An Act to extend the authority of the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission, and for other purposes
PL 84-298 (H.R.5469), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 298-AUG. 9, 1955 
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SEC. 304. No act done in good faith under this Act by a person serv-
ing in or with the Federal or military service of the United States 
in the exercise of his judgment as to what was practicable and com-
patible with military, merchant marine, or other Federal govern-
mental operations, shall constitute a violation of any provision of law 
relating to the elective franchise. 
SEC. 305. It shall be unlawful for any commissioned, noncommis-
sioned, warrant, or petty officer in the Armed Forces (1) to attempt 
to influence any member of the Armed Forces to vote or not to vote 
for any particular candidate, or (2) to require any member of the 
Armed Forces to march to any polling place or place of voting, but 
nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit free discussion regard-
ing political issues or candidates for public office. 
SEC. 306. If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the 
validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such 
provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected 
thereby. 
SEC. 307. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for a method of 
voting, in time of war, by members of the land and naval forces absent 
from the place of their residence", approved September 16, 1942 (56 
Stat. 753), as amended, is repealed. 
SEC. 308. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
A c t s i n go o d 
faith, etc. 
Separability. 
Repeal. 
50 u s e 301-355. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 297 
CHAPTER 657 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide that a gold medal be coined and presented to Doctor Jonas E. 
in honor of his achievements in the field of medicine. 
Salk 
August 9,1955 
[H.J. Res. 278] 
Resolved hy the ^Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That in recognition of the 
great achievement of Doctor Jonas E. Salk in the field of medicine by 
his discovery of a serum for the ])revention of poliomyelitis, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to cause to be struck 
and presented to Doctor Jonas E. Salk a gold medal with suitable 
emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. 
For such purpose there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of 
$2,500. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in 
bronze of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as 
he may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof 
(including labor), and the appropriations used for carrying out the 
provisions of this section shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of 
such sale. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Dr. J o n a s 
E. 
Salk. 
Gold medal. 
Appropriatio n. 
Sale 
cates. 
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Public Law 298 
CHAPTER 658 
AN ACT 
August 9,1955 
To extend the authority of the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission, and 
[H.R. 5469] 
for other purposes. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assenihled^ That the Act t Corr e gidor Ba-
aa n Me mori al 
Commission.