PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 625-JUNE 24, 1948 Rights of persons called to active duty. Aid in replacement. Right to vote, etc. Poll tax. Report of separation from service. sion thereof by law but not including any voluntary extension thereof) or upon his discharge under honorable conditions prior to the expira- tion thereof, to all the reemployment rights and other benefits provided for by this section in the case of inductees. (2) Any person who, subsequent to the effective date of this title and while it is in effect, enters upon active duty in the armed forces of the United States, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service in response to an order or call to active duty shall, upon his relief from active duty under honorable conditions, be entitled to all of the reem- ployment rights and benefits provided by this section in the case of inductees, if he is relieved from active duty not later than three years after the date of entering upon active duty or as soon after the expira- tion of such three years as he is able to obtain orders relieving him from active duty. (h) The Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights, shall render aid in the replacement in their former positions of persons who have satisfactorily completed any period of active duty in the armed forces of the United States, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service. In rendering such aid, the Secretary shall use the then existing Federal and State agencies engaged in similar or related activities and shall utilize the assistance of volunteers. (i) Any person inducted into the armed forces for training and service under this title shall, during the period of such service, be permitted to vote in person or by absentee ballot in any general, special, or primary election occurring in the State of which he is a resident, whether he is within or outside such State at the time of such election, if under the laws of such State he is otherwise entitled so to vote in such election; but nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require granting to any such person a leave of absence or furlough for longer than one day in order to permit him to vote in person in any such election. No person inducted into, or enlisted in, the armed forces for training and service under this title shall, during the period of such service, as a condition of voting in any election for President, Vice President, electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, be required to pay any poll tax or other tax or make any other payment to any State or political subdivision thereof. (j) The Secretaries of Army, Navy, or Air Force shall furnish to the Selective Service System hereafter established a report of sepa- ration for each person separated from active duty. THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTION; CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES SEC. 10. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the executive branch of the Government an agency to be known as the Selective Service System, and a Director of Selective Service who shall be the head thereof. Headqurters. (2) The Selective Service System shall include a national head- quarters, at least one State headquarters in each State, Territory, and possession of the United States, and in the District of Columbia, and the local boards, appeal boards, and other agencies provided for in subsection (b) (3) of this section. Director. (3) The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall receive compensation at the rate of $12,500 per year. transfer of fu. (4) The functionsof the Office of Selective Service Records (estab- 61 Stat. 31 . lished by the Act of March 31, 1947) and of the Director of the Office 1, ap. 321 -329. of Selective Service Records are hereby transferred to the Selective Service System and the Director of elective Service, respectively. The personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances (available 618 [62 STAT.
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