultural research and extension service program. I n carrying out the program authorized by this Act the Secretary shall utilize the agencies, facilities, and employees of the Department of Agriculture, and may cooperate with the government of the Virgin Islands, and other public and private organizations and individuals in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere.

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