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PUBLIC LAW 348-MAY 21, 1952

formed services shall be available for retroactive payments authorized under this Act. SEC. 5. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this Act shall be effective on the first day of the month in which this Act is enacted. Approved May 19, 1952. .. Public Law 347

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AN ACT To retrocede to the State of Illinois jurisdiction over one hundred fifty-four and two-tenths acres of land used in connection with the Chain of Rocks Canal, Madison County, Illinois.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby retrocedes to the State of Illinois jurisdiction over the following described land: All that parcel of land, comprising approximately one hundred fifty-four and two-tenths acres, acquired by the United States for use in connection with the Granite City Engineer Depot over which jurisdiction was ceded to the United States by the Act of the General Assembly of Illinois approved June 30, 1923 (Laws of Illinois, 1923, page 628), as amended by the Act of the General Assembly of Illinois approved July 17, 1941 (Laws of Illinois, 1941, page 1302), and over which jurisdiction was accepted by communication dated April 16, 1943, addressed to the Governor of the State of Illinois, signed by the Secretary of War, and received in the office of the Governor on April 19, 1943, and which parcel of land, now used in connection with the Chain of Rocks Canal, is as shown on map designated as G C - 1 and dated May 15, 1947, on file in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. SEC. 2. The retrocession of jurisdiction provided for in section 1 of this Act shall take effect upon acceptance thereof by the State of Illinois. Approved May 21, 1952.

P u b l i c Law 348

Effecuve date,

May 21, 1952 [H.R.1949]

Illinois. Retrocession of jurisdiction.

CHAPTER 315

AN ACT To make certain increases in the annuities of annuitants under the Foreign Service retirement and disability system.

Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any Foreign Service officer who has retired before November 13, 1950, on annuity under the provisions of the Act of May 24, 1924 (43 Stat. 140), as amended, or under the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999), and who does not come within the purview of section 2 of this Act shall have his annuity increased on the first day of the second month following the month in which this Act is enacted or on the date such annuity commences, whichever is later, in accordance with the following scale: (a) By 25 per centum or $300, whichever is the lesser, if retirement took place before November 13, 1946; (b) By 20 per centum or $240, whichever is the lesser, if retirement took place on or after November 13, 1946, and before November 13, 1947;

May 21, 1952 [H.R.3401]

Foreign Service. Annuities.

22 USC 801 note.