An Act to increase the annual income limitations governing the payment of pension to certain veterans and their dependents
PL 82-357 (H.R.4387), enacted 05/23/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 358-MAY 23, 1952 
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SEC. 6. (a) The minimum monthly rate of pension payable to 
veterans of the Indian wars under the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 
1861), as amended (38 IT. S. C. 381), or the Act of August 25, 1937 
(50 Stat. 786), as amended (38 U. S. C. 381-1), shall be $96.75 unless 
such veteran is now or hereafter becomes on account of age or physical 
or mental disabilities, helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind 
as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person, 
in which event the monthly rate shall be $129. 
(b) All monthly rates of pension payable to dependents of veterans 
of the Indian wars which are payable under any public laws admin-
istered by the Veterans' Administration are hereby increased by 7i/^ 
per centum. 
SEC. 7. The increased rates authorized by this Act shall be effective 
from the first day of the second calendar month following the date of 
approval of this Act. 
Approved May 23, 1952, 
Effective date. 
Public Law 357 
CHAPTER 324 
AN ACT 
To increase the annual income limitations governing the payment of pension to 
certain veterans and their dependents. 
May 23, 1952 
[H.Rr4387] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph I I 
(a), part III, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is 
liereby amended to read as follows: 
"II. (a) Payment of pension provided by part III shall not be made 
to any unmarried person whose annual income exceeds $1,400 or to any 
married person or any person with minor children whose annual 
income exceeds $2,700." 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 1 (c) of the Act of June 28,1934, 
as added by section 1 of the Act of July 19, 1939 (53 Stat. 1068), and 
ap amended (38 U. S. C. 503 (c)), is further amended to read as 
follows: "Payment of pension under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be made to any widow without child, or to a child, whose annual 
income exceeds $1,400, or to a widow with a child or children whose 
annual income exceeds $2,700." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second 
calendar month after its enactment. Pension shall.not be paid for any 
period prior to the effective date of this Act to any person whose 
eligibility for pension is established solely by virtue of this Act. 
Approved May 23, 1952, 
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I n c o m e limita-
tions. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 358 
CHAPTER 325 
AN ACT 
To provide for the acquisition of a site for the new Federal building in Newnan, 
Georgia, adjoining the existing Federal building there as an economy measure 
before land value has increased as a result of land improvement. 
May 23, 1952 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General 
Services Administrator be authorized and directed to acquire, by 
purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a plot of land one hundred and 
forty-five feet long and eighty-eight feet wide situated at the south-
west corner of Spring Street and Perry Street, and immediately east 
Newnan, Ga. 
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of and adjoining the present post office site in the city of Newnan, 
Georgia, for use as a site for the erection of a new Federal building. 
Such plot of land is more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point where the south line of Spring Street intersects 
with the west line of Perry Street; thence westerly along the south 
line of Spring Street eighty-eight feet to the northeast corner of the 
present Post Office lot; thence southerly along the east line of said 
Post Office lot one hundred and forty-five feet to a point; thence east-
erly and parallel with the south line of Spring Street eighty-eight feet 
to the west line of Perry Street; thence northerly along the west line 
of Perry Street one hundred and forty-five feet to the place of begin-
ning. 
Approved May 23, 1952. 
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May 23, 1952 
[S. 2322] 
Public Law 359 
AN ACT 
Prohibiting the manufacture or use of the character 
unauthorized persons. 
CHAPTER 327 
'Smokey Bear" by 
"Smokey Bear. 
62 Stat. 731. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That chaj^ter 33 of 
title 18 of the United States Code be amended by adding a new section 
to be known as section 711, as follows: 
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"§ 711. 'Smokey Bear' character or name 
"Whoever, except as authorized under rules and regulations issued 
by the Secretary of Agriculture after consultation with the Associa-
tion of State Foresters and the Advertising Council, knowingly manu-
factures, reproduces, or uses the character 'Smokey Bear', originated 
by the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, in 
cooperation with the Association of State Foresters and the Advertis-
ing Council for use in public information concerning the prevention 
of forest fires, or any facsimile thereof, or the name 'Smokey Bear' 
as a trade name or in such manner as suggests the character 'Smokey 
Bear' shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than 
six months, or both. 
"The Secretary of Agriculture may specially authorize the manu-
facture, reproduction, or use of the character 'Smokey Bear' for a 
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jDeriod not to exceed one hundred and eighty days, expiring no later 
than one year after the enactment hereof, by any person who, because 
of plans or commitments made prior to the enactment of this Act, 
would suffer substantial loss if denied such authorization." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 33 immediately preceding section 
701 of title 18 is amended by adding at the end thereof: 
"Sec. 711. 'Smokey Bear' character or name." 
Deposit of fees. 
gj;^. 3 ^j^g Secretary of Agriculture shall deposit into a special 
account to be available for furthering the nation-wide forest-fire pre-
vention campaign all fees collected under regulations promulgated 
by him relating to "Smokey Bear" under the provisions of section 711 
of title 18. 
Approved May 23, 1952.