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SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 90-93. 1917. 393 successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and olperate, at a pomt suitable to the interests of navigation, a bridge an approaches thereto across the Mahoning River, near the city of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, in the State of Ohio, in accordance with the Q,*;*}S§‘i}**g;· provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction ’ ° of bridge; ovler dnavilgable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen un re an six. ‘ Sec. That tlae right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ·*m°¤dm°¤°· expres y reserve . Approved, October 6, 1917. CHAP. 91.-An Act To authorize the issuance of Reserve Corps and National °{£‘I°b1§'@§7· Army commissions in the lower grades of staff corps and to remove the fixed age limits requiring the discharge of Reserve Corps officers. [P¤bU¢» N0- 76-l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Relqesentatives cjthe United Arm States of America in Congress assenibled,_ at the existing Additional ,1,,,,,,,. emergency the President is author1zed, m addition to the grades $°¤*g&g9}g}'•>*Rgj•§§v°g now authorized, to appoint m the OiHcers’ Reserve Corps and the Corps me maomi National Army in the grades of second and iirst lieutenant in the gg"‘§'°g,‘,°‘F,'}_°°'p“ d“" Quartermaster Corps; second lieutenant m the Ordnance and Signal Corps; second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain m The A yutant General’s Department, such citizens as_ shal be found ph§:;:a1ly, mentally, and morally qualified for appointment. Omm, R ing the existing emergency no member of the OfHcers’ Reserve corps. Corps shall be discharged by reason of reachirég the age limits pro- _,,;§;?,,,‘,{,’F{,'§,,d‘g’,§`_ ‘”" yided in section thirgy-seven ofdthe national efense ct approved V0 ·¤¤»1>·1¤>· une third` , nineteen un an sixteen. Approved, October 6, 1917. CHAP. 92.-An Act To promote the emciency of the United States Navy, Og? wy- Be it mate by the sewn one House qzzeprammaoa gat voted "’“"“°· "°‘ "" · - . Navy. States of America in Congress assemzbled, That m construrfphghthe pro- rmmuums ou invrsrons of sections twelve and thirteen of the selectry aft Act {,§’,,’§§§“'§§@·°2€,},',{l,§ approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, the fgrgjueéégogiw ¤¤v¤¤ word "Army" shall extend to and uiclude "Navy" ; the word .4m,pp.'sz,sa.

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‘ tices or the overnment o the a · the wo camps station, cantonment camp fort, post, ol£bei·s’ or enlisted mens club,f’ in section twelve, and "carnp, station, fort, post, cantonment, tra1n1n¤·, or mobilization place, _ in section thirteen, shall include such pllpaces under naval jurisdiction as the President may pgescrrbe, and the powers therein conferred upon the Secretary o ar with regard to the military service are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy wit regard to the naval service. Approved, October 6, 1917. CHAP. 93.--An Act To provide for the service of officers of auxiliary naval °€§°}’§'_gg£§7‘ forces ou naval courts. ..---—---— [Public, No. 78.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United . States of America in Congress assembled, That when actively serving oegiam _ under the Navy Department in time of war or during the existence ,°§§°°,'§ s‘§,{,*},“‘§‘,£“§,{ of an emergency, pursuant to law, as a part of the naval forces of the ¤¤¤¤¤f*¤»¤*·¤· United States, commissioned officers of the Naval Reserve Eorce, Marine Corps Reserve, National Naval Vohmteers, Naval Militia,