SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 156, 157. 1924. 121 ditions therein require the further extension of the provisions of Sush time- Th T li II f h F nc. 2. at it e o the ood Control and the District of I"°'*’·i°¤¤ ’°°¤¤°°°d Columbia Rents Act, as amended, is reenacted, extended, and con- iii(i¤°i)£tmu°dt° M°y· tinued, as hereinafter amended, until the 22d day of Ma , 1925, ;,‘f}g,‘§j},’§‘4;°°°*“‘* notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to extend for the period of two years the provisions of Title II of the Food Control and the District of Columbia Rents Act," approved October 22, 1919, as amended, approved May 22, 1922. _ _ no. 3. That subdivision (a) of section 102 of the Food Control sxtrs°.l£e°f°°mm'“*°° and the District of Columbia Rents Act, as amended by section 4 ,(X°‘·*’·P·“‘·°m°°d‘ of such Act of May 22, 1922, is hereby amended by striking out the figures " 1924” in said subdivision and inserting in lieu thereof theggurf " 1925." h H t IS ’ at the pro rietor, manager, owner, or other person in char e °° · of and conductiiig any hotel in the District of Columbia shall poit poxhwgcxeriwrigrini in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a card or sign plainly °t°' stating the price {per da of such room, and a copy of such rates for each room s all e filed, with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. In case the hotel is conducted on the American plan, the rates for meals shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each room of the hotel. Such cards or signs, both with reference to rooms and Advances mmcm meals, shall be dated as of the day on which they are posted. The ° rates charged for rooms shall not be advanced m less than thirty days from the date of the approval of the said commissioners of the written application therefor, and in the event an advance in rates is granted the same requirements with reference to posting of notices and tiling copies thereof with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as above provided, shall apply. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall v1o ate any of the °,}’ yf;gg°g$ provisions of this Act or who shall charge any guest a rate in excess poem mm. of said posted rates shall be deemed (guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be line not less than $10 nor more ' than $100 for each offense. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby charged naammear. with the enforcement of this Act. Approved, May 17, 1924. CHAP. 157.-An Act To provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the Mm ly1i?'7iaix]` World War, and for other purposes. P¤b ¤» N6- 120- Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Zlnzerica in Congress assembled, c:¤i»@iii¤Agilt°d Trrnn I.—Dm*1Nrr1oxs. neaniuons. SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the “World War Adjusted '1'it1eofAct. Compensation Act." Src. 2. As used in this Act- rams construed. (a) The term " veteran " includes any individual, a member of “Vem¤¤." the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; but does not include P<¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*i¤¢¥¤d¢d· (1) any individual at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions, (2) any conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform, or (3) any alien at any time during such period or thereafter discharged from the m1htary or naval forces on account of his alienage;
