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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 110, 113, 123 -FEB. 23, 24 , 28, 1942 subsequent to that date, who have been specially commended for their performance of duty in actual combat by the head of the executive department under whose jurisdiction such duty was performed, and who have not been advanced on the retired list under any other provision of law, shall be advanced on the retired list to the rank of the next higher grade with three-fourths of the active-duty pay of the grade in which serving at the time of retirement: Provided, That no increased retired pay shall be held to accrue to any such officer prior to the date of approval of this Act. Approved, February 23, 1942. [CHAPTER 113] AN ACT Relating to lands of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to receive on behalf of the United States from individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians voluntarily executed deeds to such lands as said Indians may own in fee simple free from all encumbrances, said lands to be held in trust by the United States for said Indians and their heirs; and, whenever restricted funds are used for the purchase of lands for individual members of the Klamath Tribe of Indians, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to take title to said lands in the United States, the same to be held in trust for said individual Indians: Provided, however, That while any of the foregoing lands are held in trust by the United States for said Indians, the same shall be subject to the same restrictions, immunities, and exemptions as homesteads purchased out of trust or restricted funds of individual Indians pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 20, 1936 (ch. 622, 49 Stat. 1542), as amended by the Act of May 19, 1937 (ch. 227, 50 Stat. 188, sec. 2), except the restrictions, immunities, or exemptions of the second proviso of said Act as so amended. SEC. 2. As used in this Act the term "Klamath Tribe of Indians" includes the Klamath and Modoc Tribes, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians. Approved, February 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 123] AN ACT To extend the time within which the amount of any national marketing quota for tobacco, proclaimed under section 312 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, may be increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of section 312 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (U. S. C ., 1940 edition, title 7, sec. 1312 (a)), is amended by striking out "December 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "the following March 1". Approved, February 28, 1942. 121 Proviso. February 24, 1942 [S. 1368] [Public Law 465] Klamath Tribe of Indians. Lands to be held in trust. Proviso. Restrictions, etc. 25 U.S. C. 412a. February 28, 1942 [H. R. 6470] [Public Law 466] Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendment. 53 Stat. 1261.

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