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 708 FIFTY-s1XTH cononsss. sms. 1. cus. 860,861. 1900. _; ·l¤¤€ 7· 1000- CHAP. 860. -—An Act To authorize the payment of traveling allowances to enlisted $°€v3{ §’L?1’§5;i‘§?1'»?§"l.1Y£1..“§‘2‘i.°tEtl2T1°€Z`£’...$21‘l§2‘§”“’g“1 by °"`°’ °* "h° S°°"°““’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqvresentatives { the United gr¤*g¢g·0f Sammy Stateaof America in ébngress assemble, That when the ecretary of or wu authorizilgg War, in the exercise of his discretion, has directed the discharge of f,§*§,°1*§,‘;,Y’°(§,‘;{,’}}§,g€ any enlisted men of the regular or volunteer forces of the Army, and v¤I§% Sw 1290 M the orders or instructions directing such discharge stated that such ' " " '°‘ ‘ enlisted men were entitled to trave pay, such order or instruction shall be sufficient authority for the payment to the soldiers of the travelin allowances provided for by section twelve hundred and ninety of the Eevised Statutes. And officers of the Pay Department of the Army shall have credit in the settlement of their accounts for all pay- ments made in obedience to said orders or instructions of the Secretary P*¤·fi¤¤#· of War: Provided, That soldiers discharged under such orders or ,,uS,‘§'},§l,E§§,“ 0’§’S§§{€ 2,*} instructions, which stated that such soldiers were entitled to travel di-¤<=¤¤*s¢· Mc- pay, and who were absent b authority on the date of the muster out of their re iments or of dsischarge, are entitled to and will be paid traveling alliwances from place of muster out of their regiments or the places desi nated in the final statements as the lace of discharge to A¤P“·=¤0·>·· ··' M- the place og enlistment or enrollment: Provided fiirther, That the plrovisions of this Act shall apply only to cases that have arisen or s all arise under orders or instructions for discharge with travel pay issued between April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the w°$g,,g‘ a‘}}§°v§,*;{gg date of the assage of this Act: Provided farther, That it shall not be of travel my- held as appfyin to any case in which the order directing the discharge ` did not set fortg that the soldier was entitled to travel pay. Approved, June 7, 1900. -7****0 7- 1900- · CHAP. 861.-An Act To amend an Act to incorporate the Supreme Lodge of the _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and ]{oasl;é»’fRepresentat2h;es of the United };’,§§}§g‘;;§§‘°°‘“";“‘g; States of America in Congress assemb -, That the iirst section of the K{¤,ig?¤0§8Pl§(l1¤§¤¤-96 Act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four amended. ’ p' ‘ entitle "An Act to incorporate the Supreme Lod e of Knights of . %’yifhias," be, and the same is hereby, amended by agding thereto the o ow1n : mggsiggggg ¤¤b<>¤ii- "And gaid corporation may provide for the meetings of its legislative _ outside . . . . tl1eDistrict.valid. or (governing body wherever such association shall have subordinate bo ies, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be valid in all respects as if such meetings were held within said District; and all gusmess geg$ofore tralnsipcited atdany Hieetings held lputside of the istrict o umbia s a e vai in a res ects to the same extent _ as if such meetin s had been held within saidll)istrict.” E“""‘· Sec. 2. That tgis Act shall take effect. from and after its passage and approvaL Approved, June 7, 1900.
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