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74 TH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS . 121-123 . MARCH 3, 1936 .

11 59 paper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia, shall be sold at public auction, and the proceeds of such sale having been retained by the said property clerk for a period of three months without a lawful claimant, shall then be paid into the policemen's fund ; and all money that shall remain in his hands for said period of six months shall be so advertised, and if no lawful claimant appear shall be likewise paid into the policemen's fund ." Approved, March 3, 1936 . [CHA PTER 122.] Proceeds of sales . AN ACT

March 3, 1936. For the relief of World Wa r soldiers who were discharged from th e Army because [ H . R. 896 6. ] of minority or misrepresentation of age .

[Public, No . 467.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers of the United States Army, their widows and dependent children, a soldier who served as an enlisted man between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, both dates inclu- sive, and who was discharged for fraudulent enlistment on account of minority or misrepresentation of age, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service on the date of his actual separation therefrom if his service otherwise was such as would have entitled him to an honorable dis- charge : Provided, That no back pay or allowance shall accrue by Proviso- No s pay, etc . reason of the passage of this Act : Provided further, That in all such Issuance of certifi- cases the War Department shall, upon request, grant to such men, cstes . or their widows, a discharge certificate showing that the soldier is held and considered to have been honorably discharged under the provisions of this Act . Appr oved, March 3, 1 936 . World war soldiers disch arged because of minority or age mi s- representati on deemed honorably discharged. [CHA PTER 123 .] AN ACT March 3, 1936. Autho rizing a pr elimin ary e xamina tion of the Esopus Creek and its tributaries ]H . R . 9062 .1 of Birch, Bushnelville, Woodland, Warner Bushkill, and Beaverkill Creeks ; Saw kil l, Ron dou t, and Neversink C ree ks, Ulster County ; Sch oharie and Catsk ill C reeks , Gr eene Count y ; Nevers ink, Beaverk ill, East Br anch of Delaware, Wi llowemoc, and Lackawack R ivers, Sulli van County

Schoharie

Creek and its trib utaries, Schoharie County, all located in the State of New York, with a view to the controlling of floods . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Esopus Creek and its tributaries of Birch, Bushnelville, Woodland, Warner Bushkill, and Beaverkill Creeks, Sawkill, Rond- out, and Neversink Creeks, Ulster County ; Schoharie and Catskill Creeks, Greene County ; Neversink, Beaverkill, East Branch of Dela- ware, Willowemoc, and Lackawack Rivers, Sullivan County ; S ch o - harie Creek and its tributaries, Schoharie County, all located in the State of New York, with a view to the control of floods, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of floods of the Mississippi River, and the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes", approved March 1, 1917, th e cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heret ofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, March 3, 1936 . [Public, No. 468.1 Esopus Creek and tributaries, N.Y. Survey directed for controlling floods . Vol. 39, p. 950. U.S.C.,p.1437.