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PUBLIC LAW 382-JUNE 3, 1954

aggravated, in active service (1) during World War I or World War II as each is defined by laws providing service-connected compensation or pension benefits for veterans of World W a r I and World W a r II and their dependents, or (2) on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall thereafter be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress under the joint resolution entitled 'Joint resolution to provide certain benefits for certain persons who shall have served in the Armed Forces of the United States on and after June 27, 1950', approved May 11, 1951 ( 3 8 U.S.C.,sec.745)"_. SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to amend laws relating to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1950 (10 U.S.C. sec. 1092a), is amended in the following respects: (1) By inserting " (1) " immediately before "during World War I ' '; and (2) By inserting immediately before the colon preceding the first proviso of such subsection the following: ", or (2) on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall thereafter be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress under the joint resolution entitled 'Joint resolution to provide certain benefits for certain persons AVIIO shall have served in the Armed Forces of the United States on and after June 27, 1950', approved May 11, 1951 (38 U.S.C.,sec. 745)"'. (b) This section shall apply to the Air Force Academy. Approved June 3, 1954. Public Law 382

65 Stat. 40.

64 Stat. 303.

65 Stat. 4 0, Applicability.

CHAPTER 252

AN ACT To provide for the redemption of District of Columbia tax stamps.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, where any cigarette or alcoholic-beverage tax stamps issued under District of Columbia tax laws have been spoiled, destroyed, or rendered useless or unfit for the purpose intended, or for which the owner may have no use, the amount paid for such stamps may be refunded within the limit of appropriations therefor, or allowed as a credit on the purchase of new stamps. No such refund or allowance shall be made unless the owner of such stamps shall file a written claim therefor with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent within the time prescribed in this Act and unless the Commissioners or their designated agent upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the facts, and subject to regulations prescribed by the Commissioners, certify that such refund or allowance is just and equitable. SEC. 2. No refund or allowance shall be made in any case (1) until the stamps so spoiled or rendered useless shall have been returned to the Commissioners or their designated agent, or (2) until satisfactory proof lias been made to the Commissioners or their designated agent showing the reason why the same cannot be returned, or (3), if so required by the Commissioners or their designated agent, unless the person presenting the same can satisfactorily trace the history of said stamps from their issuance to *he filing of his claim as aforesaid: Provided, That no refund shall be made in those cases where the owner may be made whole by allowing him a credit on the purchase of new

June 3, 1954 [H. R. 4940]

D. C. tax stands Redenq^tion.

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