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PUBLIC LAW 87-601-AUG. 24, 1962

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Public Law 87-601 August 24, 1962 [S. 1918]

D. c. Former policemen, firemen, etc. Survivors' benefits.

D. C. Code 4-531 note.

Effective date.

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AN ACT rj,„ extend benefits of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of lpo7 to widows and surviving children of former members of the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the White Hbuse Police force, or the United States Secret Service Division, who were retired or who died in the .service of any such organization prior to the effective date of such amendments.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each widow or child who, on or after the effective date of this Act, was receiving or is now receiving or shall hereafter be entitled to receive relief or annuity by reason of service in the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the White House Police force, or the United States Secret Service Division, of a deceased former officer or member who died in the service of any such organization prior to the effective date of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of 1957, approved August 21, 1957 (71 Stat. 391), or who retired prior to such effective date, shall be entitled to benefits computed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (k) of section 12 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718), as amended (section 4-531, District of Columbia Code, 1951 ed., supp. VIII). SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to reduce the relief or retirement compensation any person receives, or is entitled to receive, on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 3. The effective date of this Act shall be the first day of the first month following the date of enactment. Approved August 24, 1962.

Public Law 87-602 August 24, 1962 [H. R. 10852]

Silk yam. Duty suspension. 19 USC 1001, par. 1202 note.

Towing carriage. Free entry.

AN ACT To continue for a temporary period the existing suspension of duties on certain classifications of spun silk yarn, and to provide for the free entry of a towing carriage for the use of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembied, That the Act entitled "An Act to suspend for three years the import duties on certain classifications of spun silk yarn", approved September 8, 1959 (Public Law 86-235; 73 Stat. 470), is amended by striking out "during the threeyear period beginning on the sixtieth day after the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "during the period beginning on the 60th day after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending with the close of November 7, 1965". SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty one towing carriage and appurtenances (whether arriving in one shipment or in separate shipments) importea for the use of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. ^ p r o v e d August 24, 1962. '^qru

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