SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. CHs . 562-564 . 1930 . expense, a s a site for a branch home of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to be located in one of the Southern States . The land selected or acquired shall be transferred to the records,
of land, jurisdiction of the Board of Managers of said home, together with al l boo ks, maps, reco rds, and other doc ument s nec essa ry fo r use , administration, and control of such land . SEC . 2 . The Board of Managers of the national home is authorized Construction . and directe d to prov ide for the impr ovement of the la nd so se lected or acquired and for the construction, equipment, operation, and main- tenance thereon of suitable buildings for the use of a branch home . SEC. 3 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum Sum authorized . of $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act . Approved, June 21, 1930 . June 21, 1930 . CHAP. 5 63 .-An Act To give war-tim e rank t o retir ed offic ers and former [S .465 .] officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard of the United [Public, No. 406 .] States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That all com- Army, Na vy, Marine mi ssion ed of fic ers who served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Guard Cps, and coast . and/or Coa st Guard of the United States during the World War, ra Advan wh en ceent reed, o and who have been or may be hereafter retired according to law, omncers of, who served except those retired under the provisions of section 24b of the, Act d ring vol.4l Pld 7 Tar . of June 4, 1920, shall, on the date of the approval of this Act or upon retirement in the case of those now on the active list of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard, be advanced in rank on the retired list to the highest grade held by them during the World War : Provided, That any such officer on the active or A aov i- 1- tincase retired list who died or may die prior to the approval of this Act, of death . or o n the act ive list who may hereaft er die b efore ret irement, shall be advanced in rank to said higher grade as of the date of death : No increase in pay, Pr ovide d fu rther , That no increase of active or retired pay or e tc, allowances shall result from the provisions of this section . SEC. 2. All persons who have served honorably in the Army, Navy, miP eao ns sti rv irg r~n Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard of the United States during war daring war time, en- shall, when not in the active military and/or naval service of the titled to wear uniform . United States, be entitled to bear the official title and upon occasions of ceremony, to wear the uniform of the highest grade held by them dur ing thei r war ser vice . Appro ved, June 21, 1930 . CHAP. 56 4 .-An Act Authorizing an appropriation
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September 20, 1872. same to be in full settlement of all claims of the Sisseton and Wah- Post, pp. 876, 1866 . peton Bands of Sioux Indians on account of claims asserted by them and arising and growing out of the Treaty of September 20, 1872 (Kappler's Indian Laws and Treaties, 2nd Edition Vol . 2, page 1057) : Provided, That out of said amount there shall be paid to Proviso . the attorneys prosecuting said claims, as attorneys' fees, and to Lrmrtatton on amount of attorneys', n Joseph R . Brown and Ignatius Court, as representatives of said etc ., fees, for prosecut-ingclaims . Indian Tribes, such sums as to the Secretary of the Interior may 793
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