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 878 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 143. 1918. aff'- D°"“I··B’•*“‘ That in view of the conspicuous service in the Arctic of Colonel liar be appcmmi David  Brainerd, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army he {"§§?fu°' “°”°“‘1’ '°' being one of the seven survivors of the original twenty-five members of the Greely Expgldition, and of the  to hisweiesight resulting from exposure w e in said service, which injury necessitate his early retirement from active service, the President is hereby authorized to place that officer on the retired list of the Army after over fort years’ active service, as a brigadier general, with the pagkznd emoluments of a retired officer of that grade, and to grant a commission in accordance with such advanced rank. ,,,¢,§,*§E,§,';}j,°§ Arrnorammou Avamanm non ozeuoarrons rmimroiroizn m- ¤¤‘~¤¤\=¤*¤¤¤¤=· cunnnn: The a pro riations contained herein shall be available for the payment oi) oblligations on accoimt of the existing emergency incurred rior to the dpassage of this Act or prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred an eighteen, and which are properly chargeable to such appropriations. H G,·},,;"§',§*,°g'{‘,,_I"°"’“‘ Aammmm: Paovme Gaomwn: That the Secretary of War be, and “_E¤¤¤¤¤¢¤ ¤* hm he hereby is, authorized to exchange a strip of land of about two iuessz. hundred feet in width within the Aberdeen Proving Ground, and P°"·”""°"·"”‘ extending from Bush lliver to Magnolia Maryland, and adjoining the right of wa of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coxnpziy, for a tract of land situated inside the limits of the Aberdeen ving Ground, P""‘““‘· and having an area of about eight acres, upon the payment to the United States of such consideration, m addition to said tract of land, as the Secretary of War shall deem eqiutable. ` Ciuirrmz III. ° m,;*,,'.‘§’ ‘"“"“"°° ACGOUNTABILITY ron raver rtmns: That during the resent m°§gg_}”•g;P;¤:_§g emergency under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secme other cmeus no retary of War, officers of the Army, accounta le for public moneys, mk" may intrust such moneys to other omcers for the p ose of having them make disbursements as their agents, and the iigcers to whom the moneys are intrusted, as well as the officers who intrusted such tcétthtgn, shall be held pecuniarily responsible therefor to the ni a . N§'§.;’§,'*(§u‘i,§",,P°"* Govmmoas ro Arromr raornarr omcmns: That the first senmf_g,{;d§°· P- ’°°· tence of the thirdparagraph of section sixtgseven of an Act entitled "An Act for making urther and more e ectual provision for the national defense, and for other puizposes/’ approved June third ninetegn hpnliired and sixteen, be, an the same is hereby, amended to rea as o ows: ,,.,A‘£§$§¥°°?{'},°§"N§{ "The governor of each State and Territory and the Command' ` a int, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary oilwar, the djutant General or an officerp the National Guard of the State, Temtory, or District of Columbia, who shall be regarded as property and disbursing officer of the United States." Cnnrrna IV. ¥§¥,;‘,f,,?,b"f,?“,$§§; Parnraurs mom rlpriir. Avamrziplré nALaNcr:s: That during the !¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤*¢.b¤¤·¤¤¤ resent emergency w en ressing ations are re uired to be aid Ziainermmzniiiit dm by a disbursing officer ofpthe Army_and the allotmiint to his of§cial credit_under_t e proper appropriation or appro riations is temporarily insufficient to paly the same, he 18 authonzeel to make payments from the total availab e balance to his official credit, provided sui!}. cient funds under propler alépropriation or appropriations have been appropriated by the c `ef officer of the bureau or department for the
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