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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

550-JULY

16, 1952

(6) any member of the Armed Forces whose sole service has been as a cadet at the United States Military Academy or the United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, or in a preparatory school after nomination as a principal, alternate, or candidate for admission to any of said Academies; (7) any commissioned officer unless he is discharged or relieved from active service within three years after such date as shall be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress; and (8) any member of the Armed Forces who is ordered to active service for the sole purpose of training duty or a physical examination, or for a period of less than sixty days. (c) A member of the Armed Forces who is eligible to receive mustering-out payments under this title and under the Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944 for the same period of active service shall elect to receive such payment either under this title or such Act, but shall not be entitled to payment under both provisions of law.

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DETERMINATION OF PAYMENTS

SEC. 502. (a) Mustering-out payment for persons eligible under section 501 shall be in sums as follows: (1) $300 for persons who, having performed active service for sixty days or more, have served outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska. (2) $200 for persons who, having performed active service for sixty days or more, have served no part thereof outside the continentai limits of the United States or in Alaska. (3) $100 for persons who have performed active service for less than sixty days. (b) Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a)(1) shall receive one-third of the stipulated amount at the time of final discharge or ultimate relief from active service, or at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in a regular component of the Armed Forces; and the remaining amount of such payment shall be paid in two equal installments—one month and two months, respectively, from the date of the original payment. Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a)(2) shall receive one-half of the stipulated amount at the time of final discharge or ultimate relief from active service or, at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in a regular component of the Armed Forces; and the remaining amount of such payment shall be paid one month from the date of the original payment. Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a)(3) shall receive the stipulated amount at the time of such discharge or relief from active service or, at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in a regular component of the Armed Forces. A person entitled to receive the first installment of the mustering-out payment at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in a regular component of the Armed Forces shall, at his election, receive the whole of such payment in one lump sum, rather than in installments.

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