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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 153 , 155-MAY 29, 1941 SEC. 2 . The Secretary of the 'Interior is authorized and directed to deliver custody of such dam to such district for operation and maintenance purposes in accordance with the contract between the United States and such district, dated December 12, 1936, at the earliest practicable time. SEC. 3. The amount which such district is required to pay the United States under articles 11 and 12 of such contract of December 12, 1936, shall not exceed $1,000,000. Approved, May 29, 1941. [CHAPTER 155] AN ACT To amend Public Law Numbered 783, Seventy-sixth Congress, so as to relieve three-year Regular Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard members and certain members of the Reserve components thereof from selective training and service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 (b) of Public Law Numbered 783, approved September 16, 1940, be amended to read as follows: "(b) In time of peace, the following persons shall be relieved from liability for training and service under section 3 (b) and from the liability to serve in any Reserve component of the land or naval forces imposed by this Act: "(1) Any person who shall have satisfactorily served as an officer or enlisted man for at least three consecutive years in the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard before or after or par- tially before and partially after the time fixed for registration under section 2: Provided,That any person who has had such prior service and who has already been inducted for service may upon application be discharged and shall not be liable for further training and service in time of peace. "(2) Any person who as a member of the active National Guard shall have satisfactorily served as an officer or enlisted man for at least one year in active Federal service in the Army of the United States, and subsequent thereto for at least two consecutive years in the Regular Army or in the active National Guard, before or after or partially before and partially after the time fixed for registration under section 2; or any person who as a member of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve shall have satisfactorily served for at least three consecutive years on active duty before or after or partially before and partially after the time fixed for such registration; or any person who as a member of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve shall have satisfactorily served for at least one year on active duty and for at least two consecutive years in the Regular Navy or Marine Corps or with an organized unit of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve, before or after or partially before and par- tially after the time fixed for such registration. "(3) Any person who is an officer or enlisted man in the active National Guard at the time fixed for registration under section 2, and who shall have satisfactorily served therein for at least six consecutive years, before or after or partially before and partially after the time fixed for such registration. "(4) Any person who is an officer in the Officers' Reserve Corps on the eligible list at the time fixed for registration under section 2, and who shall have satisfactorily served therein on the eligible list for at least six consecutive years, before or after or partially before and partially after the time fixed for such registration. 211 Delivery. Payment. May 29, 1941 [H. R . 4125] [Public Law 87] Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, amendment. 54 Stat. 887. 50U.S.C., app.§ 305(b). Exemptions in time of peace. 54 Stat. 886. s0U.S.C., app. i 303(b). Service in Regular Army, Navy, etc. Post, p. 621 . 54 Stat. 885. 50U. S. C., app. § 302. Proviso. Service in active National Ouard and Regular Army. Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Re- serve. Service in active National Guard. 54 Stat. 885. 50U.S.C., app.§ 302. Service in Officers' Reserve Corps.