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39 Stat. 718. D. C. Code 4-501 to 4-517( paBBim. 46 Stat. 840; 63 StaU 566. D.CCode4-503> 4-504. Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 228-AUG. 4, 1956

63 Stat. 100.

CHAPTER 550

AN ACT To increase the mileage allowance of United States marshals and their deputies from 7 cents per mile to 10 cents per mile.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (3) of section 553 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out "7 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "10 cents". Approved August 4, 1955. Public Law 229

August 4, 1955 tH.R. 2150]

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sTiall be entitled to alf rights, benefits, and privileges, and shall be subject to all obligations and duties, to which he is entitled or to which he is subject on any regular workday. Additional compensation paid under this subsection shall not be considered as salary for the purpose of computing retirement compensation or relief payments under section 12 of the Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes', approved September 1, 1916, as amended, nor shall such additional compensation be subject to deduction as provided in section 5 of the Act entitled 'An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia', approved July 1, 1930, as amended." SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1955. Approved August i, 1955.

Public Law 228 August 4, 19 sS [S.259 2]

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CHAPTER 551

AN ACT To further amend section 106 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 so as to provide for certain adjustments in the dates of rank of nurses and women medical specialists of the Regular Army and Regular Air Force in the permanent grade of captain, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Army Navy United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 106 nurses. Promotion l i s t s. of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 44, ch. 38), as 10 USC 166e. amended, is further amended by inserting the letter " (a) " immediately following the words "SEC. 106." and by adding the following subsections at the end thereof. "(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Army shall, before January 1, 1956, adjust the dates of rank of all commissioned officers of the Army Nurse Corps and Women's Medical Specialist Corps of the Kegular Army in the permanent grade of captain to reflect the total amount of service creditable to each such officer for promotion purposes under existing law. When that adjustment is made, such officer shall be given precedence for promotion purposes in accordance with their adjusted dates of rank. If two or more officers have the same date of rank, rank shall be determined— "(1) by length of continuous active commissioned service in the regular components of the Armed Forces; "(2) if the length of continuous active commissioned service in the regular components of the Armed Forces is the same, by rank established at the time of original appointment in the regular component of an armed force; and

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