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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 153, 154, 159-MAR. 6, 7, 1942 March 6, 1942 [H. R . 6550] [Public Law 482] Marine war-risk in- surance. 49 Stat. 1985; 54 Stat. 689. 46U.S.C. §1128- 1128g. Post, pp. 214 ,310. Repeal. 54 Stat. 690. 46U.8.C.§ 1 1 2 8a (a) (2). Vesting of author- ity. March 7, 1942 [S. 1782] [Public Law 4s3] Fraudulent enlist- ntents, Army. Donation anll trans- portation upon dis- charge. 54 Stat. 885. 50U.S.C., app. §§ 301-318; SupP. I , §§302-315 . Post, pp . 369, 386, 724,1018. court at Americus free of cost to the Government until a public building shall have been erected or put into proper condition for such purpose in said city; for the Albany division at Albany on the first Mondays in April and October; for the Valdosta division at Valdosta on the third Mondays in March and September; and for the Thomas- ville division on the third Mondays in May and November: Provided further, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding court thereat free of cost to the Government at Thomasville." Approved, March 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 154] AN ACT To extend and amend Subtitle-Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress) approved June 29, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Subtitle- Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved June 29, 1940, and all authority thereunder, is hereby continued in full force and effect until six months after the termination of the present war shall have been proclaimed by the President or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President may designate, except that the proviso in section 222 (a) (2) in said Sub- title-Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby repealed and such authority is hereby vested in the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration in con- formity with the President's Executive order of February 7, 1942 (No. 9054; 7 F. R . 837). Approved, March 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 159] AN ACT To authorize the payment of a donation to and to provide for the travel at Govern- ment expense of persons discharged from the Army of the United States on account of fraudulent enlistment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Almerica in CongreNss assembled, That persons who are hereafter discharged from the Army of the United States on account of fraudulent enlistment may, under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, upon discharge, be allowed and paid, in those cases in which such persons would otherwise be without funds to meet their immediate needs, a sum not exceeding $10 and be furnished transportation in kind from the place of discharge to their homes, or elsewhere as they may elect, the cost in each case not to be greater than to the place of induction or of last enlistment, except that in the case of a person inducted into the Army under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 the cost shall not be greater than to the location of the local board where he first reported for delivery to an induction station, or in the case of a Civilian Con- servation Corps enrollee so inducted the cost shall not be greater than to the place where he was selected for enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Approved, March 7, 1942. 140 [56 STAT.