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Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 9 - NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
Sec. 143 - First Monday in October designated as Child Health Day
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§143. First Monday in October designated as Child Health Day
§143. First Monday in October designated as Child Health Day
The President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in October of each year as Child Health Day and inviting all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite upon that day in the observance of such exercises as will awaken the people of the Nation to the fundamental necessity of a year-round program for the protection and development of the health of the Nation's children.
(May 18, 1928, ch. 643, 45 Stat. 617; Sept. 22, 1959, Pub. L. 86–352, 73 Stat. 627.)
Amendments1959—Pub. L. 86–352 substituted “the first Monday in October” for “May 1”.
Effective Date of 1959 AmendmentPub. L. 86–352 provided in part that amendment by Pub. L. 86–352 should be effective Jan. 1, 1960.
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