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PUBLIC LAW 55 1 - J U L Y 16, 1952

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correctness of the a m o u n t d u e and p a i d to such person or persons shall have the same finality as that accorded decisions made pursuant to subsection (b). The provisions of this subsection shall not apply where a legal guardian or committee has been judicially appointed, except as to any payments made hereunder prior to the receipt of notice of appointment. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 506. As used in this title— (a) The term "spouse" means a lawful wife or husband. (b) The term "child" includes (1) a legitimate child; (2) a child legally adopted; and (3) a stepchild, if, at the time of death of the member of the Armed Forces, such stepchild was a member of the deceased's household. (c) The term "parent" includes father and mother, stepfather and stepmother, and father and mother through adoption. (d) The term "Armed Forces" means the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard of the United States. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS JOB COUNSELING A N D EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT

SEC. 601. Section 607 of title IV, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 U.S.C. 695f), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 607. The term 'veteran' as used in this title shall mean a person who served in the active service of the Armed Forces during a period of war in which the United States has been, or is, engaged, or during the period on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as may be thereafter determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, and who has been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable."

58 Stat. 295.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 602. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Approved July 16, 1952.

Public Law 551

CHAPTER 876 AN ACT

For improvement of Gowanus Creek Channel, New York. Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following improvement is hereby adopted and authorized in the interest of national security, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans recommended in the report hereinafter designated: Gowanus Creek Channel, New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 318, Eighty-second Congress, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Approved July 16, 1952. 93300

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July 16, 1952 [H. R. 7855] Gowanus C r e e k Channel, N. Y.

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