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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 639, 640-NOV. 23 , 24, 1942 the present war and for six months thereafter, or until such earlier time as the Congress, by concurrent resolution, or the President, by proclamation, may designate." SEC. 2. The Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 9), as amended (U. S. C., title 14, ch. 9; Public Law 599, Sev- enty-seventh Congress, second session), is hereby further amended as follows: 1. Section 6: At the end of the first sentence change the period to a comma and add the following: "by any corporation, partnership, or association, or by any State or political subdivision thereof". 2. Section 201: At the end of the third line (55 Stat. 11) strike out the word "men" and substitute therefor the words "enlisted per- sonnel". 3. Section 202: In the first line (55 Stat. 11) strike out the word "male". 4. Section 206: In lines 2 and 6, as amended (55 Stat. 588), strike out the word "men" and substitute therefor the word "personnel". 5. Section 207: In line 9, as amended (Public Law 599, Seventy- seventh Congress, second session) strike out the word "men" and substitute therefor the words "persons (including Government employees without pay other than the compensation of their civilian positions) ". 6. Section 210: In the fifth line, as amended (55 Stat. 588), strike out the word "he" and substitute therefor the words "such officer". In the first and seventh lines of the second sentence, as amended (55 Stat. 588), strike out the word "men" and substitute therefor the word "personnel". 7. Section 212: In line 3 (55 Stat. 12) strike out the words "he or his" and substitute therefor the words "such member or such member's". SEC. 3. The terms "men" and "enlisted men" as contained in Acts appropriating funds for the Coast Guard, shall not be construed to deprive women enlisted or enrolled in the Coast Guard, of the pay, allowances, gratuities, and other benefits granted by law to enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. Approved, November 23, 1942. [CHAPTER 6401 AN ACT To provide for the disposition of trust or restricted estates of Indians dying intestate without heirs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon final determination by the Secretary of the Interior that the Indian holder of a trust or restricted allotment of lands or an interest therein has died intestate without heirs, the lands or interest so owned, together with all accumulated rents, issues, and profits therefrom held in trust for the decedent, shall escheat to the tribe owning the land at the time of allotment subject to the payment of such creditors' claims as the Secretary of the Interior may find proper to be paid from the cash on hand or income accruing to said estate and subject to all valid existing agricultural, surface, and mineral leases and the rights of any person thereunder. If the tribe which owned the land at the time of allotment has been reorganized or reconstituted by reason of amalgamation with another tribe or group of Indians or of subdivision within the tribe or other- wise, the land shall escheat to the tribe or group which has succeeded 1021 Further amend- ments. 14U. S. C., Supp.I, ch. 9. Ante, pp. 329, 990. 14 U.S. C., Supp.I, S265. 14U.S . C .,Supp.I, 301. 14U. S.C., Supp.I, §302. Ante, p. 990. 14 U. S. C., Supp. I, §306. Ante, p. 329. Ante, pp. 329, 990. 14 U.S. C., Supp.I, 310. Ante, p. 330. 14 U.S. C., Supp.I, 1312. "Men" and "en- listed men." November 24. 1942 [11. R. 45331 "T-Pubiio.wi 774'F Indians dying h- testate without heirs. Escheat of certain property to designated tribe. Suemssor tribe.