Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/595

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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 303-JUNE 28,1944 FINANCE DEPARTMENT FINANCE SERVICE, ARMY Pay of the Army: For pay and allowances of the Army of the United States, including pay of Reserve officers and officers of the National Guard of the United States ordered to active duty under the provisions of section 37a and the fourth paragraph of section 38 of the National Defense Act, as amended; pay of civilian employees at military headquarters; allowances for quarters for enlisted men on duty where public quarters are not available; interest on soldiers' deposits; payment of life insurance premiums authorized by law; payment of exchange fees and exchange losses incurred by disbursing officers or their agents; payments to military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establishment due to the appreciation of foreign currencies as provided by the Act of March 26, 1934, as amended (5 U. S . C. 118c), and for every object and purpose specified therein; repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary of War, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously collected from military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establish- ment; $4,174,966,295: Provided, That the appropriations contained in this Act shall not be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers at a rate in excess of $720 per annum, which shall be the legal maximum rate as to such officers, and such nonflying officers shall be entitled to such rate of increase by per- forming three or more flights within each ninety-day period, pursu- ant to orders of competent authority, without regard to the duration of such flight or flights: Provided further, That, during the continu- ance of the present war and for six months after the termination thereof, a flying officer as defined under existing law shall include flight surgeons, and commissioned officers or warrant officers while undergoing flying training: Provided further, That section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (5 U. S. C . 59a), shall not apply to retired military personnel on duty at the United States Soldiers' Home: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, no officer of the Army shall be entitled.to receive an addition to his pay in consequence of the provisions of the Act approved May 11, 1908 (10 U. S. C . 803): Provided further, That provisions of law prohibiting the payment of any person not a citizen of the United tates shal not apply to military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establishment: Providedfurther That without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Army on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts, except receipts to be credited to river and harbor and flood-control appropriations and retirement deductions, may be used by them as required for current expenditures, all necessary book- keeping adjustments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts: Providedfurther, That during the fiscal year 1945 collections which otherwise would be for credit to an appropriation of the War Department which has reverted to the surplus fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That no collection or recla- mation shall be made by the United States on account of any money paid to assignees, transferees, or allottees, or to others for them, under assignments, transfers, or allotments of pay and allowances made under authority of law where liability might exist with respect to such assignments, transfers, or allotments, or the use of such moneys, because of the death of the assignor, transferor, or allotter: Post, p. 593 . Reserve and Na- tional Guard officers. 41 Stat. 776; 49 Stat. 391. 10U.S.C.§§361, 364, 369; 32 U. S. C. § 81c. 48 Stat. 466. Aerial flights by nonflying officers. "Flying officer. " 47 Stat. 406. Officer owning mount. 35 Stat. 108. Citizenship. Use of receipts from sales, etc. Disposition of cer- tain collections. Restriction on rec lamation of certain payments. 575