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74TH C ONGRES S. SESS. I. OHS. 829-831 . AUGUS T 30, 1935 . "Collector .» (10) The term " collector" mean s collector of internal reven ue . ,, "includes"; includ- (b) The terms " includes " and " including " when used in a defini- g .

tion contai ned in this A ct sha ll not be dee med to exclu de oth er thi ngs otherwise within the meaning of the term defined . reparability clause . SEC. 502 . SEPARABILITY CLAUSE If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provisions to other persons or circum- stances, shall not be affected thereby . Effective date .

SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall take effect upon its enactment . Approved, August 30, 1935, at 6 p . m . [CHAPT ER 830.1

AN ACT Augus t 30, 1935 . [13. R . 6250.] To amend the National Defense Act . [Public, No . 408.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Na tiona l Defe nse A ct, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President amendment . Annual call, with is hereb y autho rized to cal l annu ally, with th eir co nsent, upon appli- consent, of designated cati on to and selec tion by the War Department, f or a period of not Reserve officers, for ac- tive . Army duty, au- more than one year for any one officer, not to exceed at any time one Vol . 39, p. 166; thousand Reserve officers of the combatant arms and the Chemical t7. S. c., p. 229. Warf are Service in the grade of se cond lieutenan t, for active d uty Proviso.

with the Regular Army : Provided, That nothing herein contained Existing laws, etc ., not affected. shall affect the number of reserve officers that may be called to active duty u nder ex isting laws, nor th e cond itions under and purposes for which they may be so called . Fifty officers to be SEC . 2 . That, for the period of ten years beginning July 1, 1936, n"ly icommissioned my y the Secretary o f War is author ized to select annually, in a ddition to the graduates from the United States Military Academy, fifty Provisos .

officers who shall be commissioned in the Regular Army : Provided, Di strib ution .

That the Secretary of War shall determine for each annual incre- ment the number to be allotted among the promotion list branches : rec eived t oivto t have And provided further, That the number to be appointed in the ra in- ing, etc . promotion list branches shall be selected from such reserve officers who have rec eived the trai ning herein aut horized or from graduates of the Army Air Corps Training Center . Approved, August 30, 1935 . [CHAPTER 831 .] August 30, 1935 .

AN ACT tH . R. 6732.]

Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on [Public, No . 409 .]

rivers and harbors, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the River and harbor United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following in' ovementn rosecution and su- works of improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways are pervis ion o f work . hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the S ecretary of War and supervisi on of the Chief of Engineers, in a ccordance with the plans recom mended in the respective repo rts hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth in such documents ; and that hereafter Federal investigations and improvements of rivers, harbors, and other waterways shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department