SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 157. 1924. 131 purchase of reports and materials for publications, and for other contingent and miscellaneous expenses, as may be necessary eiiiciently to execute the purposes of this Act and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time. All such appointments c,`·Q{’§§,*`§;§ePg$,f,°,b,§s°m shall be made su ject to the civil service laws. In all a pointments Preference to veterunder this section preference shall, so far as practicablle, be given m` to veterans. · For the administration of the provisions of this Act, the President ouilesésismpglriiiigaimy may except from the operation of section 4c of the Act entitled V°'·"·*‘·"°2· “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, as amended, or of any Act amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, not more than seven officers of the Army. Sec. 702. Whoever knowingly makes any false or fraudulent ,,,*f,§,’{,§§,{‘§§,§,f,,,§§,f statement of a material fact in any a plication, certificate, or docu- me ment made under the provisions of 'jgitle III, IV, V, or VI, or of any regulation made under any such title, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than as y°”iS’ °friI$tgéc i w ei s f it N .1 E¤¤····~»··¤»¤¤¤¤ nc. 03. reta o ar, e ecretary o the a , an M, ,,,, A ,0 bg the Director shall severxiihy submit in the manner providedvkiy law www :1 688 estimates of the amounts necessary to be expended in carrying out ms, ’ m` ' such tprovisions of this Act as each is charged with administering, A mmm m_ and ere is hereby authorized to be appropriated amounts sufficient them. to defray such expenditures The Director shall also submit esti- 1_;°,$,,°§§§i°"“‘° '““"‘ mates for appropriations for the fund created by section 505. F. H. Gmmrrr S ealcer of the House of Re escnlatiws. P Ammzr B. éirnumrns Presaklent pro tempm-e of the Senate. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. S., May 17, 1924. The House having roceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to P¤=¤¤¢°b¥*hgH¤¤¤ reconsider are bill (Hi) 12. 7959) enema ··A¤ Act to provide adjusted °"‘°"'°*°““" "" compensation for the veterans of the World War, and for other purposes,” returned to the House by the President of the United States, with his objections thereto, with the message of the President returning the bill; and RESOLVED, That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: WM. TYLER Pee _ Clerk. I certify that this Act originated in the House of Representatives. WM. Tuna Pnen Clerk. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. May 19, 1924. The Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill (H. R. 7959) agmw bv ¤¤• M- entitled “An Act to provide adjusted compensation for the veterans of the ‘vVo1-ld War, and for other purp0ses," returned by the President of the United States to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, with his objections, and passed by the House on a reconsideration of the same, it was RESOLVED, That the bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the aiiirmative. . Attest: Gnonen A. Sexnrxnsozv Secretary.