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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 735-737-DEC. 15, 17, 1942 does not extend to death, and may restore the person under sentence to duty during such suspension; and the Secretary of War, the com- manding officer holding general court-martial jurisdiction over any such offender, or the military authority competent to appoint, for the command, exclusive of penitentiaries and the United States Disci- plinary Barracks in which the person under sentence is held, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence, may at any time hereafter, while the sentence is being served, suspend the execution, in whole or in part, of the balance of such sentence and restore the person under sentence to duty during such suspension." Approved, December 15, 1942. [CHAPTER 736] December 15, 1942 [S. 2824] [Public Law 805] Army of the U.S. Silver star awards. December 17, 1942 [S. 2341] [Public Law 806] Government em- ployees. 5U.S.C.§30b. Accumulation of an- nual leave. 54 Stat. 2643. 50 U. S. C., app., prec. § 1 note. Limitation. AN ACT To amend the Act of January 24, 1920, so as to authorize the award of a silver star to certain persons serving with the Army of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sen- tence of section 1 of the Act of January 24, 1920, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919', approved July 9, 1918" (41 Stat. 398; 10 U. S. C. 1412), is hereby amended to read as follows: "For each citation of any person for gallantry in action while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, published in orders issued from the head- quarters of a force commanded by, or which is the appropriate command of, a general officer, not warranting the award of a medal of honor or distinguished-service cross, he or she shall be permitted to wear, as the President shall direct, a silver star three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter." Approved, December 15, 1942. [CHAPTER 7371 AN ACT To amend the Act approved March 14, 1936, entitled "An Act to provide for vacations for government employees, and for other purposes '. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence in section 1 of the Act of March 14, 1936 (49 Stat. 1161), is hereby amended by adding the following proviso: ": Provided further, That during the national emergency declared by the Presi- dent of the United States on September 8, 1939, the leave unused by the employees of the departments, independent establishments, and agencies, not in other form commuted or compensated, shall be accumulated for succeeding years until it totals not exceeding ninety days: And provided further, That when the unused leave accumu- lated equals or exceeds sixty days in the aggregate, not more than fifteen days of unused leave may be further accumulated in any one calender year". Approved, December 17, 1942. 1052 [56 STAT.

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