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PUBLIC LAW 501-APR. 30, 1956

Public Law 501 April 30, 1956
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46 USC 654.

National banks. Examination* 38 StaU 271.

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AN ACT To authorize the burial in national cemeteries of the remains of certain commissioned officers of the Public Health Service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That burial in national cemeteries of the remains of commissioned officers of the United States Public Health Service who were detailed for duty with the Army or Navy during World W a r I pursuant to the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 712, TIB), as amended, and Executive Order Numbered 2571 dated April 3, 1917, and of the wife, widow, minor child and, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, unmarried adult child of these officers is authorized: Provided, That the remains of the wife, widow, and children may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, be removed from a national cemetery proper and interred in the post section of a national cemetery if, upon death, the related officer is not buried in the same or an adjoining gravesite. Approved April 30, 1956. Public Law 502

April 30, 1956 [S. 1188]

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AN ACT To amend section 5240 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the examination of national banks.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 5240 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (12 U.S.C. 481), is amended by deleting the first sentence thereof and substituting therefor the following sentences: "The Comptroller of the Currency, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint examiners who shall examine every national bank twice in each calendar year, but the Comptroller, in the exercise of his discretion, may waive one such examination or cause such examinations to be made more frequently if considered necessary. The waiver of one such examination as above provided shall not be exercised more frequently than once during any two-year period."; and by deleting from the second sentence thereof the following: ", or of any other member bank,". SEC. 2. The third paragraph of section 5240 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (12 U.S.C. 482), is amended by deleting the second sentence thereof and substituting therefor the following: "The expense of the examinations herein provided for shall be assessed by the Comptroller of the Currency upon national banks in proportion to their assets or resources. The assessments may be made more frequently than annually at the discretion of the Comptroller of the Currency. The annual rate of such assessment shall be the same for all national banks, except that banks examined more frequently than twice in one calendar year shall, in addition, be assessed the expense of these additional examinations." SEC. 3. The seventh paragraph of section 5240 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (12 U.S.C. 482), is deleted and there is substituted therefor the following: "In addition to the expense of examination to be assessed by the Comptroller of the Currency as heretofore provided, all national banl^ exercising fiduciary powers and all banks or trust companies in the District of Columbia exercising

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