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Army-Continued

Reservations

See also Posts, camps, and training stations, infra
Appraisal before sale, 10, § 1598

Disposal of proceeds of sale, 10, § 1597

Purchase by State or municipality of disused reserva-
tion, 10, § 1600

Report by Secretary of War as to reservations becom-
ing useless, 10, § 1604

Rights of way for gas, water, and sewer pipe lines,
grant by Secretary of War, 10, § 1351.

Sale of disused military reservations and disposal of
proceeds, 10, § 1594 et seq.

Sale of disused reservations, adjustment of claims
under adverse possession, 10, § 1596

States, rights under swamp land grants, ascertainment
before sale of disused military reservations, 10,
§ 1595

Transfer of disused reservation to other departments of
Government, 10, § 1599

Reserve forces

See also Military training camps, supra; Officers' Re-
serve Corps, supra; Reserve Officers Training Corps,
infra

Air Corps reserve officers, call to active service, 10,
§ 292b

Money allowance in lieu of transportation in kind for
travel by private conveyance, 37, § 20a

Officers as qualified for General Staff Corps eligible
list, 10, § 26

Reserve officers

Status as government officers or employees, 10, § 372
Reserve Officers Training Corps

Advanced training, interruption, 10, § 386a

Pay and allowances, payment of arrears, 32, § 159
Retired pay of Army nurses

Rate of retired pay, 10, § 1030
Supplemental retired pay, 10, § 1030

Retired pay of officers

Active duty after retirement counted in computing
longevity pay and pay periods, 37, § 26.
Chiefs of corps and departments, 10, § 6

Equalization of pay of officers retired before and after
June 30, 1922, respectively, 10, § 972a; 14, § 167a;
37, § 26a

General of the Armies, 10, § 970

Officers appointed by virtue of service in World War,
10, § 971a

Officers more than 45 years old at time of original
appointment, 10, § 971a

Provision against reduction on pay of officers retired on
or before June 30, 1922, 10, § 972a

Retired pay of warrant officers

Active duty after retirement counted in computing
longevity pay and pay periods, 37, § 26

Basis of computation, 10, § 596
Equalization of pay of warrant officers retired before
and after June 30, 1922, respectively, 37, § 26a
Length of service, 10, § 596

Provision against reduction of warrant officers retiring
before June 30, 1922, 10, § 972a; 14, § 167a; 37, § 26a
Warrant officers retired before July 1, 1922, 10, § 972a
Retirement of Army nurses

Age and period of service essential to retirement, 10, §
1029

Employment of retired nurses in emergency, 10, §
1032

"Nurse Corps retired list," creation, 10, § 1029

Army-Continued

Retirement of Army nurses-Continued

Pay of retired nurses, 10, § 1030

Right to bear title of grade after retirement, 10, §
1032

Right to retirement, 10, § 1029

Right to wear uniform after retirement, 10, § 1032
Service considered in computing eligibility for retire-
ment, 10, § 1031

Retirement of officers

Active duty, credit for service as officer of Philippine
constabulary, 10, § 951a

Chiefs of corps and departments, rank on retirement,
10, § 6

Employment of retired officers as consulting engineers
on reclamation projects, 43, §§ 411a, 411b
Medical officers, credit for active duty in Medical
Reserve Corps or as contract surgeon, acting assist-
ant surgeon or contract physician, 10, § 953a
Rank of Chief of Air Corps on retirement, 10, § 6
Retirement of personnel

Date, 5, § 47a

Retirement of warrant officers, field clerks appointed war-

rant officers, right to retirement, 10, § 595

Rifle practice, appropriation for promotion of, 32, § 181a
Rights of way over military reservations for gas, water,
and sewer pipe lines, grant by Secretary of War, 10,
§ 1351

School of the line

Graduates as qualified for General Staff Corps eligible
list, 10, § 26

Signal corps

Details for service, 10, § 642a

Telegraph and telephone messages transmitted for ex-
ecutive departments, advance payment from appro-
priation available, 5, § 118

Staff college

Graduates as qualified for General Staff Corps eligible
list, 10, § 26

Stores, see Supplies, Stores and Services, infra
Supplies, stores, and services

Ammunition, exchange of unserviceable ammunition,
10, § 1210

Ammunition, storage and dispersal, 50, § 83

Contracts to be in writing, when, 5, § 219

Educational institutions supplied with ordnance and

ordnance stores for military education and training
of students, 34, § 1129

Issue of ration supplies, 10, § 72a

Loan or gift of condemned ordnance to veterans' asso-
ciations by Secretary of War, 50, § 67

Loss of rifles loaned to association of honorably dis-
charged soldiers, 50, § 62b

Maps for military use, preparation and printing, 50,
§ 81a

Purchase of ration supplies, 10, § 72a

Reclamation of unserviceable ammunition, 10, § 1210

Titles

War time, 10, § 1028b

Uniforms

Army Nurse Corps, right to wear uniform after re-
tirement, 10, § 1032

Protection of the uniform, 10, § 1393

Right to wear war time grade, 10, § 1028b

Sale of exterior articles to former members of military
or naval service, 10, § 1395

Universities supplied with ordnance and ordnance stores
for military education and training of students, 34, § 1129

Army-Continued

Veterinary Corps

Service credits, 10, § 145a
War Department General Staff

Air section created, 10, § 23a
Officers eligible for service, 10, § 26

Warrant officers

Additional number, 10, § 597

Field clerks, appointment as warrant officers author-
ized, 10, § 595

Length of service, determination, 10, § 596

Longevity pay, length of service, 10, § 596

Retired pay of warrant officers retired before July 1,
1922, 10, § 972a

Retirement, length of service, 10, § 596

Retirement of field clerks appointed warrant officers,
10, § 595

War time titles, 10, § 1028b

Army Nurse Corps

See ARMY

Army School of the Line

See ARMY

Army Staff College

See ARMY

Assessors

See INTERNAL REVENUE

Assistant Secretary of Commerce

Additional Assistant Secretary for aeronautic duty, appoint-
ment and salary, 5, § 182a

Assistant Secretary of Navy

Additional Assistant Secretary for aeronautic duty, ap-
pointment and salary, 5, § 421a

Assistant Secretary of War

Additional Assistant Secretary for aeronautic duty, appoint-
ment and salary, 5, § 182a

Assistant Treasurers of United States

See TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Associations of Employees

Exemption from income tax, 26, § 2103 (8)

Asylums

See NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
Attachment

Civil-service employees, exemption of moneys due from
retirement and disability fund, 5, § 708a

Attorney General

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See also JUSTICE DEPARTMENT; PROHIBITION REORGANIZA-
TION ACT OF 1930

Assistant Attorney General, Supreme Court Reports supplied
to assistants, 28, § 334

Contracts for subsistence and care of federal prisoners,
authority to make, 18, § 699a

Employment of special counsel in proceedings to enforce,
enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend orders of Interstate
Commerce Commission, 28, § 45a

Narcotic farms, duty as to selection of sites, 21, § 222
Navigable waters, proceedings for prevention or removal of
obstructions, 33, § 403a

Representation of Government in proceedings to enforce,
enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend order of Interstate
Commerce Commission, 28, § 45a

Special assistants, commission, 5, § 315

Supreme Court Reports supplied to Attorney General and
assistant, 28, § 334

Attorneys at Law

Special counsel employed by Attorney General, compensa-
tion, 28, § 45a

Automobiles

See MOTOR VEHICLES

Aviation

See AIR COMMERCE

Air Corps of Army, see Army

Civil aviation, see AIR COMMERCE

Naval aviation, see NAVY

Badlands National Monument

See NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Balloons

Number authorized in Air Service of Army, 10, § 292b
Bankruptcy

Acts of bankruptcy, 11, § 21

Alaska, United States Court of, as court of bankruptcy, 11,
§ 1 (8)

Appeals

Circuit court of appeal, jurisdiction, 11 §§ 47, 48.
District of Columbia Courts of Appeals, jurisdiction,
11, §§ 47, 48

Judgments reviewable on appeal or writ of error, 11,
§ 48

Supreme Court, jurisdiction, 11, § 47 (a)

Territorial supreme courts, jurisdiction, 11, § 48
Time for appeals, 11, §§ 47 (c), 48

Attachment, suffering levy as act of bankruptcy, 11, § 21
(a) (4)

Bankrupt

Claim of exemptions, duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)

Communications by receiver or creditor to other
creditors concerning conduct of bankrupt, privilege,
11, § 44 (h)

Compositions, delaying action on petition, discretion of
court, 11, § 30 (a)

Concealment by bankrupt, expense of recovery of con-
cealed property, priority of payment, 11, § 104 (b)
(2)

Exemptions, duty to file claim, 11, § 25 (8)
List of creditors, duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)

Schedule of property, duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)

Books and records, destruction, etc., as ground for refusing
discharge, 11, § 32 (b) (2)

Circuit courts of appeal, jurisdiction of controversies arising
in bankruptcy proceeding, 11, § 47 (a)
Communications relating to conduct of bankrupt as privi-
lege, 11, § 44 (h)

Controversies arising in bankruptcy proceedings, appellate
jurisdiction, 11, § 47 (a)

Copyrights of bankrupt, vesting of title in trustee, 11, § 110
(a) (2)

Corporations, definition, 11, § 1 (6)

Courts having appellate jurisdiction of controversies aris.

ing in bankruptcy proceedings, 10, § 47 (a)
Courts of bankruptcy, what are, 11, §§ 1 (8), 11
Creditors

Communications to other creditors concerning conduct,
etc., of bankrupt, privilege, 11, § 44 (h)

List of creditors, bankrupt's duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)

Discharge

Application, time for filing, 11, § 32 (a)

Burden of proof as to grounds for refusing discharge,
11, § 32 (b)

Concealment, etc., of books as ground for refusing dis-
charge, 11, § 32 (b) (2)

Crime as ground for refusing discharge, 11, § 32 (b)
(1)

Disobedience of order as ground for refusing discharge,
11, § 32 (b) (6)

Extension of time for filing application, 11, § 32 (a)
Failure to explain loss or deficiency of assets as
grounds for refusing discharge, 11, § 32 (b) (7)

Bankruptcy-Continued

Discharge-Continued

Loss or deficiency of estate, failure to explain, 11,
§ 32 (b)

Obtaining money or credit by false statement in writ-
ing, 11, § 32 (b) (3)

Offense against law as ground for refusing discharge,
11, § 32 (b) (1)

Prior discharge within six years as ground for re-
fusing discharge, 11, § 32 (b) (5)
Transferring, destroying, etc., property with intent to
hinder or delay creditors, 11, § 32 (b) (4)

Trustee's authority to oppose discharge, 11, § 32 (b)

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, jurisdiction of con-
troversies arising in bankruptcy proceedings, 11, § 47 (a)
District of Columbia Supreme Court as court of bank-
ruptcy, 11, § 1 (8)

Documents, destruction or secretion by trustee, receiver, or
other officer of court, 11, § 52 (a)

Documents relating to bankrupt's property, vesting of title
in trustee, 11, § 110 (a) (1)

Evidence, burden of proof as to existence of grounds for
refusing discharge, 11 § 32 (b)

Exemptions of bankrupt, duty to file claim, 11, § 25 (8)
Judgment, suffering recovery as act of bankruptcy, 11, § 21
(a) (4)

Levy suffered as act of bankrupty, 11, § 21 (a) (4)
Lien suffered as act of bankruptcy, 11, § 21 (a) (4)
List of creditors, bankrupt's duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)
Obtaining money or credit by false statement in writing as
ground for refusing discharge, 11, § 32 (b) (3)
Offenses

Agent of person in contemplation of bankruptcy con-
cealing or transferring property of principal, 11,
§ 52 (b) (6)

Concealing, destroying, etc., books, etc., relating to
property or affairs of bankrupt, 11, § 52 (b) (7)

District attorney, duty to investigate, reports by
referee, trustee, or receiver as to violations of law,
11, § 52 (e) (2)

False oath in bankruptcy proceeding, 11, § 52 (b) (2)
Ground for refusing discharge, 11, § 32 (b) (1)
Misappropriation of property or secretion or destruc-
tion of documents by trustee, receiver, custodian, or
other officer of court, 11, § 52 (a)

Officer of corporation in contemplation of bankruptcy
concealing or transferring corporate property, 11,
§ 52 (b) (6)

Receiving property for bankrupt with intent to defeat
law, 11, § 52 (b) (4)

Taking or attempting to obtain money, etc., for acting
or forbearing to act in bankruptcy proceedings, 11,
§ 52 (b) (5)

Withholding books relating to affairs of bankrupt after
filing of petition, 11, § 52 (b) (8)

Officers

Embezzlement, misappropriation, etc., punishment, 11,
§ 52 (a)

Offenses, duty to report to district attorney, 11, § 52
(e) (1)

Bankruptcy-Continued

Receivers

Appointment of receiver as act of bankruptcy, 11, § 21
(a) (5)

Communication to creditors concerning conduct, etc.,
of bankrupt, privilege, 11, § 44 (h)
Destruction or secretion of documents by receiver, 11,
§ 52 (a)

Embezzlement by receiver, 11, § 52 (a)

Reports to district attorney in case of reasonable
grounds of belief as to violations of law, 11, § 52
(e) (1)

Referee, reports to district attorney in case of reasonable
ground of belief as to violations of law, 11, § 52 (e) (1)
Schedules, bankrupt's duty to file, 11, § 25 (8)

"State" as including District of Columbia, and Territories
and possessions of United States, 11, § 1 (24)
Stenographers, compensation fixed by court and paid out
of estate, 11, § 66 (5)

Supreme Court, jurisdiction of controversies arising in
bankruptcy proceedings, 11, § 47 (a)
Taxes, priority of payment, 11, § 104

Trade-marks of bankrupt, vesting of title in trustee, 11,
§ 110 (a) (2)

Transfers by bankrupt, expenses of recovery, priority of
payment, 11, § 104 (b) (2)

Trustee

Authority to oppose discharge, 11, § 32 (b)
Communications to creditors concerning conduct, etc.,
of bankrupt, privilege, 11, § 44 (h)

Destruction or secretion of documents by trustee, 11,
§ 52 (a)

Embezzlement by trustee, 11 § 52 (a)

Reports to district attorney in case of reasonable
grounds of belief as to violations of law, 11, § 52
(e) (1)

Trusteeship while insolvent as act of bankruptcy, 11, § 21
(a) (5)

Writ of error, see Appeals, supra

Banks and Banking

See also FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS; NATIONAL BANKS
False advertisements or representations as to membership

in Federal reserve system, 12, § 586

Federal land banks, see FEDERAL FARM LOAN LAW

"Federal," use of word to imply Government obligation or
supervision in offering for sale securities not issued by
Government or under Federal banking laws, 12, § 548
Interlocking directorates, 15, § 19

Mutual savings banks, applicability of prohibition against
interlocking directorates, 15, § 19

Name, unauthorized use of "Federal,” “United States,"
or "Reserve" as part of business name, 12, §§ 585, 587
Spurious advertisements or representations as to Federal

farm loans and bonds prohibited, 12, § 584
Unauthorized use of "Federal," "United States," or "re-
serve" as part of business name, 12, § 585

"United States," use of word to imply Government obliga-
tion or supervision in offering for sale securities not
issued by Government or under Federal banking laws,
12, § 584

Baskets

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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Battle Fields-Continued

Moores Creek (N. C.) battle field, creation of national
military park, 16, § 422

Petersburg (Va.) battle field, creation of national military
park, 16, § 423

Study of battle fields for commemorative purposes, 16.
§§ 455-455b

Traveling expenses incident to study of battle fields, 16,
§ 458

Tupelo, Mississippi

Acquisition and marking of lands, 16, § 429
Control by Secretary of War, 16, § 429a

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Acquisition of lands, 16, § 690

Consent of Utah to acquisition of lands, 16, § 690b

Disturbance of or injury to birds prohibited, 16, § 690d

Easements, reservations, and exceptions as barring acquisi-
tion of lands, 16, § 690c

Enforcement of laws and regulations, 16, § 690e
Establishment, 16, § 690

Expenditures for maintenance, 16, § 690f

Forfeiture of birds, etc., taken or killed, 16, § 690e (b)
Maintenance as refuge and breeding place for migratory
birds, 16, § 690a

"Person" defined, 16, § 690h

Violation of laws and regulations, penalties, 16, § 690g
Beneficial Societies

See FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

Benevolent Life Insurance

Income tax exemption, 26, § 2103 (10)

Bequests

Exemption from income tax, 26, § 2022 (b) (3)

Birds

See WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS

Black Bass

Interstate transportation regulated, 16, §§ 851-856

Black Hills National Forest

Exchange of lands, 16, § 508a

Blood Transfusions

Furnishing of blood for transfusions to patients in Gov-
ernment hospital, payment for, 24, § 30

Board of General Appraisers

See CUSTOMS DUTIES

Board of Mediation

See RAILROADS

Board of Tax Appeals

See INTERNAL REVENUE

Boards of Adjustment

See RAILROADS

Boards of Trade

Dealing in agricultural products, exclusion of cooperative
associations prohibited, 15, §§ 431-433

Exemption from income tax, 26, § 2103(7)

Boca Grande Military Reservation

Sale of portion by Secretary of War authorized, 10, § 1594
Bonded Warehouses

Establishment, etc., 19, § 1555 et seq.

Bonds

Official bonds, see UNDERTAKINGS
Bonus for World War Veterans

See WORLD WAR VETERANS' ADJUSTED COMPENSATION

Books

Importation

Immoral prohibited, 19 § 1305

Books and Papers

See PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Botanic Garden

Appropriations, bond required of disbursing officer, 2, § 142a
Purchases for garden, 40, § 217a

Retirement of employees, 5, § 693a (b)

Boulder Canyon Project Act

Agreements for revenues to meet expenses of construction,

operation and maintenance of work, 43 § 617c (b)

Applicants for purchase of water and electrical energy,
preferences, 43 § 617d (c)

Apportionment of waters, 43 § 617c (a)

Appropriations for purpose of act, 43 § 617b

Canals and appurtenant structures, transfer of title, 43
§ 617f

Claims of United States, priority, 43 § 617p
Colorado river compact, approval, 43 § 6171

Colorado river compact as controlling in construction and
maintenance of dam, reservoir, etc., 43 § 617g
Condition precedent to taking effect of act, 43 § 617c
Conditions and covenants referred to in act, how and by
whom availed of in litigation, 43 § 6171 (d)
Consent given to states to negotiate supplemental compacts

for development of Colorado river, 43 § 617r
Definition of words and phrases in act, 43 § 617k
Federal power commission, limitation of authority, 43
§ 617e

Generation and sale of electrical energy, 43 § 617d
Investigations and reports on projects for irrigation, gen-
eration of electrical power, and other purposes, etc., 43
§ 617n

Lands within benefits of irrigation works, entry, 43 § 617h
Modification of existing compact relating to Laguna dam,
43 § 617i

Ratification of Colorado river compact essential to taking
effect of act, 43 § 617c (a)

Reclamation law, applicability, 43 § 617m

Regulations governing use of dam and reservoir, 43 § 617e
Renewal of contracts for electrical energy, 43 § 617d (b)
Short title of act, 43 § 617t

States, authority to control waters within boundaries, 43
§ 617q

Storage and use of waters for irrigation and domestic pur-
poses, 43 § 617d

Title to dam and reservoir, 43 § 617e
Transmission lines for electrical energy, rights of way over

public and reserve lands, 43 § 617d (d)

Uses to be made of dam and reservoir, 43 § 617e

Bounties

Claim agent withholding discharge papers or land warrant
of discharged soldier, sailor, etc., prosecuting claim for
bounty, penalty, 31, § 100

Boxer Rebellion

See PENSIONS

Boxing Matches

Tax on admissions, 26, § 871 (a) (1)

Boy Scouts of America

Obsolete and surplus material of Navy, disposal to sea
scouts department of Boy Scouts, 34, § 546b

Branch Banks

See FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS; NATIONAL BANKS
Brands and Marks

Caustic or corrosive substances

Application to existing law, 15, § 411

Confiscation of misbranded parcels, 15, § 404

Definitions, 15, § 402

Enforcement of law, 15, § 409

Exclusion of misbranded imports, 15, § 405

Institution for proceedings of violation of law, 15, § 408

Misbranding, prohibitory provision, 15, § 403

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Income from bridge acquired by state or municipality, Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
taxation, 26, § 2116 (e)

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See TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Assistant general counsel, number and pay, 26, § 1a (b) (1)
Assistant to commissioner, creation of office and salary, 26,
§ la (b) (2)

Creation of bureau, 26, § la

Detail of revenue service employees to duty in Washington,
26, § 2712

General counsel for bureau

Appointment and salary, 26, § la (a)

Creation of office, 26, § la (a)

Duties, 26, § la (a)

Personnel of bureau, 26, § la

Special deputy commissioner, creation of office and salary,
26, § la (b) (3)

Unauthorized use of "Federal,” “United States," or "re- Bureau of Labor Statistics
serve" as part of business name, 12, § 585

Bureau of Budget

See NATIONAL BUDGET SYSTEM

Bureau of Customs

Commissioner

Appointment and salary, 5, § 281

Assistant and deputy commissioners, 5, §§ 281a, 281f
Duties, 5, § 281b

Division of Customs in Treasury Department abolished, 5,
§ 281b

Duties of commissioner and officers, 5, § 281b

Establishment of bureau, 5, § 281

Officers and employees, duties, 5, § 281a

Records, etc., of Division of Customs transferred, 5, § 281b

Bureau of Efficiency

See also CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Powers and duties extended to municipal government of
District of Columbia, 5, § 649a

Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Appropriations, expenditures, 15, § 197f
Employees

Transportation expenses, 15 § 195

Establishment of Foreign Commerce Service, 15, § 197

Lists of foreign buyers, news bulletins, etc., charges for,
15, § 189a

Officers

Allowances, 15 § 197b

Appointment, 15, § 197b (a)

Assignment for duty, 15, § 197b (d)

Attaching Foreign Commerce Service officers to diplo-
matic missions, 15, § 197d

Clerks and other assistants, 15, § 197c

Compensation, 15, § 197b (b)

Demotion, 15, § 197b (c)

Statistical reports, collection through local agents, 29, § 2a

Bureau of Mines

See MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

Bureau of Narcotics

Acting Commissioner, 5 § 282a

Annual report, 5 § 282

Appropriations available, 5 § 282b

Commissioner

Appointment, 5 § 282

Duties, 5 § 282b

Powers of Federal Narcotics Control Board, 5 § 282b

Salary, 5 § 282

Deputy Commissioner, 5 § 282a
Employees

Acting as customs officers, 5 § 282a
Duties, 5 §§ 282a, 282b

Establishment, 5 § 282

Federal Narcotics Control Board
Abolishment, 5 § 282b

Transfer of Powers, 5 § 282b

Officers

Acting as customs officers, 5 § 282a

Duties, 5 §§ 282a, 282b

Pending Investigations, 5 § 282b
Officers, 5 § 282a

Officials

Review of decisions, 5 § 282c

Orders, 5 § 282b

Regulations, 5, § 282b

Transfer of personnel, record, and property of Prohibition
Bureau, 5, § 282b

Transfers to Bureau of Narcotics, 5 § 282b

Bureau of Pensions

Consolidation of office, 38 §§ 11-11f

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