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PUBLIC LAW 341-^MAY 13, 1952

[66 S T A T.

^ " public health laws, may make such special rules and regulations as they shall deem necessary for the temporary entry of persons to the United States for the purposes of such compact. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved May 13, 1952. Public Law 341 May 13, 1952 [H.R.56S2]

Oregon. Dam and dike.

AN ACT To authorize the construction of a dam and dike to prevent the flow of tidal waters into North Slough, Coos County, Oregon.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That authority is hereby granted to the State of Oregon, acting through its highway department, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tidal waters into North Slough in Coos County, in township 24 south, range 13 west, Willamette meridian. SEC. 2, Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary for the protection of the United States. SEC. 3. The authority granted by this Act shall terminate if the actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act, The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved May 13, 1952. '

Public Law 342 May 15, 1952 [S. 1365]

Title 18, U. S. Code, amendment. 6 2 Stat. 856.

48 Stat. 1234.

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CHAPTER 289

AN ACT To assist Federal prisoners in their rehabilitation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 315 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding the following new section: "§ 4284. Advances for rehabilitation. ': " (a) The Attorney General, under such regulations as he prescribes, acting for himself or through such officers and employees as he designates, may use so much of the trust funds designated as 'Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons' (31 U.S.C. 725s (22)), as may be surplus to other needs of the trust, to provide advances to prisoners at the time of their release, as an aid to their rehabilitation. " (b) An advance made hereunder shall in no instance exceed $150 except with the specific approval of the Attorney General, and shall in every case be secured by the personal note of the prisoner conditioned to make repayment monthly when employed, or otherwise possessed of funds, with interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per centum per annum and subject to an agreement on the j^art of the prisoner that the funds so advanced shall be expended only for the purposes designated in the loan agreement. Repayments of principal and

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