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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 26-28. 1918. 459 nineteen hundred and fifteen, "An Act maldng a propriations to 00§;}‘cf},,fg§,°_j;°‘?,,°d,a{;’_{ supply deficiencies in appropriations for the scali year nineteen zngngis pnorwmmh hundred and fifteen, an for pr·ior (years, and for other purposes/’ ’vo1? es, p. 1161. be, and the same are hereby, exten ed and made applica le to any lawful pendin desert—land ent made priortoMarch ourth, nineteen Puma hundred and §fteen:Prov1kled:_§`hatin cases where such entries have I!-ssignmeuts inbeen assigneghprior to the date of the Act the assignees shall, if °"°°°‘ otherwise qu ed, be entitled to the benefit hereof. Approved, March 21, 1918. March 27,1918. CHAP. 27.—Joint Resolution Amending the Act of July second, nineteen hundred ls- 7- ms- H7-! and nine, governing the holding of civil service exammations. [Pub. Res., No. 24.] Resolved the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives the United States of Awivgrica in Oo-ngress assembler`; Thzdit the Act ofqJi1§v second m(¢i·i¤is.°°"i°° mlm? nineteen nnnanni nne nine crnneysanrn Statutes at Large umbered ,,.,*},g¢¤;,h*:;¤,*:.§*.*,,·;,?g; One), is hereby amended so as to permit the Unite States Civil {,¤u£§,’,,*Q‘,$§‘;{&r°°**”¤b*¤ Service Commission, during the period of the present war, to hold vu.a•,p.3,`meneexaminations of a plicants for positions in the Government service °°‘ in the District of & umbia, and to (permit applicants from the several States and Territories of the Unite States to take said examinations in the said District of Columbia and elsewhere in the United States where examinations are usually held. Said examinations shall be permitted in addition to those required to be held lg said Act of July second, nineteen hundred and nme (Thirty-sixth tatutes at Large Numbered One): Promkled, That nothing herein shall be so construed A1 pn·ei¤n¤»n¢,m., as to abridge the existing law of apportionment or change the re- “"“£°"¥°d· quirements of existing law as to legal residence and domic e of such applicants. Approved, March 27, 1918. ` . March 28, 1918. CHEAP. 28.—An Act Maldng appropriationsto supply urgent deiicienciesin appro- {H- R- °867·l prratrons for the liscal yeu ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and prior fiscal yeam, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 0'ongress assembled, That the following sums are ,,,B§2$,§°'}Y,{°’,,§,*?*’$ appropriated, out of any money in the 'Ireasury not otherwise P°gjjj»°*°· M appropriated, to sup ly iugent deficiencies in appropriations for the um, iis? S"' fiscal year ending Jgne thirtieth, nineteen hundre and eighteen, and prior fiscal 'years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes, namely: ALIEN rnornnrr ousronrrm. nt'33 "'°*’°'°’ °‘* For expenses of the Alien Property Custodian authorized by the ,,,,§§H§,”f’§§§f"°°'“°°°* Act entitled "An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with 4¤¢¢·1>-415- the enemv, and for other purposes/’ approved October sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, including personal and other services and rental of quarters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence not exceeding $4, traveling expenses, printing and binding, and necessary supplies and equipment, $225,000. _The President is authorized to acquire the title to the docks, ,n,,D§’§f°°"°°H°d` piers, warehouses, wharves, and terminal equipment and facilities G§’,{.?P_;'*YL,§‘ydN?,',§§ on the Hudson River now owned by the North German Lloyd Dock $¤¤¤¤¤rz—A¤¤¤*¤¤¤ Company and the Hamburg-American Line Terminal and Navigation h°B:»i?i»°?d:ok4i°' Company, two corporations of the State of New Jersey, if he shall