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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 262, 263-JUNE 30, 1941 Penalty. Commissions on land purchase con- tracts. Construction of quarters, limitations. Availability of ap- propriations, etc. Short title. June 30. 1941 IS. 239] [Public Law 140] Discharge of en- listed men of Regular Army and Philippine Scouts. Proviso. Right to pension, etc. Retirement. Pay and allowances. ber of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Govern- ment of the United States by force or violence and accepts employ- ment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 11. No part of any money appropriated herein or included under any contract authority herein granted shall be expended for the payment of any commission on any land purchase contract in excess of 2 per centum of the purchase price. SEC. 12. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act may be obligated for the construction of quarters, including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, in continental United States, except in Alaska, for greater amounts per unit than follow: Permanent construction: For commissioned officer, $10,000. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $7,500. For enlisted man, $6,000. Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500. For commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000. For enlisted man, $9,500. SEc. 13. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein shall be available from and including July 1, 1941, for the purposes respectively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1941, and the date of the enactment of this Act in anticipa- tion of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and con- firmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. SEC. 14. This Act may be cited as the "Military Appropriation Act, 1942". Approved, Jue 30, 1941, 6: 20 p. m., E. S. T. [CHAPTER 263] AN ACT To provide for the discharge or retirement of enlisted men of the Regular Army and of the Philippine Scouts in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an enlisted man of the Regular Army or of the Philippine Scouts who has had less than twenty years of service in the military forces of the United States and who has become permanently incapacitated for active service shall be discharged: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting the right of an enlisted man discharged hereunder to receive such pension and other benefits as may now or hereafter be accorded by law to disabled former soldiers of the Regular Army or of the Philippine Scouts. SEC. 2. An enlisted man of the Regular Army or of the Philippine Scouts who has served twenty years or more in the military forces of the United States and who has become permanently incapacitated for active service due to physical disability incurred in line of duty shall be placed on the retired list. SEC. 3 . When an enlisted man is placed on the retired list pur- suant to the provisions of the next preceding section he shall receive 75 per centum of the average pay he was receiving for six months 394 [55 STAT.