LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Public Law 747 ___ Harney National Forest, S. Dak. AN ACT To permit, subject to certain conditions, mining locations under the mining laws of the United States within that portion of the Harney Na- tional Forest, designated as a game sanctuary, and for other purposes ------------------- .. ---- --------------- -- 748 -- _ Veterans Regulations, amendments. AN ACT To amend Vet- erans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), parts I and II, as amended, to establish a presumption of service connection for chronic and tropical diseases--------------------------- 749 --- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend sections 301 (k) and 304 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended __ -- -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- - 750 --- Tariff Act of 1930, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of limestone to be used in the manufacture of fertilizer-------------- _- 751 --- Fort Des Moines Veterans' Village, Iowa. AN ACT To confer jurisdiction over the Fort Des Moines Veterans' Village upon the State of Iowa----------------------------------- 752 _-- Naval Academy, Filipinos. AN ACT To authorize the course of instruction at the United States Naval Academy to be given to not exceeding four persons at a time from the Re- public of the Philippines----------------------------- 753 --- Department of the Navy Appropriation Act, 1949. AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Navy and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes------------------------------------- 754 --- Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians. JOINT RESOLU- TION Providing for the ratification by Congress of a con- tract for the purchase of certain lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Na- tions of Indians -------------------------------------- 755 --- National Dental Research Act. AN ACT To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for, foster, and aid in coordi- nating research relating to dental diseases and conditions, and for other purposes ----------------------------- ------ _ 756 --- Interstate Commerce Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Interstate Commerce Act so as to permit the issuance of free passes to time inspectors of carriers subject to part I of such Act -------------------------------------------------- 757 --- Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, amend- ments. AN ACT To increase certain benefits payable under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act_ 758 --- National Military Establishment, professional and scientific service. AN ACT To amend the Act of August 1 1947, to clarify the position of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to such Act, and to authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish six additional positions in the professional and scientific service and for other purposes ------------- 759 --- Selective Service Act of 1948. AN ACT To provide for the common defense by increasing the strength of the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, and for other purposes------------------------ 760 -- Lafayette Building, Washington, D. C . AN ACT To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to lease for commercial purposes certain space in the building located at 811 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, commonly known as the Lafayette Building-------- 761 ___ Lighthouse Service. AN ACT To further perfect the consoli- dation of the Lighthouse Service with the Coast Guard --- _ - 762 - - Spanish-American War veterans, pensions for widows. AN ACT To provide pensions for certain widows of veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection -- _________________________ 763 -_- Marine Band. AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the United States Marine Corps Band at the national assembly of the Marine Corps League to be held at Milwaukee, Wis- consin, September 22 to September 25, inclusive, 1948----- 764 --- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. AN ACT To provide for the addition of certain surplus Govern- ment lands to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the States of Georgia and Tennessee, and for other purposes --------------------- ... . .. Date June 24,1948--- June 24,1948___ June 24,1948--- June 24,1948___ June 24,1948--- June 24,1948_ -- June 24,1948--- June 24,1948--- June 24,1948-_. June 24,1948-_ - June 24,1948--- June 24, 1948-- June 24, 1948_ -- June 24,1948--- June 24,1948--- June 24, 1948-- June 24,1948___ June 24,1948_- - xxiv Page 580 581 582 583 583 583 584 596 598 602 602 604 644 644 645 645
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