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53STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 338 -340- -JULY 25, 1939 mission is so revoked shall be discharged from the Army: Provided, That until July 1, 1942, the marriage of an officer shall not be a cause for revocation of commission but that after that date, under regula- tions issued pursuant to the authority contained in this Act, mar- riage may be a cause for revocation of commission only in the event that the officer marries within one year subsequent to the date of his original commission." Approved, July 25, 1939. [CHAPTER 339] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to make contracts, agreements, or other ar- rangements for the supplying of water to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That power and authority are hereby granted to the Secretary of War to make and enter into contracts, agreements, or other arrangements, whereby the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District will receive water through the water-pipe lines on the Military Reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco, California, for use at the toll plaza of the Golden Gate Bridge. Such contracts, agreements, or other arrangements, will be for periods of not more than five years each, and shall provide that the water received through the Government's lines shall be metered and delivered at the water mains on the mili- tary reservation. Water so delivered shall be replaced in kind from the water mains of the city of San Francisco, California, or other acceptable source, at the expense of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, by an equal quantity of water plus 5 per centum additional to cover wastage. Any expense incident to the extension and maintenance of the lines or additional equipment necessary to bring the water to the toll plaza must be met by the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Approved, July 25, 1939- [CHAPTER 340] AN ACT To transfer the control and jurisdiction of the Park Field Military Reservation, Shelby County, Tennessee, from the War Department to the Department of Agriculture. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands embracing the Park Field Military Reservation, Shelby County, Tennessee, together with all improvements and equipment thereon, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the War Department to the control and jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States is authorized to supervise, control, and direct the development and administration of the said lands, improvements, and equipment pur- suant to the powers, functions, and duties heretofore vested in him bv Executive Order Numbered 7530 of December 31,1936, as amended by Executive Order Numbered 7557 of February 19, 1937. Approved, July 25, 1939. 1075 Proviso. Marriage as cause for commission revo- cation. July 25, 1939 [H. R. 2168] [Public, No. 203] Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Contracts, etc., au- thorized for supply- ing water. Terms and condi- tions. Expense. July 26, 1939 [H1. R . 3341 [Public, No 2041 Park Field Mili- tary Reservation, ShelbyCo., Tenn. Jurisdiction trans- ferred to Department of Agriculture. Supervision of de- velopment, etc.