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 · SIXT,Y-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 103, 104. 1918. 609 Provided, That officers now designated as hthouse in ectors shall Pj, · ,m,,,,_ be transferred to the positions of superligntendent ofp lighthouses mrmew cures. herein authorized in lieu of lighthouse ins ectors: Prmnkled further, That in the districts which include the giississippi River and its e,@“SS§§§’,{‘*c,SRi,,‘§,f,;; tributaries the President may designate Army engmeers to perform Aniiy ¤¤ai¤¤¤r¤- the duties of and act as superintendent of hghthouses without additional compensation. Sec. 8. That section forty-six hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended to read as follows: K "SEc. 4673. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to regulate rgiiidfessee. the salaries of the respective keepers of lighthouses in such manner  ‘“”·*’·”°“· as he deems just and proper, but the whole sum allowed for such salaries shall not exceed an average of $840 per annum for each nrseremm me apkeeper; and the authority herein granted to regulate the salaries pB$'},l’%7_,,_m of eepers of lighthouses shall not be abridged or limited by the provisions of section seven of the general deficiency appropriation Act approved August twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve as amended by section four of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation Act agproved March fourth, nineteen hundred and t 1rteen." (United tates Statutes at Large, volume thirty-seven, page seven hundred and ninety.) Approved, Jrme 20, 1918. `
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Hague?. }O%—An rgcévrogaugsan Act entiged uh Act Dr: authorize the estaebé 18-*-***-1 men 0 a ureauo ar cem eTreasury partmen "a rov · _ September second, nineteen hundredugld fourteen, as amend . t, Pp [Pune, Nm ml Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentativea o the United States of; America in Oemgresa assembledgi 'lhgl the secondgubdivision AcYK' (4) of section twentky-two of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize °d·4¤¢¢·v-401·¤¤¤¤d· the establishment o a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treas- ' ury Department," approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended, relating to the definition of the term "parent," is hembymamended to read as follows: hmm through "(4) e term ‘parent’ includes a father, mother, dfather, ae¤pu¤¤1¤c1¤ue<1. grandmother, father through adoption, mother througimsdoption stepfather, and stepmother, either of the person in the service or of the spouse." New sections muse Sec. 2. That four new sections are hereby added to Article I of am, p. m, amend; said Act, to be known as sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty- °°· nine, and thirty, respectively, and to read as follows: Pun U { d "Sr:c. 27, That whoever shall obtain or receive any money, check, ur.¤€’r$$¤Zi$l`}.Q allotment, famil allowance, compensation, or insurance under Arti- m°°°>’·°*’°· cles II, HI, or tv of this Act, without being entitled thereto, with intent to defraud the United States or any person in the military or naval forces of the United States, shall be punished by a Hne of not more than $2,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. "Sr:c. 28. That the allotments and family allowances, compensa- ,i,§£§'§“§,b,'§§ *22 tion, and insurance payable under Articles H, III, and IV, respec- °° ·¤°' °°” *°- tively, shall not be assrgnableg shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of any person to whom an award is made under Articles H, ,,,0,,,08 HI, or IV; and shall be exempt from all taxation: Provided, That Subiectotc cum ci such allotments and famil allowances, com ensation, and insurance Umm S°°°”‘ shall be subject to any c&ims which the llhited States may have, under Articles II, III, and IV, against the person on whose account the allaotmeuts and family allowances, compensation, or insurance is paya e. _ _‘€Sec. 29. That the dischar or dismissal of any person from the pe¤§5I"`lr’$.$`°°t:»°r°iu°°in& military or naval forces on th; ground that he is an enemy alien, “*’°°“‘°‘ °°‘”°’· 112460°—vor. 40—1>·r 1——39