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PUBLIC LAW 799-JULY 25, 1956

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D. C. veterinary medicine. C h a n g e o f requirements. D. C. C o d e 2 801.

66 Stat. 824. D. C. Code tlUe 1 app. D. C. C o d e 2803.

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applicable appropriation account for the payment of obligations and for the settlement of accounts. SEC. 7. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: (a) The proviso under the heading "PAYMENT or CERTIFIED CLAIMS" in the Act of April 25, 1945 (59 Stat. 90; 31 U.S.C. 690); (b) Section 2 of the Act of July 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 407; 31 U.S.C. 712b), but the repeal of this section shall not be effective until June 30, 1957; (c) The paragraph under the heading "PAYMENT OF CERTIFIED CLAIMS" in the Act of June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 358; 31 U.S.C. 7 l 2 c); (d) Section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 418; 31 U.S.C. 713a); and (e) Section 3691 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 715). (f) Any provisions (except those contained in appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1956 and 1957) permitting an appropriation which is limited for obligation to a definite period of time to remain available for expenditure for more than the two succeeding full fiscal years, but this subsection shall not be effective until June 30, 1957. SEC. 8. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the appropriations for the District of Columbia or appropriations to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives. SEC. 9. The inclusion in appropriation Acts of provisions excepting any appropriation or appropriations from the operation of the provisions of this Act and fixing the period for which such appropriation or appropriations shall remain available for expenditure is hereby authorized. Approved July 25, 1956.

Public Law 799 July 25, 1956 [H. R. 5853]

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AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia", approved February 1, 1907. Be it enacted by the Senate arid. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia", approved February 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 870; title 2, ch. 8, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended (a) by striking from the first sentence thereof.the words "shall have been a bona fide resident of said District for three years last past before appointment, and each, during said period", and (b) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the words "for a period of three years immediately prior to such appointment". SEC. 2. Where any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952, such reference shall be deemed to be to the office, agency, or officer exercising the functions of the office or agency so abolished. SEC. 3. Section 3 of the said Act of February 1, 1907, is amended (a) by striking "some veterinary college authorized by law to confer the same, which college shall require at least two sessions of study of veterinary medicine of not less than six months each prior to the issue of such diploma, and graduates of two-year colleges shall accompany their diplomas by satisfactory evidence that they have practiced

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