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 PUBLIC LAW 103-JUNE 28, 1955

188 Public Law 103 June 28, 1955 [H. R. 4426]

Telephone service for flood control, e t c. 64 Stat. 170. 31 USC 680.

State Department and Foreign Service. Carrying of firearms.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Act approved September 22, 1922 (Public Law Numbered 362, Sixty-seventh Congress), as amended by section 203 of the Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, Eighty-first Congress), is amended to read as follows: "That hereafter the provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912, as amended (37 Stat. 414; 54 Stat. 175; 31 U.S.C. 679), or any other law prohibiting the expenditure of public money for telephone services installed in private residences, shall not be construed to apply to or forbid the installation and use of such telephones as may be necessary for the prosecution of Government business in connection with the construction and operation of locks and dams for navigation, flood control, and related water uses, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers. Not more than $30,000 shall be expended for such telephone services in any one fiscal year." Approved June 28, 1955.

Canal Zone. Fireworks.

CHAPTER 199

AN ACT To authorize certain officers and employees of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to carry firearms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, security officers of the Department of State and the Foreign Service who have been designated by the Secretary of State and who have qualified for the use of firearms, are authorized to carry firearms for the purpose of protecting heads of foreign states, high officials of foreign governments and other distinguished visitors to the United States, the Secretary of State, and the Under Secretary of State, and official representatives of foreign governments and of the Ignited States attending international conferences, or performing special missions. Approved June 28, 1955. Public Law 105

June 28, 1955 [H. R. 4650]

CHAPTER 198

AN ACT To amend section 7 of the Act approved September 22, 1922, as amended.

Public Law 104 June 28, 1955 [H. R. 5860]

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CHAPTER 200

AN ACT To amend the Canal Zone Code by the addition of provisions authorizing regulation of the sale and use of fireworks in the Canal Zone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122), is amended by adding a new chapter, number 26, embracing sections 521 and 522, and reading as follows:

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