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PUBLIC LAW 701-AUG. 28, 1954

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Public Law 699

CHAPTER 1050

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 13 to September 2ii, 1954.

August 28, 1954 [H. J. R e s. 257]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of til^\nsttnmttnt the United States is authorized, by proclamation or in such other ^^^^^'^^^ ^"'^ ^*" manner as he may deem proper, to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition, to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 18 to September 25, 1954, inclusive, for the purpose of exhibiting instruments and devices for measurement, inspection, testing, and automatic control (including analytical instruments, astronomical instruments, aviation instruments, automatic control valves, cameras, drafting instruments, electrical and electronic components, electrical and electronic measuring instruments, electronic computers, geophysical instruments, machine-shop gages and inspection devices, measuring pumps, meteorological instruments, scales and balances, servomechanisms, surveying instruments, watches, timers and timepieces, and other precision devices and machinery for precision working), and for the purpose of bringing together buyers and sellers for the promotion of foreign and domestic trade and commerce in suclt products. Approved August 28, 1954. Public Law 700

CHAPTER 1051

JOINT RESOLUTION Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-fourth Congress.

August 28, 1954 [H. J. R e s. 585]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Eighty-fourth Congress shall assemble at noon on Wednesday, January 6, 1955. Approved August 28, 1954. Public Law 701

CHAPTER 1052

AN ACT To validate certain payments for accrued leave made to members of the Armed Forces vpho accepted discharges for the purpose of immediate reenlistment for an indefinite period.

August 28, 1954 [S. 22]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the the United States of America in Congress assembled,. That (a), not- OTuda°*ro^*of withstanding the provisions of section 4(c) of the Armed Forces Leave leavt payment". ° Act of 1946, as amended (3T U.S.C. 33 (c)), any payments for accrued " ^*^*- ^'*** leave heretofore erroneously made to any member of the Armed Forces who was discharged after August 31, 1946, for the purpose of immediate reenlistment for an indefinite period are hereby validated. (b) The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers for any payment validated by this Act. Approved August 28, 1954.

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