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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 5-7. 1919. 367 or commissions in any case where repa ent is authorized by this statute, the Secretary of the Interior shallihttionce certif r such amounts to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby autiiorized and di- P=>Ym¤¤*¤¤t¤¤fi¤¤¤· rected to make repayment of all amounts so certified out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated and issue his warrant in settlement thereof. " Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to _ Rgigs *0 be pw make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for `cn E ` tlée purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and e ect! Approved, December 11, 1919. CHAP. 6.—An Act To provide for the payment of six months’ pay to the D¢<>er¤ber17,1919· widow, children, or other designated dependent relative of any officer or enlisted man of the Regular Army whose death results from wounds or disease not the result [P“bh°’ N°‘ 99] of his own misconduct. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That herea ter, imme- *2{,’(’}3;;mm,0, dm,] diately upon ofhcial notification of the death from wounds or dis- in service to include ease, not the result of his own misconduct, of any officer or enlisted $$1 ust °° °°m° man on the active list of the Regular Army or on the retir·ed list §g};§·g;},‘§; when on active duty, the Quartermastcr General of the Army shall ' cause to be paid to the widow, and if there be no widow to the child or children, and if there be no widow or child to an other de endent relative of such officer or enlisted man tpreviously dyesignated by him, an amount equal to six months’ pay at e rate received by such officer or enlisted man at the date of his death. The Secretary of War shall d_£§g¤tg${¤¤ °° N establish re lations requiring each officer and enlisted man having no wife or child to designate the proper dependent relative to whom this amount shall be paid in case of his death. Said amount shall be paid from funds appropriated for the pay of the Sec. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be constru as making the Bg“g§Y§‘,"j’,*}{$,y?“*’ ”° provisions of this Act applicable to officers or enlisted men 0 any orces or troops of the Army of the United States other than them of the Regular Army, and nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply in commissioned Series to any officers except those holding permanent or provision appointments in the Regular Army. Approved, December 17, 1919. _ CHAP. 7.-An Act To authorize the President of the United States to  D°°;f‘*{_f };&;%"· and participate in an international conference to consider questions relating mtematren communication. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous¢;£o{R'le£>resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb, at the President of the m’:§{§:‘§‘{$,§{ Ogg] United States be, and he is herebty, requested and authorized in the reggmt name of the Government of the nite States to call, in his .discre— wmanzereiim. tion, an international conference to assemble in Washington, and to appoint, by and with the adyice and consent of the Senate, representatives to participate therem, to consider all international aspects of communication by telegraph, telephone, cable, wireless telep one, and wireless telegraphy, and to make recommendations with a yrew to providing the entire world with adequate facilities for international Communication on a fair and equitable basis. Apmpmum for Sec. 2. That the sum of $75,000, or so much thereof as may be expensesnecessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money m the Treasury not otherwise ap ro mated, the same to be disbursed under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of State for expenses