An Act to amend and clarify the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949, and for other purposes
PL 82-226 (S.657), enacted 10/29/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 226—OCT. 29, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Stephen Foster Me-
morial Day. 
nized as the father of American folk music and the true interpreter 
of the fundamental spirit of music; and 
Whereas Stephen Collins Foster symbolizes in his works the unity 
of mankind through music; and 
Whereas the National Federation of Music Clubs at its biennial con-
vention in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 13, 1951, and the Florida 
Federation of Music Clubs at Miami, Florida, on April 10, 1951, 
have endorsed and joined with the Florida Stephen Foster Memorial 
Corporation's request for the designation of January 13, the day 
on which the spirit of his music became immortal, as Stephen Foster 
Memorial Day: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved 'by the Senate cmd House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the 
United States is authorized to issue a proclamation designating Janu-
ary 13 of each year as Stephen Foster Memorial Day, and calling upon 
the people throughout the United States to observe such day with 
appropriate ceremonies, pil^images to his shrines, and musical pro-
grams featuring his compositions. 
Approved October 27, 1951. 
Public Law 226 
CHAPTER 601 
October 29,1961 
[S. 657] 
AN ACT 
To amend and clarify the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949, and 
for other purposes. 
D. C. T e a c h e r s ' 
Leave Act of 1949, 
amendments. 
63 Stat. 842. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949 is amended 
^a) by striking from the last sentence thereof the words "sixty" and 
"ten" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "seventy-five" and 
"twenty", respectively, and (b) by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentence: "Under such rules and regulations as the 
Board of Education may prescribe any teacher or attendance officer 
may use three days of such cumulative leave with pay in any school 
year for any purpose, upon giving timely notice of intended absence." 
SEC. 2, Section 2 of such Act is amended (a) by striking from the 
proviso of the first sentence thereof the words "total amount to be" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the word "leave" and also by striking from 
such proviso the words "shall not exceed twenty days and" and (b) 
by striking from the last sentence thereof the word "sixty" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "seventy-five". 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking therefrom the 
word "twenty" and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-five". 
SEC. 4. When any person occupying a position, the salary of which 
position is fixed by article I, title I, of the District of Columbia Teach-
ers' Salary Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 248), as amended, or a position as 
attendance officer, the salary of which position is fixed in class 32, 
article II, title I, of such Act, is transferred or promoted to any posi-
tion in the schedule in article II, title I, of such Act (other than a 
position in class 32) shall be entitled to have credited to his account 
as accumulated sick leave as provided by the Act entitled "An Act to 
standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees", 
5U.S.C. jsofrfses. approved March 14,1936 (49 Stat. 1162), as amended, the same num-
ber of days as are credited to him as cumulative leave with pay under 
the provisions of the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949. 
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SEC. 5. Any teacher or attendance officer who after the enactment of 
this Act is granted leave without pay by the Superintendent of 
Schools or the Board of Education shall be reinstated to the position 
from which leave was granted or to an equivalent position when said 
employee is ready to resume his duties in accordance with the rules of 
the Board of Education existing at the time such leave was granted. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month 
following its enactment. 
Approved October 29, 1951. 
Eflective date. 
Public Law 227 
CHAPTER 602 
AN ACT 
To provide that payment to States and Territories for care given to certain 
disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States shall be effective from 
the date such care commenced. 
October 29.1951 
[H. R. 3548] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the last 
proviso to section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase tem-
porarily the amount of F'ederal aid to State or Territorial homes 
for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United 
States", approved May 18, 1948, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: '"''Provided further, 
That no such payment to a State or 
Territory shall be made until the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs determines that the veteran, on whose account such payment 
is requested, is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration 
facility, and after such determination of eligibility such payment 
shall be made covering the period of eligibility from the date such 
care commenced, except that no such payment shall be made 
effective prior to the date of receipt by the Veterans' Administra-
tion of an appropriate request for determination of eligibility 
in the case of any eligible veteran with respect to whom such 
request is not received within ten days following the date such care 
commenced". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply to pay-
ments with respect to care given to disabled soldiers and sailors 
on and after the first day of the month next following the month 
during which this Act is enacted. 
Approved October 29, 1951. 
Disabled soldiers 
and sailors. 
Support. 
62 Stat. 237. 
24U.S.C.§ 134 note. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 228 
CHAPTER 603 
AN ACT 
To provide for an agricultural program in the Virgin Islands. 
October 29,1951 
[H. R. 4027] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
Ig'icufturatpro-
of Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain in the Virgin gram. 
Islands of the United States an agricultural research and extension 
service program. 
In carrying out the program authorized by this 
Act the Secretary shall utilize the agencies, facilities, and employees 
of the Department of Agriculture, and may cooperate with the govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands, and other public and private organizations 
and individuals in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere.