An Act to amend the Texas City Disaster Claims Act.
PL 84-675 (H.R.11499), enacted 07/09/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 675-JULY 9, 1956 
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"§ 502. Regulations authorized 
"The Governor of the Canal Zone is hereby authorized to prescribe, 
and from time to time alter and amend, regulations for the Canal 
Zone governing the registration, and regulating the practice, of archi-
tects and professional engineers. Such regulations may include pro-
visions covering issuance, suspension, revocation, and reissuance of 
certificates of registration, and may also provide for the certification 
of architects-in-training and engineers-in-training, and for the levy-
ing of appropriate fees. 
"§ 503. Punishment for violations 
"Any person who shall violate any regulation established under 
authority of the next preceding section shall be punishable by a fine 
of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 
one year, or by both. 
"§ 504. Injunction to restrain violation 
"The District Attorney for the Canal Zone is hereby authorized to 
apply for relief by injunction to restrain a person from the com-
mission of any act which may be prohibited by the regulations estab-
lished under authority of section 502 of this title. In such proceedings 
it shall not be necessary for the District Attorney to allege or prove 
either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist, or that substan-
tial and irreparable damage would result from the continued violation 
thereof. 
"§ 505. Investigations; attendance of witnesses; production of books 
and papers; subpena procedure; witness fees 
"In the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this 
chapter and of the regulations prescribed under authority thereof, the 
Governor or such officer or officers as he may designate shall have 
power (a) to investigate for unauthorized and unlawful practice, to 
require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and 
papers, and to require such witnesses to testify as to any and all matters 
within his jurisdiction, and (b) to issue subpenas and to administer 
oaths. Upon the failure of any person to attend as a witness, when 
duly subpenaed, or to produce documents when duly directed, the 
Governor or other designated officer shall have power to refer the 
matter to the judge of the United States District Court for the District 
of the Canal Zone, who may order the attendance of such witness, or 
the production of such documents or require the said witness to testify, 
as the case may be, and upon the failure of the witness to attend, to 
testify, or to produce such documents, as the case may be, such witness 
may be punished for contempt of court as for failure to obey a sub-
pena issued or to testify in a case pending before said court. 
Wit-
nesses in proceedings before the Governor or other designated officer 
shall be paid the same fees that are paid witnesses in the United 
States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone." 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
July 9, 
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Public Law 675 
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AN ACT 
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To amend the Texas City Disaster Claims Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 707), is amended by striking out "prior to" 
where it appears in section 3 (a) and substituting in lieu thereof "on 
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or before" so that the second paragraph of section 3 (a) will read as 
follows: 
"No claim shall be entertained by the Secretary of the Army unless 
it shall appear to his satisfaction that such claim was a part of a civil 
action filed against the United States in a United States district court 
on or before April 25, 1950, except that, for good cause, the Secretary 
may waive the limitation date of April 25, 1950, where it is shown 
that claimant, hy reason of infancy, insanity, or other legal reason, 
was unable to bring such civil action." 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 676 
CHAPTER 534 
AN ACT 
Tuly 9. 1956 
To provide a lump-sum readjustment payment for members of the reserve com- 
[H. R. 9952] 
ponents who are involuntarily released from active duty. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Armed R^s^rVe A°t*^of 
Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481), as amended, is further ^^i^j/'"®"fj^®"*-
amended by adding tlie following section after section 264: 
Lun^-^'sum read-
"SEC, 265. (a) K member of a reserve component who is involun- J"stment payment, 
tarily released from active duty after the enactment of this section 
and after having completed immediately prior to such release at least 
five years of continuous active duty, except for breaks in service of not 
more than thirty days, as either an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted 
person, is entitled to a lump-sum readjustment payment computed 
on the basis of one-half of one month's basic pay in the grade in 
which he is serving at the time of release from active duty for each 
year of active service ending at the close of the eighteenth year. For 
the purposes of computing th« amount of readjustment payment (1) 
a part of a year that is six months or more is counted as a whole year, 
and a part of a year that is less than six months is disregarded, and (2) 
any prior period for which severance pay has been received under 
any other provision of law sliall be excluded. 
There shall be deducted 
from any lump-sum readjustment payment any mustering-out pay 
received under the provisions of the Mustering-Out Payment Act of gg58stat.8;66stat. 
1944 or the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952. 
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"(b) The following persons are not entitled to any payments under 
p^ersons not ««-
this section : 
""*''* *° payment. 
"(1) A person who is released from active duty at his own request. 
"(2) A person who is released from active duty for training. 
"(3) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
or by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to members of the 
Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in 
the Navy, a person who is released from active duty because of moral 
or professional dereliction. 
"(4) A person who upon release from active duty is immediately 
eligible for retired pay, retirement pay, or retainer pay based entirely 
on his military service under any provision of law. 
"(5) A person who upon release from active duty is immediately 
eligible for severance pay based on his military service under any 
other provision of law. However, such a person may elect to receive 
either readjustment pay under this section or severance pay, but not 
both. 
"(6) A person who upon release from active duty is eligible for 
disability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans' 
Administration. 
However, such a person may elect to receive either