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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · December 10, 1935 · Public Law 170

Public Law 170.

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(/us/pl/76/169)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Comptroller United States disbursing officers, etc.Credit allowed in accounts, etc.; airplane travel.Period.*Provisos*.Certificate of necessity.Charge of refunds to appropriate appropriation. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers of the United States, to remove charges raised against officers and employees of the United States, and to refund to such officers and employees upon application amounts collected from them, representing the excess in cost of airplane transportation used by such officers and employees on official business prior to December 10, 1935, as compared with the cost by rail: *Provided*, That action as herein provided shall be taken only when the head of the department or establishment shall certify that the use of airplane transportation was necessary in the interest of the United States: *Provided further*, That in cases of refunds there shall be charged the appropriations to which the collections were credited, and the amounts found due certified for payment in the usual manner.
Approved, July 14, 1939. To provide for the status of warrant officers and of enlisted men of the Regular Army who serve as commissioned officers. Chapter 267 53 Stat. 1001 1939-07-14 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public 53 Stat. 1001 [CHAPTER 267] AN ACT To provide for the status of warrant officers and of enlisted men of the Regular Army who serve as commissioned officers.
July 14, 1939[[S. 1181](/us/bill/76/s/1181)][[Public, No. 170](/us/pl/76/170)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That hereafter any Regular Army.Warrant officers and enlisted men of, service as commissioned officers; status.*Provisos*.Time limitation on application.Service credits. warrant officer or enlisted man of the Regular Army who shall serve on active duty as a Reserve officer of the Army of the United States or who shall be discharged to accept a commission in the Army of the United States and whose active service as a commissioned officer shall terminate honorably, shall be entitled, without regard to any physical disqualification incurred, or having its inception, while on active duty in line of duty, to reappointment as warrant officer or to reenlistment in the grade held prior to such commissioned service, without loss of service or seniority and without regard to whether a vacancy exists in the grade of warrant officer or in the appropriate enlisted grade: *Provided*, That application for reappointment or reenlistment shall be made within six months after the termination of such commissioned service in each case: *Provided further*, That warrant officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army shall be entitled to count active commissioned service in the Army of the United States as warrant or enlisted service for all purposes.
Sec. 2. The Act approved March 30, 1918 (40 Stat. 501), is hereby Act repealed.[40 Stat. 501](/us/stat/40/501).[10 U. S. C. §§ 631, 955](/us/usc/t10/s631/955). repealed. Approved, July 14, 1939. Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to the Union Pacific Railroad Company to maintain certain railroad trackage on the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. Chapter 268 53 Stat. 1001 1939-07-14 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 268] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to the Union Pacific Railroad Company to maintain certain railroad trackage on the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. July 14, 1939[[S. 1307](/us/bill/76/s/1307)][
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