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 SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 55, 56. 1920. 399 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 871), be, and is hereby, amended V so as to read as follows:. "That no more than one medal of honor or one distin `shed- ,,,,°,§X °”’° *”"° °° ° service cross or one distinguished—service medal shall be issueidlllo any » one person; but for each succeeding deed or act sufficient to justify q,,%’,f,*§",; ‘°' ’°°°°' the award of a medal of honor or a distinguished-service cross or a A distinguished-service medal, respectively, the President mayl award a suitable bar or other suitable device, to be worn as he sha direct. sum, sw M cm And for each citation of an officer or enlisted man for gallantiiy in anliém mom. action, published in orders issued from the headquarters of a orce e,¤dff£"°“°h°"°’°" commanded by, or which is the appropriate command of, a general officer, not warranti the award o a medal of honor or distinguishedservice cross, he shiii be permitted to wear as the President shall direct, a silver star three-sixteenths of an inch in d1ameter." commu: hwg W Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are mam rescinded. ” Approved, January 24, 1920. CHAP. 56.-—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide aid to State ""FE‘{*'3_“;’g1%_°?°· or Territorial homes for the support of disabled B01d1GrB and sailors of the United States," approved August 27, 1888, as amended March 2, 1889. ’ Be it enacted the Senate and House of Re esentativee of the United Te States of AmerhiIa in Congress assembled, Till,-at section 1 of an Act h•?¤§¤i° ii: entitle "An Act to provide aid to State or Territorial homes for S°v¤ii°is,pp.m,ws. the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United_States/’ °"*°“**°'* approved August 27, 1888, as amended March 2, 1889, is hereby amended to read as follows: radqmuqm. "That all States or Territories which have established, or which °x§jn'§*°°_§g§;,'{$a§;f’ shall hereafter establish, State homes for disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States who served in the Civil War or in any previous or subsequent war who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, rovided such disability was not incurred m service against the Umteg States, shall be (paid for every such disabled soldier or sailor who may be Am°m,w,,,,,_,_ admitte and cared for in such home at the rate of $120 per annum. A¤<g¤t¤i:¤;l¤;g ¤f "The number of such persons for whose care an State or Territory mm _ r ° °°` shall receive the said payment under this Act shag be ascertained by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers under such regulations as it may prescribe, but the said State T§’Q{‘§§ ,‘}§2,“,§°§_ °' or Territorial homes shall be exclusively under the control of the remzctive State or Territorial authorities, and the board of managers sh not have nor assume any management or control of said State or Territorial homes. M_ ‘ ‘The board of manalgers of the national home shall, however, have MP mn"' power to have the said State or Territorial homes inspected at such _ times as it may consider necessary, and shall report the result of such §[,'{,”?,,'§{,;,, mm mspections to Congress in its annual re rt: Promkted, That no State shall be paid a sum exceeding one-half tiig cost of maintenance of each 1;,,,,,,,;,,,, ga, ,m, soldier or sailor by such State: Prcvidedfurther, That one-half ofjmy  *°¤ P"' sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions_rece1ved from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for. I,,,,,,,,,,,,¤ mm. That nognoney shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home denthat mamtains a bar or canteen where intoxicating hquors are sold: Dqiuctigu formoney Provided further, That for any sum or sums collected m any m8J1I1B1' °°g°°¤§’g,;0*°,{f'*““”*°‘· from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or wi ows of so diets UB admitted and maintained? Approved, January 27, 1920.