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PUBLIC LAW 76-JUNE 24, 1953

(B) A weekly or biweekly rate shall be divided by five or ten, as the case may be, to derive a daily rate. All rates shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. (c) For all officers and employees referred to in this Act, each pay period shall cover two administrative workweeks. SEC. 406. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this Act. SEC. 407. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1953. Approved June 20, 1953. Public Law 75

Pay period. Regulations.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 147

AN ACT Authorizing the appropriation of funds to provide for the prosecution of projects in the Columbia River Basin for flood control and other purposes.

June 22, 1953 [H. R. 4025]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (b) under the title "Columbia River Basin" in section 204 of the Flood Control Act, approved May 17, 1950, is hereby amended by striking out "$75,000,000" and substituting in lieu thereof "$150,000,000". Approved June 22, 1953.

64 Stat. 179.

CHAPTER 149

Public Law 76

-^N ^^'^ To provide for the treatment of users of narcotics in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the purpose of this Act is to protect the health and safety of the people of the District of Columbia from the menace of drug addiction and to afford an opportunity to the drug user for rehabilitation. The Congress intends that Federal criminal laws shall be enforced against drug users as well as other persons, and this Act shall not be used to substitute treatment for punishment in cases of crime committed by drug users. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2, For the purposes of this Act— (1) The term "drug user" means any person who habitually uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction. (2) The term "patient" means a person with respect to whom there has been filed with the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia a statement as provided for in section 3. FILING A STATEMENT

SEC. 3. (a) Whenever it appears to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia that any person within the District of Columbia, other than a person referred to in subsection (b), is a drug user, he may file with the clerk of the United States District Court 27000 O - 53 - 8

June 24, 1953 [H. R. 3307] Narcotics. T r e a t m e n t of users in D. C.

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