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June 29, 1946 PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 526 , 527 Juny 10946 7-3- i-

4; Repeal. 56 Stat. 183. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. §§ 641-641f. Ante, p . 345. Maximum prices, etc. 56 Stat. 23, 765. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. §§901-946, 961-971. Ante, pp. 57, 214; post, p. 664 et seq. 55 Stat. 788. D. C . Code, Supp. V, §§45-1601 to 45- 1611. Ante, p. 340 . July 1, 1946 [H. R. 5744] [Public Law 476] Civil Air Patrol, incorporation Objects and pur- poses. Eligibility for mem- bership. Original members. Title XI of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, as amended, is hereby repealed as of June 30, 1946. SEC. 2. Title XV of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows: "SEC. 1503. Nothing contained in this Act or any other Federal Act (except the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, the Stabilization Act of 1942, as amended, or the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended), shall be construed to authorize the establishment by any officer or agency of the Government of maximum prices for any commodity or maximum rents for any housing accommodations." Approved June 29, 1946. [CHAPTER 527] AN ACT To incorporate the Civil Air Patrol. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following- named persons, to wit: Harold F. Wood, of Alabama; J. M . Morris, of Arizona; Rex P. Hayes, of Arkansas; Bertrand Rhine, of Cali- fornia; J. A. Smethills, of Colorado; W. T . Gilbert, of Connecticut; William J. Simpson, of Delaware; Zack T. Mosley, of Florida; J. L. Dobbins, of Georgia; Leverett Davis, of Idaho; Gordon A. DaCosta, of Illinois; Walker W. Winslow, of Indiana; Don C. Johnston, of Iowa; J. Howard Wilcox, of Kansas; W. S. Rinehart, of Kentucky; Richard G. Jones, of Louisiana; Guy P. Gannett, of Maine; Edward R. Fenimore, of Maryland; John Shennett, of Massachusetts; Ray R. Baker, of Michigan; Clayton N. Wulff, of Minnesota: J. R. Dowd, of Mississippi; L. W. Greene, of Missouri; Roy W. Milligan, of Mon- tana; Rudy C. Mueller, of Nebraska; Eugene H. Howell, of Nevada; John F. Brown, of New Hampshire; Frank D. Carvin, of New Jer- sey; Lewis W. Graham, of New Mexico; Stuart C. Welch, of New York; Frank E. Dawson, of North Carolina; Irven A. Myhra, of North Dakota; George A. Stone, of Ohio; W. H . Shockey, of Okla- homa; G. Robert Dodson, of Oregon; Phillip F. Neuweiler, of Penn- sylvania; Norris W. Rakestraw, of Rhode Island; Dexter C. Martin, of South Carolina; James R. Barnett, of South Dakota; W. C. Whelen, of Tennessee; D. Harold Byrd, of Texas; Joseph D. Bergin, of Utah; William V. Mason, of Vermont; Allan C. Perkinson, of Vir- ginia; E. R . Schiller, of Washington; Hubert H. Stark, of West Vir- ginia; John F. Stratton, of Wisconsin; and Albert W. Dickinson, Junior, of Wyoming, and their associates and successors, are hereby incorporated and declared to be a body corporate by the name of the Civil Air Patrol (hereinafter referred to as the "corporation"). SEC. 2. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be- (a) To provide an organization to encourage and aid American citizens in the contribution of their efforts, services, and resources in the development of aviation and in the maintenance of air supremacy, and to encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; (b) To provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members; to encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities and to provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies. SEC. 3 . Eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members shall be determined according to the constitution and bylaws of the corporation: Provided, That the original members shall consist of the present Civil Air Patrol 346 [60 STAT.