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 [57 STAT. them, the wives of such personnel, or such other responsible persons as may be designated by the officials named above in this section, may execute such certificates as may be required and which are filed with, and relate to, vouchers in connection with the transportation of de- pendents or household effects: Provided, That in lieu of copies of orders of such personnel, the certificate above provided for shall constitute authority for such transportation of dependents, and household effects as may be authorized hereunder and any certificate or certification authorized by this Act shall be final and conclusive Reimbursement for upon the accounting officers of the Government: And provided further, thorizedThat, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, claims for reimbursement may be submitted by and payments made to personnel concerned or their dependents for any authorized travel performed by dependents at their own expense. Credit in accounts SEC. 3. The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby idisbursing officers authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers in cases where such dependents would have been entitled to transportation if the provisions of section 1 hereof had been in effect on the date of payment for otherwise proper payments heretofore made to transportation of dependents, or reimbursement therefor, under orders issued prior to the effective date of this Act, to the extent of the commercial cost of transportation of the dependents from the old duty station to the new duty station. Such cost of trans- portation shall be computed from the last available published rates on the date the orders involved were issued. Means of transpor- SEC. 4. Transportation of household effects of naval and civilian ation of household ffects. personnel of the Naval Establishment, as now or hereafter authorized by law, may, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe, be by means of rail, water, or van, without regard to com- parative costs. Effective period. SEC. 5. This Act shall be effective as of December 7, 1941, and shall remain in effect for the duration of the present wars and for six months after the termination of such wars, or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may designate. Approved November 28, 1943. [CHAPTER 331] November 28, 1943 IS. 1354] [Public Law 1941 Naval Academy and Postgraduate School. Retirement annui- ties of civilian teach- ers. 49 Stat. 1092. 34U.S.C.I1073b. AN ACT To amend the Act approved January 16, 1936, entitled "An Act to provide for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy." 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 retirement and retirement annui- ties of civilian members of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy", approved January 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1092; 34 U. S . C . 1073-1073e), is amended by inserting therein a new section numbered 4A, reading as follows: "SEC. 4A. Each civilian member of the teaching staffs who is hereafter retired on or after reaching the age of retirement set forth in section 3 of this Act shall be paid a life annuity, terminable on his death, at the rate of the following total annual amount: The average annual basic salary, pay, or compensation received by such civilian teacher during any five consecutive years of allowable service at the option of such teacher, multiplied by the number of years of ai oi tl ef PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 330, 331-NOV. 28, 1943 594

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