An Act to amend the act of May 29, 1884, as amended, to permit the interstate movement, for immediate slaughter, of domestic animals which have reacted to a test for paratuberculosis or which, never having been vaccinated for brucellosis, have reacted to a test for brucellosis; and for other purposes
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Public Law 236 
CHAPTER 634 
AN ACT 
October 30,1951 
To provide that the interest of the United States in certain real property shall 
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be conveyed to the city of Newport, Kentucky. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
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of the Army is authorized and directed to convey, without consid-
eration, to the city of Newport, Kentucky, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the real property conditionally conveyed 
to that city by the Act entitled "An Act granting certain property to 
the city of Newport, Kentucky", approved July 31,1894 (28 Stat. 211). 
SEO. 2. The deed of conveyance from the Secretary of the Army 
shall provide, in such manner as he shall deem necessary to protect the 
interests of the United States, for waiver by the city of Newport of 
any claims for damages which have arisen or which may in the future 
arise because of river and harbor and flood-control activities of the 
Department of the Army. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
Public Law 237 
CHAPTER 636 
AN ACT 
October 30,1951 
To amend section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^ssemoled, That subparagraph 
(q) under the subtitle "Lower Mississippi Kiver" in section 10 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 526, Seventy-ninth Congress), 
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is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Saint Francis River 
Basin" a comma and the words "the White River Backwater Area". 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
Public Law 238 
CHAPTER 637 
AN ACT 
October 30,1961 
To amend the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended, to permit the Interstate move- 
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ment, for immediate slaughter, of domestic animals which have reacted to a 
test for paratuberculosis or which, never having been vaccinated for brucel-
losis, have reacted to a test for brucellosis; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of mJ^c^ntoak/ ^°" 
the Act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled "An Act for the 
establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exporta-
tion of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and 
extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among 
domestic animals" (21 U. S. C. 114a), is hereby amended by deleting 
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therefrom the words "Bang's disease of cattle" and substituting in 
lieu thereof the words "brucellosis of domestic animals". 
SEO. 2. The said Act is hereby further amended by adding, at the 
end thereof, the following new section: 
"SEO. 13. Domestic animals which have reacted to a test recognized 
by the Secretary of Agriculture for paratuberculosis or which, never 
having been vaccinated for brucellosis, have reacted to a test recog-
nized by the Secretary of Agriculture for brucellosis, maj be shipped. 
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transported, or otherwise moved from one State, Territory, or the 
District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia for immediate slaughter in accordance with such rules and 
regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe to prevent 
the dissemination of said diseases from one State, Territory, or the 
District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia. The Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion and 
under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, permit domestic 
animals which have been moved from one State, Territory, or the Dis-
trict of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia, for breeding purposes, and which, subsequent to such move-
ment, have reacted to a test for brucellosis or paratuberculosis recog-
nized by the Secretary of Agriculture, to be reshipped in interstate 
commerce to the original owner at the point of origin." 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 30,1951 
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Public Law 239 
CHAPTER 6 3 8 
AN ACT 
To assure hospitalization and out-patient treatment by the Veterans' Adminis-
tration of World War II veterans who develop an active psychosis within two 
years from the date of separation from active service. 
Be it erhocted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That, for the pur-
pose of hospital and medical treatment, including out-patient treat-
ment, authorized under laws administered by the Veterans' Adminis-
^38^ij. s. c. note foil, tratiou, a veteran of World War 11 (as defined in Veterans Regulation 
Numbered 10, as amended) developing an active psychosis within two 
years from the date of separation from active service in such war shall 
be deemed to have incurred such disability in such active service. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 30,1951 
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Public Law 240 
CHAPTER 6 3 9 
AN ACT 
To authorize for an additional one-year period the use of rivers and harbors 
appropriations for maintenance of the canal from Cape May Harbor to 
Delaware Bay and the railroad and highway bridges over such canal. 
60 Stat. 635. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That the paragraph 
relating to the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway in the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and 
preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for 
other purposes", approved July 24, 1946 (Public Law 525, Seventy-
ninth Congress), is amended by striking out "five years" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "six years". 
Approved October 30, 1951.