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 656 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 390-392-AUG. 21, 1941 [CHAPTER 390] August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4338] [Public Law 236] Fleet Reserve. Adjustment of inac- tive-duty pay of cer- tain members. 54 Stat. 895. 50U.S.C., app.§ 312. Proviso. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4660] [Public Law 237] District of Colum- bia. Aid for needy blind. 49 Stat. 745. D.C. Code § 46-105. Payment of funeral expenses. [55 STAT. AN ACT To provide for adjustment of the inactive-duty pay of certain transferred and retired members of the Fleet Reserve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who were transferred to the Fleet Reserve prior to October 1, 1940, after completion of sixteen or twenty years of service, and all such transferred members of the Fleet Reserve who were subsequently retired prior to October 1, 1940, shall, from and after October 1, 1940, be entitled to retainer pay or retired pay computed on the basis of the increased rates of base pay and longevity pay provided for enlisted men by section 12 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall operate to reduce the pay now being received by any such enlisted men. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 391] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", approved August 24, 1935. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", approved August 24, 1935, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting at the end of said section the following: "On the death of a recipient of aid under this Act such reasonable funeral expenses as the Board or its designated agency may deem necessary may be paid for the burial of such person and such funeral expenses so paid may be recovered in the same manner as provided in sections 11 and 12 for the recovery of amounts expended as aid." Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 392] August 21, 1941 [II. I. 4769] [Public Law 238] AN ACT Authorizing the designation of Army mail clerks and assistant Army mail clerks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Army mail cerks. United States of America in Congress assembled, That enlisted men of the Army of the United States may, upon selection by the Secre- tary of War, be designated by the Post Office Department as "Army Duties. mail clerks" and "assistant Army mail clerks", who shall be author- ized to receive and open all pouches and sacks of mail addressed to Army posts, military reservations, and defense bases, owned or leased, to make proper delivery of such mail, to receive matter for trans- mission in the mails, to receipt for registered matter (keeping an accurate record thereof), to keep and have for sale an adequate supply of postage stamps, to make up and dispatch mails, and other postal duties as may be authorized by the Postmaster General, all in accord- ance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Oathand . mmand bonding Army officer at the base, post, or reservation. Each Army mail clerk and assistant Army mail clerk shall take the oath of office prescribed for employees of the Postal Service and shall give bond to the United States in such sum as the Postmaster General may deem sufficient for the faithful performance of his duties as such mail clerk, and shall be amenable in all respects to Army discipline,

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