164 Approaches, etc. Construction and maintenance. Erection of suitable memorial and related structures. May 21,1932. [S, 2955.] [Public, No. 147.] W orld War V eterans’ Act, 1924, amendment. Vol. 43, p. 621; U. S. C., p. 1222, amended. Wife and children of disabled veteran. Apportioning com- pensation to. Applicable to retired emergency officers. Vol. 45, pp. 735, 967; IT. S. C., Supp. V, p. 575, amended. May 23, 1932. [S. 4193.] [Public, No. 148.] Virgin Islands. Saint Thomas Har- bor Board may issue bonds for graving or dry dock. Sale, interest, etc. Form, etc., of bonds. Terms of each issue. Redemption by board. 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 200-202. MAY 21, 23, 1932. Sec . 2. That the director is hereby authorized to provide suitable means of access to and upon the said Roosevelt Island as appropria- tions are made available from time to time and subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; and that the appropriations needed for such construction and annu- ally for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the said lands and improvements, are hereby authorized to be made from any funds not otherwise appropriated from the Treasury of the United States. Sec . 3. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to permit the Roosevelt Memorial Association (Incorporated) to erect on said Roosevelt Island such monument or memorial and related structures as may be recommended by it and approved by the National Com- mission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Approved, May 21, 1932. [CHAPTER 201.] AN ACT To amend the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 202 (12) of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “ Sec . 12. Where the disabled person is a patient in a hospital, or where for any other reason the disabled person and his wife are not living together, or where the children are not in the custody of the disabled person, the amount of the compensation may be appor- tioned as may be prescribed by regulations. Retired pay payable under Public Act Numbered 506, Seventieth Congress, approved May 24, 1928, may be apportioned in the same form and manner as com- pensation is apportioned under the provisions of this section.” Approved, May 21, 1932. [CHAPTER 202.] AN ACT To authorize the issuance of bonds by the Saint Thomas Harbor Board, Virgin Islands, for the acquisition or construction of a graving or dry dock. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of acquiring and installing or building a dry dock or graving dock in the harbor of Saint Thomas, Krum Bay, Virgin Islands, or in Gregerie Channel adjacent to such harbor, the Saint Thomas Harbor Board, a municipal institution, is authorized, sub- ject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to issue regis- tered or coupon bonds in any sum not to exceed $150,000. Such bonds shall be sold at not less than their par value with accrued interest, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 6 per centum per annum, and shall be payable from the treasury of said board in gold coin of the United States at such place or places as shall be designated by such board in the bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in serial form maturing in substantially equal annual install- ments, the first installment to mature not later than five years from the date of the issue of such series, and the last installment not later than thirty years from the date of such issue, except that 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 202, 203. MAY 23, 25, 1932. said board may reserve the right to pay off such bonds in their numerical order at the rate of $20,000 or less per annum from and after the expiration of four years from their date of issue. Approved, May 23, 1932. [CHAPTER 203.] AN ACT To further amend the naturalization laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) an alien veteran, as defined in section 1 of the Act of May 26, 1926 (ch. 398, 44 Stat. 654; title 8, sec. 241, U. S. C., Supp. 1), shall, if residing in the United States, be entitled at any time within two years after the enactment of this Act to naturalization upon the same terms, con- ditions, and exemptions which would have been accorded to such alien if he had petitioned before the armistice of the World War, except that (1) such alien shall be required to prove that immediately preceding the date of his petition he has resided continuously within the United States for at least two years, in pursuance of a legal admission for permanent residence, and that during all such period he has behaved as a person of good moral character; (2) if such admission was subsequent to March 3, 1924, such alien shall file with his petition a certificate of arrival issued by the Commissioner of Naturalization; (3) final action shall not be had upon the petition until at least ninety days have elapsed after filing of such petition; and (4) such alien shall be required to appear and file his petition in person, and to take the prescribed oath of allegiance in open court. Such residence and good moral character shall be proved either by the affidavits of two credible witnesses who are citizens of the United States, or by depositions by two such witnesses made before a naturalization examiner, for each place of residence. (b) All petitions for citizenship made outside the United States in accordance with the seventh subdivision of section 4 of the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, upon which naturalization has not been heretofore granted, are hereby declared to be invalid for all purposes. Sec . 2. (a) The seventh subdivision of section 4 of the Naturali- zation Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended by striking out “ the National Guard or Naval Militia of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or the State militia in Federal service,”. (b) This section shall not be applied in the case of any individual whose petition for naturalization has been filed before the enactment of this Act. Sec . 3. The last proviso in the first paragraph of the seventh sub- division of section 4 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: “ except that this proviso shall not apply in the case of service on American-owned vessels by an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.” Sec . 4. Section 32 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subdivisions: “(c) If the name of any naturalized citizen has, subsequent to naturalization, been changed by order of a court of competent juris- diction, or by marriage, the citizen may, upon the payment to the commissioner of a fee of $10, make application (accompanied by two photographs of the applicant) for a new certificate of citizenship in 165 May 25, 1932. [H. R. 6477.] [Public, No. 149.] Naturalization. Alien veterans of the World War. Vol. 44, p. 654; U. S. C., Supp. V, p. 71, amended. Extending naturali- zation privileges to. Terms, exemptions, etc. Proof of continued residence and good be- havior required. If admitted subse- quent to March 3, 1924. Final action on peti- tion. Petition and oath in open court. Verification. Overseas, etc., peti- tions invalid if not heretofore granted. Vol. 40, p. 542; U. S. C., p. 160. Waiver of residence requirements not to in- clude service in militia. Vol. 40, p. 542; U. S. C., p. 161, amended. Petitions filed prior to date of Act. Alien seamen in for- eign registry. Vol. 40, p. 544: U. S. C., p. 161, amended. Residence restric- tions not to apply to service on American- owned vessels. Vol. 45, p. 1515, amended. New certificate of citizenship may be is- sued on change of name. Fee.