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further amended by striking: "Upon the issuance of articles of reincorporation or the certificate of incorporation by the Commissioners the existence of the corporation shall be continued under this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "Upon the issuance under section 141 of this Act of a certificate of reincorporation or of incorporation, as the case may be, by the Commissioners the existence of the corporation shall be continued under this Act, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence that all conditions precedent required to be performed under section 141 of this Act have been complied with and that the corporation has been reincorporated or incorporated under this Act, as the case may be, except as against the District of Columbia in a proceeding to cancel or revoke the certificate of reincorporation or of incorporation;". SEC. 35. Section 143 of said Act is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a)(3) strike "the other duplicate original shall be recorded in the office of the Kecorder of Deed!s" and insert in lieu thereof "return the other duplicate original to the corporation or its representative". (2) I n subsection (b) strike "of" after "recordation" and insert in lieu thereof "or". SEC. 36. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after its approval. Approved September 2, 1957.

D. c.

C o d e 29-

952.

D. C. C o d e 29953.

Effective date.

Public Law 85-255 AN ACT To authorize settlement for certain inequitable losses in pay sustained by officers of the commissioned services under the emergency economy legislation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon application of any officer or former officer (including the widows and legal representatives of such officers who are deceased) of the services mentioned in the Joint Pay Act of June 10, 1922, who, upon advancement in rank, did not receive an increase in the rates of pay or allowances for any part of the period beginning July 1, 1932, and ending June 30, 1934, by reason of the application in the case of such officer of section 201 (except as to longevity increase provided for in the tenth paragraph of section 1 of said Joint Pay Act) of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, the Comptroller General shall determine the aggregate amount of pay and allowances, in addition to that otherwise accruing, which would have accrued to such officer if such section had not been applied in his case (except as to longevity) and pay to such officer the amount so determined. Applications under this Act shall be made in such form and contain such information as the Comptroller General may prescribe, but an application under this Act not filed in the General Accounting Office prior to the expiration of two years from the date of enactment of this Act shall be of no effect. Any officer of the United States is authorized and directed upon request of the Comptroller General to supply any information from the records in the custody of such officer to aid the Comptroller General in passing upon applications under this Act. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such a sum as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved September 2, 1957.

September 2, 1957 [H. R. 293]

Armed Forces. S e 111 e m ent for l o s s e s in pay. 42 Stat. 625.

47 Stat. 404. 5 USC 715 a.

Appropriation.

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