as to aliens whenever there exists a state of war between, or among, two or more states, and the President shall find that the interests of the United States require that restrictions and prohibitions in addition to those provided otherwise than by this Act be imposed upon the departure of persons from and their entry into the United States, and shall make public proclamation thereof, it shall, until otherwise ordered by the President or Congress, be unlawful-". SEC. 2. That section 3 of such Act of May 22, 1918, is amended to read as follows: "Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this Act, or of any order or proclamation of the President promulgated, or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $5,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation shall be punished by like fine or imprisonment, or both; and any vehicle, vessel or aircraft, together with its or her appurtenances, equipment, tackle, apparel, and furniture, concerned in any such violation, shall be forfeited to the United States." SEC. 2a. That section 4 of such Act of May 22, 1918, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. The term 'United States' as used in this Act includes the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. "The word 'person' as used herein shall be deemed to mean any individual, partnership, association, company, or other unincorporated body of individuals, or corporation, or body politic." SEC. 3. That such Act of May 22, 1918, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: Aliens holding per mits. Entry denied if "SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to entitle an alien to whom a permit to enter the United States has been issued to enter the United States, if, upon arrival in the United States, he is found to be found inadmissible. inadmissible to the United States under this Act or any law relating to the entry of aliens into the United States. Prosecutions, etc., upon revocation of "SEC. 6. The revocation of any proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in pursuance of this Act, shall not prevent prosecution proclamation. for any offense committed or the imposition of any penalties or forfeitures, liability for which was incurred under this Act prior to the revocation of such proclamation, rule, regulation, or order." Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 211] AN ACT To amend section 6 of an Act of Congress approved May 20, 1935, entitled "An Act concerning the incorporated town of Seward, Territory of Alaska.' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of an Act of Congress approved May 29, 1935, entitled "An Act concerning the incorporated town of Seward, Territory of Alaska”, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. This Act shall become effective thirty days after its passage: Provided, That if at any time hereafter the public utilities property consisting of an electric system and a telephone system now being operated in and adjacent to said town of Seward under the name of Seward Light and Power, or Seward Light and Power Company, shall be offered by the owner or owners thereof to the town of June 21, 1941 [H. R. 95] [Public Law 115] Seward, Alaska. 49 Stat. 284. Effective date. Provisos. Purchase of certain utilities. maintenance. Bond issue. Rates, fees, etc. pay bonds. Seward at a reasonable price, and the purchase shall be approved by the holder or holders of not less than 75 per centum in principal amount of electric revenue bonds of said town outstanding on the date of approval by said bondholders, and by a majority of the qualified electors of the town of Seward voting upon the question at a regular election or at a special election called and held for that purpose within ninety days after the formal submission of said offer, the town of Seward is hereby authorized and empowered (a) to acquire said property, and to pay the agreed purchase price thereof; Operation and (b) to operate and maintain all or any part thereof for its own use and benefit and for the use and benefit of public and private consumers or users within and without the territorial boundaries of said town, as an integral part of the municipal electric system of said town; (c) to issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of acquiring said property; (d) to prescribe and collect rates, fees, tolls, or charges for the services, facilities and commodities furnished Use of revenues to in connection with the operation of said property; (e) to pledge to the punctual payment of said bonds and interest thereon all or any part of the gross or net revenues from the operation of said property, separately or in conjunction with property heretofore acquired by said town (including improvements, betterments, or extensions thereto Restriction on prin- hereafter constructed or acquired): Provided further, That the principal amount of bonds authorized under the foregoing provisions of this section shall in no event be in excess of the purchase price stated in the offer and all proceedings for the issuance and sale of said bonds shall be submitted to and approved by the holder or holders of not less than 75 per centum in principal amount of aforesaid electric revenue bonds of said town outstanding on the date of such approval: Refunding and ac- Provided further, That said town may, upon consent of the holder or holders of not less than 75 per centum in principal amount of bonds of said town issued under this Act and outstanding on the date of such consent, issue its refunding and acquisition bonds in the aggregate principal amount of bonds to be refunded and such additional principal amount as the probable revenues from the operation of the combined systems will reasonably justify. Refunding and acquisition bonds, if issued, shall bear interest not exceeding 4 per centum per annum; otherwise they shall be issued in compliance with other bond provisions contained in this Act." cipal amount of bonds. quisition bonds. Interest. Repeals. SEC. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 212] AN ACT To provide for the transportation home of persons who have been arrested and subsequently released without conviction or convicted and placed on probation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 3, 1926 (ch. 795, 44 Stat. 901 (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 746)), be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following sections: "SEC. 2. On the release from custody of any person who has been arrested on a charge of violating any law of the United States or of the Territory of Alaska, and who has not been convicted of such charge, other than a person admitted to bail, the court having jurisdiction of the trial of the case, including cases where arrests have been made and no indictment returned, in its discretion may direct the United States marshal for the district wherein he is released, pursuant to regulations that may be promulgated by the Attorney General, to furnish the person so released with transportation and subsistence to the place of his arrest or, at his election, to the place of his bona fide residence if the cost of transportation and subsistence to such place of residence is not greater than to the place of arrest." "SEC. 3. When a court of the United States places a defendant on probation, the court may direct the United States marshal to furnish the defendant with transportation to the place to which the defendant is required to proceed under the terms of his probation and, in addition, may also direct the marshal to furnish the defendant with an amount of money, not to exceed $20, for subsistence expense to his destination. In such event, such expenses shall be paid by the marshal." Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 213] AN ACT To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3528 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 31, sec. 340), is hereby further amended by striking out the figure "$600,000” and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$1,000,000". Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 214] AN ACT To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Transportation of defendant on proba June 21, 1941 [H. R. 4132] [Public Law 117] Minor coin metal fund. 50 Stat. 647. 31 U. S. C. § 340. June 21, 1941 [S. 158] [Public Law 118] Federal Crop Insurance Act, amend Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 502 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, is hereby amended ments. by substituting the word "crop" for the word "wheat-crop" and by substituting the words "agricultural commodities" for the word "wheat". SEC. 2. That section 506 (h) of said Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the words "for wheat and other agricultural commodities" and by inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following words: "and preparatory to the application of the Act to other basic commodities when so provided by law, shall assemble data relative to field corn, for the purpose of establishing a satisfactory actuarial basis for such commodity". 52 Stat. 72. 52 Stat. 73. 7 U. S. C. § 1506 (h). Research with respect to field corn. 52 Stat. 74. 7 U. S. C. § 1508 (a). Application to 1942 SEC. 3. That section 508 of said Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the first comma in subsection (a) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and with the cotton crop planted for cotton crop. harvest in 1942". SEC. 4. That section 508 of said Act, as amended, is further amended by striking out the words "producers of wheat against loss in yields of wheat" in the first sentence, and substituting in lieu thereof the words "producers of the agricultural commodity against loss in yields of the agricultural commodity". SEC. 5. That section 508 of said Act, as amended, is further amended by substituting the words "the agricultural commodity" for the word "wheat" in the third sentence of subsection (a). Substitution of words. 52 Stat. 74, 75, 77. SEC. 6. That sections 508 (b), (c), and (d) and 516 (a) of said Act, as amended, are further amended by substituting the words (b)-(d), 1516. "the agricultural commodity" for the word "wheat" wherever it appears. 52 Stat. 74, 75. 7 U. S. C. § 1508 (a)-(d). Insurance upon yields of cotton. 52 Stat. 77. 7 U. S. C. § 1516. Appropriation thorized, increase. 52 Stat. 77. 7 U. S. C. § 1518. SEO. 7. That section 508 of said Act, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) In connection with insurance upon yields of cotton, to include provision for additional premium and indemnity in terms of lint cotton to cover loss of cottonseed, such additional premium and indemnity to be determined on the basis of the average relationship between returns from cottonseed and returns from lint cotton for the same period of years as that used for computing yields and premium rates.' SEC. 8. That section 516 (a) of said Act, as amended, is amended au- by striking out the figures "$6,000,000" and substituting in lieu thereof the figures "$12,000,000". June 21, 1941 [S. 287] [Public Law 119] Military Reservation, SEC. 9. That said Act, as amended, is further amended by redesignating section 518 as section 519, and by addition thereto of the following new section: "SEC. 518. 'Agricultural commodity', as used in this Act, means wheat or cotton, or both, as the context may indicate." SEC. 10. That section 508 (d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, is amended by inserting the following sentences immediately after the first sentence thereof: "Nothing in this section shall prevent the Corporation from accepting, for the payment of premiums, notes payable in the commodity insured, or the cash equivalent, upon such security as may be determined pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and from purchasing the quantity of the commodity represented by any of such notes not paid at maturity." Approved, June 21, 1941. To authorize the use of certain lands for military purposes at the Fort McPherson Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fort McPherson United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Atlanta National Guard target range, Georgia, comprising one hundred thirty-four and two tenths acres of land, being no longer required for National Guard purposes, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of the Fort McPherson Military Reservation, Georgia. Lands added. SEC. 2. That the tract of land, comprising thirty-six one-hundredths of an acre, with dwelling house thereon, adjacent to the Fort Du Pont Military Reservation, Delaware, heretofore acquired as a part of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal property, being no longer required for that purpose, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of the Fort Du Pont Military Reservation, Delaware. Approved, June 21, 1941. To authorize The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, by means of an underpass, to cross New York Avenue Northeast, to extend, construct, maintain, and operate certain industrial side tracks, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating lessee of all of the railroads and appurtenant properties of The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, in the District of Columbia, be, and it is hereby, authorized to establish switch and siding connec tions with its tracks in parcel 130/9, to cross New York Avenue by means of a suitable underpass, and thence into and through parcel 129/33 and lot 801 in square 3585, as well as into and through the bed of Brentwood Road between New York Avenue and Florida Avenue, if and when said road is officially vacated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, all of said parcels of land being thus known and identified on the plat books of the Surveyor's Office of the District of Columbia, with all switches, crossings, turnouts, extensions, spurs, and sidings, as may be or become necessary for the development of the said squares and parcels of land above indicated for such use as may be permitted in the use district or districts in which said squares and parcels of land are now or may hereafter be included as defined in the zoning regulations of the District of Columbia and shown in the official atlases of the Zoning Commission. SEO. 2. Before any of the work above authorized shall be begun on the ground a plan or plans thereof shall be prepared and subImitted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for their approval and only to the extent that such plans shall be so approved shall said work or any portion thereof be permitted or undertaken. SEC. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. L. 1353), entitled "An Act to provide for the elimination of grade crossings of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes". SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as modifying the requirements of section 1 (18) of the Interstate Commerce Act insofar as they would apply to the construction referred to in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 5. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act. Approved, June 21, 1941. [CHAPTER 217] AN ACT To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, with respect to the making available of conservation materials and soil-conserving or soil-building services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in making available conservation materials consisting of seeds, seed inoculants, fertilizers, liming and other soil-conditioning materials, trees, or plants, or in making available soil-conserving or soil-building services, to agricultural producers under this subsection, the Secretary may make payments, in advance of determination of performance by the producers, to persons who fill purchase orders covering approved conservation materials or covering soil-conserving or soil-building services, furnished to producers at not to exceed a fair price fixed in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, or who render services to the Secretary in delivering to producers approved conservation materials, for the carrying out, by the producers, of soil-building or soil-conserving practices approved by the Secretary." Approved, June 21, 1941. 278941°-42-PT. I-17 |