Chapter 19.
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CHAP. 19.— Joint Resolution Continuing temporarily certain allowances to officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. December 24, 1919. [[H. J. Res. 213](/us/bill/66/hjres/213).] [[Pub. Res., No. 26](/us/bill/66/pubres/26).] Navy.Preamble.Whereas since it now appears that peace has not been declared by October 1, 1919, on which date officers of the Navy, by operation of law, will cease to receive the benefits prescribed in the Act of Vol. 40, p. 530.April 16, 1918 (Public, Numbered 129), and Whereas said benefits will accrue to officers of the Army until peace shall have been declared:
Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Quarters allowances to officers’ families.Restriction repealed. That the paragraph in the Act of July 11, 1919 (Public, Numbered 8), which reads as follows: " “The Act of April 16, 1918 (Public, Numbered 129), granting under *Ante*, p. 140, repealed.certain conditions to every commissioned officer of the Army the right to quarters in kind for their dependents or the authorized commutation therefor, including the allowances for heat and light, shall hereafter be construed to apply to officers of the Navy and Marine Corps only during the period of the war and in no event beyond 385October 1, 1919,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Allowances continued during present emergency.
That officers of the Navy and Marine Corps shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits under said Act of April 16, 1918 (Public, Numbered 129), from and after October 1, 1919, and during the present emergency. " Approved, December 24, 1919.