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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 195-197-MAY 14, 1940 [CHAPTER 195] May 14, 1940 [S 3654] [Public, No. 614] National Defense Act, amendment. 39 Stat. 171. 10U.S. c.081. Medical Depart- ment, Army. Enlisted men, maxi- mum number. Prioiso. Additional enlist- ments; conditions. [54 STAT. AN ACT To amend section 10, National Defense Act, as amended, with relation to the maximum authorized enlisted strength of the Medical Department of the Regular Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 10 of the National Defense Act, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 766), be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to provide that hereafter the authorized maximum number of enlisted men of the Medical Department of the Regular Army shall be in each fiscal year such number as shall equal 7 per centumr of the average annual pay strength of the active list of the Regular Army and the average strength of all other military personnel on extended active duty with the Regular Army during such fiscal year: Provided, That in event of actual or threatened hostilities involving the United States the President may, within the limit of the total authorized strength of the Regular Army, authorize additional enlistments in the Medical Department to such number as he may deem necessary. Approved, May 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 196] May 14,1940 AN ACT Is. W361] To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended, and [Public, No. 515] for other purposes. Perishable Agricul- tural Commodities Act, 1930,amendment. Reparation orders, proceedings. 7U.S. C. 499g(c); Supp. V, I 499g (c). Proviso. Appeal to district court in certain cases. 7U.8 . §4991 (c), (d). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (c) of section 7 of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (46 Stat. 531), as amended by section 10 of the Act of August 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 725), is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence and by inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: "Provided, That in cases handled without a hearing in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 6 or in which a hearing has been waived by agreement of the parties, appeal shall be to the district court of the United States for the district in which the party complained against is located." Approved, May 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 197] May 14, 1940 [S. 3675] [Public, No. 516] Wilmington Na- tional Cemetery,N . C . Fixing of boundary lines. Exchange, etc. , of lands. AN ACT To authorize the establishment of boundary lines for the Wilmington National Cemetery, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into and execute an agreement or agreements with the owners or claimants of adjoining land to fix and establish the location of the boundary lines of the Wilmington National Cemetery, North Carolina, and he may, if he deems it advisable, give to or receive from such owners or claimants appropriate releases, by way of quitclaim deeds or otherwise. Approved, May 14, 1940. 214