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Date 15 Insurance regulation. AN ACT To express the intent of the

Congress with reference to the regulation of the business of
insurance

Mar. 9, 1945.-16 Eastport, Maine, conveyance. AN ACT To authorize an ex

change of lands between the city of Eastport, Maine, and the
United States, and the conveyance of a roadway easement to
the city of Eastport, Maine.

Mar. 13, 1945... 17 --- Camp Croft, s. C., easement. AN ACT To authorize the Secre

tary of War to grant to the Duke Power Company a one-
hundred-and-eighty-foot perpetual easement across Camp
Croft, in the State of South Carolina..

Mar. 13, 1945.-18 --- West Point Military Reservation, N. Y., easement. AN ACT To

authorize the Secretary of War to grant to the Orange and
Rockland Electric Company a one-hundred-and-fifty-foot per-
petual easement across the West Point Military Reservation
in the State of New York.

Mar. 13, 1945.--
19 General in Marine Corps. AN ACT To establish the grade of
general in the Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

Mar. 21, 1945--20 Admiral in Coast Guard. AN ACT To establish the grade of admiral in the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Mar, 21, 1945--21 Internal Revenue Code, amendment. AN ACT To permit the

Administrator, War Shipping Administration, and the United
States Maritime Commission, during the national emergency,
to pay the tax imposed under section 1410 of the Internal
Revenue Code without regard to the $3,000 limitation in sec-
tion 1426 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code -

Mar. 24, 1945.--
Height of buildings, District of Columbia. AN ACT To amend

an Act regulating the height of buildings in the District of
Columbia, approved June 1, 1910, as amended.

Mar. 24, 1945.-23 House of Representatives, folding of pamphlets. JOINT RESO

LUTION Providing for the employment of Government em-
ployees for folding speeches and pamphlets, House of Repre-
sentatives.---

Mar. 29, 1945... 24 War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT

Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946,
for civil functions administered by the War Department, and
for other purposes.

Mar. 31, 1945.-. 25 D. C. Weights and Measures Act, amendment. AN ACT To

amend section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish stand-
ard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to
define the duties of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures,
and Markets of the District of Columbia; and for other pur-
poses”, approved March 3, 1921.--.

Mar. 31, 1945.-. 26 --- Appropriations, supplemental, 1945. JOINT RESOLUTION

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1945, in lieu of certain appropriations contained
in H. R. 2374, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, and for
other purposes -

Mar. 31, 1945.-27 National Housing Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the

National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes.- Mar. 31, 1945---
Public Debt Act of 1945. AN ACT To increase the debt limit
of the United States, and for other purposes.-

Apr. 3, 1945 29 Settlement of Mexican Claims Act Amendments of 1945. JOINT

RESOLUTION Relative to determination and payment of
certain claims against the Government of Mexico.--

Apr. 3, 1945.-30 Commodity Credit Corporation, continuation. AN ACT To con

tinue Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the
United States, increase its borrowing power, revise the basis

of the annual appraisal of its assets, and for other purposes.. Apr. 12, 1945.-31 Lend-Lease Act, extension. AN ACT To extend for one year

the provisions of an Act to promote the defense of the United
States, approved March 11, 1941, as amended..

Apr. 16, 1945.-. 32 San Jacinto Military Reservation, Tex. AN ACT Granting to

Galveston County, a municipal corporation of the State of
Texas, certain easements and rights-of-way over, under, and
upon the San Jacinto Military Reservation in Galveston
County, Texas..

Apr. 17, 1945.-33

Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, amendment. AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the acquisition of
buildings and grounds in foreign countries for use of the
Government of the United States of America”, approved
May 7, 1926, as amended, to permit of the sale of buildings
and grounds and the utilization of proceeds of such sale in the
Government interest...

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34 --- Arkansas River compact. AN ACT Granting the consent of

Congress to the States of Colorado and Kansas to negotiate
and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the

Arkansas River..
35 Fact Finders' Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Fact

Finders' Act.
36 --- Dallas County, Tex., easement. AN ACT Authorizing the Admin-

istrator of Veterans' Affairs to grant an easement in certain
lands of the Veterans' Administration, Dallas, Texas, to Dallas

County, Texas, for highway purposes -
37 Los Angeles, Calif. AN ACT To authorize the Administrator

of Veterans' Affairs to transfer by quitclaim deed to the city
of Los Angeles, California, for fire-station purposes, the title
to certain land located at Veterans' Administration facility,

Los Angeles, California....
Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 1946.
AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post
Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and

for other purposes.
39 --- Reclamation Project Act of 1939, amendments. AN ACT TO

amend sections 4, 7, and 17 of the Reclamation Project Act of
1939 (53 Stat. 1187) for the purpose of extending the time in
which amendatory contracts may be made, and for other re-

lated purposes.-
40 --- First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945. AN ACT Making ap-

propriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for prior fiscal years,
to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years
ending June 30, 1945, and June 30, 1946, and for other pur-

poses.
41 --- Employment of females, D. C. AN ACT To extend to June 30,

1946, the period during which females may be employed in the
District of Columbia for more than eight hours a day, or forty-

eight hours a week, under temporary permits -
Smaller War Plants Corporation. . AN ACT To extend the life of

the Smaller War Plants Corporation...
43 D. C. Weights and Measures Act, amendment. AN ACT TO

amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish standard weights
and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the
duties of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and
Markets, of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes”,

approved March 3, 1921, as amended..
44 --- Temporary teachers, D. C. AN ACT To amend section 16 of

the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to
fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and
other employees of the Board of Education of the District of
Columbia', approved June 20, 1906, as amended, and for other

purposes”, approved June 4, 1924.-
45 .. D. C. Code, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Code of Laws

of the District of Columbia by adding a new section 548a,
and providing for the recording of veterans' discharge certifi-

cates,
46 --- District Training School. AN ACT To amend section 14 of the

Act entitled “An Act to provide for commitments to, mainte-
nance in, and discharges from the District Training School,
and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925, and to

amend section 15 thereof, as amended... 47 Prisoners of war, etc., escapes.

AN ACT Relating to escapes of
prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens..
48 Foreign Service of the United States. * AN ACT To enable the

Department of State, pursuant to its responsibilities under
the Constitution and statutes of the United States, more effec-
tively to carry out its prescribed and traditional responsibili-
ties in the foreign field; to strengthen the Foreign Service per-
mitting fullest utilization of available personnel and facilities
of other departments and agencies and coordination of activities
abroad of the United States under a Foreign Service for the
United States unified under the guidance of the Department

of State..
49 Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making

appropriations for the Èxecutive Office and sundry independ-
ent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes. ----

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U. S. Naval Academy Centennial. JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing for the celebration in 1945 of the one-hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the United States Naval Acad-
emy, Annapolis, Maryland

May 3, 1945.--
51 Regular Army and Philippine Scouts. AN ACT To amend sec-
tion 2, Public Law 140, Seventy-seventh Congress-

May 4, 1945... 52 Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.- May 5, 1945... 53 Additional appropriations, 1945. JOINT RESOLUTION Mak

ing additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1945.

May 5, 1945.54 --- Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, extension. AN ACT

To extend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as
amended.

May 9, 1945--55 --- Securities Act of 1933, amendment. AN ACT To amend section

3 (b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, so as to permit
exemption of security issues not exceeding $300,000 from the
provisions of such Act..

May 15, 1945... 56 --- Klamath Indians. AN ACT Amending the Act of June 25, 1938

(52 Stat. 1207), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay
salary and expenses of the chairman, secretary, and interpreter
of the Klamath General Council, members of the Klamath
business committee and other committees appointed by said
Klamath General Council, and official delegates of the Klamath
Tribe, as amended, and for other purposes.

May 15, 1945... 57 Army of the U.S., general officers. AN ACT To provide a method

for the wartime reduction of temporary grades held by general
officers of the Army of the United States.

May 15, 1945--58 Suppression of prostitution. AN ACT To extend the provisions

of the Act of July 11, 1941 (Public Law 163, Seventy-seventh
Congress)

May 15, 1945.-59 Regular Army, promotion of certain officers. AN ACT To extend

the provisions of the Act of November 29, 1940 (Public Law
884, Seventy-sixth Congress) -

May 15, 1945.--
60 Freight forwarders. AN ACT To amend section 409 of the
Interstate Commerce Act, as amended..

May 16, 1945... 61 Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, and the

Federal Loan Agency Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice,
Commerce, the Judiciary, and the Federal Loan Agency for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.- May 21, 1945.-62 Naval Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making appropria

tions for the Navy Department and the naval service for the

fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes May 29, 1945.-63 Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT Authorizing the State of

Minnesota Department of Highways to construct, maintain,
and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi
River at or near Hastings, Minnesota...

May 29, 1945... 64 Bridge, Big Sandy River. AN ACT To authorize Slater Branch

Bridge and Road Club to construct, maintain, and operate
a free suspension bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy
River at or near Williamson, West Virginia.--

May 29, 1945... 65.- Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT Granting the consent of

Congress to the State of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and
operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at
or near New Orleans, Louisiana.

May 29, 1945... 66 --- Bridge, Pigeon River. AN ACT Authorizing the Department

of Highways of the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain,
and operate a bridge across the Pigeon River.

May 29, 1945... 67 Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945. AN ACT To provide

for the settlement of claims of military personnel and civilian
employees of the War Department or of the Army for damage
to or loss, destruction, capture, or abandonment of personal
property occurring incident to their service----

May 29, 1945... 68 --- Maritime Commission, construction fund. JOINT RESOLU

TION Repealing a portion of the appropriation and contract

authorization available to the Maritime Commission.. May 29, 1945... 69 Navy officers, shore duty. AN ACT To suspend until six months

after the termination of the present wars section 2 of the Act of
March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 481), as amended.-

May 29, 1945.-70 Rhode Island, conveyance of land. AN ACT To authorize the

Secretary of the Navy to convey to the State of Rhode Island,
for highway purposes only, a strip of land within the naval ada
vance base depot at North Kingstown, Rhode Island.. May 29, 1945.-

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Date 71 Lake Champlain Bridge Commission. JOINT RESOLUTION

Granting the consent of Congress to an agreement amending
the original agreement entered into by the States of New York
and Vermont relating to the creation of the Lake Champlain
Bridge Commission...

May 31, 1945... 72 --- Regular Army, wartime enlistments. AN ACT To provide for

enlistments in the Regular Army during the period of the war,
and for other purposes..

June 1, 1945.--
U. S. Military Academy, chaplain. AN ACT To authorize an

increase in the pay of the chaplain at the United States Mili-
tary Academy while serving under reappointment for an addi-
tional term or terms.-

June 2, 1945... 74 Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska. AN ACT To amend the

Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the relief of the Tlingit and
Haida Indians of Alaska”, approved June 5, 1942.-

June 4, 1945-.. 75 --- Emergency flood-control work. AN ACT To provide for emer

gency flood-control work made necessary by recent floods, and
for other purposes.

June 5, 1945.-76

Cooperative agricultural extension work. AN ACT To provide for

the further development of cooperative agricultural extension
work..

June 6, 1945---
77 Pearl Harbor catastrophe. JOINT RESOLUTION To extend
the statute of limitations in certain cases.

June 7, 1945.--
Interstate petroleum pipe lines. AN ACT To amend section 9 of

the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the construction, exten-
sion, or completion of interstate petroleum pipe lines related
to national defense, and to promote interstate commerce",
approved July 30, 1941, as amended..

June 8, 1945... 79 - Criminal Code, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Criminal

Code so as to punish anyone injuring a party, witness, or
juror on account of his having acted as such.-

June 8, 1945... 80 ... War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, Advisory Board

members. AN ACT To exempt the members of the Advisory
Board appointed under the War Mobilization and Reconver-

sion Act of 1944 from certain provisions of the Criminal Code. June 9, 1945...
National Defense Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend section

47c of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended,
80 as to authorize credit to students now or hereafter enrolled
in the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps
for military training received while on active duty in the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or while pursuing å
course of instruction in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.

June 9, 1945... 82 Emergency flood-control work, appropriation. JOINT RESO

LUTION Making an appropriation for emergency flood-
control work and for other purposes..

June 12, 1945.-83 Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1945, 1946, supple

mental appropriations. JOINT RESOLUTION. Making a
supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1945, for the Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, and for
other purposes.

June 12, 1945... 84 --- Federal Reserve Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend sections

11 (c) and 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and for
other purposes,

June 12, 1945.-85 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making

appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes.

June 13, 1945.-86 Radio operators aboard ship. AN ACT To further extend the

effectiveness of the Act approved December 17, 1941, relating
to additional safeguards to the radio communications service
of ships of the United States, as amended, and for other
purposes

June 13, 1945.-87 Defense Housing Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend the

Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provisions of housing in
connection with national defense, and for other purposes”,
approved October 14, 1940, as amended...

June 23, 1945.-88 ... Government corporations, subsidy payments. AN ACT To per

mit the continuation of certain subsidy payments and certain
purchase and sale operations by corporations created pursuant
to section 5d (3) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Act, as amended, and for other purposes.--

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89 Regular Navy and Naval Reserve, retired officers. AN ACT TO

amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the temporary
appointment or advancement of certain personnel of the Navy
and Marine Corps, and for other purposes”, approved July

24, 1941, as amended, and for other purposes.
90 --- Gila reclamation project, Ariz. AN ACT Authorizing the Secre-

tary of the Interior to convey certain lands on the Gila recla

mation project, Arizona, to the University of Arizona.. 91 Hops. AN ACT To repeal section 3 of the Act approved April

13, 1938, as amended, relating to hops. 92 National Defense Act, amendment. AN ACT To amend the

National Defense Act, as amended, so as to eliminate provi

sions for retirement of wing commanders of the Air Corps.-
93 Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital. AN ACT To

provide for designation of the United States Veterans' Admin-
istration hospital at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the Royal

C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital
94 --- Army, Dental Corps officers. AN ACT To remove the limita-

tion on the right to command of officers of the Dental Corps
of the Army which limits such officers to command in that

corps--
95 Revenue Act of 1942, amendments. JOINT RESOLUTION Ex-

tending the time for the release of powers of appointment for
the purposes of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue

Code..
96 --- Salt Springs land, Ala. AN ACT Authorizing the State of

Alabama to lease or sell and convey all or any part of the Salt

Springs land granted to said State by the Act of March 2, 1819. 97 Sioux Indians, appropriation for claims. AN ACT Authoriz

ing an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of

May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. 484), and for other purposes.
98 Federal Farm Loan Act, etc., amendments. AN ACT To amend

the Federal Farm Loan Act, the Emergency Farm Mortgage
Act of 1933, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and for other pur-

poses.
99 Export control. AN ACT To continue in effect section 6 of the

Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended, relating to the

exportation of certain commodities.. 100 Postal service. AN ACT Authorizing the Postmaster General to

continue to use post-office clerks and city letter carriers inter

changeably-
101 Requisition of certain articles and materials. AN ACT To amend

section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President
to requisition certain articles and materials for the use of the
United States, and for other purposes”, approved October 10,

1940, as amended, for the purpose of continuing it in effect-102 Requisition of property for national defense. AN

ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President of the United States to requisition property required for the defense of the United States”, approved October 16, 1941, as amended,

for the purpose of continuing it in effect---
103 District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946. AN ACT Making

appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the
revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30,

1946, and for other purposes..
104 Renegotiation Act, amendment. AN ACT To extend through

December 31, 1945, the termination date under the Renegotia

tion Act.. 105 Postal rates. JOINT RESOLUTION To continue the tempo

rary increases in postal rates on first-class matter, and for other

purposes---
106 Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945. AN ACT To improve salary

and wage administration in the Federal service; to provide pay
for overtime and for night and holiday work; to amend the
Classification Act of 1923, as amended; to bring about a re-
duction in Federal personnel and to establish personnel ceilings
for Federal departments and agencies; to require a quarterly

analysis of Federal employment; and for other purposes..
107 Antitrust laws. AN ACT To amend the Act suspending until

June 30, 1945, the running of the statute of limitations ap-
plicable to violations of the antitrust laws, so as to continue
such suspension until June 30, 1946.-