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1066 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 767, 768-DEC. 18, 1942 [56 STAT. Worn and un- SEC. 4. All worn and uncurrent standard silver dollars now held rent standard silver dollars. or hereafter received in the Treasury shall be formed into bars of such weights and degrees of fineness as the Secretary of the Treas- ury may direct; and the Director of the Mint is hereby authorized to cause the bars obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section Provo. to be used for coinage: Provided, however, That whenever such bars are obtained from standard silver dollars held as security for out- standing silver certificates, an equal amount of silver shall be allo- cated as security for outstanding silver certificates when such bars are used for coinage. Place of inage. SEO. 5. The Director of the Mint shall cause the coinage provided for by section 1 of this Act to be coined in the United States coinage mints or to be coined in whole or in part at such other places or plants as the Director may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, designate; and the Director, with the approval of the Secretary, is hereby authorized to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Appropriation au- SEC. 6 . There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000,000 which shall be available for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and in his discretion, for any purpose in connection with the carrying out of this Act. Ordersreultion^s SEC. 7 . The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue such orders, regulations, and instructions as he may deem neces- sary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, December 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 768] AN ACT December 18, 1942 [H. R. 6839] Relating to the appointment and retirement in the Naval and Marine Corps [Public Law 816] Reserve of persons with physical disabilities, and for other purposes. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve. Appointment of per- sons with physical disabilities. Provudts. Retirement bene- fits. Service disability. Rights or benefits under other Acts. 54 Stat. 1012 43 Stat. 625 . 38U.s.o. ts807, 513. Disability from ex- tra hazard of military or naval ervi Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter persons who are otherwise qualified but who have other than organic physical defects which will not interfere with the performance of general or special duties to which they may be assigned, may be issued appointments in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve and ordered to active duty, and officers now in the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve may likewise be ordered to active duty under similar circumstances: Provided, That any officer of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve hereafter appointed or ordered to active duty upon waiver of physical disability shall not be eligible for retirement benefits by reason of the disability for which waiver was required at the time of appointment or orders to active duty or by reason of any aggravation of such disability: Provided further. That such officer, however, shall be eligible for retirement benefits as provided by law for a disability incident to the service: And provided further, That except for retire- ment based upon disability for which waiver is required under this Act, or aggravation of such disability, this Act shall not be construed to deprive any person of any right or benefit authorized under any other Act. SEO. 2. For the purposes of applying section 607 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or section 302 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, any disability for which waiver was required as a condition to tender of commission under this Act shall be deemed to be a disability resulting from an injury or disease traceable to the extra hazard of military or naval service Approved, December 18, 1942.