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530 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 52—<54. 1918. SEAMEN’S MISSION AT mo me JANEIBO, BRAZIL. nii>°3.?i$.l$Qim'fiSSl°°' Annual contribution toward the support of the seamen’s mission at R10 de J8.I1011'O, Brazil, $50. RELIEF or AMERICAN CITIZENS AND Pnrsomms or WAR. m$?%,°‘°dS°°°” °f For the relief of American citizens in enemy or enemy occupied territory and American prisoners of war who may be taken by enemy orces, $80,000. LEGATICN BUILDING AT sAN SALVADOR.

 For the erection at the city of San Salvador opjground presented

by the Govemment of Salvador of a suitable b ding, to be constructed of reinforced concrete_for the use of the legatron to Salvador, both as a residence of the minister and for the offices of the legation, $50 000 or so much thereof as may be necess said sum to mclude I I My? _ _ iroem- t D { $10,000 for the purchase of the necessary furniture for the building-; qouftgf Em: °° ° Provided, That the President IS hereby authorized to accept on beha of the United States the plot of ground graciously presented by the Government of Salvador as the site for the erection of a legatron budding or buildings. ADDITION T0 LEGATION BU1`LDDS'G AT PEKING, 011rNA. . {§l§:§ggb¥$1d,,,g_ For_ an addition to the chancery building occupied by the American Legatrorr at Pekmg, China, $2,000. Approved, April 15, 1918. April 16, ms. [S- 3863-] CHAP. 53.-An Act To provide quarters or commutation thereof to commissioned [Public, N0.129.] officers in certain cases. Am Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatipes of the United omeii on seiauuty States of America tn. Congress assembled, That during the resent }_gc’g‘§,§}g°n’f,i;$_;',§,’§é emergency every commissioned officer of the Army of the Illnited pr$s§{¤gir1;¤r§g¤9¢s·- Statels on duty tl}? fip1&l,§;·ap;ns active duty tzirthout {zhe teprrtlorngl

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for a wife, child, or dependent parent, shall_be furmshed at the place where he maintains such lplace of abode, without regard to personal quarters furnished him e sewhere, the number of rooms prescribed by the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and seven (Thirty- fourth Statutes, page eleven hundred and sixty—mne), to be occu- _ pied by, and on1y_so long as occupied by, said wife, child, or depend- °°‘“"““*·°“°“· ent parent; and in case such quarters are_not available every such commissioned officer shall be paid commutation thereof and commutat mo tion for heat and light at the rate authorized by law in cases where not mum:. °°°°° public quarters are not available; but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to reduce the allowances now authorized by law for any person in the Army. Approved, April 16, 1918. A lgfldlgi CHAP. 54.-——An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county commissioners [Publjc,No.130,] (lg B0¤11§f C<Z;lml}%a§g3h<>, to construct a bridge across the Clark Fork Rive; in OHHBI OU.D, Y, . Cm, Fork Rim Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives cj the United courier County rirav States og America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress ,‘jQ§§§;,;,§‘gf" wk “l‘ is here y (granted to the county commissioners of Bonner County, Idaho, an therr successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and