Volume 52
Public Law 75–403
To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, September 4 to 8, inclusive, 1938.
Approved June 15, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, September 4 to 8, inclusive, 1938.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President
National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1938.
Attendance of Marine Band authorized.
is authorized to permit the band of the United States Marine Corps to attend and give concerts at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, from September 4 to 8, inclusive, 1938.
Sec. 2.
For the purpose of defraying the expenses of such band in
Appropriation authorized.
Post, p. 1142.
attending and giving concerts at such encampment, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $8,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That in
Proviso.
Allowance for additional living expenses.
addition to transportation and Pullman accommodations the leaders and members of the Marine Band be allowed not to exceed $5 per day each for additional living expenses while on the duty, and that the payment of such expenses shall be in addition to the pay and allowances to which they would be entitled while serving at their permanent station.
Approved, June 15, 1938.