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 1132 sixTY-Founrrn CONGRESS. Sess. 11. css. 170, 171. 1917. March 3, 1917- CHAP. 170.-An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other [H- R·”°7“·] pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth. nineteen [Public, No. 388.] undred and eighteen, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United uglmmm °pP'°m°` States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in_the Treasuxgg not otherwise 3pprop£1i1£e<%i1for_th€8pay}1:1ent of peizlsioniicg the depl year; ending une ie nme en un an eig n an oro er pur- _ poses, namely; _ _ ’ _ _ _ s,0':S'¤¤d· •'°·· P°¤· Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor ` children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, and all other pensaoneiéstlvho are ngw gprne on the mills, or vghourkay hergafter lge ace ereon, im er e rovisions 0 any an a c s o on §;°§S{*;';m_,m £160,000,000: Pro#videdi,mTiia1;1 the approrirgticip aforesaid f<}r lgldavy ` ensions shall be aid m the income 0 e avy ension un so ibr as the same slliall be sufficent for that {purpose: Pravidedfurtber, ‘*°°°‘“"“‘ That thed amount expepded under each o the above items shall be account for separate y. “""“°°°" ml’£‘L£$°Sv?1‘Zil1§‘*ii?°§,%Z Z'1€1‘;.?°i.Sa§’d°rsd“i°‘§‘};i°25§’£Y§§3° _ ) §$Z°°s§éa ifatclaim- $60,000: Prmrided, That hereafter the fee for each examination made ¤¤$g,*°=¤g5·¤°°i, ,,9 at the claimant’s residence by an examining surgeon of the Bureau of amended. ’ ’ Pensions for use in a pension claim shall be $4 and in lieu of actual 1 traveling ex enses there shall be paid 10 cents per mile for the distance G P _ · actualldy traveled each way, but not exceeding the d1stance_by the rlpost 'rect route between the s1u·geon’s office and the cla1mant’s ome. Approved, March 3, 1917. Mmh it 1917- CHAP. 171.-An Act To provide a tem rary overnment for the West Indian _E*£7i_11 ds uneab¢11U·1sasa1ess¤ botmiib 11 ‘ awe {Public, Nv- 3894 bbtlvgeenacsgid couuliriesconndhe fourth dayubf Xugust, niiibtgehohhhldilgd f}Li°Zixe1€¤, and tiggziiipld me Sienattzpf thedlgoniteg States on the seventh day of September, nine 11 un an six ¤,a11 ro erpurposes. r Be it enacted by  Senate and House of Representatives of the United $,*,;*1* f,”"*"“’°,§‘·;'_;§,§; States of America in Congress assemble, That, except as hereinafter D PNY Ii _ .d d l. . . . . pggcnepgarlyqumd provide, al im tary, civil, anlgdjudicial powers necessary to govern the West Indian Islands acqui from Denmark shall be vested m a G¤*¤¤’¤¤r- governor and in sucgiepemon or persons as the President ma a int, and shall be exerci in such manner as the President slliallmdoirect until_ Congress shall provide for the government of said islands: f§s°f,§,’,'§',;,,,,,,,_A,,,,,. §rovaded, {That the Igresident maydassign an imcer of the Army or ¤* New Omg- Q '_ avy to serve as suc governor an perform the duties ap rtainin s1$°°°°m°°° M `°° to said office: And provided further, That the governor oiethe said P“Y*°"· islands shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate géind Cpm7;1i1dedg`·z1{;Hl1wgef;·il %`haé1;;tl(ebco2pe§sati(pn of all persons 0 ap0in uner is cs e e yte resient. Egg? Z$.$;i1§¤is1°°$1 gnc.t:2BlThat1up1t1l songrgss shall otherwjpe provide, so fir as ‘ compa 1 ewit thec ange sovereignty an not in con `ct wit the proviigons of tltii? 1;ral rancseasse o in ecoeo laws u s at `enor the sixthfday of éprg, rpneteendhuridreid agd six, and the ogheg loca? awsinorceaneecmsaiisansonte t t Jamiary, nineteen hundred and seventezn, shall glrhliirineigiil forcgyarill effect in said islands, and the same shall be administered by the civil officials and through the local judicial tribimals established in said Rap"] M wxh islands, restpectiveli; and the orders, judgments, and decrees of said ·ppm8,;_,,,,,;m&n_ pixiicial tri unals s all be duly enforced. ‘W1th the approval of the sident, or under such rules and regulations as the esident may