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PUBLIC LAW 515-JULY 20, 1954

Public Law 514

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CHAPTER 547

^^ ACT To repeal the provisions of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act which prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from paying out notes of another Federal Reserve bank.

jyjy J 9^ 1954 [H. R. 9143]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal Reserve United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third para- notes. graph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is amended ""4o"Stat. 236. by striking out the sentences thereof which read as follows: "Whenever Federal reserve notes issued through one Federal Reserve bank shall be received by another Federal Reserve bank, they shall be promptly returned for credit or redemption to the Federal Reserve bank through which they were originally issued or, upon direction of such Federal Reserve bank, they shall be forwarded direct to the Treasurer of the United States to be retired. No Federal Reserve bank shall pay out notes issued through another under penalty of a tax of 10 per centum upon the face value of notes so paid out." Approved July 19, 1954. Public Law 515

CHAPTER 553 AN ACT

To provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have lost United States citizenship by voting in a political election or plebiscite held in occupied Japan.

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July 20.195 [S. 1303]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Japanese e l e c United States of America in Congress assembled, That a person who tions. has lost United States citizenship solely by reason of having voted in "cTuzensh^ of any political election or plebiscite held in Japan between September 2, ^°**'"* 1945, and April 27, 1952, inclusive, and who has not, subsequent to such voting, committed any act which, had he remained a citizen, would have operated to expatriate him, and is not otherwise disqualified from becoming a citizen by reason of sections 313 or 314, or the third sentence of section 318 of the Immigration and Nationality 8^u*s*c^l°4*2 4 Act, may be naturalized by taking, prior to two years after the date 1425, 1429. of the enactment of this Act, before any naturalization court specified in subsection (a) of section 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States » use 1421(a). abroad, the applicable oath prescribed by section 337 of such Act. s use i448. Certified copies of such oath shall be sent by such court or such diplomatic or consular officer to the Department of State and to the Department of Justice. Such oath of allegiance shall be entered in the records of the appropriate naturalization court, embassy, legation, or consulate, and upon demand, a certified copy of the proceedings, including a copy of the oath administered, under the seal of the naturalization court, embassy, legation, or consulate, shall be delivered to such person at a cost not exceeding $5, which certified copy shall be evidence of the facts stated therein before any court of record or judicial tribunal and in any department or agency of the Government of the United States. Any such person shall have, from and after naturalization under this Act, the same citizenship status as that which existed immediately prior to its loss: Provided, That no such person

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