An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia,"" approved February 1, 1907
PL 84-799 (H.R.5853), enacted 07/25/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 799-JULY 25, 1956 
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Repeals. 
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applicable appropriation account for the payment of obligations and 
for the settlement of accounts. 
SEC. 7. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: 
(a) The proviso under the heading "PAYMENT or CERTIFIED CLAIMS" 
in the Act of April 25,1945 (59 Stat. 90; 31U. S. C. 690) ; 
(b) Section 2 of the Act of July 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 407; 31 U. S. C. 
712b), but the repeal of this section shall not be effective until June 30, 
1957; 
(c) The paragraph under the heading "PAYMENT OF CERTIFIED 
CLAIMS" in the Act of June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 358; 31 U. S. C. 7l2c); 
(d) Section 5 of the Act of March 3,1875 (18 Stat. 418; 31 U. S. C. 
713a) ; and 
(e) Section 3691 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 
715). 
(f) Any provisions (except those contained in appropriation Acts 
for the fiscal years 1956 and 1957) permitting an appropriation which 
is limited for obligation to a definite period of time to remain avail-
able for expenditure for more than the two succeeding full fiscal years, 
but this subsection shall not be effective until June 30, 1957. 
SEC. 8. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the appropria-
tions for the District of Columbia or appropriations to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives. 
SEC. 9. The inclusion in appropriation Acts of provisions excepting 
any appropriation or appropriations from the operation of the pro-
visions of this Act and fixing the period for which such appropriation 
or appropriations shall remain available for expenditure is hereby 
authorized. 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
July 25, 1956 
[H. R. 5853] 
Public Law 799 
CHAPTER 728 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine in the District of Columbia", approved February 1,1907. 
D. C. veterinary 
medicine. 
C h a n g e o f re-
quirement s. 
D. C. C o d e 2-
801. 
66 Stat. 824. 
D. C. Code tlUe 
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D. C. C o d e 
803. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate arid. House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine in the District of Columbia", approved February 1, 1907 
(34 Stat. 870; title 2, ch. 8, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended (a) 
by striking from the first sentence thereof.the words "shall have been 
a bona fide resident of said District for three years last past before 
appointment, and each, during said period", and (b) by inserting 
before the period at the end of the first sentence the words "for a 
period of three years immediately prior to such appointment". 
SEC. 2. Where any provision of this Act, or any amendment made 
by this Act, refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 5 of 1952, such reference shall be deemed to be to the 
office, agency, or officer exercising the functions of the office or agency 
so abolished. 
SEC. 3. Section 3 of the said Act of February 1,1907, is amended (a) 
by striking "some veterinary college authorized by law to confer the 
same, which college shall require at least two sessions of study of 
veterinary medicine of not less than six months each prior to the 
issue of such diploma, and graduates of two-year colleges shall accom-
pany their diplomas by satisfactory evidence that they have practiced 
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veterinary medicine for five years last past subsequent to the issue 
of such diplomas", and inserting in lieu thereof "a veterinary college 
having a curriculum equivalent to that required by the American 
Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education for approved 
schools and authorized by law to confer said diploma, which college 
shall require at least four sessions of study of veterinary medicine 
of not less than nine months each prior to the issue of such diploma", 
and (b) by striking from the fifth sentence the words "in January, 
April, July, and October of each year", and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "at least once a year". 
Approved July 25, 1956, 
Public Law 800 
CHAPTER 729 
AN ACT 
July 25, 1956 
To provide for the establishment of the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 
[H. R. 11766] 
in the State of Alabama. 
Horseshoe Bend 
National Military 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Anierica in Congress assembled^ That when not less 
than five hundred acres of the non-Federal lands hereinafter described ParCATa.' 
(together with improvements thereon) and known as the Horseshoe 
Bend Battle Ground on the Tallapoosa Kiver, in the State of Alabama, 
shall have been acquired and transferred free and clear of all encum-
brances to the United States without expense to the Federal Govern-
ment, such areas shall be, and are hereby, dedicated and set apart as 
a unit of the National Park System for the benefit and enjoyment of 
the people of the United States, under the name of the Horseshoe Bend 
National Military Park. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and di- 
Examination of 
rected to make an examination of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground 
with a view to determining the area or areas thereof deemed desirable 
for inclusion in the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park and 
which, except for not more than twenty acres of any other lands adja-
cent to such battleground found by the Secretary to be necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this Act, lie within the lands particularly 
described as follows: Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, and 23, all township 23 
north, range 23 east, Saint Stephens meridian. 
SEC. 3. (a) The National Park Service, under the direction of the 
Administration. 
Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop the 
park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to estab-
lish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended. 
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(b) In order to provide for the proper development and maintenance 
Roads, traUs, 
of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and maintain *
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therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other improvements, 
and such facilities for the care and accommodation of visitors, as he 
may deem necessary. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective if and when the requirements 
Effectivity. 
of sections 1 and 2 hereof shall have been fully complied with to the 
satisfaction of the President of the United States, who shall then issue 
a notice declaring that the requirements herein have been met, and 
said notice shall formally dedicate and set aside the areas transferred 
to the United States in accordance with the provisions of section 1 
hereof. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
i^propriauon. 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 25, 1956.