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164 Approaches, etc. Construction and mai,ltenance . Erection of suitable memorial and related structures . May 21,1 2955 .1 [s .2955 .] [Public, No. 147.] World War V eterans' Act, 1924, amendment. Vol.43,p.621;U.S. C., p . 1222, amended . Wife and children of disabled veteran . Apportioning co m- pensation to . Applicable to retired emergency officers . Vol.45,pp.735,967; U. S. C, Supp.V,p. 575, amended . May 23, 1932. [S. 4193.] [Public, No . 148 .] Virgin Islan ds . Saint Thomas Har- bor Board may issue bonds for graving or dry dock. Sale, interest, etc. Form, etc., of bonds. Terms of each issue. Redemption by board . '2d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS . 200-202 . MAY 21, 23, 1932 . SEC . 2 . That the director is hereby authorized to provide suitable means of access to and upon the said Roosevelt Island as appropria- tions are made available from time to time and subject to the appro val of the Nat ional Capi tal Park and P lanni ng C ommis sion; and that the appropriations needed for such construction and annu- ally fo r the care, mainte nance, and i mprovem ent of the s aid la nds and imp roveme nts, a re her eby au thoriz ed to b e made from any fu nds no t othe rwise approp riated from the Tr easury of the Unite d Stat es . SEC . 3 . That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to permit the Roose velt Memor ial Assoc iatio n (I ncorp orate d) to ere ct on said Rooseve lt Isl and su ch mon ument or mem orial a nd rel ated s tructu res as may be recommended by it and approved by the National Com- mission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission . Approved, May 21, 1932 . [CHAPTER 201 .1 AN ACT To amend the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended . Be it enacted b y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That se ction 202 (12) of the World War Veterans Act, 1924, as amended, is hereby further amend ed to read a s foll ows " SEC. 12 . Where the disabled person is a patient in a hospital, or where for any other reason the disabled person and his wife are not living together, or where the children are not in the custody of the dis abled person, the amount of th e compe nsatio n may be app or- tioned as may be prescribed by regulations . Retired pay payable under Public Act Numbered 506, Seventieth Congress, approved May 24, 1928, may be appo rtion ed in the same form and mann er as com- pensation is apportioned under the provisions of this section ." AN ACT To authorize the issuance of bonds by the Saint Thomas Harbor Board, Virgin Islands, for the acquisition or construction of a graving or dry dock . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d Sta tes o f Ame rica in Con gress asse mbled, That for the purpose of acquiring and installing or building a dry dock or graving dock in the harbor of Saint Thomas, Krum Bay, Virgin Islands, or in Gregerie Channel adjacent to such harbor, the Saint Thomas Harbor Board, a mu nicipa l inst itution, is a uthori zed, s ub- ject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to issue regis- tered or coupon bonds in any sum not to exceed $150,000 . Su ch bonds shall be sold at not less than their par value with accrued interest, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, and shall be payable from the treasury of said board in gold coin of the United States at such place or places as shall be designated by such board in the bonds . Such bonds shall be issued in serial f orm matur ing in su bstantial ly equal annual in stall- ments, th e first i nstallmen t to matu re not la ter than five year s from the date of the issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from the date of such issue, except that Approved, May 21, 1932 . [CHAPTER 202 .]