Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 1.djvu/647

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PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 355-357-AUG. 16, 1941 Releasefrom service further, That the Secretary of War shall, as soon as practicable and upon request. when not in conflict with the interests of national defense, release 54 Stat. 886. from active training and service under section 3 (b) of this Act, and S0 U. S .C., app. §sa03 o). , a pp transfer to a reserve component of the land forces for the same period compon resr ve and with the same rights, duties, and liabilities, as any other person transferred to a reserve component of the land forces under the 54Stat. 886. provisions of section 3 (c) of this Act, regardless of his period of 350(u. 8 C.. app. training and service, any person who has heretofore been inducted Post, p. 627. into the land forces under this Act, who requests such release, and who had attained the twenty-eighth anniversary of the day of his Certificate. birth on or prior to July 1, 1941, and prior to such induction: Pro- vided further, That any person so released under this paragraph who, in the judgment of those in authority over him, has served satisfac- torily shall be entitled to a certificate to that effect which shall be in the same form and have the same force and effect as a certificate 54 Stat 890. ap issued under the provisions of section 8 of this Act." 30 U. Approved, August 16, 1941. 1308. Approved, August 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 356] August 16, 1941 [S. 1626] [Public Law 207] Rincon Indian Res- ervation, Calif. Addition of certain lands. Description. lfot iso. August 16, 1941 Is. 1642] [Public Law 2081 Persons employed on bases acquired from foreign govern- ments, etc. Compensation for injury or death. 33 U.S. C. 5§901-90. AN ACT To reserve a certain part of the public land in California for the benefit of the Rincon Band of Mission Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to all valid existing rights and claims, the following-described lands of the United States be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition and set aside as an addition to the Rincon Indian Reservation in California: The north half, excepting that por- tion included in the Pauma Rancho, southeast quarter, north half southwest quarter, southeast quarter southwest quarter, section 25, northwest quarter southwest quarter, south half southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter, section 27, west half, northwest quarter northeast quarter, south half northeast quarter, section 34, township 10 south, range 1 west, San Bernardino meridian: Provided That until otherwise directed by Congress none of said lands shall be allotted in severalty or shall be subject to taxation. Approved, August 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 357] AN ACT To provide compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to persons employed at military, air, and naval bases acquired by the United States from foreign countries, and on lands occupied or used by the United States for military or naval purposes outside the continental limits of the United States, including Alaska, Guantanamo, and the Philippine Islands, but excluding the Canal Zone, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That except as herein modified, the provisions of the Act entitled "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act", approved March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1424), as amended, and as the same may be amended here- after, shall apply in respect to the injury or death of any employee engaged in any employment at any military, air or naval base acquired after January 1,1940, by the United States from any foreign government or any lands occupied or used by the United States for military or naval purposes in any Territory or possession outside the continental United States, including Alaska Guantanamo and the Philippine Islands, but excluding the Canal Zone, irrespective of the place where the injury or death occurs. 622 [55 STAT.