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PUBLIC LAW 409-JUNE 24, 1952

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their chief support: Provided fm^tfier^ That the cognizant Secretary, under the circumstances and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President, may terminate the commission of any officer appointed pursuant hereto. Approved June 24, 1952.

Public Law 409 June 24, 1952 [S. 2748]

C an a di an vessels. I r o n ore transportation. 46 USC 883.

AN ACT Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lalies during 1952.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, by reason of emergency conditions in transportation on the Great Lakes, notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 999), as amended by the Act of April 11, 1935 (49 Stat. 154), and by Act of July 2, 1935 (49 Stat. 442), or the provisions of any other Act, or regulation, vessels of Canadian registry shall be permitted to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes until December 31, 1952, or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may designate. Approved June 24, 1952.

Public Law 410 June 25. 1952 [S. 3019]

Career Compensation Act, amendment. 63 Stat. 802. 37 USC 23 J note, 234. Physicians and dentists.

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AN ACT To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to extend the application of the special-inducement pay provided thereby to physicians and dentists, 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 Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by— (a) Amending subsection 203(a) to read as follows: " (a) The term 'commissioned officers', as used in this section, shall be interpreted to mean only (1) those commissioned officers in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as medical or dental officers in, the Kegular Army, Navy, and Air Force and commissioned medical and dental officers of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service who were on active duty on September 1, 1947; (2) those commissioned officers in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Army, Navy, and Air Force and commissioned medical and dental officers of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, who were retired prior to September 1, 1947, and who thereafter but prior to July 1, 1953, have been or may be assigned to active duty; (3) those officers who, heretofore but subsequent to September 1, 1947, have been or who, prior to July 1, 1953, may be commissioned in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Army, Navy, and Air Force or as medical and dental officers of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; (4) such officers who on September 1, 1947, were or who thereafter have been or may be commissioned in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as medical or dental officers in, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the United States Air Force Reserve, the Naval Reserve, the National Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard,

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