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74T H CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHS. 277, 278. JUNE 19, 1935. withdrawal of Fe d- eras recognition . United States in the same or lower grade . When Federal recognition is withdrawn from any officer or warrant officer of the National Guard of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, as provided in 48 Vol . l39, u. s2cv l . section 76 of this Act or upon reaching the age of sixty-four years, 1438 .

he shall thereupon cease to be a member thereof and shall be given a discharg e certific ate theref rom by the official a uthorized to appoint Chief, National Guard Bureau

such officer" . Eligibility to succeed himself.

,SEC. 5. That section 81 of said Act be, and the same is hereby Vol . 39, p. 203

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amended, by striking out after the words " and shall " in the third 4s,p.159; U. S. C.,p . 1442 .

sentence of said s ection the word " n ot . . Caretakers .

SEC. 6. That section 90 of said Act be, and the same is hereby Vol. 39, p . 205; Vol . amended, following the word "provided"so,astoread:"That the 44, p. 673; U. S . C., p. 1433, care takers here by aut horiz ed to be em ployed shal l not excee d five for any one organization, except heavier-than-air squadrons, for each of which a maximum of thirteen is authorized, who shall be paid by the U nited Stat es disburs ing office r for each State, Te rritory, a nd the District of Columbia . "The compensation paid to caretakers who belong to the National Guard, as herein authorized, shall be in addition to any compensation authorized for members of the National Guard under any of the provisions of the National Defense Act . " Under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, the material, animals, armament, and equipment, or any part thereof, of the National Guard of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia or organizations thereof, may be put into a common pool for care, maintenance, and storage ; and the employment of caretakers there for, not t o exceed f ifteen for any one p ool, is he reby autho rized . " Caretakers heretofore detailed or employed in pools shall be deemed to have been regularly detailed or employed as such under the law and regulations ; and all payments heretofore or hereafter made therefor are hereby validated and authorized . " Commissioned officers of the National Guard shall not be e mploye d as careta kers except that one s uch o fficer not above the grade of captain for each heavier-than-air squadron may be employed . Either enlisted men or civilians may be employed as caretakers, but if there are as many a s two care takers in a ny organiz ation, one of them shall be an enlisted man . " The Secret ary of War shall, by regulatio ns, fix th e salaries of all caretakers hereby authorized to be employed and shall also designate by whom they shall be employed ." SEC. 7 . That section 111 of said Act be, and is hereby amended, by striking out after the words " any or all units and " in the first sen- tence of said section, the words " the members thereof " and inserting in lieu thereof the word "members " . Approved, June 19, 1935 . Compensation . Fooling provisions. Commissioned offi- cer s ineligible . Vol.45,p. 440. Pay regulations. Draft of National Guard into active service in national eme rge ncy . Vol. 48, p .160;U.S . C., p. 1436. Tune 19, 1935. [H. J. Res. 26.] [Pub. Res., No. 33.] Leif Erikson Day. October 9, 1935, desig- nated as. [CHAPTER 278 .1 JO INT RE SO LUT ION Requesting the President to proclaim O ctober 9 as L eif Erikson Da y . Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclama- tion designating October 9, 1935, as Leif Erikson Day and calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on said date and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies . Approved, June 19, 1935 .