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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 1, 2-JAN. 18, 20, 1944 Location and re- construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners pa. of the District of Columbia shall have the authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of such pipe lines as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of the Mayflower Hotel Corporation, its successors or assigns. Any repairs to streets, highways, or other public property necessitated by the construction or alteration of such pipe lines shall be made in a manner approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at the expense of Mayflower Hotel Corporation, its successors or assigns. Propertyrights. SEc. 3. No permission granted or enjoyed under the provisions of this Act shall vest any right, title, or interest in or to any land within De Sales Street Northwest. SEc. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved January 18, 1944. [CHAPTER 2] January 20, 1944 [H. R.227] [Public Law 221] AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the lomo anedmient. ° United States of Amnerica in Congress assembled, That section 401 (g) of the Nationality Act of 1940, approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1169; U. S . C . 8, 801g), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: orsetintie ofwar. (g) Deserting the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war, provided he is convicted thereof by court martial and as the result of such conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged tionaU^ty, etc. f from the service of such military or naval forces: Provided, That not- withstanding loss of nationality or citizenship or civil or political rights under the terms of this or previous Acts by reason of desertion com- mitted in time of war, restoration to active duty with such military or naval forces in time of war or the reenlistment or induction of such a person in time of war with permission of competent military or naval authority, prior or subsequent to the effective date of this Act, shall be deemed to have the immediate effect of restoring such nationality or citizenship and all civil and political rights heretofore or hereafter so lost and of removing all civil and political disabilities resulting therefrom; or". ntofd SEC. 2 . Section 1420 Revised Statutes (21 Stat. 3, 34 U. S . C . 163) as serters n time o war. amended, is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the period at the end of the section, and insert the following: ", except that in time of war such deserters may be enlisted in the naval service, upon permis- sion of competent naval authority thereunto authorized by the Secretary of the Navy." SEC. 3. Section 339 of the Nationality Act of 1940, approved 8U.S .C. S79. October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1160), is hereby amended to read as follows: ^ca^te of cii- "SEC. 339. A person who claims to have derived United States citi- zenship through the naturalization of a parent or through the natural- ization or citizenship of a husband, or who is a citizen of the United States by virtue of the provisions of section 1993 of the United States MtOt. 17 Revised Statutes, or of section 1993 of the United States Revised sv.8.0 .o Statutes, as amended by section 1 of the Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797), or who is a citizen of the United States by virtue of the provi- sions of section 201 (c) (d), (e), and (g) of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1138; U.S. C ., title 8, sec. 601), may apply to the Com- [58 STAT.

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