58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 597, 598-DEC. 16, 1944 of Columbia a license fee of $10: Provided,That no license fee shall Exemptious be collected from any notary public in the service of the United States Government or the District of Columbia Government whose notarial duties are confined solely to Government official business: And provided further, That no notary fee shall be collected at any time by a notary public who is exempted from the payment of the license fee. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to refund, in Refunds. the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes, the amount of any fee erroneously paid or collected under this section. "The Commissioners are hereby authorized to prescribe such rules Rules and and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes tions' of this Act." SEC. 2 . Section 561 of the said Act approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, title 1, sec. 504), is further 31 Stat. 1279. amended to read as follows: "SEC. 561. OATH AND BOND. -Each notary public, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath prescribed for civil officers in the District of Columbia, and shall give bond to the District of Columbia in the sum of $2,000, with security, to be approved by the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia or a justice thereof, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office." SEc. 3 . A notary public appointed before the passage of this Act sttus of pre may continue in such capacity until the expiration date of his commission. SEC. 4. Certificates issued by the Commissioners may be signed by certificates. the secretary, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia. SEC. 5 . Appropriation is hereby authorized to be made to carry Appropriation out the provisions of this Act, and the Commissioners of the District tho ri ed - of Columbia are authorized to include in their annual estimates provision for all expenses incident to such purposes, including the purchase of equipment and supplies and the payment of salaries to personnel, subject to the limitations of the Classification Act of 1923, 42 Sat. 1488 . as amended. Supp. III. §6i Approved December 16, 1944. [CHAPTER 598] AN ACT December 16,1944 To amend the Act of June 19, 1934 (Public Law 435, Seventy-third Congress). - [Pb RL.4916' [Public Law 498] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Act of June 19, 1934, entitled "An Act providing educational opportunities for the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines who were killed in action or died during the World War", is hereby amended to read as follows: "That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from funds to the credit of the District of Columbia in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,800, annually, for aid in the education of children (between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, inclusive, who have had their domicile in the District of Columbia for at least five years) of those who have died or may hereafter die as a result of service in the military or naval forces of the United States during the World War on and after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 12, 1918, or during the period of the present war, on and after December 7, 1941, and prior to the termination of hostilities as declared by Presidential proclamation or by concurrent resolution of the Congress, including tuition, fees, maintenance, and the purchase of books and supplies: Provided, That not more than $200 shall be available for any one child in any one year: Provided District of Colum- bia. 48 Stat. 1125. 10U.S.C.i914 D.0.Code§31- 1114. Education of chil- dren of certain veter- ans of World Wars I and IL Li-mtakm 811 regula- entap- Lau- i 661; etse.
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