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 988 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 626, 627-OCT. 26, 1942 [CHAPTER 6261 October 26, 1942 [S. 2706] [Public Law 760] [56 STAT. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to expedite national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), and "Title IV of the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941", approved September 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 883). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the National defense. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act extended. entitled "An Act to expedite national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), is hereby amended as follows: S42USt. 6 1 §§2io50, (a) title II, section 201, lines 7 and 8, strike out the parenthesis and 1502 (a). the words "excluding officers" and insert in lieu thereof the following: "and officers of the Army and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant"; (b) title II, section 202 (a), line 3, after the word "the" insert "officers,". Rentals to officers, SEC. 2. The third proviso under the caption "Navy Department" in enlistedmen, etc. title IV of the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941, approved September 9 1940 (54 Stat. 883), is amended by inserting between the words "to' and "enlisted" in line 3 of the third proviso, the following: "officers of the Army and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant, with families, assigned to duty at naval or military reservations, posts, or bases, or to duty at defense indus- tries to", so that the third proviso as amended shall read: "Provided further. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, at their discretion, are hereby authorized to rent such housing units, upon completion, to officers of the Army and Marine Corps not above the grade of captain, and officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, not above the grade of lieutenant, with families, assigned to duty at naval or military reservations, posts, or bases, or to duty at defense indus- tries, to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps with families, to field employees of the Military and Naval Establishments with families, and to workers with families who are engaged, or to be engaged, in industries essential to the military and naval national defense programs, including work on ships under the control of the Useo recepts. Maritime Commission. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are further authorized to use such rentals as may be collected from each housing project for the management and main- tenance of the housing units therein, including utilities, roads, walks, and accessories, and to set up special reserve accounts for the amortiza- tion of the cost of the project:. Approved, October 26, 1942. October 26, 1942 [S. 2751] [Public Law 761] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Ant, pp. 278, 279. [CHAPTER 627] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps for service with the Army of the United States", approved May 14, 1942, to create the grade of field director in such corps, to provide for enrolled grades in such corps comparable to the enlisted grades in the Regular Army, to pro- vide pay and allowances for all members of such corps at the same rates as those payable to members of the Regular Army in corresponding grades, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Women's States", approved May 14, 1942 (Public Law 554, Seventy-seventh Congress), are hereby amended to read as follows:

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