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[76 Stat. 442]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 442]

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72 Stat. 1120; 73 Stat. 418. Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 87-646-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

pital against medical advice and is thereafter readmitted to hospitalization, such allowance shall be discontinued from the date of such readmission for so long as such hospitalization continues.", SEC. 3. Section 312(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "three" and inserting in lieu thereof "seven". SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act, but no payments shall be made by reason of this Act for any period before such effective date. The mcreased rate of compensation payable to any veteran entitled thereto on such first day shall be further increased, for such month only, in an amount equal to three times the monthly increase provided for such veteran by the amendments made by this Act. Approved September 7, 1962.

Public Law 87-646 September 7, 1962 [H. R. 10432]

AN ACT To amend title 39, United States Code, to codify certain recent public laws relating to the iwstal service and to improve the Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the definition Postal Service. Title 39, U. S. of "revenue of the Department" contained in section 1 of title 39, Code, amendment United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end 74 Stat. 578. Definitions. thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: " (v) commissions on toll telephones located in buildings under the custody of the Department; "(vi) amounts collected from officers and employees of the Department on account of payments to them by courts of witness fees and allowances for expenses of travel and subsistence in cases in which they have been subpenaed to testify in private litigation in their official capacities or to produce official records; "(vii) money recovered or collected on account of loss of firstclass domestic registered matter which is not restored to the original owners." Judicial Officer. SEC. 2. (a) Chapter 3 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately following "§ 308. Chief Postal Inspector." the following new section: "§ 308a. Judicial Officer "A Judicial Officer, appointed by the Postmaster General, shall perform such quasi-judicial duties as the Postmaster General may designate. He shall be the agency for the purposes of the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (chapter 19 60 Stat. 237. of title 5), to the extent that functions are delegated to him by the 5 USC 100 1 Postmaster General." note. (b) The analysis of chapter 3, preceding section 301 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "308. Chief Postal Inspector." the following item: "308a. Judicial Officer." 74 Stat. 600. SEC. 2 A. Subsection (a)(1) of section 2303 is amended by deleting "section 4167" in item (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 4168".