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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · January 19, 1929 · Chapter 80

Chapter 80. For the relief of certain members of the Navy and Marine Corps who were discharged because of misrepresentation of age

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Chap. 80: For the relief of certain members of the Navy and Marine Corps who were discharged because of misrepresentation of age. 1929-01-19 80 Chapter 45 Stat. 1084 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 80.— An Act For the relief of certain members of the Navy and Marine Corps who were discharged because of misrepresentation of age.
January 19, 1929.[[H. R. 8327](/us/bill/70/hr/8327).][[Public, No. 670](/us/pl/70/670).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Navy and Marine Corps.Members of, discharged for fraudulently misrepresenting age, on enlisting during World War, may be considered honorably discharged. That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon honorably discharged members of the military or naval forces of the United States, their widows and dependent children, a member of the Navy or Marine Corps who was enlisted between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive, and who was discharged for fraudulent enlistment on account of misrepresentation of his age, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the Navy or Marine Corps on the date of his actual separation therefrom, if his service otherwise was such as would No back pay, etc.have entitled him to a discharge under honorable conditions.
No back pay or allowances shall accrue by reason of the passage of this1085Act. In any such case the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon request,Certificate of honorable discharge may be granted. grant to such individual or his widow or next of kin a discharge certificate showing that such former member of the Navy or Marine Corps is held and considered to have been honorably discharged under the provisions of this Act. Approved, January 19, 1929.
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