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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 633, 634-DEC. 26, 1941 When such officers and employees act under the direction of the Director, their acts done in the administration and enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to be fully authorized. Personal services. "S. 16. To administer this Act the Secretary of the Interior may employ such number of employees of the various classes recognized by 42 Stat. 1d48 .6l -74 the Classification Act of 1923 as may be appropriated for by the Ante, p. 13. Congress. The Secretary may appoint as officers or employees per- sons who volunteer to serve without pay. The Secretary may delegate to subordinates the power to employ. vuulging ofiforation "lSEC. 17. Without authority from the applicant for a license, from the licensee or from the Director no officer or employee or licensing agent engaged in the administration or enforcement of this Act shall divulge any information obtained in the course of his duties under this Act regarding the business of any licensee or applicant for a license. tRules and r egul a- "SEO. 18. The Director may issue rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this Act, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Penal provisions. "SEC. 19. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. siOeratonreglaoroni- 'SEC. 20. The provisions of this Act and the regulations issued hereunder shall become operative only upon a declaration of war or of the existence of a state of war by the Congress, or upon the issuance by the President of a proclamation declaring that there exists a state of war or a national emergency requiring the application of the pro- visions of this Act to provide for the national defense and security and shall remain operative until the termination of the war, or until such proclamation is revoked by the President. "SEC. 21. This Act shall be known as the Federal Explosives Act." Approved, December 26, 1941. December 26, 1941 [[I. R . 4692] [Public Law 382] Veterans' Adminis- tration facilities. Disposition of per- sonal property of certain deceased veter. ans. Oeneral Post Fund. 48 Stat. 1224, 1234. Conditions prece- dent to care or treat- ment. Acceptance of pro- visions after 90 days. [CHAPTER 634] AN ACT Relating to the disposition of personal property of certain deceased patients or members of United States Veterans' Administration facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 736, 24 U. S . C . 136), be amended to read as follows: "SEcrION 1. Effective ninety days after the approval of this Act, whenever any veteran (admitted as a veteran) shall die while a member or patient in any facility, or any hospital while being fur- nished care or treatment therein by the Veterans' Administration, and shall not leave surviving him any spouse, next of kin, or heirs entitled, under the laws of his domicile, to his personal property as to which he dies intestate, all such property, including money and choses in action, owned by said decedent at the time of death and not disposed of by will or otherwise, shall immediately vest in and become the property of the United States as trustee for the sole use and benefit of the General Post Fund, a trust fund prescribed by section 20 (b) (45) of Public Law Numbered 473 of the Seventy-third Congress (31 U. S. C.725s). "The foregoing provisions are conditions precedent to the initial, and also to the further furnishing of care or treatment by the Veterans' Administration in a facility or hospital. The acceptance of care or treatment by any veteran admitted as such to any Veterans' 868 [55 STAT.

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