392 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Srss. I. Cris. 87-90. 1917. authorize and appropriate the use of funds apportioned to Durant, Oklahoma, for the construction and ui ment of a United States Bq P post office and other Government omces at Durant, Oklahoma. Approved, October 6, 1917. Og-D1? giiii]-L CHAP. 88.-An Act Givin the United States Shipping Board power to nd
present agrovisions of law ang permit vessels oi foreign registry and foreign-guilt
’ ‘ vessels mitted to American registry under the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen pundredxd {curtain, g•}8e1ngag1e;1; tlpe cpastwélse tmc duringttlgg present wapIa·15d or a pen o one un an en y ays ere r, excep e coaatwise e with Alaska. - _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentativee of the United m$§£i’¤i]i:ti¤ ¢L~4¤mr:§ Stateaog America in Congress assembled, 'lliiat during the present imig¤.·¤pm fifteen, war wit Germany and for a geriod of one hundred_an twengy days °‘°·· ‘*'“""€ “’° "“‘· thereafter the United States `hipping Board may, if m its ju gment the interests of the United States requirehsuspend the present pro- V1 37 562 V1 visions of law and permit vessels of foreign registry, and foreign- 38, §.bgs.’ p` ’ °` buillt vesgpls admittedhto£·11:iericaénfregistry under the Act pg August · _ ei teent nineteen un e an ourteen to engage in e coast- ¥Z%°r$req¤ir¤<i- wie trade of the United_ States: Provided, That no such vessel s£allUengeaF¢§ in thelploastwisg traile elirlpzplpt upon Sa}; :uBI'IH1l2 issugd by t e nit tates `pp` oar w permit t or eiine Pm me to the scope of the trade al-dd the tiine of such eglploymentz Promkted em0w£Za,a¤. furt7zer, That in issuing permits the board sh give lpreferenee to vessels of fo1'6IgH registry owned, leased, or chartered y citizens of A,am,,mm,m_ the United States or corporations thereof: And provided further, umm. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the coastwise trade with Alaska or between Alaskan ports. Approved, October 6, 1917. Ogg}? wg- CHAP. 89.-An Act To provide for the pa ment of six months’ gratuity to the
widow, children, or other reviously designated, dependent relative of retired officers
’ or enlisted men on active duty. ggvgzmhs, mn Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0; Relqlresentatives of the to semacasqaeflii oai; United States of America an Congress assembled, at the paragraph §§§·g°gé§,§;‘gg‘fU$°§{jj of the Act atpproved August twenty-second, mneteen hundrc and rips; <:ir¤$<»rs·. ay. on twelve, enti ed "An Act making appropriations for the Naval °°v¤i °;·,f°p.°`§$j Service for the fiscal ear ending une thirtieth, nineteen hundred _ Y
- "“9“‘*°d· and thirteen, and for other urposes/’ as amended b the Act of
l°L38'p`m' M h th` d t n hu drpd nd fifteen which ogid f th arc ir mne ee n e a , r es or e payment of six months’ gratuity to the widow or clbildren or other previously designated dependent relative of a deceased officer or enlisted man on the active list of the_ Navy and Marine Corps, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the wor "on the active list of the Navy or Marine Corps" a comma and the words "or of any retired officer or enlisted man serving on active duty during the continuance of the present war." Approved, October 6, 1917. O[c1?b§l(¢iEsigi]7· CHAP. 90.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Trumbull Steel Wkggf Company, its succeaors and amigns, to construct, maintain. and operate a bridge ’ ' and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River, in the State of Ohio. Liahuning River: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Réelpgesmtatives of the m'Q?¤I¤§;;¤gr§§;i* United States of America on Oondgiress assembled, at the consent of mi, oma. ’ Congress is hereby granted to e Trumbull Steel Company and its
