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 718 May23,1928. CHAP. 710.-An Act To provide for the construction or purchase of two L [H. R.10363.1 boats for the War Department. [Public, No .484.] Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the sum authorized for United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is two U boats. hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000 to be expended by the Secretary of War for the construction or purchase of two L boats, for replacing boats of a similar type destroyed, at a cost not to exceed $25,000 each. Approved, May 23, 1928. May 23, 1928. [11. it.8546.] CHAP. 711 .-An Act Authorizing an appropriation of $2,500 for the erection [Public, No. 485 .] of a tablet or marker at Lititz, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the burial place of one hundred and ten American soldiers who were wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and died in the military hospital at Lititz. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed St ates of Am eric a in Congr ess assem bled, That the sum of $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be apropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secre- tary of War, in the erection of an appropriate tablet or marker at or near the spot in or near the borough of Lititz, in Pennsylvania, where one hundred and ten Ame rican soldiers of the Revolution, -who. were wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and were cared for in the military hospital at Lititz, lie buried : Provided, That the site on which the proposed tablet or marker is to be erected shall be acquired by the borough of Lititz. SEC. 2. The design of said marker or tablet shall be the work of an artist who is a citizen of the United States. Approved, May 23, 1928. Battle of Brandy. wine. S um au thor ized for tablet at Lititz, Pa ., to mark burial place of Revolutionary soldiers wo unded at. Post, p. 1666. Proviso. Site to be acquired by Lititz. Design by American ci tizen. May 23, 1928. [11. R. 9965 .] CHAP. 712.-An Act To erect a tablet or marker to mark the site of the [Public, No. 486 .] . Battle of Kettle Creek, in Wilkes County, Georgia, where, on February 14, 1779, Elijah Clarke, of Georgia, and Colonel Pickens, of South Carolina, overtook the Tories unde r Colonel Bo yd, killing him and many of his follo wers, thus e nding British dominion in Georgia. Battle of Ket tle Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Creek, Ca. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the sum of su m au thori zed for $2,500 be, and is hereby, authorized to be appropriated, out of any tablet on site of, in Revolutionary war. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose Post, p. 1378 . of erecting a tablet or marker on the grounds of the Battle of Kettle Creek, in Wilkes County, Georgia, where, on February 14, 1779, Elijah Clarke, of Georgia, and Colonel Pickens, of South Carolina, overtook the Tories under Colonel Boyd, killing him and many of his followers, thus ending British dominion in Georgia, said tablet or marker to be placed on the portion of this battle ground now owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, said sum to be dispensed by the Secretary of War after he shall have approved the plans of said tablet or marker. Approved, May 23, 1928. May .83f4 .J 114 [fI. t .] CHAP. 713 .-An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved March 4, 1927 .[Public, No. 487 .1 (Public, numbered 795, Sixty-ninth Congress), to provide for appointment as warrant officers of the Regular Army of such persons as would have been eligible therefor but for the interruption of their status, caused by military service rendered by them as commissioned officers during the World War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to appoint as Army. Vol. 44. p. 1416, amended. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 7'10-713 .' 1928.

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