The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-07-18
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
such officers or by any person pur-
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.
(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-
or extended by 1t upon such notice to
the parties affected as 1t may require.
20. This Article shall remain in force
until May Is, 1915 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-
or lfnnStA.
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 se..-
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. 2. 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 1940.. Nothing in this
Act, nor the omission of any matter
from this Act, shall become construed
to be in derogation of any right, privi-
lege or protection granted to persons
now or hereafter in the military service
of the United States by said Act or any
Sec. 8. 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 adjudged un-
constitutional or invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the. remaining provisions thereof, but
shall be confined in its operation to the
specific provisions so held unconstitu-
tional or invalid, and the inapplicability
or inyalidity 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 it 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
q yea and nay vote, supported by three
fifths 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 20, 1871.