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each child under the age of eighteen years in an amount not exceeding
essation of pay. $25 per month: Provided, That such payments or any right thereto
ments
shall cease upon death or remarriage of the widow: Providedfurther,
That any benefits to a child or children shall cease upon (1) attaining
the age of eighteen years, (2) marriage, or (3) death: And provided
further, That no widow, child, or children of any deceased member
of the said Police Department or Fire Department resulting from any
marriage contracted subsequent to the date of retirement of such
member shall be entitled to any relief under the provisions of this Act."
SEC. 2. The fifth paragraph of section 12 of the Act of September
39 Stat. 719 .
1, 1916 (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 4-509), is amended to read as
Funeral expenses.
follows: "The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author-
ized to pay from the said policemen and firemen's relief fund, District
of Columbia, a sum not exceeding $250 in any one case to defray the
funeral expenses of any deceased member of the Police Department or
the Fire Department of said District dying while in the service
thereof."
Widows and chi-
SEC. 3. All widows and children of deceased members of the Police
n receiving relief.
Department or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia
receiving relief under the provisions of section 12 of the Act of
D.c. Code i
s
o41, Congress, approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718), as amended,
4-503 , 4 -506 to 4-510 ,
4-512 to 4-514 .
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shall be entitled to receive relief to the same extent and in the same
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manner as is provided by the fourth paragraph of said section as
amended by the first section of this Act: Provided, That no relief
,shall be increased or allowed under the authority of this section for
any period prior to the effective date of this Act: Provided further,
That any child or children who had attained the age of sixteen years
and whose benefits were terminated shall be entitled to receive relief
as provided by the fourth paragraph of said section 12, as amended
by the first section of this Act, until the attainment of eighteen years
of age.
SEC. 4. Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of
officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Force and the Fire
Department of the District of Columbia", approved July 1, 1930
DStC. Code § 4 (39 Stat. 839), be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking out
503,
-504.
therefrom the figures "31/2" and substituting in lieu thereof the figure
4451.
Effective date.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month
following the date of approval of this Act.
Approved August 4, 1949.
[CHAPTER 401]
August 5, 1949
AN ACT
[H. R . 24171
To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to operate and maintain a certain
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tract of land at Valparaiso, Florida, near Eglin Air Force Base, as a recreational
facility.
Valparaiso, Fla.
Recreational facility.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Air Force, upon
acceptance of title to the tract of land comprising the Valparaiso Golf
Course of Valparaiso, Florida, near Eglin Air Force Base, for the
Government of the United States, is hereby authorized to operate and
maintain said tract of land as a recreational facility, in accordance
with existing regulations governing the operation and maintenance
of recreational facilities by the Government for military personnel.
Approved August 5, 1949.
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