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 Limitation. Length of stay at seat of government. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 123, 124, 126, 127-MAY 15, 1945 [59 STAT. expenses incurred on tribal business: Provided further, That the aforesaid salaries and expenses shall not exceed $15,000 per annum: Providedfurther, That the length of stay of the official delegates at the seat of government shall be determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs." Approved May 15, 1945. [CHAPTER 124] May 15, 1945 [S. 701] [Public Law 57] Army ofU. S. Temporary general officer grades. May 15, 1945 [H. R. 2992] [Public Law 58] Suppression of pros- titution near military and naval establish- ments. 55 Stat. 583. 18 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 518a. AN ACT To provide a method for the wartime reduction of temporary grades held by general officers of the Army of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged and for six months thereafter, the President, without the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint any member of the Army of the United States who, since August 27, 1940, has been appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to the temporary grade of major general in the Army of the United States or to any higher grade, and whose appointment to such grade has been terminated, to any temporary general officer grade in the Army of the United States which is lower than the grade held under the appointment terminated. Approved May 15, 1945. [CHAPTER 126] AN ACT To extend the provisions of the Act of July 11, 1941 (Public Law 163, Seventy- seventh Congress). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 163, Seventy-seventh Congress (518a, ch. 13, title 18 of the Criminal Code), is hereby amended by deleting "May 15, 1945" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "May 15, 1946, or the date of the ter- mination of hostilities in the present war, or on such earlier date as may be specified in a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress for that purpose. As used in this section the term 'date of the termination of hostilities in the present war' means the date proclaimed by the President as the date of such termination or the date specified in a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Con- gress as the date of such termination, whichever is the earlier." Approved May 15, 1945. [CHAPTER 127] May 15,1945 AN ACT [H. R. 3070] To extend the provisions of the Act of November 29, 1940 (Public Law 884, [Public Law 59] Seventy-sixth Congress). Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps, Army. Examination for pro- motion. 54 Stat. 1219. 10U..C.i101 note. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the dura- tion of the wars in which the United States is presently engaged and for six months thereafter, the Secretary of War may, in his discre- tion, dispense with any part of the examination for promotion in the Regular Army of officers of the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps, except those relating to physical examination. SEC. 2. This Act shall become effective as of May 15, 1945. Approved May 15, 1945.

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