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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 20, 21. 1918. 449 to law with the Marine Corps, or signed by an officer designated by any of them, respectively, or the tplurpose, shall when produced be prima facie evidence as to any of e ollowing facts stated in such certincatez That a erson named has not been, or is, or has been in milit P*‘¤¤¤m M, ¤¤vid¤¤¤¤ service; tlila time when and the place where such pgison enteggi °' mm military service, his residence at that time, and the ran, branch, and unit of such service that he entered, the dates within which he was in service, the monthly pay received by such person at the date o issuing the certificate, the time when and place where such person died in or was discharged from such service. It shall be the duty of the oregloing officers to fumish such certiii- dtnmmm on appucate on application, and any suc certincate when purporting to be °'“°’* signed by an one of such officers or by any person Ogiuporting upon the face of the certihcate to have been so authoriz shall be prima facie evidence of its contents and of the authority of the signer to issue the same. , (2) Where a person in military service has been reported missing Presumption is _¢¤ he shall be presumed to continue in the service until accounted for, ?$y’“'“ ""°'°°d ""”' and no period herein limited which befns or ends with the death of such person shall begin or end until the death of such 1`person is in Y'°°'°”¤*¤· fact reported to or foimd by the Department of War or avy, or any court or board thereof, or until such death is found by a 00l11"l5 of comyiptent jurisdiction: Provided, That no period herein limited §';,'*y&°n_ whic begins or ends with the death of such person shall be extended hereby beyond a period of six months after the termination of the war. Sec. 602. That an interlocutory order made b an court under A¤¤¤¤¤f¤i¤¤¤¤i¤· the provisions of this Act ma, upon the oourth ovzn motion or t°d°°°°°”°M°”‘ otherwise, be revoked,  or extended by it upon such notice to the parties affected as it ma require. Sec. 603. That this Act sha}? remain in force until the termination '1‘¤¤¤i¤=¤i¤¤ vimof the war, and for six months thereafter: Promided, That wherever Coutimigugg of .u. under any section or provision of this Act a proceeding, remedy, §’,f'*'*°‘* '“'”°°“°“S· privilege, stay, limitation accounting, or other transaction has been ` authorized or (provided, the due exercise or enjoyment of which may extend beyon the period herein fixed for the termination of this Act such section or provision shall be deemed to continue in full force and effect so long as may be necessary to the exercise or enjoyment of the proceeding, remedy, privilege, stay, limitation, accountmg, or transaction aforesaid. Sec. 604. That this Act may be cited as the Soldie1s’ and Sailors’ TM Civil Relief Act. Approved, March 8, 1918. _ crur. 21.-Joint institute rmaa saaaimi time at me me ct - “”°’*“·*°*·’— ‘ chase money under homestead entries wilfin the former Colville IDd1R:DymR$¢fVBtl’C!!l., Washjngmm [Pub. Res., No. Z!.] Resolved by the Senate and House tif Repgesentativee ¢y‘ the United a·9•°ilL°w%°° R°° States oj America in Congress cesemb ed at the Secretary of the E,,,,,m,,,,,,,,,,,,, Interior is hereby authorized to extend for a period of not longer E,_;¤{;,s¤=¤¤¤¤*¤= than one year the time for the payment of any annual installment °°` due, or hereafter to become due, on the purchase price for lands sold under the Act_ of Congress approved March twenty-second, nineteen at hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, {page eighty), entitled “An v°"“'°‘ Act to authorize the sale and disposition o surplus or unallotted lands of the dimimshed Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Wash- P I mgton, and for other purposes": Provided, 'l'hat the last payment rannpmmt. 112460°—:·vor. 40—rr 1--29