Pennsylvania Act 1947-459 — DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF MILITARY MEDALS

Act text

DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF MILITARY MEDALS
                 Act of Jun. 28, 1947, P.L. 1068, No. 459             Cl. 51
                                  AN ACT

     Directing the Department of Military Affairs to select, procure,
        award and provide for the furnishing of certain service
        medals.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The Department of Military Affairs of the
     Commonwealth shall select, procure, award and provide for the
     furnishing, at request of the veteran, of a service medal, at
     cost, to honorably discharged Army, Navy, Coast Guard and United
     States Marine Corps Veterans of World War II, who were residents
     of Pennsylvania at the time of their entry into the service:
     Provided, That such medals shall be given only for service
     covering any period of time between the seventh day of December,
     one thousand nine hundred forty-one, and the second day of
     September, one thousand nine hundred forty-five. The detailed
     specifications and design shall be selected by the Department of
     Military Affairs.
        Section 2.  The Adjutant General is charged with the
     administration of this act. He shall prepare and furnish blanks
     and adopt rules and regulations for the issue of medals upon
     approved applications. All applications, papers and other
     records in the administration of this act shall become a part of
     the permanent records of the Department of Military Affairs.