55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 IT SESS.-CHS. 307-309-JULY 18, 1941 for aggravation of a preexisting injury or disease contracted or suffered in line of duty, when such disability was incurred in or aggravated by active service in the United States Coast Guard on or after January 28, 1915, and before July 2, 1930, and for death resulting from such injury or disease, under the same regulations and restrictions as provided by law for officers and enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard who incurred disability in line of duty on and after July 2, 1930, or who died as the result of such disability. SEC. 2. The administrative, penal, and forfeiture provisions govern- ing the granting of benefits, including accrued pension, under Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, approved March 20, 1933, as amended, and the Veterans Regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended, are hereby made applicable to the benefits granted under this Act: Provided,That in no event shall the benefits herein provided be awarded for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act and the date of commencement of pension granted hereunder shall be from the date of filing application in the Veterans' Administration under such regulations as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe. SEC. 3. This Act shall not be construed to reduce any pension or compensation under any Act, public or private. Approved, July 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 308] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 25, 1938, extending the classified civil service to include postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of of the Act approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1076), is amended by changing the period to a colon and adding thereto the following: "Provided, That residence within the delivery of the post office or within the city or town where the same is situated shall be essential to the examination, appointment, reappointment, or promotion of applicants for postmaster at offices unless the Civil Service Commis- sion finds that peculiar local conditions preclude or render impossible the application of such requirements. fn such cases the Commission may examine and certify for appointment, reappointment, or pro- motion persons who reside in such area adjacent to, or surrounding, the delivery zone of the post office as may be fixed by the Civil Service Commission." Approved, July 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 309] AN ACT To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, by striking there- from subsection (k) of section 4 and substituting therefor a new subsection (k). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: By striking therefrom subsection (k) of section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (k), to read as follows: "(k) Shall have power in the name of the United States- "(a) to convey by deed, lease, or otherwise, any real property in the possession of or under the control of the Corporation to 599 Applicability of ex- isting law. 48 Stat. 8. 38U.S.C. ch.12. Proviso. Limitation. July 18, 194 [H. R . 1618] [Public Law 183] Postal Service. 39U. S. C. §31b. Residence require- ments for certain post- masters. July 18. 941 [H. R . 2097] [Public Law 184] Tennessee Valley Authority Act, amendment. 49 Stat. 1076 . 16U.S.C. 831 (k). Power of Authority. Oonveyng of land for recreation, ete.
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