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 665 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 395-397-AUG. 21, 1941 Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000. For enlisted man, $3,500. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 396] AN ACT Granting increases in pensions to certain widows and dependents of persons who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during the War with Spain, the Boxer Rebellion, or the Philippine Insurrection. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective on the first day of the month next following the date of enactment of this Act, the rates of death compensation provided for the depend- ents of World War veterans by section 5 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, 1939 (U. S . C., title 38, sec. 472b), subject to the limitation contained in the last sentence of the second paragraph of said section 5, as amended by this Act, shall be payable as death pension to the dependents of veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Philippine Insurrection and Boxer Rebellion, entitled to death pension under the provisions of paragraph IV, part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, and to the dependents of veterans entitled to death pension under the provisions of paragraph I (c), part II of Veterans Regu- lation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, where the veteran's death resulted from an injury received in line of duty in actual combat in a military expedition or military occupation. SEC. 2. Effective on the first day of the month next following the date of enactment of this Act, the last sentence of the second para- graph of section 5 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Con- gress, July 19, 1939 (U. S. C., title 38, sec. 472b), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The amount of compensation herein authorized shall be paid in the event the monthly payment of compensation under Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (g), and the monthly pay- ment of yearly renewable term or automatic insurance, or national service life insurance does not aggregate or exceed the amount of compensation herein authorized: Provided, That persons entitled to pension or compensation on account of the death, disability, or service of more than one person, if otherwise entitled, shall be paid the increased rates provided by this section." Approved, August 21, 1941. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 5339] [Public Law 2421 War with Spain, etc. Death pensions to certain dependents of veterans. 63 Stat. 1070 . Amendment. 53 Stat. 1070. Condition. Proviso. [CHAPTER 397] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the proper observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating December 15, 1941, as Bill of Rights Day, calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and prayer. Approved, August 21, 1941. August 21, 1941 [H. J. Res. 120] [Public Law 243] Bill of Rights Day. 6F. R. 6121.

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