Chapter 101.
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CHAP. 101.— Joint Resolution To continue the military status of persons deserting the military or naval service during the World War, and the amenability to trial of those persons who failed to comply with the terms of section 5 of the selective service law. March 8, 1922.[[S. J. Res. 125](/us/bill/67/sjres/125).][[Pub. Res., No. 41](/us/bill/67/pubres/41).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That none of the provisionsWorld War.Status of deserters or draft violators unchanged by end of.Vol. 40, pp. 77, 217.Vol. 41, p. 1359. contained in section 2 of the Act of May 18, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, page 77), or in section 4 of the Act of June 15, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, page 217), or in any other Act or joint resolution of Congress, or in any proclamation Heretofore issued by the President, or in any proclamation of peace that may hereafter be issued by the President, shall be construed as terminating the military or naval status of any person who, having been drafted or having voluntarily enlisted for the period of the emergency due to the World War in the military or naval service of the United States, or having been commissioned as an officer for the period of said emergency in the military or naval forces of the United States, thereafter deserted such military or naval service; or as terminating before the expiration of three years afterAmenability to prosecution of draft violators continued.Vol. 40, p. 217. the date of the President’s proclamation of peace as required by section 4 of the Act of June 15, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, page 217), exclusive of all periods of absence from the jurisdiction of the United States, the amenability to prosecution and trial of any person who willfully failed or refused to comply with any of the requirements ofVol. 40, p. 77. the Act of May 18, 1917, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” or of said Act as amended, or with regulations promulgated by the President pursuant thereto.
Approved, March 8, 1922.