Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-07-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

branch. and unit of such service that
he entered, and the dates within which
he was in military service, the monthly
pay received by such person at the dat"
of issuing the certificate, the time when
and the place where such person dice
in or was discharged from such service.
(2) Any such certificate when pur-
porting to be signed by any one OF
such officers or by any person pur-
porting upon the face of the certifcat"
prima facie evidence of its contents and
Of the authority of the signer to issue
the same.
(3) Where a person in military serv
! ice has been reported missing he shall
be presumed to continue in service until
accounted for, and no period herein
| limited which begins or ends with the
| death of such person shall begin or end
until the death of such person is in fact
reported to or found by the Department
of War or Navy, or any court or board
thereof, or until such death is found by
| a court of competent jurisdiction; pro-
| vided, that no period herein limited
which begins or ends with the death OF
| such person shall be extended hereby
beyond a period of six months after the
| time when this Article ceases to be in
| force.
| 10. Any interlOcutory order made oy
| any court under the provisions of this
| Article may, upon the courts own mo
| ton or otherwise, be revoked, modified,
| or extended by it upon such notice to
the parties affected as 1t may require
20. This Article shall remain In force
until May 10, 1916; provided, that should
| the United States be then engaged in
| war, this Article shall remain in force
| until such war is terminated by treaty
of peace proclaimed by the President
! and for six months thereafter; provided.
| further, that wherever under any sec
ton or provision of this Article a pro
ceeding, remedy, privilege, stay. limita
ton, accounting, or other TRANSACTION
respect to military service performed
| nrior to the date herein fixed for the
| Termination of this Article, such sec
tion or provision shall be deemed tc
continue In full force and effect SO long
as may be necessary to the exercise
or enjoyment Of such proceeding, rem
edy, privilege, stay, Limitation, ac-
counting or other transaction.
Sec. q And be it further enacted
That the provisions Of this Act are In
| tended to be supplemental to, and N
furtherance of, the Act of Congress
known as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil
Relief Act of I940. Nothing in this
| Act, nor the omission Of any matter
from this Act, shall become construed
to be in derogation Of any right, priv
iege or protection granted to persons
! now or hereafter in the military service
| of the United States by said Act or any
| subsequent Acts of Congress.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted,
That II any one or more sections.
clauses, sentences or parts Of this Act
shall for any reason be questioned In
any court, and shall be adjudged I'M
constitutional or invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remaining provisions thereof, but
shall be confined in it's operation to the
specific provisions so held unconstitu
tiOnal or invalid, and the inapplicability
or invalidity of any section, clause or
provision of this Act in any one or more
Instances shall not be taken to affect or
prejudice in any way its applicability
or validity In any other instance.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted.
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and being passed by
yea and nay vote, supported by three
ffths Of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses Of the General As
sembly, the same shall take effect from
the date Of Its passage.
Approved: April %, 1871.