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 722 Availability of ap- propriations. Ante, p. 506. Ante, p. 468. Ratification of in- curred obligations. Short title. July 27, 1942 [S. 23621 [Public Law 679] Isle Royale Na- tional Park, Mich. Jurisdiction of Sec- retary of the Navy. Ante, p. 138. July 28, 1942 [S. 2026] [Public Law 680] Military or naval service of U. S. Posthumous ap- pointment to com- missioned grade. Issuance of com- mission; date. Persons recom- mended after com- pleting course at offi- cers' training school. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 524, 526, 528-JULY 25, 27, 28, 1942 [56 STAT. view to ascertaining, among other findings, whether practices exist in connection therewith which are not in the public interest. The results of such investigation and study shall be reported to the Presi- dent of the United States and to the Congress within sixty days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall include such recom- mendations for administrative action or legislative enactment as the Commission may deem advisable. SEC. 205. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein for the fiscal year 1943 and the appropria- tions and authority with respect to appropriations contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943, and the Act making appropriations for the Department of State, the Department of Jus- tice, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes, shall be available from and including July 1, 1942, for the purposes respec- tively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obliga- tions incurred during the period between June 30, 1942, and the respective dates of enactment of this Act and such other appropria- tion Acts in anticipation of such respective appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. SEC. 206. This Act may be cited as the "First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943". Approved, July 25, 1942. [CHAPTER 526] AN ACT Relating to the jurisdiction over certain lands in the Isle Royale National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the addition of certain lands to the Isle Royale National Park, in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes", approved March 6, 1942, is hereby amended by striking out the words "Secretary of the Treasury", wherever they appear in such Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Secretary of the Navy". Approved, July 27, 1942. [CIIAPTER 528] AN ACT To provide for the posthumous appointment to commissioned or noncommissioned grade of certain enlisted men and the posthumous promotion of certain com- missioned officers and enlisted men. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, or cause to be issued, an appropriate commission in the name of any person who, while in the military or naval service of the United States at any time after September 8, 1939, shall have been duly appointed to a commis- sioned grade and shall have been unable to accept the appointment to such grade by reason of his death in line of duty; and any such com- mission shall issue as of the date of such appointment and any such person's name shall be carried upon the records of the War or Navy Department as having served in the grade and branch of the service to which he shall have been thus posthumously appointed, from the date of such appointment to the date of his death. SEC. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, or cause to be issued, an appropriate appointment and com- mission in the name of any person who, while in the military or naval

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