An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, and for other purposes,"" approved May 18, 1910.
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of any function vested by said plan in the Board of Commissioners or 
in any office or agency under the jurisdiction and control of said 
Board of Commissioners shall continue to be subject to delegation 
by said Board of Commissioners in accordance with section 3 of such 
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plan. 
Any function vested by this amendatory act in any agency 
established pursuant to such plan shall be deemed to be vested in 
said Board of Commissioners and shall be subject to delegation in 
accordance with said plan. 
Approved July 17, 1959. 
Public Law 86-99 
AN A C T 
July 17, 1959 
To extend for a period of two years the privilege of free importation of gifts 
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from members of the armed forces of the United States on duty abroad. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the 
Act of December 5, 1942, entitled "An Act to accord free entry to 
bona fide gifts from members of the armed forces of the United States 
on duty abroad", as amended (U.S.C., title 50 App., sec. 847), is 
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amended by striking out "July 1, 1959" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"July 1, 1961". 
Approved July 17, 1959. 
Public Law 86-100 
AN ACT 
July 17, 1959 
To rename the New Richmond locks and dam in the State of Ohio as the Captain 
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Anthony Meldahl locks and dam. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the New Rich- Mfidaw'^o^kV'aSd 
mond locks and dam on the Ohio River near Chilo, Ohio, shall be <
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known and designated as the Captain Anthony Meldahl locks and 
dam. Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States 
in which such locks and dam are referred to under any other name or 
designation shall be held to refer to such locks and dam as Captain 
Anthony Meldahl locks and dam. 
Approved July 17, 1959. 
Public Law 86-101 
AN ACT 
July 2t, 1959 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the 
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expenses of the government of the District *
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f Columbia for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes", 
approved May 18, 1910. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
o.c, aimuai re-
proviso of the first paragraph under the caption "CONTINGENT AND ^"Re'striction. 
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES" of the Act entitled "An Act making appro-
priations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District 
of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and eleven, and for other purposes", approved May 18,1910 (36 
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Stat. 381; sec. 1-239, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended to read 
as follows: '"''Provided further^ That hereafter no department, board, 
office, or agency of the government of the District of Columbia shall 
include any illustration in any annual report prepared by it unless 
such illustration be authorized under order or regulation approved 
by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia". 
Approved July 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-102 
July 23, 1959 
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rpQ amend section 105 of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, with respect 
to tlie disposition upon the death of a Member of the House of Representatives 
of amounts held for him in the trust fund account in the ofllce of the Sergeant 
at Arms, and of other amounts due such Member. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
sent'ative^s* Repre- United Sttttcs of America in Congress asseinbled, That section 105 of 
^"Decelsl'd mem- the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a), is amended 
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to read as follows: 
"SEC. 105. When any individual who has been elected a Member of, 
or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives dies after 
the commencement of the Congress to which he has been elected, any 
unpaid balance of salary and other sums due such individual (includ-
ing amounts held in the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant 
at Arms) shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date 
of death, in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall 
be a bar to the recovery oy any other person of amounts so paid: 
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such in-
dividual in writing to receive such unpaid balance and other sums 
due filed with the Sergeant at Arms, and received by the Sergeant at 
Arms prior to such individual's death; 
"Secondj if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow or widower of 
such individual; 
"Third, if there be no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the child 
or children of such individual, and descendants of deceased children, 
by representation; 
"Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such individual, or 
the survivor of them; 
"Fifth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal 
representative of the estate of the deceased individual, or if there be 
none, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under 
the laws of the domicile of the deceased individual." 
Approved July 23, 1959. 
Public Law 86-103 
July 23, 1959 
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—[H- R- 5447]— rjiQ extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' AfEairs to maintain 
offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection 230 
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(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1960" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1970". 
Approved July 23, 1959.