The Naval Appropriations Act For 1922 was passed by the
67th US Congress on July 12, 1921. The bill's purpose was to allocate funds for the
US Navy
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. The money was for the fiscal year ending June 20, 1922.
Details
The act did several things:
:a) Congress declared that the
income tax
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laws of the
United States
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also constitute the income tax laws of the
Virgin Islands
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, with the proceeds from the laws, when they function as Virgin Islands laws, to be paid into the treasury of the Virgin Islands rather than the treasury of the United States;
:b) Post
World War I
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demobilization relegated District
Commandant
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duties to a subordinate and secondary status, as it was stipulated "that no part of this appropriation shall be available for the expense of any naval district unless the commandant thereof shall also be the commandant of a navy yard, naval training station, or naval operating base"; and
:c) a new uniform Naval District staff manual was published, to be revised in 1927, but it ended up being the last of its kind. After World War II, each District devised its own staff manual.
Amendment of 1921 Act
The Naval Appropriations Act of 1921 was amended by the 70th United States Congressional session prohibiting ordnance or ordnance material
being applied for any other purposes other than the specified provision of the appropriations.
See also
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Naval Act of 1916
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Naval Act of 1938
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Two-Ocean Navy Act
The Two-Ocean Navy Act, also known as the Vinson–Walsh Act, was a United States law enacted on July 19, 1940, and named for Carl Vinson and David I. Walsh, who chaired the Naval Affairs Committee in the House and Senate respectively. In what ...
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1922 in American law
United States federal appropriations legislation
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