57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 280, 281 -OCT. 26, 1943 SEC. 2 . That all the construction and use provided for herein shall be under such regulations and rentals as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may make and establish in connection there- with and all plans and specifications for such construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have full authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of said pipe lines as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of Lansburgh and Brother, its successors or assigns. Any repairs to streets, highways, or other public property necessi- tated by construction or alterations of said pipe lines shall be made in a manner satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at the expense of Lansburgh and Brother. SEC. 3. That no permission granted or enjoyed hereunder shall vest any title or interest in or to the land within Eighth Street Northwest. SEC. 4 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved October 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 281] AN ACT To amend the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, so as to liberalize family allowances, 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 101 of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 381; 37 U. S . C . Supp. 201), is amended by striking out in the first and second lines the words "of the fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh grades". SEC. 2 . That section 102 of such Act is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a comma and adding the words "except as to the initial family allowance provided by section 107 (a) hereof. SEC. 3 . That section 103 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 103. The dependents of any such enlisted man to whom a family allowance is payable under the provisions of this title shall be divided into three classes to be known as 'class A', 'class B', and 'class B-1' dependents. The class A dependents of any such enlisted man shall include any person who is the wife, the child, or the former wife divorced of any such enlisted man. The class B dependents of any such enlisted man shall include any person who is the parent, brother, or sister of such enlisted man and who is found by the Secretary of the department concerned to be dependent upon such enlisted man for a substantial portion of his support. The class B-1 dependents of any such enlisted man shall include any person who is the parent, brother, or sister of such enlisted man and who is found by the Secretary of the department concerned to be dependent upon such enlisted man for the chief portion of his support." SEC. 4 . That section 104 of such Act is amended by inserting after the words "class B" in the sixth and thirteenth lines, respectively, thereof the words "or class B-l". SEC. 5 . That section 105 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 105. The amount of the monthly family allowance payable to the dependent or dependents of any such enlisted man shall be- "To class A dependent or dependents: A wife but no child, $50; a wife and one child, $80, with an additional $20 for each additional child; a child but no wife, $42, with an additional $20 for each addi- tional child; a former wife divorced but no child, $42; a former wife 577 Regulations and rentals. Approval of plans and specifications. Road repairs, etc. Property rights. October 26, 1943 [S. 12791 [Public Law 174] Servicemen's De- pendents Allowance Act of 1942, amend- ments. 37 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 202. Post, p . 578. 37 U.. S. C., Supp. II, § 2t3. ('IhAses of drlpeintl ents. Class A. Class B. Class B-1. 56 Stat. 381. 37 U. . C., Supp. II, § 204. 56 Stat. 382. 37 U. . C., Supp. II, 205. Amount of family allowance. Class A dependents. 81077° - 44-- r. I---37
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