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 548 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. “Sess. II. Cns. 112, 113. 1920. MiS¤=<>¤¤¤¤°¤=· msonLLAN1:oUs. iusmcucn com-me Course of instruction: The coiuse of instruction a.t the United b°,l§’,§},‘§,’Q_§’f"S` States Military Academy shall_ be four years: f)7‘O‘U'ld6d, That any ,o;:l;]g°g*i*Iji:;d@g person heretofore nominated in accordance with rl?ulations, for ag wane cam is appointment to Hll a. vacancy which would have res ted from the ‘“'“°"· graduation of a cadet during the present year, may be so appointed notwithstandigg the retention of such cadet at the academy: Bro- °,°1;;¤¤tg¤g;§,¢;jgB¤;;,{ vided further, at any cadet now at the academy may at his option, come. exercised prior to June 11, 1920, continue at the aca emy one additional year and postpone thereby  prospective graduation, and cadets not electiexf so to prolong their course shall etgraduated in tl}; years assign to their respective classes prior to the passage of t Act. ` Ms '§" ¥§}.‘"“‘°”· Amendment to section 1318, Revised Statutes relating to appoint- §g;¥1ii?9giidW¤2°igi%i ments: That section 1318, Revised Statutes, be, and the-same is at s., ssc. ma, lr hereby, amended to read as follows: "A)ppo1ntees shall be admitted ”°·“““'”’°"· to the academy only between the ages seventeen and twenty-two years, except m the following case: 'l`hat during the calendar years 1919, 1920 and 1921 any appointee who has served honorably and faithfully not less than one year in the armed forces of the United States or allied armies in the late war with Germany, and who_possesses the other of ualihcations reqmred by law, may be_adm1tted fgggion 0, Sm between the ages 0 seventeen and twenty-four years: Bromdcd, That asm it member not whenever any member of the graduating class shall fail to complete "“““""‘*°”°‘ the course with his class by reason of sickness, or deficiency in his studies, or other cause, such failure shall not operate to delay the Howl in admission of his successor? _ _ vox. io, `p. ms, Hotel at _West Point: That the paraggzph of the Mihtary Academy °m°¤d°d· Appropriation Act for 1920, approved arch 4, 1919, relating to the erection of a hotel building at West Point, New York, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: mlgjg ,§‘h,}§gfe{gf "That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to lease land on authorized- the United_States Military Reservation at West Point, for a term of not exceeding fifty years, to any corporation, company, or individual, upon which to erect a hotel, and all other necessardy buildings in connection therewith, in accordance with plans an specifications C Mons t submitted to and recommended by the Superintendent of the Mili- °° ’° °` tary Academy, and approved by the Secretary of War. Said lease shall contain such conditions, terms, reservations and covenants, as — may be agreed upon and shall also (provide for just compensation to the lessees for the construction of said hotel, appurtenances, and equip· _ ments, to be paid to said lessees at the termination of said lease." A§a=§¤g,¤P8§ag;_*d° _ Ramon Ricardo Arias: The Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, intimate nn- in- in his discretion, authorized to permit one Ramon Ricardo Arias, a ““‘°“°°‘ citizen of Panama, without expense to the United States, to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point; and such student, while undergoing instruction as herein authorized, shall be accorded the same privileges as are authorized by law for cadets at the Military Academy appointed from the United States. Approved, March 30, 1920. Mann mi lim- CHAP. 113.-An Act Provi for the relief f o ul in ` countries contiguous thereto sxifiialrilngg for want of fogd. P P umm Europe and In _ Be it enacted by the Senate and H owe of Representatives of the United ,l§§IQ’°R$§“0§°‘,§‘,§,Q;‘°fg States of America, in Congress assembled, That, for the partici ation of rgisgiguozgiiiiug of the Government of the United States in the furnishing of fgodstuffs to populations in Europe and countries contiguous thereto suffering for the want of food, the United States Grain Corporation is hereby