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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 257-JUNE 6, 1940 Coast Guard Re- serve. Correspondence courses of Coast Guard Institute, availability. Proriso. Cost of study mate- rials. Rations, etc. , for enlisted men, civilian officers, etc., of light- ships and tenders. Payment for com- muted rations. Depositories. Subsistence allow- ances for enlisted men; construction. Prorisos. Restriction on ra- tion, etc., allowance. Value of commuted ration, limitation. Funeral expenses for officers, etc., of Coast Guard. Ante, p. 144. Duties devolving n Secretary of the Treasury. less than three commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, it is deter- mined that responsibility for the loss or damage necessitating such replacement or repair of equipment or such repair of the motorboat or yacht rests with the Coast Guard." SEC. 9. The Coast Guard Reserve Act of 1939, approved June 23, 1939 (53 Stat. 854; U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 14, sec. 251), and the following is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: "SEC. 9. Pursuant to such rules and regulations as the Com- mandant may prescribe, correspondence courses of the Coast Guard Institute may be made available to members of the Reserve: Provided, That the actual cost of the study materials for each such course shall be paid by the member of the Reserve taking such course and the proper Coast Guard appropriation shall be credited accordingly." SEC. 10. (a) Enlisted men of the Coast Guard, and civilian officers and civilian crews of lightships and tenders shall be allowed a ration, or commutation thereof in money, in such an amount and under such limitations and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Money for commuted rations authorized herein shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, and subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, be paid on proper vouchers or pay rolls to persons entitled to receive it, or to the officers designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard to administer the financial affairs of the masses in which such persons may be subsisted. (b) Money paid for commuted rations, as authorized by subsection (a) of this section, to the officers so designated by the Commandant, may be deposited in general or limited depositories of public money or in any bank in which deposits are insured and expended and accounted for in such manner and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. (c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as modify- ing or changing in any manner the provisions of section 11 of the Act of June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 630; U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 37, sec. 19), pertaining to subsistence allowances for enlisted men: Provided, That no ration or commutation thereof shall be allowed to a person receiving a subsistence allowance: Providedfurther, That the value of a commuted ration as fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the value of a subsistence allowance as determined by regulations prescribed by the President in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of such Act of June 10, 1922. SEC. 11. The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing appropriations to be made for the disposition of the remains of personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps and certain civilian employees of the Navy, and for other purposes" approved April 20, 1940, Public Law Numbered 465, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, shall apply to the officers and enlisted men and civilian per- sonnel of the Coast Guard in like manner as to the personnel of the Navy and civilian personnel of the Navy Department or the Naval Establishment, whether the Coast Guard is operating under the Treasury Department or operating as a part of the Navy, and all of the duties which devolve upon the Secretary of the Navy under said Act with reference to the personnel of the Navy and civilian per- sonnel of the Navy Department or the Naval Establishment shall devolve upon the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the officers and enlisted men and civilian personnel of the Coast Guard. Approved, June 6, 1940. [54 STAT. 248

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