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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 115, 118, 130-MAY 13, 15, 23, 1941 [55 STAT. Discretionary reten- service: And provided further, That the President may in his discre- tion retain any Foreign Service officer on active duty for such period prior to his reaching seventy years of age as he may deem for the interests of the United States." Efective date. SEC. 2 . This Act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of sixty days from the date of its approval by the President. Approved, May 13, 1941. May 15, 1941 [S. 376] [Public Law 701 Navy. Advancement of cer- tain officers on retired list. Promso. [CHAPTER 118] AN ACT Providing for the advancement on the retired list of certain officers of the line of the United States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That those lieu- tenants of the line of the United States Navy who served in the Navy or Naval Reserve Force prior to November 122 1918, and who were, between May 29, 1934, and June 23, 1938, while on a promo- tion list, placed on the retired list for physical disability, shall be advanced on the retired list to the grade for which they were selected for promotion: Provided, That such advancement shall be effective on the date of approval of this Act. Approved, May 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 130] AN ACT May 23, 1941 [H. R. 4183] Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for civil functions [Public Law 71] administered by the War Department, and for other purposes. War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1942. Post, p. 685. Maintenance, etc. Headstones. 17 Stat. 545; 20 Stat. 281; 45 Stat. 1307. 52 Stat. 398. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes, namely: QUARTERMASTER CORPS CEMETERIAL EXPENSES For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for and pay of superintendents and the superintendent at Mexico City and other employees; purchase of grave sites; purchase of tools and materials; repair, maintenance, and operation of passenger-carrying motor vehicles; care and maintenance of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, chapel, and grounds in the Arlington National Ceme- tery, and that portion of Congressional Cemetery to which the United States has title and the graves of those buried therein, including Con- federate graves, and including the burial site of Pushmataha, a Choc- taw Indian chief; repair to roadways but not to more than a single approach road to any national cemetery constructed under special Act of Congress; for headstones or markers for unmarked graves of soldiers, sailors, and marines under the Acts approved March 3, 1873 (24 U. S. C. 279), February 3, 1879 (24 U. S . C. 280), March 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 56), March 14, 1914 (38 Stat. 768), February 26, 1929 (24 U. S . C . 280a), and April 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 142), and civilians interred in post cemeteries; recovery of bodies and disposition of remains as authorized by Act of May 17, 1938 (10 U. S . C 916-916d), including

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