Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-01
: 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 date
Of issuing the certificate, the time when
and the place where such person died
in or was discharged from such service.
(2) Any such certificate when pur-
porting to be signed by any one Of
porting upon the face of the certificate
to have been so authorized shall be
prima facie evidence of its contents and
Of the authority of the signer to issue
the same.
81 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-
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 introductory order made by
any court under the provisions Of this
Article may, upon the courts own mo-
tion or otherwise be revoked, modified.
or extended by it upon such notice to
the parties affected as it may require.
20. This Article shall remain In force
until May II, 1915 provided, that should
the United States be then engaged in Q
war, this Article shall remain in force
until such war is terminated by a 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
has been authorized or provided with
respect to military service performed
prior to the date herein fixed for the
termination of this Article, such Sec
tiOn or provision shall be deemed to
continue in full force and effect so long
or enjoyment OF such proceeding, rem
edy, privilege, stay, Limitation, ac-
counting or other transaction.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
tended to be supplemental to, and n
furtherance of, the Act of Congress
known as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil
Relief Act of 1910. Nothing In this
Act, nor the omission of any matter
from this Act, shall become. construed
to be in derogation Of any right, privt-
lege 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 it further enacted.
That IL any one or more sections,
clauses, sentences or parts Of this Act
shall for any reason be questioned In
any court, and shall be adtudged un.
constitutional or invalid, such judgment
shall not. affect, impair OF. fnvalidate
the remaining provisions thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the
specific provisions so held unconstitu-
tfonal 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
OF s saiiu'y Ana any go ot II frfbar an.cted
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
a 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 it's passage.
Approved: April %, 1941