SUPPLEMENT III TO THE MILITARY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES EIGHTH EDITION, 1939 CONTAINING LEGISLATION OF THE This Supplement III supersedes Supplement I, 1940, For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 31 December 1944 Supplement III to the Military Laws of the United States, Eighth Edition, 1939, containing legislation of the 76th, 77th and 78th Congresses, 1939-1944, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It includes notes of court decisions and opinions of the Attorney General rendered since 1 January 1939, and certain provisions omitted from the original text. This Supplement III supersedes the preceding Supplements I and II. A new Chapter 15a, District of Columbia Code (Penal Provisions), has been added. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: J. A. ULIO Major General The Adjutant General G. C. MARSHALL IJ TABLE OF CONTENTS F72 seepp. 3 Sections Pages 26a. Pay Readjustment Act of 1942.....1371c-1-1371c-20 34. Supplies and Services (Procurement) .1925-2012 35. Supplies and Equipment (Public Property) 2014-2116 M26921 The act of November 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761), provides for apportioning Representatives in Congress among the several States by the equal proportions method. Pocket veto.-The two Houses of Congresssion: "If any Bill shall not be returned by adjourned on Thursday, July 8, 1943 under the the President within ten Days (Sundays exterms of Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, cepted) after it shall have been presented to stand adjourned until 12 o'clock meridian to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like on Tuesday, September 14, 1943, or until 12 Manner as if he had signed it, unless the o'clock meridian on the third day after their Congress by their Adjournment prevent its respective Members were notified by the Pres- Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law" ident of the Senate and the Speaker of the (Const. art. 1, sec. 7, cls. 2). Failure by the House of Representatives to reassemble in President to return bills which were presented accordance with section 2 of the Resolution. to him before and after the adjournment of Held: The adjournment, or recess in this case, Congress resulted in their being pocket veconstituted an adjournment as contemplated toed and not becoming law. (July 16, 1943), by the Constitution in the following provi- 40 Op. Atty. Gen. No. 70. |