36 USC 146. seek to achieve ever greater accomplishments in every field of human endeavor and strive to help create a better world community; and WHEREAS, in recognition of our debt to Columbus, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 657), requested the President to issue a proclamation designating October 12 of each year as Columbus Day and calling for the appropriate observance of that day: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, October 12, 1961, as Columbus Day; and I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in churches, schools, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the four hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary of the discovery of America. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on Columbus Day in honor of the great explorer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred [SEAL] and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightysixth. By the President: JOHN F. KENNEDY CHESTER BOWLES, Acting Secretary of State. WRIGHT BROTHERS DAY, 1961 September 22, 1961 By the President of the United States [No. 3433] Ante, p. 611. of America A Proclamation WHEREAS December 17, 1903, marked the beginning of a revolution in the transportation and defense methods employed by all the nations of the world, when the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, by their enterprise and genius made the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; and WHEREAS this historic event has placed the United States in the front ranks of world aviation; and WHEREAS it is most appropriate that the Wright brothers, whose enterprise and genius have made the continents of this planet only hours apart and have changed the pattern of our lives, should be memorialized on the anniversary day of their success; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution approved September 22, 1961, has designated the seventeenth day of December 1961 as Wright Brothers Day, and has requested the President to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on Wright Brothers Day, December 17, 1961; and I invite the people of the United States to observe that day with ceremonies and activities designed to commemorate the achievements of the Wright brothers and to further and stimulate interest in aviation in this country. WHEREAS the year 1961 marks the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Patent Act of 1836 which created the present 5 Stat. 117. examination system for the grant of patents; and WHEREAS in the year 1961 there will be granted the three millionth patent since enactment of the Patent Act; and WHEREAS the grant of a patent is a traditional incentive for the promotion of the useful arts and thereby contributes notably to the well-being of people everywhere; and WHEREAS encouragement of invention is essential to the continued economic and technological development of this Nation; and WHEREAS it is fitting that the anniversary of the Patent Act and the establishment of the United United States Patent Office should be observed; and WHEREAS a joint resolution of the Congress approved September 22, 1961, Ante, p. 611. authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of Patents, and such other persons or groups as they may designate to make suitable arrangements for an appropriate observance of the American patent system and the United States Patent Office; and WHEREAS the said joint resolution requests the President of the United States to designate the week of October 15, 1961, as "The American Patent System Week": NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of October 15, 1961, as the American Patent System Week; and I invite the people during that week to commemorate the American patent system which, by affording protection and encouragement to inventors as envisaged and authorized by the Constitution, contributes so greatly to the encouragement of inventive genius. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-second day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hun[SEAL] dred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ore hundred and eighty-sixth. By the President: CHESTER BOWLES, JOHN F. KENNEDY Acting Secretary of State. CONTENTS Tables of Amendments and Repeals of Prior Laws and Other Federal Instruments Table 1. General Legislation...-- Table 2. Revised Statutes. Table 3. Internal Revenue Code of 1939. Page 1113 1148 1149 Table 10. Provisions Respecting General Repeals, Conflicts, etc. 1156 Tables of Prior Laws and Other Federal Instruments Referred to in Text Table 15. Positive Law Titles of United States Code....... 1166 The following tables are designed to serve as a guide to prior laws and other Federal instruments which are patently amended, repealed, referred to, or otherwise cited by the textual provisions of the public laws contained in this volume. These tables were initiated as a separate pamphlet to accompany Volume 70 of the United States Statutes at Large. Beginning with Volume 71, they are being published as an integral part of each volume. From time to time the tables will be cumulated and made separately available as a convenience to users. Tables 1-9 of Volumes 70-74 covering the years 1956 through 1960 have been cumulated and published as a separate pamphlet. Coverage and arrangement of the tables are subject to change with a view to improved usefulness. The arrangement of the tables is outlined above. There are two basic groups: (1) Tables 1-10 cover amendments, repeals, and other actions directly affecting prior laws and other Federal instruments; and (2) Tables 11-19 cover all citations and other references to prior laws and other Federal instruments. Details of Arrangement. Tables 1-9 are limited to cases in which prior laws and other Federal instruments are expressly affected. Table 10 is a catch-all table designed as a finding aid to relationships which are expressed in general terms. Listed in this table are all public laws in this volume 1111 |