54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 363 , 368 -370-JUNE 13, 15, 1940 [CHAPTER 363] AN ACT June 18, 1940 Authorizing the issuance to Orville Wright of honorary aircraft pilot's certificate 1s. 27361 numbered 1. [Private, No.a89] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Civil Aeronautics Authority is authorized to issue to Orville Wright honorary aircraft pilot's certificate numbered 1, in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by him in advancing the science of aeronautics. Approved, June 13, 1940. [CHAPTER 368] AN ACT For the relief of Harry Huston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the pension laws or any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon persons honorably discharged from the United States Army Harry Huston shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged on February 10, 1900, as an artificer, Battery B, Fourth Artillery United States Army; but no pension, pay, bounty, or other benefit shall be held to accrue by reason of this Act prior to its passage. Approved, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 369] AN ACT To authorize the presentation of a special gold medal to William Sinnott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to present a special gold medal to William Sinnott, a detective, who in guarding Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President- elect of the United States, at Miami, Florida, on February 15, 1933, was shot and wounded by Guiseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate said Franklin D. Roosevelt. Approved, June 15, 1940. [CHAPTER 370] AN ACT For the relief of Laura Trice Converse. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Laura Trice Converse, widow of Charles A. Converse, late American consul at Manchester, England, the sum of $3,600, such sum repre- senting one year's salary of her deceased husband who died while in the Foreign Service. Approved, June 15, 1940. Orville Wright. Issuance of desig- nated certificate. June 15, 1940 [8. 30956 [Private, No. 870] Harry Huston. Military record cor- rected. No prior benefits. June 15, 1940 iS. 3813] [Private, No. 371] William Sinnott. Presentation of medal to. June 15, 1940 [S. 38871 [Private, No. 372] Laura Trice Con- verse. Payment to.
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