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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 27, 28. 1917. 18]. the number of persons, the grades or character of positions, the original rates of compensation, and the increased rates of compensation provided for herein. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to ?,l$%§‘,,"E,,‘§,.,,,d cancel the assessment of $13,252.21, bein income tax on profit on g’IQsf§§1tf,‘$n§mithS°¤i¤¤ the sale of Charles L. F reer, of Detroit, Mighigan, in the ear nineteen hundred and fifteen, of twelve thousand and ninety-gve shares of Parke, Davis and Compacny’s stock, $1,000,000 of the proceeds from the sale of said stock having been given to the Smithsonian Institution for the erection of a buildin to ouse the art collections presented to the Nation by Mr. Freer unciar deed of gift dated May ii th, nineteen hundred and six, and the remainder havinglbeen paid by Mr. Freer for the purchase of additional ob`ects whic have been added to the collections and presented to the liation bfy him. _ Sec. 3. That all sums appropriated by this act or salaries of officers b,,S,‘,§",§,{°’ S"“‘“°s "° and emjpgoyees of the Govemment shall be in full for such salaries for the cal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, and all laws or parts of laws to the extent they are in conflict with the provisions o this Act are repealed. _ Approved, June 12, 1917. CHAP. 28.-An Act To authorize the issue to States and Territories and the J'”E§1:6g*;17· District of Columbia of rifles and other property for the equipment of organizations m ... of heme guards. [Public, N¤.22.l Be it enacted by the Senate and Horueizeleif Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress aesemb, That the Secretary of War S,_§'§:,c_¤°°'°° °‘ during this existing emergency be, and he is hereby, authorized, in Issuiaptirmy man his discretion, to issue from time to time to the several States and ?{,Ti_”’ ° °" °' ““"‘°" Territories and the District of Columbia for the equipment of such home guards having the character of State (police or constabulary as mag be organized by the several States an Territories and District of olumbia, and such other home guards as may be organized under the direction of the governors of the several States and Territories and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or other State troops or militia, such rifles and ammunition therefor, cartridge belts, haversacks, canteens, in limited amounts as available supplies will permit, Erovided that the property so issued shall remain the property of the United States and shall be receipted for by the gov-· ·*°°°“”‘°*’“’°>'·°*°· emors of the several States and Territories and Commissioners of the District of Columbia and accounted for by them under such regulations and upon fumishinfg such bonds or security as the Secretary of War may prescribe, an that any property so issued shall be re- R°°°""°t°‘ turned to the United States on demand when no longer needed for the Ygurposes for which issued, or if, in the judgment o? the Secretary of ar, an exi ency requires the use of the property for Federal P M purposes: Provided That all home guards, Statetroops and militia UZ, .,;,m.,,,,g,,_ receiving} arms and equipments as herein “provided shall have the. use, in the discretion of the Secretary of Har and under such r - lations as he may prescribe, of rifle ranges owned or controlledcgily the United States of America. Approved, June 14, 1917.