the period prescribed by the Secretary of War. Such temporary appointees shall be entitled to the benefits of all existing laws and regulations governing retirement, pensions, and disability as are applicable to members of the Army of the United States when called or ordered into the active military service by the Federal Government under existing statutory authorizations. All persons temporarily appointed as chief warrant officers or as warrant officers (junior grade) in the Army of the United States under the authority of this section, shall, as long as they continue to hold such appointments, be available for assignment to active duty with any unit of the Army of the United States. Persons temporarily appointed as chief warrant officers or as warrant officers (junior grade), in the Army of the United States under the authority of this section who, at the time of their respective temporary appointments have a military status in the Army of the United States or any component thereof may accept such temporary appointments without prejudice to the military status which they so held and upon termination of such temporary appointments such persons may revert to the grades which they held at the time of their temporary appointments. SEC. 4. Warrant officers may be assigned to such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That when such duties necessarily include those normally performed by commissioned officers they shall be vested with the power to perform such duties under regulations to be prescribed by the President: Provided further, That when a warrant officer is serving as assistant adjutant of any command, he shall have power to administer oaths for all purposes of military administration. Warrant officers appointed under existing laws, other than masters and chief engineers of the Army Mine Planter Service, shall become warrant officers (junior grade), and masters and chief engineers of the Army Mine Planter Service shall become chief warrant officers, on the date this Act shall become effective. All warrant officers shall take rank next below second lieutenants and among themselves under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Benefits, temporary appointees. Availability for active duty. Status. Assignments. Administration of oaths. Appointments under existing laws. Relative rank. Retirement provi sions. Provisos. Service require Pay. ment. Rules and regulations. SEC. 5. Warrant officers shall be entitled to retirement under the same conditions as commissioned officers: Provided, That hereafter warrant officers may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be retired after fifteen years of active service: Provided further, That a warrant officer retired after fifteen years of active service shall receive retired pay at the rate of 22 per centum of his active pay multiplied by the number of complete years of active service in the Army, but not to exceed a total of 75 per centum of his active pay. SEC. 6. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to govern and administer properly the personnel in the grades of chief warrant officer and warrant officer (junior grade), including warrant officers of the Army Mine Planter Service. This Act shall become effective on the date specified in regulations issued by the Secretary of War, but not later than October 1, 1941. SEC. 7. The provisions of any laws heretofore enacted which are in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, except tion. that appointments, temporary appointments, and promotions in the Army Mine Planter Service shall continue to be made as now provided for: Provided, That no rights or benefits to which warrant officers now in active service are entitled under existing laws shall officers in active serv be affected in any manner by reason of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not be retroactive and no back pay or allowances shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act. Approved, August 21, 1941. Effective date. Conflicting provisions repealed; excep ice. Provisos. Provisions not retroactive. August 21, 1941 [S. 881] [Public Law 231] retired employees. 54 Stat. 679. 41 U. S. C., prec. § 1 note. 715a. [CHAPTER 385] AN ACT To permit the reemployment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of persons retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Reemployment of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clause preceding the first proviso in section 6 of the Act of June 28, 1940 (Public, Numbered 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session), is hereby amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding the provisions 5 U. S. C. § 715, of section 2 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 468), and section 204 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 404), any person heretofore or hereafter retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act War and Navy De- of May 29, 1930, as amended, may be reemployed in the service of the War and Navy Departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice and be continued in such service not later than June 30, 1942:". partments and FBI. bia. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 3261] [Public Law 232] District of ColumMemorial to Raincan Expeditionary bow Division, Ameri Forces. Provisos. design. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 386] AN ACT To authorize the Rainbow Division veterans to erect a suitable memorial to the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant permission to the Rainbow (Forty-second) Division Veterans Association, American Expeditionary Forces, for the erection on public grounds of the United States in the District of Columbia, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the White House, of a suitable memorial in honor of the dead of the Rainbow Approval of site and (Forty-second) Division: Provided, That the site chosen and the design of the memorial shall have the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the said memorial: Provided Evidence of sum further, That evidence of funds in an amount which, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, is sufficient to insure the completion of the memorial, including the preparation and landscape treatment of the site, the erection of the pedestal, and the erection of the memorial, must be made available prior to the issuance of a permit for the construction of the memorial: And provided further, That unless the erection of the memorial is begun within five years from the date of the approval of this Act, the authorization hereby granted is revoked. cient funds. Time limitation. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 3388] [Public Law 233] Smithsonian Gallery of Art, D. C. of winning design. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 387] AN ACT To permit the Smithsonian Gallery of Art Commission to purchase a model of the winning design for the proposed Smithsonian Gallery of Art, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Smithsonian Gallery of Art Commission is authorized to purchase, at a price not to exceed $2,500, from Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, and Robert F. Swanson, a model of their winning design furnished in competition for a design for the proposed Smithsonian Gallery of Art. Jr. Joseph Hudnut and Payments for serv (b) Said Commission is further authorized to pay the sum of Thomas D. Mabry, $800 to Joseph Hudnut and the sum of $700 to Thomas D. Mabry, Junior, as final payments to said persons for services rendered as consultants in connection with the competition for a design for the Smithsonian Gallery of Art. SEC. 2. There is hereby reappropriated, out of the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved June 25, 1938, under the heading "Independent establishments", subheading "Smithsonian Institution", the sum of $2,500 to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1; and the sum of $1,500 is hereby made immediately available out of such unexpended balance to carry out the provisions of subsection (b) of section 1. Approved, August 21, 1941. To amend an Act entitled "An act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes", approved April 20, 1918, as amended November 30, 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act approved April 20, 1918, entitled "An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material, or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes" (40 Stat. 533; U. S. C., title 50, secs. 101103), as amended by the Act approved November 30, 1940 (54 Stat. 1220; U. S. C., title 50, secs. 101-106), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. That the words 'national-defense material', as used herein, shall include arms, armament, ammunition, livestock, stores of clothing, food, foodstuffs, fuel, supplies, munitions, and all other articles of whatever description and any part or ingredient thereof, intended for the use of the United States in connection with the national defense or for use in or in connection with the producing, manufacturing, repairing, storing, mining, extracting, distributing, loading, unloading, or transporting of any of the materials or other articles hereinbefore mentioned or any part or ingredient thereof." Approved, August 21, 1941. To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York, and for other purposes. ices. Sums ated. reappropri 52 Stat. 1118. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 3752] [Public Law 234] Destruction of war material. "National-defense material." August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4150] [Public Law 235] Saint Lawrence River. Time extended for bridging, at Ogdens Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York, authorized burg, NY. to be built by the Saint Lawrence Bridge Commission and its successors and assigns, by an Act of Congress approved June 14, 1933, as amended, and heretofore extended by Acts of Congress approved June 8, 1934, May 28, 1935, April 11, 1936, August 12, 1937, April 26, 1939, and June 8, 1940, are hereby further extended one and three years respectively, from the date of approval of this Act. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 21, 1941. 48 Stat. 141, 927; 49 Stat. 50 301, 1202; Stat. 631; 53 Stat. 621; 54 Stat. 259. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4338] [Public Law 236] Fleet Reserve. Adjustment of inactive-duty pay of certain members. To provide for adjustment of the inactive-duty pay of certain transferred and retired members of the Fleet Reserve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who were transferred to the Fleet Reserve prior to October 1, 1940, after completion of sixteen or twenty years of service, and all such transferred members of the Fleet Reserve who were subsequently retired prior to October 1, 1940, shall, from and after October 1, 1940, be entitled to retainer pay or retired pay computed on the basis of the increased rates of base pay and longevity pay provided for enlisted men by section 50 U. s. C., app. § 12 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall operate to reduce the pay now being received by any such enlisted men. 54 Stat. 312. Proviso. bia. S. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4660] [Public Law 237] District of Colum- 49 Stat. 745. Payment of funeral expenses. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4769] [Public Law 238] Army mail clerks. Duties. Oath and bond. Approved, August 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 391] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor", approved August 24, 1935, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting at the end of said section the following: "On the death of a recipient of aid under this Act such reasonable funeral expenses as the Board or its designated agency may deem necessary may be paid for the burial of such person and such funeral expenses so paid may be recovered in the same manner as provided in sections 11 and 12 for the recovery of amounts expended as aid." Authorizing the designation of Army mail clerks and assistant Army mail clerks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That enlisted men of the Army of the United States may, upon selection by the Secretary of War, be designated by the Post Office Department as "Army mail clerks" and "assistant Army mail clerks", who shall be authorized to receive and open all pouches and sacks of mail addressed to Army posts, military reservations, and defense bases, owned or leased, to make proper delivery of such mail, to receive matter for transmission in the mails, to receipt for registered matter (keeping an accurate record thereof), to keep and have for sale an adequate supply of postage stamps, to make up and dispatch mails, and other postal duties as may be authorized by the Postmaster General, all in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commanding Army officer at the base, post, or reservation. Each Army mail clerk and assistant Army mail clerk shall take the oath of office prescribed for employees of the Postal Service and shall give bond to the United States in such sum as the Postmaster General may deem sufficient for the faithful performance of his duties as such mail clerk, and shall be amenable in all respects to Army discipline, except that, as to their duties as such clerks, the commanding officer at the base, post, or reservation at which they are stationed shall require them to be governed by the Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States. Whenever necessity arises therefor any assistant mail clerk may be required by such commanding officer to perform the duties of mail clerk. Compensation for services shall be paid by the War Department in addition to that paid them in the grade to which they are assigned, such sum in the case of mail clerks not to exceed $500 per annum, and in the case of assistant mail clerks not to exceed $300 per annum, as may be determined and allowed by the War Department. To amend the Act relating to preventing the publication of inventions in the national interest, and for other purposes. Compensation. August 21, 1941 [H. R. 4784] [Public Law 239] Publication of inventions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1940 (Public, Numbered 700, Seventysixth Congress, third session, ch. 501), be amended by adding the national interest." following sections: "SEC. 3. No person shall file or cause or authorize to be filed in any foreign country an application for patent or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or model in respect of any invention made in the United States, except when authorized in each case by a license obtained from the Commissioner of Patents under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. "SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4886 and 4887 of the Revised Statutes (35 U. S. C., secs. 31 and 32), any person and the successors, assigns, or legal representatives of any such person shall be debarred from receiving a United States patent for an invention if such person, or such successors, assigns, or legal representatives shall, without procuring the authorization prescribed in section 3 hereof, have made or consented to or assisted another's making application in a foreign country for a patent or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or model in respect of such invention where authorization for such application is required by the provisions of section 3, and any such United States patent actually issued to any such person, successors, assigns, or legal representatives so debarred or becoming debarred shall be invalid. Prevention of, in 54 Stat. 710. Application for patent, etc., abroad. ment. Effect of noncompliance. Penalties. 54 Stat. 710. "SEC. 5. Whoever, during the period or periods of time an invention has been ordered to be kept secret and the grant of a patent thereon withheld pursuant to the Act approved July 1, 1940 (Public, Numbered 700, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, ch. 501), shall, with knowledge of such order and without due authorization, will note. fully publish or disclose or authorize or cause to be published or disclosed such invention, or any material information with respect thereto, or whoever, in violation of the provisions of section 3 hereof, shall file or cause or authorize to be filed in any foreign country an application for patent or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or model in respect of any invention made in the United States, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. "SEO. 6. If any provision of this Act or of any section thereof or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and of such section and application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 278941-42—PT. I- -42 Separability of pro visions. |