STATUTES AT LARGE

CONTAINING THE

LAWS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
ENACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE

SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1945

AND

PROCLAMATIONS, TREATIES, AND INTERNATIONAL

AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES

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LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS

CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME

THE SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

FIRST SESSION, 1945

Public
Law

Date

Page

1 --- Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. AN ACT To further

amend section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, en-
titled "An Act providing for sundry

, matters affecting the
naval service, and for other purposes”, by changing the limi.
tation on the total personnel of the Naval Reserve Officers'

Training Corps, and for other purposes.2 ... U. S. Capitol telephone operators. AN ACT Relating to the

compensation of telephone operators on the United States

Capitol telephone exchange
3 Pearl Harbor, construction work. AN ACT To grant to the

Hawaiian Electric Company, Limited, the right to construct
certain ditches, tunnels, and oil pipe lines in Pearl Harbor,

Territory of Hawaii.-
4 --- Federal Loan Agency, continuance. AN ACT To provide for

the effective administration of certain lending agencies of

the Federal Government. 5 --- Census of Agriculture. JOINT RESOLUTION Making an

additional appropriation for the fiscal year 1945 for the

Census of Agriculture. 6 Public Health Service. JOINT RESOLUTION Making an

additional appropriation for the fiscal year 1945 for the

Public Health Service..
7 Manitowoc, Wis., lighthouse. AN ACT To repeal the Act en-

titled "An Act to authorize the conveyance of the old light-
house keeper's residence in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to the
Otto Oas Post, Numbered 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States, Manitowoc, Wisconsin”, approved June

16, 1938.
8 --- Canton, Ohio, conveyance of land. AN ACT To authorize the

Secretary of the Navy to grant to the city of Canton, Ohio,
for highway purposes only, a strip of land situated within the

United States Naval Ordnance Plant at Canton, Ohio...
9.-- Pearl Harbor, easement. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary

of the Navy to convey to Oahu Railway and Land Company
an easement for railway purposes in certain lands situated at

Halawa, Ewa, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.-
10 --- San Diego County, Calif., lease of land. AN ACT To authorize

the Secretary of the Navy to lease certain lands situated in

San Diego County, State of California... 11 --- Navy, furlough of officers. AN ACT To amend section 1442,

Revised Statutes, relating to furlough of officers by the

Secretary of the Navy-
12 ... War crops, acreage allotments. AN ACT To amend the Agri-

cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and sections 7
to 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act,
as amended, to encourage the growing of war crops by pro-
tecting the allotments of producers of cotton, wheat, and

peanuts --
13 --- Navy, public works. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the

Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public

works, and for other purposes.
14 --- Rivers and harbors, improvements. AN ACT Authorizing the

construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works
on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.--