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 698 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 675, 676 . 1928 . Certification of amount to Congress. Suit if amount un- sat isf act ory. Vol. 36, pp. 1093, 1136 . U. S. Code, pp. 867, 897 . Definitions. Meaning of" foreign trade." Proviso. Loading or unload- ing at any port in any territory, construed as foreign trade. SEC. 703 . (a) When used in this Act, and for the purposes of this Act only, the words " foreign trade " mean trade between the United Stat es, its Terri tories or poss ession s, or t he Dist rict o f Colum bia and a foreign country : Provided, however, That the loading or the unloading of cargo, mail, or passengers at any port in any territory or possession of the United States shall be construed to be foreign trade if the stop at such territory or possession is an intermediate stop on what would otherwise be a voyage in foreign trade. In cl of etc ., as"ci corpora- tion, izf (b) When used in this Act the term "citizen of the United the United States ." States " includes a corporation, partnership, or association only if it is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended [U. S. C., Title 46, « 802]. R EAF FIR MATI ON OF POLICY SEC. 704. The policy and the primary purpose declared in section 7 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U. S. C ., Title 46, « 866], are hereby reaffirmed. Vol. 41, p. 1008. U.S. Code, p.1530. Reaffirmation of policy. Vol. 41, p. 991. U.S. Code, p. 1538. Ship operations. Allocation of service among various ports. SEC. 705 . In the allocations of the operations of the ships, the Ship- ping Board shall distribute them as far as possible and without detri- ment to the service among the various ports of the country. Short title. Merchant Act, 1928. May 22, 19 28 . [S. 1829.] [Public, loo. 464 .] Army. Indebtedness of en- listed men may he de- ducted in monthly in- stallments from pay rolls. Provisos. Aggregate deduction fr om month's pa y, limited. Limitation, if pay forfeited by court mar- tial sentence, etc . (c) The President shall ascertain the fair compensation for such taking and purchase or use and shall certify to Congress the amount so found by him to be due, for appropriation and payment to the person entitled thereto. If the amount found by the President to be due is unsa tisfac tory to the pe rson e ntitled theret o, suc h perso n shall be entitled to sue the United States for the amount of such fair com- pensation and such suit shall be brought in the manner provided by paragraph 20 of section 24 or by section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended [U. S. C., Title 28, « 41, 250]. DEFINITIONS SHIP OP ERA TIO NS SHORT TITLE Marine SEC. 706. This Act may be cited as the " Merchant Marine Act, 1928 ". Approv ed, Ma y 22, 1928. CHAP. 676 .-An Act To authorize the collection, in monthly installments, of indebtedness due the United States from enlisted men, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, when it has been administratively ascertained that an enlisted man of the Army is indebted to the United States or any of its instrumentalities, the amount of such indebtedness may be collected in monthly install- ments by deduction from his pay on current pay rolls : Provided, That the aggregate sum of such deductions for any month shall not exceed two-thirds of the soldier's rate of pay for that month : And provided further, That whenever any part of the pay of a soldier for a certain month shall have been legally forfeited by sentence of cou rt-m arti al, or o ther wise leg ally aut hori zed to b e wi thhe ld, then no deduction under this Act shall be so applied as to reduce the actual pay received by the soldier for that month below one-third

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