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PUBLIC LAW 249-AUG. 8, 1953

(2) before January 1, 1955, in the case of an election for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956. "(b) Whenever the Governor of a State has made such an election and has so filed notice thereof, then with respect to such State for the fiscal year for which such election was made— "(1) an Indian child who does not meet the requirements of clause (1) of section 3(a) shall be deemed to meet such requirements if neither of his parents was regularly employed on nonFederal property; and "(2) notwithstanding the second sentence of section 9(2), the term 'child' as used in this Act (other than section 6) shall be deemed to include an Indian child. " (c) As used in this section, the term 'Indian child' means any child of one-fourth or more degree of Indian blood who is recognized as such under the laws of the United States relating to Indian affairs." SEC. 12. (a) Except where a different effective date is specified, the amendments made by the preceding sections of this Act shall become effective July 1, 1954. I n the case of any local educational agency which is entitled to payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, under section 4(a) of the Act of September 30, 1950, as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act, with respect to an increase in average daily attendance occurring in such fiscal year, such agency shall be entitled to payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, in accordance with the provisions following.clause (B) of such section as amended by this Act; and for such purpose the amount to which such agency is so entitled for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, shall be deemed to be the product referred to in such section as amended by this Act. (b) The amendments made by the following provisions of this Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1953: (1) Subsections (b) and (c) of the first section; (2) Subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 2, and the second sentence of subsection (d) of such section 2; (3) Section 8; and (4) Subsection (a) of section 10. Approved August 8, 1953. Public Law 249

CHAPTER 403 JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the recognition of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Columbia University in the city of New York and providing for the representation of the Government and people of the United States in the observance of this anniversary. Whereas King's College, chartered in 1754, was one of the earliest institutions of higher learning to be established in the American colonies; and its alumni, including such famous Americans as Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Robert R. Livingston, and Gouverneur Morris, played a brilliant role in the struggle for American independence, in the formulation and adoption of the Constitution of the United States, and in the establishment of a new government dedicated to the liberty of man; and Whereas King's College became Columbia University subsequent to the American Revolution and, in ensuing decades, has carried and enhanced the prestige of American scholarship and scientific research throughout the world and has contributed abundantly at home to the increase of learning, the betterment of the professions and the enrichment of the community generally; and

Ante, p. 530.

64 Stat. 1108. 20 USC 244.

Effective date.

64 Stat. 1104. 20 USC 239.

August 8, 1953 [H. J. R e s. 250]

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