Chapter 764. Authorizing the Shipping Board to give a preference rate to alien veterans and their families
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CHAP. 764.— An Act Authorizing the Shipping Board to give a preference rate to alien veterans and their families.July 3, 1926.[[S. 4419](/us/bill/69/s/4419).][[Public, No, 485](/us/pl/69/485).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alien World War veterans, etc.Preferential passage rates by Shipping Board to, granted visas to enter in excess of quota.Vol. 43, p. 155. That the United States Shipping Board be, and it is hereby, authorized to grant a preferential rate for the transportation to the United States upon such vessels subject to the control of the United States Shipping Board at such times and for such voyages as that board may designate, of alien veterans of the World War, their wives and minor children, who are granted visas to enter the United States in excess of quota under the terms of the Act of May 26, 1926: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Rate, etc., to be fixed by the Board.
That the preferential rate shall be fixed by the United States Shipping Board, and the extent of the concessions may vary according to the vessel and the class by which the veteran, his wife or minor children, may elect to travel. Approved, July 3, 1926.