PRIVATE LAWS ENACTED DURING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, January 5, 1942, and adjourned without day on Wednesday, December 16, 1942 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President; HENRY A. WALLACE, Vice President; CARTER. GLASS, President of the Senate pro tempore; WILLIAM H. SMATHERS, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, May 6, 1942; KENNETH MCKELLAR, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, July 6, 1942; HARRY H. SCHWARTZ, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, August 3, 1942; CARL A. HATCH, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 7, 1942; EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 14, 1942; CLYDE L. HERRING, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 17, 1942; A. B . CHANDLER, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 21 and 22, October 19, 1942; ELBERT D. THOMAS, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, November 5, 1942; ERNEST W. MCFARLAND, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, November 9, 1942; SCOTT W. LUCAS, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, December 7, 1942; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker of the House of Representatives; E. E . Cox, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore, April 2-13, 1942; ALFRED L. BULWINKLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore, July 27-September 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 5] AN ACT To appoint Captain Porter M. Hoidale, United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant, senior grade, in the United States Navy Medical Corps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Captain Porter M. Hoidale, United States Marine Corps, a passed assistant surgeon in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant: Provided,That upon such appointment he shall have assigned as his running mate the junior officer of the line of the Regular Navy in the grade of lieutenant on August 5, 1939: Provided further, That upon acceptance of the appointment herein authorized his status as a captain in the Marine Corps shall be considered as terminated. Approved, January 15, 1942. [CHAPTER 13] AN ACT To provide for the presentation of a medal to Roland Boucher in recognition of his bravery and heroism in rescuing five ciiildren from drowning in Lake Champlain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in recogni- tion of the valor, bravery, and heroism of Roland Boucher, of Bur- lington, Vermont, aged 11, who on February 12, 1941, risked his life in rescuing five children who had broken through the ice on Lake Champlain near Juniper Island, saving the lives of four, and who in so doing displayed unusual bravery and presence of mind extraordi- nary in one of his age, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 1099 January 15, 1942 [H. R . 5135] [Private Law 253] Capt. Porter M. Hoidale, U. S . M. C. Appointment as lieutenant, Navy Medical Corps. Provilos. January 20, 1942 Il[. R . 4250] [Private Law 254] Roland Boucher. Gold medal to be presented to.
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