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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CHS. 579-581-OCT. 3, 6, 1942 that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; may adopt and establish rules, regulations, and bylaws not repug- nant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, for properly conducting the affairs of said corporation; may take, receive, pur- chase, and hold estate, real, personal, and mixed, not exceeding in value at any one time $1,000,000, and may manage and dispose of the same, and apply the same, or the proceeds of the sales thereof, to the uses and purposes of said corporation, according to the rules and regulations which now are or may hereafter at any time be established." Approved, October 3, 1942. [CHAPTER 580] JOINT RESOLUTION To remove certain limitations on the cost of construction of Army and Navy living quarters. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That limitations heretofore or hereafter placed upon the cost of construction of quarters for commissioned officers, commissioned warrant or warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Army and Navy shall not be construed to prohibit or exclude additional expenditures for equipment and work outside of such quarters, including, but not limited to, providing for the furnishing of electricity, gas, water, sewage disposal, and for roads, walks, grading, and drainage. Approved, October 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 581] AN ACT To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, to extend the relief and benefits provided therein to certain persons, to include certain additional proceedings and transactions therein, to provide further relief for persons in military service, to change certain insurance provisions thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1942. SEC. 2. (a) Section 103 (1) of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 is amended by striking out the words "and others" and inserting in lieu thereof "accommodation makers, and others, whether primarily or secondarily". (b) Section 103 (2) of such Act is amended by striking out the words "or other person" and inserting in lieu thereof "accommodation maker, or other person whether primarily or secondarily". SEC. 3. Section 103 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(3) Whenever, by reason of the military service of a principal upon a criminal bail bond the sureties upon such bond are prevented from enforcing the attendance of their principal and performing their obligation the court shall not enforce the provisions of such bond during the military service of the principal thereon and may in accord- ance with principles of equity and justice either during or after such service discharge such sureties and exonerate the bail. "(4) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent a waiver in writing of the benefits afforded by subsections (1) and (2) of this section by any surety, guarantor, endorser, accommodation maker, or other person 65714°-43--PT. I -49 769 Property holdings. October 6, 1942 [S. J. Res. 129] [Public Law 731] Army and Navy. Cost of construction of living quarters. October 6, 1942 [H. R. 7164] [Public Law 732] Soldiers' and Sail- ors' ('ivil IRlief Act Amenndincnts of 1942. 54 Stat. 1179. 60 U. S. C., app. 513. Criminal bail bond. Nonenforcement during military serv- ice of principal. Waiver of benefits.

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