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PUBLIC LAW 358-MAY 23, 1952

SEC. 6. (a) The minimum monthly rate of pension payable to veterans of the Indian wars under the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1861), as amended (38 U.S.C. 381), or the Act of August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 786), as amended (38 U.S.C. 381-1), shall be $96.75 unless such veteran is now or hereafter becomes on account of age or physical or mental disabilities, helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person, in which event the monthly rate shall be $129. (b) All monthly rates of pension payable to dependents of veterans of the Indian wars which are payable under any public laws administered by the Veterans' Administration are hereby increased by 7i/^ per centum. SEC. 7. The increased rates authorized by this Act shall be effective from the first day of the second calendar month following the date of approval of this Act. Approved May 23, 1952, Public Law 357

C H A P T E R 324

AN ACT To increase the annual income limitations governing the payment of pension to certain veterans and their dependents.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph II (a), part III, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: " II. (a) Payment of pension provided by part III shall not be made to any unmarried person whose annual income exceeds $1,400 or to any married person or any person with minor children whose annual income exceeds $2,700." SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 1(c) of the Act of June 28, 1934, as added by section 1 of the Act of July 19, 1939 (53 Stat. 1068), and ap amended (38 U.S.C. 503 (c)), is further amended to read as follows: "Payment of pension under the provisions of this Act shall not be made to any widow without child, or to a child, whose annual income exceeds $1,400, or to a widow with a child or children whose annual income exceeds $2,700." SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month after its enactment. Pension shall.not be paid for any period prior to the effective date of this Act to any person whose eligibility for pension is established solely by virtue of this Act. Approved May 23, 1952,

Public Law 358

Effective date.

May 23, 1952 [H.Rr4387]

Veterans ' pensions. 38 USC note foil, ch. 12. I n c o m e limitations.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 325

AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of a site for the new Federal building in Newnan, Georgia, adjoining the existing Federal building there as an economy measure before land value has increased as a result of land improvement.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General Services Administrator be authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a plot of land one hundred and forty-five feet long and eighty-eight feet wide situated at the southwest corner of Spring Street and Perry Street, and immediately east

May 23, 1952 [H.R;4S51]

Newnan, Ga. Acquisition of land.

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