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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHs.192-195. 1931. 1985 CHAP. 192.-An Act For the relief of Rebecca E. Olmsted. Fer~Jt2J:fu. Be it enaded by the Senute and House of Representatives of the [Private, No. 332.] United States of America in Oonure.'Js assembled, That Rebecca E. RebeccaE.Olmsted. Olmsted, mother of Lieutenant Robert S. Olmsted, Air Service, ar~es~:rtedArm~cr'! United State& Army, shall be regarded as the duly designated bene- tuity Act. ficiary and dependent of the late Robert S. Olmsted, under the Act Vol. 41, p. 367. approved December 17, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes, page 367). Approved, February 14, 1931. CHAP. 193.- An Act Granting six months' pay to Arthur G. Caswell. February H1.allll. [R. R. 61",.] [Private, No. 333.1 Be it enaeted by the Senaie and H ou.se of Representatives of the United States of America in Oon{!ress assembled, That the Secretary TarmstroBot (talk)'J=y of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, to,ondeathof80D. out of the appropriation "Pay, subsistence and transportation, Navy, 1930" to Arthur G. Caswell, father of James L. Caswell, late engineman (first class), United States Navy, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate said James L. Caswell was receiving at the date of his death: Provided, That the said Arthur G. Caswell dence to be establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy that he estabI:hed. was actually dependent upon his son, James L. Caswell, at the time of the latter's death. Approved, February 14, 1931. February H. 11131. CHAP. 194.- An Act For the relief of Sterling S. Ball. [R. R .8253 .) (Private, No. 334.) Be it enacted by the Seno;te and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the Comp- TarmstroBot (talk):a!oa::nts~ troller General of the United States is authorized and directed to (orlostpostal(unds. • credit the accounts of Sterling S. Ball, former J>ostmaster at Kahoka, Missouri, with the sum of $177.98, representmg the value of war- savings stamps and other property lost from the post office at Kahoka, Missouri, on December 19, 1918. SEC. 2. The sureties on the bond of Sterling S. Ball as such post- Liability released. master are relieved from any liability on account of such loss. Approved, February 14, 1931. CHAP. 196.-An Act Authorizing the promotion on the retired list of the Navy of Stuart L. Johnson, ensign. February H, 11131. [R. R. 8936.) (Private, No. 335.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongres8 assembled, That the Secretary r~'Zi L 10hnsoD of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pro- maybeap~.intedlieu­ mote as of September 5, 1923, to the rank of lieutenant, junior grade ~:=: Juruor grade, (retired), Stuart L. Johnson, now ensi~ (retired). That hereafter the pay of this officer while on the retIred list shall be computed as ComputatioD o(pay. if he had been retired in the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, Septem- ber 5, 1923: 'Provided, That. no back payor allowances shall accrue TarmstroBot (talk) pay, etc. prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, February 14, 1931.