An Act to amend the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, with respect to payments for the benefit of persons under legal disability
PL 82-304 (S.1669), enacted 04/09/1952

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nees and prisoners of war filed before March 31, 1958, pursuant to the 
provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Act.'' 
SEC. 8. Claims for compensation under subsection (d) of section 6 
of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, must be filed with the War 
Claims Commission within one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act, or in the amendments made by this Act 
to the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, shall operate to extend 
the life of the War Claims Commission for any period of time. 
Approved April 9, 1952. 
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Public Law 304 
CHAPTER 168 
AN ACT 
To amend the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, with respect to payments 
for the benefit of persons under legal disability. 
April 9, 1952 
[S. 1669] 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and Hov.^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (e) 
of section 5 of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended (50 U. S. C. 
2004 (e)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Any claim allowed by the Commission under this section shall 
be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the 
war claims funds established by section 18 of this Act, and shall be 
payable by the Secretary of the Treasury to the person entitled thereto; 
except that where the person entitled to payment is under any legal 
disability, any part of the amount payable may, in the discretion of 
the Commission, be paid, for the use of the claimant, to the natural or 
legal guardian, committee, conservator, or curator of the claimant, 
or, if there is no such guardian, committee, conservator, or curator, then 
the Commission may, in its discretion, make payment to any other 
person, including the spouse of such claimant, whom the Commission 
may determine is vested with the care of the claimant or his estate 
for the use and benefit of such claimant or estate; and if such person 
is a minor, any part of the amount payable may, in the discretion of 
the Commission, be paid to such minor." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 6 of the War Claims Act of 1948, 
as amended (50 U. S. C. 2005 (c)), is amended by striking out "or to 
his legal or natural guardian if he has one,"; and such section 6 is 
further amended by inserting after subsection (c) thereof the follow-
ing new subsection: 
"(d) Where any person entitled to payment under this section is 
under any legal disaoility, payment may be made in accordance with 
the provisions of subsection (e) of section 5." 
Approved April 9, 1952. 
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eiaimants under 
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Public Law 305 
CHAPTER 169 
AN ACT 
To further amend section 5136 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, with respect 
to underwriting and dealing in securities issued by the Central Bank for 
Cooperatives. 
April 9, 1952 
[S. 2085] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a.ssembled^ That the last sentence 
of paragraph seventh of section 5136 of the Kevised Statutes, as 
amended (12 V. S. C. 24), is hereby amended by inserting "or the 
eentral Bank for 
Cooperatives. 
Investment se-
curities. 
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Central Bank for Cooperatives" after the word "Development"; by 
inserting "either of said banks" in lieu of the words "said bank"; by 
inserting "at any one time" after the words "no association shall"; by 
deleting "at any one time" after the word "exceeding"; and by insert-
ing ", w^ith respect to each issuer," after the word "amount"; so that 
said sentence shall read as follows: "The limitations and restrictions 
herein contained as to dealing in and underw riting investment securi-
ties shall not apply to obligations issued by the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development or the Central Bank for Coopera-
tives which are at the time eligible for purchase by a national bank for 
its own account: Provided^ That no association shall at any one time 
hold obligations issued by either of said banks as a result of under-
writing, dealing, or purchasing for its own account (and for this pur-
pose obligations as to which it is under commitment shall be deemed 
to be held by it) in a total amount, with respect to each issuer, exceed-
ing 10 per centum of its capital stock actually paid in and unimpaired 
and 10 per centum of its unimpaired surplus fund." 
Approved April 9, 1952. 
April 9, 1952 
[S. 2266] 
Public Law 306 
CHAPTER 170 
AN ACT 
To authorize and validate payments of periodic pay increases for temporary 
indefinite employees of the Department of the Navy within the period of March 
17,1947, to July 1,1948. 
N a v y 
D e p a r t -
ment. 
Certain p a y in-
creases. 
Refunds. 
C r e d i t in ac-
counts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) all persons 
who were awarded administrative pay increases as temporary indef-
inite ungraded employees of the Department of the Navy within the 
period March 17, 1947, to July 1, 1948, through administrative error, 
are hereby relieved of all liability to repay to the United States the 
amounts of such unauthorized pay increases. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 
persons described in subsection (a) such amounts as have been paid by 
them, or deducted from their salaries, on account of overpayments of 
compensation occasioned by such unauthorized pay increases. 
(c) All disbursing officers, or other responsible officers, who made 
or authorized the pay increases to the persons described in subsection 
(a) are relieved of all liability for any such overpayments and their 
accounts shall be credited with the amounts erroneously overpaid. 
Approved April 9, 1952. 
April 9, 1952 
[S. 2549] 
Public Law 307 
CHAPTER 171 
AN ACT 
To provide relief for the sheep-raising industry by making special quota immi-
gration visas available to certain alien sheepherders. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That, for a period 
i^'" i gration of oiic year after the effective date of this Act, in any case in which 
the Attorney General, under the authority of the fourth proviso to 
section 8 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (U. S. C , title 8, sec. 1H6), 
grants permission for the importation of a skilled sheepherder into 
the United States and the investigation of the application for such 
importation discloses that— 
Alien 
s h e e p -
herders 
39 Stat. 875.