An Act to amend amend subsection (e) of section 1 of title 5 of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended
PL 84-198 (H.R.2406), enacted 08/01/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 198-AUG. 1, 1955 
427 
SEC. 308. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 9 of the Act of March 2, 1917, as amended (48 U. S. C , 
sec. 734), is hereby amended by inserting after "the Fhilippine Trade 
Act of 1946" the following: "or the Philippine Trade Agreement 
Revision Act of 1955". 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
60 Stat. 158. 
Public Law 197 
CHAPTER 439 
^^ ACT 
August 1, 1955 
To provide for the relief of certain members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, 
[H.R. 3560] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all payments 
of station per diem allowances heretofore made to commissioned 
officers and warrant officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force per-
manently stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, or Elmendorf Air 
Force Base, Alaska, after January 31, 1949, and before October 13, 
1950, for service at Fort Richardson, Alaska, or Elmendorf Air Force 
Base, Alaska, are validated to the extent that those station per diem 
allowances were paid, because the military department concerned 
determined that no Government mess was available to those com-
missioned officers and warrant officers under regulations promulgated 
pursuant to section 12 of the Act of June 16, 1942 (ch. 413, 56 Stat, 
364), as amended by section 203 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (ch. 
756, 60 Stat. 859). Any commissioned officer or warrant officer who 
has made a repayment to the United States of the amount so paid 
to him as station per diem allowances is entitled to be paid the amount 
involved, if otherwise proper. 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his 
designee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing 
agents, of the Army, Navy, and Air Force from accountability or 
responsibility for any payments described in section 1 of this Act, 
and shall allow^ credits in the settlement of the accounts of those 
officers or agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud 
and collusion. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available to the military department con-
cerned for the pay and allowances of military personnel are available 
for payments under this Act. 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
Armed Forces. 
V a l i d a t i o n of 
c e r t a i n 
station-
a l l o w a n c e pa>^ 
ments. 
37 u s e 112 note. 
Public Law 198 
CHAPTER 440 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection (e) of section 1 of title 5 of the District of Columbia 
Revenue Act of 1937, as amended. 
August 1, 1955 
[H.]R. 2406] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) 
of section 1 of title 5 of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, 
as amended (47 I). C, Code, sec. 1601), is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Property transferred exclusively for public or municipal pur-
poses, to the United States or the District of Columbia, or exclusively 
for charitable, educational, or religious purposes, shall be exempt from 
any and all taxation under the provisions of this section." 
Approved August 1, 1955. 
D. C taxes. 
50 Stat. 683. 
Exemption.