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 August 13, 1940 IH. R. 10014] [Public, No. 766] Transportation Act of 1920, amendment. 41 Stat. 457,1145 . 49 U. C .G.§72-79. Sale, extension of maturity, etc., of des- ignated securities ac- quired by U. S. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 665, 666, 684-AUG. 13, 16, 1940 [54 STAT. transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War as an addition to MacDill Field, Florida, or for use for other military pur- poses, the land and improvements now comprising the United States quarantine station adjoining MacDill Field, Florida. Approved, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 666] AN ACT To amend the Transportation Act, 1920, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title II of the Transportation Act, 1920 (41 Stat. 457), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of that title the following new section: "SEC. 213. With respect to any bonds, notes, or other securities acquired on behalf of the United States under the provisions of this Act, including, without limitation of the foregoing, any securities acquired as an incident to a bankruptcy, receivership, or reorganiza- tion proceeding, or by assignment, transfer, substitution, or issuance, or by purchase, default, or other acquisition (whether at a fore- closure sale or otherwise) of collateral given for the payment of obli- gations to the United States, the President, or any officer, agent, or agency he may designate, is authorized to sell, exchange, or other- wise dispose of, any such bonds, notes, or other securities, or to enter into arrangements for the extension of the maturity thereof, in such manner, in such amounts, at such prices, for cash, securities or other property, or any combination thereof, and upon such terms and conditions as the President or any officer, agent, or agency so desig- nated may deem advisable and in the public interest." Approved, August 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 684] AN AGT' Augist 16, 1940 AN AU' Il. R. 9158] To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the protection of certain enlisted men of IPublic, No. 767] the Army", approved August 19, 1937, and for other purposes. Protection ofcertain enlisted men of the Army. Reenlistment of aliens. Extension of time for perfecting citizen- ship; conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the body of the Act entitled "An Act for the protection of certain enlisted men of the Army", approved August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 696), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "That, notwithstanding the language contained in the second pro- viso under the subheading 'Pay, and so forth, of the Army' of the Act of July 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 446), and similar provisos of other Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted, any alien otherwise eligible for enlistment in the Regular Army, who shall have been an enlisted man therein for any period subsequent to June 30, 1937, who shall have made a valid and still effective declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, or shall have furnished prima facie evi- dence of his eligibility for admission to such citizenship without prior formal declaration of intention, and shall have agreed in writ- ing to complete his naturalization without unnecessary delay, shall up to and including June 30, 1943, be deemed eligible (1) if in the service, for continuance therein until expiration of current enlist- ment, for reenlistment, and for continuance in the service under such reenlistment not later than June 30, 1943; (2) if not in the service, for reenlistment and for continuance in the service under such reen- listment not later than June 30, 1943; and (3) in either case for

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