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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 46, 47-FEB. 7, 1942 56 Stat. 175. NAVY DEPARTMENT CONTINGENT EXPENSES Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Observatory, $4,000. GENERAL PROVISIONS Details of enlisted SEC. 202. Existing limitations on the number of enlisted men who men . may be detailed to duty in the Navy Department in the District of Columbia and Marine Corps Headquarters are hereby repealed and the existing limitation on the number of enlisted men who may be detailed for duty at Coast Guard Headquarters is hereby increased to Proio' forty-five: Provided,That additional details of enlisted men shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. nection with lannch- SEC. 203. Except in amounts limited by the Secretary of the Navy, ng of vessels. not exceeding $25 in any one instance, no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be used directly or indirectly to compensate, reim- burse, or pay any individual for christening or celebrating at the christening of any vessel constructed in whole or in part by the Pro .- expenditure of any part of the funds herein appropriated: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall determine the nature and extent of any ceremonies in connection with the launching of any vessel either in public or private shipbuilding plants. itation of title. SEC. 204. This title may be cited as "Title VI, Naval Appropriation Act, 1942". Post,p. 996 . TITLE III-DEFENSE AID Disposition of de Sw O. 301. Whenever the President deems it to be in the interest of fense articles by Secre- tary of the Navy. national defense, he may authorize the Secretary of the Navy to lease for such period of time not exceeding the duration of the existing national emergency ships appropriated for in whole or in part in this Ante, pp. 70,81. Act under the heading "Increase and Replacement of Naval Vessels, Emergency Construction" or to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States, any other defense article procured from funds appropriated in this 22 U. S.C. Snpp. I Act, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 11, 1941 411,41t.9 (Public Law 11): Provided, That the total value of nrticles, other pos(tpp.Z,9M. than ships, disposed of under this authority shall not exceed $2,500,000,000. Approved, February 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 47] February 7,1942 JOINT RESOLUTION [H. . Res. 276] To authorize the President of the United States to render financial aid to China, (Publlc Law 444 and for other purposes. Financial aid to China. Whereas China has for more than four years valiantly resisted the forces of Japanese aggression; and Whereas financial and economic aid to China will increase her ability to oppose the forces of aggression; and Whereas the defense of China is of the greatest possible importance: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized, on behalf of the United States, to loan or extend credit or give other financial aid to China in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate [56 STAT.

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