employment of experts or by the creation of committees of specially qualified persons to serve without compensation, but to direct the investigations of experts so employed. * * * Reports shall be submitted by all subordinate bodies and by the advisory commission to the council, and from time to time the council shall report to the President or to the heads of executive departments upon special inquiries or subjects appropriate thereto, and an annual report to the Congress shall be submitted through the President, including as full a statement of the activities of the council and the agencies subordinate to it as is consistent with the public interest, including an itemized account of the expenditures made by the council or authorized by it, in as full detail as the public interest will permit: Provided, however, That when deemed proper the President may authorize, in amounts stipulated by him, unvouchered expenditures and report the gross sums so authorized not itemized. Sec. 2, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 649) making appropriations for the support of the Army; U. S. C. 50: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The above provisions were omitted from the original text of the Military Laws, 1929. 2193a. Private property; taking for public use. That a commission is hereby created to study and consider amending the Constitution of the United States to provide that private property may be taken by Congress for public use during war and methods of equalizing the burdens and to remove the profits of war, together with a study of policies to be pursued in event of war. The commission shall report definite recommendations to the President of the United States to be by him transmitted to the Congress not later than the first Monday in December, 1931, together with copies of its proceedings and hearings and to report if, in their opinion, any constitutional amendment be necessary to accomplish the purposes desired: Provided, That said commission shall not consider and shall not report upon the conscription of labor. Sec. 1, pub. res. of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 825). That said commission shall be composed of four Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and four Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, and the Attorney General. Sec. 2, pub. res. of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 826). The said members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall meet as soon as possible after the enactment of this resolution in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. The Secretary of War shall supply from the War Department all necessary office and clerical assistance. Sec. 3, pub. res. of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 826). When said commission shall meet it shall organize by electing one of its number as chairman and another as vice chairman and shall appoint a secretary. Sec. 4, pub. res. of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 826). That no compensation shall be paid any member of said commission, and no ́ expenses shall be incurred by them except the actual expenses of sustenance and travel for the members of the commission and printing and clerical assistance that can not be reasonably provided by the War Department. Sec. 5, pub. res. of June 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 826). 2197. Transportation; preference to troops and material. Citation should be changed to read: Sec. 6, act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat. 380), as amended by sec. 2, act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. 587), as amended by act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 604); U. S. C. 10: 1362. 2202. Military history; World War. * * * The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to and accumulate in the War Department in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, all records and files containing information regarding medical and service records of veterans of the World War: Provided, That the necessary appropriation to accomplish the transfer of such records and files is hereby authorized. Sec. 39, added to act of June 7, 1924, by sec. 10, act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 995); U. S. C. 38: 459f. The above provision is added as a new paragraph of this section. |