Act of 1917.

Act of 1916.

Act of 1913.

if said repeal or modifications had not been made. Any offenses committed and all penalties or forfeitures or liabilities incurred prior to the passage of this Act under any statute embraced in or changed, modified, or repealed by this Act may be prosecuted or punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. No Acts of limitation now in force, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in or modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall be affected thereby so far as they affect any suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the passage of this Act, which may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed.

T. If any clause, sentence,

SEC. 1300. That if any clause, SEC. 900. That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of sentence, paragraph, or part of paragraph, or part of this Act

Act of 1924.

Act of 1921.

Act of 1918.

of to any person or circum- tion thereof to any person or this Act shall for any reason be stances, is held invalid, the circumstances, is held invalid, adjudged by any court of comperemainder of the Act, and the the remainder of the Act, and tent jurisdiction to be invalid, application of such provision to the application of such provi- such judgment shall not affect, other persons or circumstances, sion to other persons or circum- impair, or invalidate the reshall not be affected thereby. stances, shall not be affected mainder of this Act, but shall be

thereby.

confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered.

SEC. 1408. That every person who on or after April 6, 1917, has entered into any contract, undertaking, or agreement, with the United States, or with any department, bureau, officer, commission, board, or agency under the United States or acting in its behalf, or with any other person having contract relations with the United States, for the performance of any work or the supplying of any materials or property for the use of or for the account of the United States, shall, within thirty days after a request of the Commissioner therefor, file with the Commissioner a true and correct copy of every such contract, undertaking, or agreement.

Whoever fails to comply with such request of the Commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

The Commissioner shall (when not violative of the technical military or naval secrets of the Government) have access to all information and data relating to any such contract, undertaking, or agreement, in the possession, control or custody of any department, bureau, board, agency, officer or commission of the United States, and may call upon any such department, bureau, board, agency, officer or commission for a full statement and description of any allowance for amortization, obsolescence, depreciation or loss, or of any valuation, appraisal, adjustment or final settlement, made in pursuance of

Act of 1917.

SEC. 1302. That unless otherwise herein specially provided, this Act shall take effect on the day following its passage. Approved, Oct. 3, 1917.

SEC. 902. That unless other- U. That unless otherwise herewise herein specially provided, in specially provided, this Act this Act shall take effect on the shall take effect on the day folday following its passage, and lowing its passage. all provisions of any Act or Acts inconsistent with the provisions 1913. of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, Sept. 8, 1916.

Approved, 9:10 p.m., Oct. 3,