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the United States is less than that authorized by the State, the difference in amount shall be paid by the State.

Connecticut, Pub. Acts 1917, ch. 11, p. 2237; ch. 179, p. 2344; ch. 414,

p. 2589; 1 Gen. Stat. 1918, secs. 784-89.

Other provisions for relief for dependents: Hawaii, Laws 1917, acts 191, 192; Iowa, Laws 1917, ch. 207; Massachusetts, Gen. Acts 1916, ch. 309, ex. sess.; ch. 314, secs. 1-2; Gen. Acts 1917, ch. 5, sec. 1; Gen. Acts 1918, chs. 92, 108; Michigan, Pub. Acts 1917, No. 53, sec. 7; Minnesota, Laws 1917, ch. 261, sec. 4; Gen. Stat. Supp. 1917, sec. 117-13; New Hampshire, Laws 1917, ch. 223; New York, Laws 1917, chs. 235 807; Rhode Island, Gen. Laws 1909, ch. 104, sec. 13, p. 385; Laws 1918, ch. 1653.

429. Appropriations for support of widows and orphans.-The general assembly may make appropriations of money to institutions wherein the widows or orphans of soldiers are supported or assisted or maintained and educated, but such appropriation shall be applied exclusively to the support of such widows and orphans.

Pennsylvania, Const. art. 3, sec. 19.

430. Relief of needy Confederate women.-Appropriation is made for the relief of needy Confederate women residing in Virginia, who are not on the State pension rolls, and are not inmates of any Confederate, independent, or church homes or charitable institutions.

Virginia, Acts 1914, ch. 56, p. 81.

431. Relief during unemployment as a result of Mexican border service. There is appropriated $10,000 for food, shelter, and clothing for any of the enlisted men in the North Dakota regiment who have been stationed on the Mexican border until such men can secure employment that will provide for their needs. Any such necessitous soldier, who needs food, clothing, or lodging, may apply to the clerk of the court of any county, who shall notify the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall make temporary provisions for the relief of such soldiers.

North Dakota, Laws 1917, ch. 5.

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432. Bar examinations not necessary.-Examination for the bar may be dispensed with to applicants who are graduates of a law school duly registered with three years' course, and who have been prevented from entering two examinations next following his graduation by actual service in the naval or military forces of the United States.

New York, 3 Laws 1918, Rule III-a, p. 2095. 433. Oath of office. Any person who, from actual service in the military or naval forces of the United States, is unable to take in open court the constitutional oath of office required of an attorney and counselor at law may take such oath before the commanding officer of his regiment or ship or separate detachment, and such commanding officer is authorized to administer the oath and transmit the written or printed form to the clerk of the court of the proper appellate division for filing, but such person as soon as physically able shall subscribe the oath in the roll or book in the office of the clerk before he shall discharge any of the duties as an attorney or counselor at law. New York, Laws 1918, ch. 263.

434. Examination for justice of peace waived. The examination requirement for justice of the peace shall not be enforced in case the appointee is an officer of the United States Army or of the Philippine Government.

Philippine Islands, Laws 4th Legis. 1916, sec. 207, p. 68.

435. Army surgeons may practice medicine without a license. The act providing for license to practice medicine shall not prohibit commissioned surgeons of the United States Army, Navy, or Public Health and Marine Hospital Service from performing their lawful duties in this State as such officers.

Colorado, Laws 1915, ch. 148, sec. 12.

Similar provisions: Delaware, Rev. Code 1915, sec. 849; Indiana, 4 Burns' AnnStat. 1914, sec. 8408; Illinois, 4 Ann. Stat. 1913, par. 7388; Kansas, Gen. Stat. 1915, sec. 10202; Maine, Rev. Stat. 1916, ch. 18, sec. 16; Minnesota, Gen. Stat. 1913, sec. 4980; Missouri, 2 Rev. Stat. 1909, sec. 8319; Texas, 4 Vernon's S. Civ. Stat. 1914, art. 5742, but shall not engage in private practice without license from board of medical examiners; Vermont, Gen. Laws 1917, sec. 6095; West Virginia, 3 Hogg's Code 1913, secs. 5343-46.

436. Admission to practice medicine. To practice medicine a person shall have studied the treatment of human ailments not less than four school years of not less than nine months each in a medical school registered as maintaining at that time a standard satisfactory to the board, and who has graduated from such school. But the provisions of this paragraph may be suspended in whole or in part by order of the board of medical examiners on account of war or other threatened or existing national calamity.

New Hampshire, Laws 1917, ch. 204.

437. Army medical officers are exempt from examination for a license. Medical officers serving in the Army and Navy of the United States, or in the United States Marine Hospital Service, are exempt from examination for license to practice medicine, but are required to be registered by the superior board of medicine and to pay a fee of $5.

Porto Rico, Rev. Stat. 1913, sec. 1716.

438. Army veterinarians may practice without a license. The provisions of law relative to licensing persons to practice veterinary medicine and surgery shall not apply to commissioned veterinarians in the United States Army.

Illinois, 4 Ann. Stat. 1913, par. 7459.

Similar provision: Kansas, Gen. Stat. 1915, sec. 10320.

439. Body exempt from dissection.-Permission shall not be given to take the body of any soldier or sailor, known to be such, who served in the War of the Rebellion or in any war between the United States and any foreign power, to be used for the advancement of anatomical science.

Massachusetts, Gen. Acts 1918, ch. 257, sec. 298, p. 370.

Similar provisions: North Carolina, 2 Pell's Revisal 1908, sec. 4288, includes wife of soldier; Oklahoma, 1 Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4551; Pennsylvania, Pub. Laws 1915, No. 197, p. 479; Vermont, Gen. Laws 1917, sec. 6097; Wyoming, Laws 1917, ch. 37.

440. Public oficials limited regarding fees to be charged. It shall be unlawful for any person authorized to administer oaths to charge a soldier, or seamen, or legal representative of such soldier or seaman, more than fifteen cents for administering an oath.

Indiana, 1 Burns' Ann. Stat. 1914, sec. 2422.

Similar provision: Michigan, 5 Howell's Ann. Stat. 1912, secs. 14491–92.

441. Jury service. An acting noncommissioned officer, musician, or private enrolled in service of the United States or of Alaska is exempted from service on the grand jury.

Alaska, Comp. Laws 1913, ch. 4, sec. 212, p. 701 (30 Stat. 1286). Similar provisions including all persons in military service: Canal Zone, Exec. Order, Feb. 6, 1908, includes naval service; Colorado, Rev. Stat. 1908, sec. 4439; Delaware, Rev. Code 1915, sec. 335; Hawaii, Rev. Laws 1915, sec. 2407; Indiana, 4 Burns' Ann. Stat. 1914, sec. 8437; Louisiana, 2 Marr's Ann. Stat. 1915, sec. 4512, pp. 1571-72, but are not disqualified; Massachusetts, Rev. Laws 1902, ch. 176, sec. 1; Michigan, 1 Howell's Ann. Stat. 1912, sec. 1662; Minnesota, Gen. Stat. Supp. 1917, sec. 2452-29, after five years' service in militia is exempt forever; Laws 1917, ch. 400, sec. 29; New York, Laws 1909, ch. 41, sec. 238; North Carolina, 3 Revisal 1913, secs. 1980, 4558a; North Dakota, 1 Comp. Laws 1913, sec. 2430; Oregon, Laws 1917, ch. 284, sec. 991; Vermont, Pub. Stat. 1906, sec. 5100, after 15 years' service exempt forever; Washington, Pierce's Code 1912, tit. 337, sec. 189, p. 1447; West Virginia, 2 Hogg's Code 1913, secs. 868, 4641; Wisconsin, Stat. 1917, sec. 21.06, p. 197.

442. Liability for acts committed during war.-No citizen of this State who aided or participated in the Civil War, on either side, shall be liable in any proceeding, civil or criminal; nor shall his property be seized or sold under final process issued upon judgments or decrees heretofore rendered, or otherwise, because of any act done in accordance with the usages of civilized warfare in the prosecution of said war. West Virginia, Const. art. 8, sec. 20.

443. Military service is deducted from period required to prove up homestead. A soldier who served for ninety days in the Rebellion, Spanish War, or Philippine insurrection is allowed to take up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres or less of Government lands. Entry and settlement is to begin within six months after the declaration. The time of military service is deducted from the five years required to prove up, except that a residence of one year on the land is required, in any event. The widow and children are allowed to prove up and take patent in case of death of a soldier before the patent is issued.

Alaska, Comp. Laws 1913, secs. 101e-101i, pp. 123–9. 444. Settlement.—A person who enlisted and was mustered into the military or naval service of the United States as a part of the quota of a city or town in this Commonwealth under any call of the President of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, or

any war between the United States and any foreign powers, or who was assigned as a part of the quota thereof after having enlisted and been mustered into said service and who served for not less than one year, or who died or became disabled from wounds or disease received or contracted while engaged in such service or while a prisoner of the enemy, and his wife or widow and minor children, shall be deemed thereby to have acquired a settlement in such place. Any person not a part of the quota of any city or town shall, if he served as part of the quota of the Commonwealth, be deemed to have acquired a settlement in the place where he actually resided at time of his enlistment.

Massachusetts, Gen. Acts 1918, ch. 257, sec. 299, p. 370; Rev. Laws 1902, ch. 80, sec. 1, par. 10, lines 40-50.

445. Sales of school lands where purchaser has been drafted before settlement shall not be canceled. In all cases where school land has been sold on condition of settlement and the purchaser has complied or may comply with the law and is drafted to the Federal service before he has time to settle on the land or before completion of three years' residence such sales are validated and shall not be canceled. Texas, Gen. Laws 1918, ch. 57.

446. Property exempt from levy.-The uniform and equipment of every officer, noncommissioned officer, musician, and private are free from all suits, distresses, executions, or sales for debt or taxes.

Arkansas, Kirby's Dig. Stat. 1904, sec. 5304. Similar provisions: Arizona, Rev. Stat. 1913, sec. 4022; Canal Zone, Civil Code Panama 1904, art. 1677(5); Indiana, 4 Burns' Ann. Stat. 1914, sec. 8464; Kansas, Gen. Stat. 1915, sec. 6216; Maine, Rev. Stat. 1916, ch. 15, sec. 110; Minnesota, Laws 1917, ch. 400, sec. 29; Gen. Stat. Supp. 1917, sec. 2452-29; Montana, 3 Rev. Codes 1915 Supp., sec. 1109k; Nevada, 1 Rev. Laws 1912, sec. 4083; New Mexico, Stat. 1915, sec. 3890; Oregon, 2 Lord's Laws 1910, sec. 3773; Pennsylvania, 6 Purdon's Dig. Stat. 1915, sec. 141, p. 6983; Rhode Island, Gen. Laws 1909, ch. 302, sec. 7, p. 1080, including arms and ammunition; Utah, Comp. Laws 1907, sec. 1472, Virginia, 1 Ann. Code 1904, sec. 353; Washington, Pierce's Code 1912, tit. 337, sec. 105, p. 1432.

447. Military accoutrements exempt.-Arms and military accoutre ments are exempt from lessor's privilege or pledge.

Louisiana, Merrick's Rev. Civil Code 1913, art. 2705.

448. Games. During the present war, the prohibitions of law shall not apply to games of baseball or football played between the hours of one and six in the afternoon of the Lord's Day, in which all the players are in military or naval service of the United States if no admission fee is charged to any such games.

Massachusetts, Gen. Acts 1918, ch. 134.

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