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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 791, 792-JULY 1, 1948 Compilation of list. Inscription of name on memorial. Rules and regula- tions. Preservation of rec- ords. Repeals. July 1, 1948 [H. R. 4435] [Public Law 872] Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, amend- ment. 52 Stat. 985. 49U.S.C. 452(a). Ante, p. 1093. Civil airways. of the Army is authorized and directed to furnish appropriate Gov- ernment headstones or markers for the unmarked graves of soldiers of the Union and Confederate Armies of the Civil War, and for the unmarked graves of all members of the armed forces of the United States dying in the service, or former members whose last service terminated honorably; and for all unmarked graves in post and national cemeteries. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force are authorized and directed to compile a list of the names of all members of the armed forces of the United States who died while serving in such forces in the overseas theaters of operations on or after September 3, 1939, and whose bodies have not been recovered or identified or have been buried at sea. Upon the compilation of such list of names and other appropriate data, the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Secretary of the Army are authorized and directed to provide for the inscribing of each such name and pertinent data with respect to the individual on the wall of a chapel or other appropriate memorial erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission or by the Department of the Army. In determining the particular chapel or other memorial on the wall of which any particular name shall be inscribed, the Commission and the Secretary shall follow the general rule of having the name inscribed upon the wall of that chapel or other memorial which is appropriate in view of the circumstances under which the deceased died in the service of his country. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to make rules and regulations concerning the type, design, weight, and size of headstones erected in all cemeteries under his control and juris- diction, and of all headstones or markers furnished pursuant to the provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Army shall cause to be preserved in the records of his office, the names when known, and places of burial of all persons for whom headstones or markers are authorized by section 1 of this Act. The rank, organization, date of death, and such other infor- mation as the Secretary of the Army prescribes shall be included in the record. SEC. 4. The following laws are hereby repealed: Act of February 3, 1879 (ch. 44, 20 Stat. 281, U. S. C., title 24, sec. 280) ; Act of February 26, 1929 (ch. 324, 45 Stat. 1307, U. S. C., title 24, sec. 280a); Act of April 18, 1940 (ch. 109, 54 Stat. 142, U. S. C., title 24, sec. 280b). Approved July 1, 1948. [CHAPTER 792] AN ACT To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 by redefining certain powers of the Administrator, by authorizing delegation of certain powers by the Civil Aero- nautics Board to the Administrator, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 302 (a) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "GENERAL "SEc. 302. (a) The Administrator is authorized and directed to designate and establish such civil airways as may be required in the public interest. The Administrator is authorized, within the limits of available appropriations made by the Congress, (1) to acquire, establish, and improve air-navigation facilities wherever necessary; (2) to operate and maintain such air-navigation facilities; (3) to 1216 [62 STAT.

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