Section, acts June 7, 1924, ch. 291, title II, 43 Stat. 519 ; Mar. 26, 1928, ch. 245, 45 Stat. 366 , enumerated persons who were entitled to benefits of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Section 14(49)(A) of Pub. L. 85–857 provided in part that the amendment to the act of June 7, 1924 , by act Mar. 26, 1928 , was solely an amendment to the paragraph which began “The following persons” on page 519 of volume 43 of the United States Statutes at Large, which paragraph was classified to former section 131 of this title . Acts May 26, 1900, ch. 586, 31 Stat. 217 ; Jan. 28, 1901, ch. 184, § 5, 31 Stat. 745 ; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 372 ; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 209, § 1, 35 Stat. 212 ; Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 75, § 1, 38 Stat. 853 ; Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 79, § 1, 40 Stat. 368 ; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 905 , which were set out in notes under section 131 of this title , were repealed by Pub. L. 85–857, § 14(21) , (24), (30), (34), (36), (41), Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1270 , 1271. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of Repeal Repeal effective Jan. 1, 1959 , see section 2 of Pub. L. 85–857 , set out as a note preceding Part I of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.