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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 660-662-DEC. 22, 1944 57 Stat. 59, 75. 39 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§ 835, 836; 50 U. S. C., Supp. III, app. 5§1401-1415. Ante, p. 758. Communication services. Ante, p. 508 . Ante, pp. 467, 502. Short title. December 22,1944 [H. R. 1023] [Public Law 53a0 Chief of Chaplains, U. S. Navy. tion for employees in the Postal Service", approved April 9, 1943, or of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of overtime com- pensation to Government employees, and for other purposes", approved May 7, 1943, shall be fixed by concurrent resolution of the Congress at a date earlier than June 30, 1945, the appropriations contained in this Act shall cease to be available on such earlier date for obligation for the purposes of the terminated Act and the unob- ligated portions of appropriations allocated for the purposes of such terminated Act shall not be obligated for any other purposes of the appropriation during the fiscal year 1945. SEC. 404. That during the fiscal year 1945 there shall be available for expenditure or obligation for long-distance telephone tolls and for telegrams and cablegrams by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Depart- ment of Labor, the Treasury Department, and the Post Office Department not to exceed 90 per centum in the case of each of said Departments of the amounts included for such purposes in the Budget estimates for the fiscal year 1945 under the schedules in the Budget under the heading "Communication services": Provided, That the savings hereby effected in the items for long-distance telephone tolls and for telegrams and cablegrams for each of the said Departments shall not be diverted to other use but shall be covered into the Treas- ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the amounts named in section 8 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945, are hereby increased by $17,345 and $19,242, respectively, such additional amounts to be available exclusively for the objects for which provided for the Solid Fuels Administration for War and the Fish and Wildlife Service. SEC. 405. This Act may be cited as the "First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1945". Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 661] AN ACT To establish a Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until the termination of the wars in which the United States is now engaged by proclamation of the President or such earlier date as the Con- gress by concurrent resolution may fix, there shall be in the Chaplain Corps of the Navy one officer, designated as Chief of Chaplains, under the Chief of Naval Personnel, who shall be entitled to hold the tem- porary rank of rear admiral, and shall receive the pay and allowances of a rear admiral of the lower half while serving in such grade. Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 6621 AN ACT December 22,1944 Relating to the naturalization of persons not citizens who serve honorably in the [H. R. 1284] military or naval forces of the United States during the present war. [Public Law 5311 Nationality Act of 1940, amendments. 8 U. 8. C., Supp. II, I 1001. Aliens serving in armed forces during present war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 701 of the Nationality Act of 1940 (56 Stat. 182-183; 8 U. S . C . 1001), as amended, is amended- (a) By striking out "who, having been lawfully admitted to the United States, including its Territories and possessions, shall have been at the time of his enlistment or induction a resident thereof" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Who shall have been 886 [58 STAT.