LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Public Law 587 --- Revised Statutes, amendment. AN ACT To amend Revised Statutes, 4921 (U. S. C. A., title 35, Patents, sec. 70), pro- viding that damages be ascertained on the basis of compensa- tion for infringement _- -- - -- - - ___- _______-
588 --- Navy, Office of Naval Research. AN ACT TO establish an Office of Naval Research in the Department of the Navy; to plan, foster, and encourage scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance as related to the maintenance of future naval power, and the preservation of national security; to provide within the Department of the Navy a single office, which, by contract and otherwise, shall be able to obtain, coordinate, and make available to all bureaus and activities of the Department of the Navy, world-wide scientific informa- tion and the necessary services for conducting specialized and imaginative research; to establish a Naval Research Advisory Committee consisting of persons preeminent in the fields of science and research, to consult with and advise the Chief of such Office in matters pertaining to research __________- 589 --- Insurance Act of 1946. AN ACT To amend certain provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, and for other purposes -- .----- _-____-_____________-... 590 -- _ Department of State. AN ACT To establish the Office of Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs------ ---- _---__-- 591 --- Escaped convicts. AN ACT To make it a criminal offense for certain escaped convicts to travel from one State to another _ 592 --_ D. C. Redevelopment Act of 1945. AN ACT To provide for the replanning and rebuilding of slum, blighted, and other areas of the District of Columbia and the assembly, by purchase or condemnation, of real property in such areas and the sale or lease thereof for the redevelopment of such area in accordance with said plans; and to provide for the organization of, pro- cedure for, and the financing of such planning, acquisition, and sale or lease; and for other purposes----- ------------ 593 -_- Bridge, Sakonnet River. AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Rhode Island to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sakonnet River between the towns of Tiverton and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island ------------ .-
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594 _-- Navy, lands in Guam. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of of the Navy to acquire in fee or otherwise certain lands and rights in land on the island of Guam, and for other purposes - 595 --- Navy, settlement of claims. AN ACT To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims against the United States caused by vessels of the Navy or in the naval service, or for towage or salvage services to such vessels, and for other purposes------------- 596 --- U. S . Naval Academy; PostgraduateSchool. AN ACT To further amend the Act of January 16, 1936, as amended, entitled "An Act to provide for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy"..---------.-.- .---..-.- 597 --- PhilippineRehabilitation Act of 1946, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, for the pur- pose of making a clerical correction----------------------- 598 --- Navy, settlement of claims. AN ACT To permit the Secretary of the Navy to delegate the authority to compromise and settle claims for damages to property under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, and for other purposes ---------------- 599 --- Railroad employees, refunds. AN ACT To provide for refunds to railroad employees in certain cases, so as to place the various States on an equal basis, under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, with respect to contributions of employees- -- 600 --- Government employees, travel expenses. AN ACT To authorize certain administrative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes -----------. ---- --- --__- - - - - - - - - - 601 --- Legislative ReorganizationAct of 1946. AN ACT To provide for increased efficiency in the legislative branch of the Govern- ment----------------------
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602 _- Indians, insurance premiums. AN ACT To authorize the use of the funds of any tribe of Indians for insurance premiums --- 603 --- Summit Lime Co. , Calif. , r ailroadlands. AN ACT To confirm title to certain railroad-grant lands located in the county of Kern, State of California------------------------------- Date Aug. 1,1946_ - Aug. 1, 1946___ Aug. Aug. Aug. 1, 1946-_ 1, 1946-__ 2, 1946- __ _- Aug. 2,1946- _ Aug. 2,1946--- Aug. 2,1946___ Aug. 2,1946--- Aug. 2,1946__ Aug. 2,1946--- Aug. 2,1946- _ - Aug. 2,1946__ Aug. 2,1946- __ Aug. 2,1946__ Aug. 2,1946__- xxi Page 778 779 781 789 789 790 803 803 803 804 805 805 806 806 812 852 Aug. 2,1946.- _ 852
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