Public Law 449.

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(/us/pl/75/448)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 1 of Little Rock Confederate Cemetery, Ark.[37 Stat. 663](/us/stat/37/663).the Act of Congress approved February 7, 1913 (37 Stat. 663), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept a conveyanceAcceptance by the Government. to the United States of the Confederate Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas, which adjoins the national cemetery at that place, and when so accepted the Government shall take care of and properlyMaintenance, etc. maintain and preserve the cemetery, its monument or monuments, headstones, and other marks of the graves, its walls, gates, and appurtenances, and preserve and keep a record, as far as reasonably practicable, of the names of those buried therein, with such history of each as can be obtained, and the said conveyance shall be such thatBurial therein. it will permit the burial in said cemetery of all soldiers, sailors, or marines and all officers or men of the Coast Guard, dying in the service of the United States, or dying in a destitute condition after having been honorably discharged from the service, or who served, or hereafter shall have served, during any war in which the United States has been, or may hereafter be, engaged, and, with the consent of the Secretary of War, any citizen of the United States who served in the army or navy of any government at war with Germany or Austria during the World War and who died while in such service or after honorable discharge therefrom, as provided in Revised Statutes, 4878, amended by the Act of April 15, 1920 (41 Stat. 552;[R.

S. § 4878](/us/usc/rs/4878).[41 Stat. 552](/us/stat/41/552); [49 Stat. 339](/us/stat/49/339).[24 U. S. C. § 281; Supp. Ill, § 281](/us/usc/t24/s281). U. S. C., title 24, sec. 281), and the Act of June 13, 1935 (Public, Numbered 132, Seventy-fourth Congress), in addition to men who were in the military and naval service of the Confederate States of America: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall at all times*Provisos*.Space for future burials of Confederate veterans.Privileges provided for, under regulations. leave sufficient space in said cemetery for the purpose of future burials of Confederate veterans: *Provided further*, That organized bodies of ex-Confederates or individuals shall have free and unrestricted entry to said cemetery for the purposes of burying worthy ex-Confederates, for decorating the. graves, and for all other purposes which they have heretofore enjoyed, all under proper and reasonable regulations and restrictions made by the Secretary of War.

” " Approved, March 26, 1938. To amend section 42 of title 7 of the Canal Zone Code and section 41 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1917, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 48, sec. 893). 1938-03-26 51 Chapter 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 2024-11-15 52 Stat. 118 75 3 public 52 Stat. 118 [CHAPTER 51] AN ACT To amend section 42 of title 7 of the Canal Zone Code and section 41 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1917, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 48, sec. 893). March 26, 1938[[S. 1986](/us/bill/75/s/1986)][[Public, No. 449](/us/pl/75/449)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Canal Zone Code, amendment.[48 Stat. 1122](/us/stat/48/1122).[7 C.

Z. Code § 42](/us/czc/7/42). That section 42 of title 7 of the Canal Zone Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “The district judge, district attorney, and marshal shall— “a. District judge, district attorney, and marshal.Appointment.Terms. be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the judge for a term of eight years and the district attorney and marshal for terms of four years each; “b. Continuance until successors qualify. continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices, unless sooner removed by the President, until their successors are appointed and qualify in their stead;

“c. Leaves of absence. be allowed sixty days’ leave of absence each year, with pay, under such regulations as the President may from time to time prescribe; and “d. Residence. reside within the Canal Zone during their terms of office.” " Sec. 2. Puerto Rico, civil government. That section 41 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved [39 Stat. 965](/us/stat/39/965).[48 U. S. C. § 863](/us/usc/t48/s863).March 2, 1917, as amended (U.

S. C., 1934 edition, title 48, sec. 863), is amended to read as follows:" Judicial district of Puerto Rico.District Judge.“Puerto Rico shall constitute a judicial district to be called ‘the district of Puerto Rico’. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one district judge, who shall serve for a term of eight years and until his successor is appointed District attorney; marshal.and qualified and whose salary shall be $10,000 per annum. There shall be appointed in like manner a district attorney and a marshal for said district, each for a term of four years unless sooner removed Title and powers of district court.by the President.

The district court for said district shall be called ‘the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico’, and shall have power to appoint all necessary officials and assistants, including the clerk, interpreter, and such commissioners as may be necessary, who shall be entitled to the same fees and have like powers and duties as are exercised and performed by United States commissioners.Jurisdiction. Such district court shall have jurisdiction of all cases cognizable in the district courts of the United States, and shall proceed Naturalization of aliens and Puerto Ricans.in the same manner.

In addition, said district court shall have jurisdiction for the naturalization of aliens and Puerto Ricans, and for this purpose residence in Puerto Rico shall be counted in the same Controversies between citizens of foreign States, etc.manner as residence, elsewhere in the United States. Said district court shall have jurisdiction of all controversies where all of the parties on either side of the controversy are citizens Salaries, from U, S. revenues.or subjects of a foreign State or States, or citizens of a State, Territory, or District of the United States not domiciled in Puerto Rico, wherein the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest or cost, the sum or value of $3,000, and of all controversies in which there is a separable controversy involving such jurisdictional amount and in which all of the parties on either side of such separable controversy are citizens or subjects of the character aforesaid.

The salaries of the judge and officials of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico, together with the court expenses, shall be paid from the United States revenues in the same manner as in other United States districtVacancies, etc. courts. In case of vacancy or of the death, absence, or other legal disability on the part of the judge of the said District Court52 Stat. 119 of the United States for Puerto Rico, the President of the United States is authorized to designate one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to discharge the duties of judge of said court until such absence or disability shall be removed, and thereupon such judge so designated for said service shall be fully authorized and empowered to perform the duties of said office during such absence or disability of such regular judge, and to sign all necessary papers and records as the acting judge of said court without extra compensation.

” " Approved, March 26, 1938. Authorizing the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, to accept gifts and bequests of money for the purpose of erecting a building on land now owned by the United States Government at the Naval Academy, and for other purposes. 1938-03-26 52 Chapter 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 2024-11-15 52 Stat. 119 75 3 public [CHAPTER 52] AN ACT Authorizing the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, to accept gifts and bequests of money for the purpose of erecting a building on land now owned by the United States Government at the Naval Academy, and for other purposes. March 26, 1938[[S. 2963](/us/bill/75/s/2963)][

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