78TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 SE'TLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF DECEASED OFFICERS SEC. 507. (a) In the settlement of the accounts of deceased com- missioned officers where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than $1,000 and no demand is presented by a duly appointed repre- sentative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if the decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or children or their issue, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes. (b) Subsection (a) shall not be construed so as to prevent pay- ment of funeral expenses from the amount due the decedent's estate if a claim therefor is presented, before settlement by the accounting officers, by the person or persons who actually paid such expenses. TRANSFER OF FUNDS SEC. 508. For the purpose of any reorganization under section 202, the Administrator, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized to make such transfers of funds between appropriations as may be necessary for the continuance of transferred functions. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 509. Appropriations for carrying out the provisions of section 301 shall be available for expenditure for personal services and rent at the seat of Government, for books of reference, periodicals, and exhibits, and for printing and binding. UNAUTHORIZED WEARING OF UNIFORMS SEC. 510. Except as may be authorized by regulations of the Presi- dent, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service, and any person violating this section shall be subject to the penalties provided by the Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (U. S. C ., 1940 edition, title 10, sec. 1393), in the case of unlawful wearing of the uniform of commissioned officers of the Army. ANNUAL REPORT SEC. 511. The Surgeon General shall transmit to the Administra- tor, for submission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a full report of the administration of the functions of the Service under this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements. TITLE VI-TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS EXISTING POSITIONS, PBOCEDURES, AND SO FOPTH SEO. 601. (a) The provisions of this Act shall not affect the term or tenure of office or employment of the Surgeon General, or of any Funeral expenses. An, p. 63. 39 Stat. 216 . 10 U. 8. C., Supp. III, § 133. 58 STAT.] 711
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