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Government records, disposal. AN ACT To provide for the dis-
posal of certain records of the United States Government... July 7, 1943...
Military and Naval Academies, appointments. AN ACT Relat-
ing to appointments to the United States Military Academy
and the United States Naval Academy in the case of redis-
tricting of congressional districts...

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7, 1943___

383

Oil and gas conservation. JOINT RESOLUTION Consenting
to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas
Burley and flue-cured tobacco. JOINT RESOLUTION Relat-
ing to the marketing of burley and flue-cured tobacco under
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended..
Defense housing. AN ACT To increase by $300,000,000 the
amount authorized to be appropriated for defense housing
under the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended, and for other
purposes..

Adjustment of titles to certain lands. AN ACT To authorize the
Secretary of Agriculture to adjust titles to lands acquired by
the United States which are subject to his administration,
custody, or control..

July

July 7, 1943___

Death Valley National Monument. AN ACT To authorize the
exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley
National Monument for Government lands in the monument. July 8, 1943___
Springdale, Utah, water supply. AN ACT To amend the de-
scription of the area affected by the Act of May 28, 1928,
entitled "An Act for the relief of the town of Springdale,
Utah", and for other purposes....

Capitol Grounds, parking space. AN ACT To authorize the use
of part of the United States Capitol Grounds east of the
Union Station for the parking of motor vehicles.
Newspapers and periodical publications. AN ACT To relieve
newspapers and periodical publications which have voluntarily
suspended publication for the duration of the war from pay-
ment of second-class application fees upon resumption of pub-
lication...

Salaries, designated officials. AN ACT Prescribing the salary for
the Commissioner of Public Roads and the Commissioner of
Public Buildings____

High-school students, postponement of induction. AN ACT To
amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by pro-
viding for the postponement of the induction of high-school
students who have completed more than half of their academic
year

Protection of vessels, etc. AN ACT To provide a penalty for the
willful violation of regulations or orders respecting the protec-
tion or security of vessels, harbors, ports, or water-front facili-
ties.
Postal employees, detail. AN ACT To provide for clerical assist-
ance at post offices, branches, or stations serving military and
naval personnel, and for other purposes--
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1944. AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.
Pharmacy Corps, Army. AN ACT To establish in the Medical
Department of the Army a corps to be known as the Pharmacy
Corps.

Statue of Sir William Blackstone. AN ACT To provide for the
acceptance on behalf of the United States of a statue of Sir
William Blackstone, the work of the late Paul W. Bartlett, and
for other purposes

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July 8, 1943...

389

July 8, 1943...

390

Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943. AN ACT Making
appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appro-
priations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for prior
fiscal years, and for other purposes..
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1944. AN ACT Making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes -
Iowa-Nebraska boundary. AN ACT To approve and consent to
the compact entered into by Iowa and Nebraska establishing
the boundary between Iowa and Nebraska....
Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1944. AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Labor, the
Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes. July 12, 1943___ 494

July 12, 1943___ 494

St. Elizabeths Hospital, butter substitutes. JOINT RESOLU-
TION Relating to the provision of butter for the patients of
Saint Elizabeths Hospital..

Silver. AN ACT To authorize the use for war purposes of silver
held or owned by the United States.
Emergency flood-control works. AN ACT To provide for emer-
gency flood-control work made necessary by recent floods, and
for other purposes.

National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944. AN ACT
Making appropriations for war agencies in the Executive
Office of the President for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944,
and for other purposes--

Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943. AN ACT Making
appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for prior fiscal
years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes.
Immigration Act of 1917, amendment. AN ACT To authorize
the deportation of aliens to countries allied with the United
States__

Oyster growers, claims. AN ACT To increase by one year the
period within which certain oyster growers may file claims
against the United States in the Court of Claims..
Marine Band. AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the
Marine Band at the seventy-seventh anniversary convention
of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, September 19 to 23, inclusive, 1943..
Veterans' compensation, pension, and retirement pay.

AN ACT
To provide more adequate and uniform administrative pro-
visions in veterans' laws pertaining to compensation, pension,
and retirement pay payable by the Veterans' Administration,
and for other purposes.

July 13, 1943...

554

Black-outs, D. C. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act
to authorize black-outs in the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes", approved December 26, 1941, as amended. July 13, 1943---
Highway Acts, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Act en-
titled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the
States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other
purposes", approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supple-
mented, and for other purposes-

Scottish Rite Temple, D. C. AN ACT To permit certain burials
in the Scottish Rite Temple in the District of Columbia
George Washington Carver National Monument. AN ACT To
provide for the establishment of the George Washington
Carver National Monument_ _ _

Renegotiation of war contracts. AN ACT To prevent the pay-
ment of excessive fees or compensation in connection with the
negotiation of war contracts_

Defense public works. AN ACT To authorize the appropriation
of an additional $200,000,000 to carry out the provisions of title
II of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of
housing in connection with national defense, and for other
purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended.
Commodity Credit Corporation; grade labeling. JOINT RESOLU-
TION To continue the Commodity Credit Corporation as an
agency of the United States, to increase its borrowing power,
and for other purposes--

Great Plains, etc., water conservation.

AN ACT To amend the
Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as amended by the Act
of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), relating to water conser-
vation and utilization projects---

Public Library, D. C. AN ACT To designate the Public Library
of the District of Columbia a public depository for govern-
mental publications.

Tax-exempt properties, D. C. AN ACT To provide for the mailing
of annual notices to owners of tax-exempt properties in the
District of Columbia__

July 13, 1943...
July 13, 1943___

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July 14, 1943___ 563

July 14, 1943___ 564

July 15, 1943... 565

July 16, 1943___

566

July 16, 1943___

566

Sept. 28, 1943___

568

Sept. 29, 1943___

568

Recorder of Deeds, etc., D. C. AN ACT To fix the compensation
of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia and the
Superintendent of the National Training School for Girls Sept. 29, 1943---

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Emergency maternity and infant care. JOINT RESOLUTION Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1944 for emergency maternity and infant care for wives of enlisted men in the armed forces__ Real estate taxes, D. C. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1938158 National Housing Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend the National Housing Act, as now or hereafter amended, so as to give protection to persons in military service, and their dependents, as to certain mortgages. National Housing Act, amendments. National Housing Act, as amended Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, amendment. the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, approved June 16, 1942-Postal Service, custodial employees. AN ACT To extend the provisions of the Reclassification Act of February 28, 1925, to include custodial employees in the Postal Service Santa Clara Pueblo, N. Mex. AN ACT To authorize a per capita payment of $10 to the members of the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States__. Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota", approved April 20,

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AN ACT To amend

AN ACT To amend the

Montezuma Castle National Monument, Ariz. AN ACT To
provide for the addition of certain land in the State of Arizona
to the Montezuma Castle National Monument..
Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942, amendment. AN ACT To
amend section 11 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942___
Virginia, conveyance of land. AN ACT Authorizing the con-
veyance to the State of Virginia, for highway purposes only,
of a portion of the Naval Mine Depot Reservation at York-
town, Virginia.............

Marine Corps, warrant officers. AN ACT To establish the
grades of commissioned warrant officer and warrant officer in
the United States Marine Corps, and for other purposes.
Illinois River, Ill. AN ACT To authorize the adoption of a
report relating to seepage and drainage damages on the Illinois
River, Illinois_

Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942, amendment. AN ACT To
amend section 12 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942_..

Veterans' Administration, transportation. AN ACT To provide
for furnishing transportation in Government-owned automo-
tive vehicles for employees of the Veterans' Administration
at field stations in the absence of adequate public or private
transportation____

575

Naval Reserve Act of 1938, amendment. AN ACT To amend the
Naval Reserve Act of 1938 so as to provide for the payment
of a uniform gratuity to certain officers recalled to active duty. Oct. 25, 1943...
Internal Revenue Code, amendments. AN ACT Relating to the
application of the excess-profits tax to certain production
bonus payments. -

Pipe lines for steam-heating purposes, D. C. AN ACT To permit
construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for
steam-heating purposes in the District of Columbia.. -
Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, amendments.
AN ACT To amend the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance
Act of 1942, as amended, so as to liberalize family allowances,
and for other purposes..

North Slough, Oreg., dam and dike. AN ACT To revive and re-
enact section 9 of an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the con-
struction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on
rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", approved August
26, 1937.
AN ACT To pro-

Naval service, reimbursement for property loss.
vide for reimbursement of officers, enlisted men, and others,
in the naval service of the United States for property lost,
damaged, or destroyed in such service.......

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Navy and Marine Corps, accounts. AN ACT To amend the Act
of May 27, 1908, as amended, authorizing settlement of ac-
counts of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Navy and
Marine Corps.

AN ACT Relating to

Internal Revenue Code, amendments. credits against the Victory tax. York River and Queen Creek, Va., oysters. AN ACT To provide for the removal of oysters from the waters of York River and Queen Creek, Virginia, affected by sewage disposal emanating from the construction battalion training camp, at Camp Peary, Virginia, and for other purposes 180 Internal Revenue Code, amendment. AN ACT Relating to Government and other exemptions from the tax with respect to the transportation of property. Postal Service, personnel. AN ACT Authorizing the Postmaster General to use post-office clerks and city letter carriers interchangeably

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Carrying of dangerous weapons, D. C. AN ACT To amend the
law of the District of Columbia relating to the carrying of con-
cealed weapons---

Women's Reserve, Navy. AN ACT To amend the Naval Reserve
Act of 1938, as amended..........

Public Health Service Act of 1943. AN ACT Relating to the
organization and functions of the Public Health Service, and
for other purposes -

Freight forwarders, joint rates. AN ACT To amend section 409 of
the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to joint rates of freight
forwarders and common carriers by motor vehicle.-
Philippines. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the tenure of
office of the present President and Vice President of the
Philippines___

U. S. flag, issuance. AN ACT To provide for the issuance of a
flag to the nearest relatives of certain persons who die in service
in the land or naval forces of the United States..
Embezzlement, etc., of arms and stores. AN ACT To amend sec-
tion 36 of the Criminal Code.

Oaths of office. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to
dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by
civilian employees of the executive departments and independ-
ent establishments", approved August 14, 1937.
District Court for District of Alaska. AN ACT To provide for a
general term of the District Court for the District of Alaska
at Anchorage, Alaska..

Department of the Interior, collection procedure. AN ACT To
facilitate and simplify collection procedure in the Department
of the Interior.......

Secretary of the Interior, surrender of leases. AN ACT To au-
thorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle certain claims. -
Navy, etc., transportation of dependents. AN ACT To authorize

the transportation of dependents and household effects of
personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard under
certain conditions, and for other purposes..
Naval Academy and Postgraduate School. AN ACT To amend the
Act approved January 16, 1936, entitled "An Act to provide
for the retirement and retirement annuities of civilian members
of the teaching staff at the United States Naval Academy and
the Postgraduate School, United States Naval Academy".
Tennessee middle judicial district. AN ACT To amend section
107 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to change the terms of
the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
National Agricultural Jefferson Bicentenary Committee. JOINT
RESOLUTION To provide for the appointment of a National
Agricultural Jefferson Bicentenary Committee to carry out
appropriate exercises and activities in recognition of the
services and contributions of Thomas Jefferson to the farmers
and the agriculture of the Nation__
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, amendments.
ACT Amending the Selective Training and Service Act of
1940, as amended, and for other purposes –
Army, death gratuity. AN ACT To amend the Act providing
for the payment of allowance on death of officer or enlisted
man to widow, or person designated, and for other purposes.

Chinese Exclusion Acts, repeal. AN ACT To repeal the Chinese
Exclusion Acts, to establish quotas, and for other purposes. - -
Duty on equipments, etc., for vessels. AN ACT To suspend
temporarily the application of sections 3114 and 3115 of the
Revised Statutes, as amended..

Internal Revenue Code, amendments. AN ACT Extending the
time within which applications under section 722 of the
Internal Revenue Code must be made_
Disabled soldiers and sailors. AN ACT To increase the amount
of Federal aid to State or Territorial homes for the support
of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States.
Croatan National Forest, N. C. AN ACT Providing for the
transfer to the custody and control of the Secretary of the
Navy of certain lands comprising a portion of Croatan Na-
tional Forest in the State of North Carolina____.
Navy, auxiliary vessels, etc. AN ACT Authorizing the acquisi-
tion and conversion or construction of certain auxiliary vessels,
landing craft, and district craft for the United States Navy,
and for other purposes
Rural Mail Delivery Service. AN ACT To provide temporary
additional pay for equipment maintenance for each carrier in
Rural Mail Delivery Service----

First airplane flight, anniversary. JOINT RESOLUTION Com-
memorating the fortieth anniversary of the first airplane flight
by Wilbur and Orville Wright..

Bill of Rights Week. JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for
the proper observance of the one hundred and fifty-second
anniversary of the adoption of the first ten amendments to
the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights-
Pearl Harbor catastrophe. JOINT RESOLUTION To extend
the time limit for immunity.

Sequoia National Park, Calif. AN ACT To authorize the ac-
quisition by exchange of certain lands for addition to the
Sequoia National Park......

Congress, date of meeting. JOINT RESOLUTION Fixing the
date of meeting of the second session of the Seventy-eighth
Congress

Grains for feed, etc. JOINT RESOLUTION To permit the
importation from foreign countries free of duty, during a
period of ninety days, of certain grains and other products
to be used for livestock and poultry feed, and suspending for
two months the increase in the tax rates under the Federal
Insurance Contributions Act.

Oil and gas leases. AN ACT To provide for the extension of
certain oil and gas leases_.

Frauds against U. S. AN ACT To limit private suits for pen-
alties and damages arising out of frauds against the United
States__

Women's Reserve of Coast Guard Reserve. AN ACT To amend
the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, as
amended

The State Hospital at Goldsboro, N. C. AN ACT To authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey to The State
Hospital at Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina, a certain
tract of land, situated in Wayne County, North Carolina____
First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1944.
AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in
certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944,
and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other
purposes.

Farm Labor. JOINT RESOLUTION Extending until January
31, 1944, the provisions of the Act of April 29, 1943, making an
appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution
of farm labor for the calendar year 1943..
Cannon's Procedure in House of Representatives. JOINT RESO-
LUTION Authorizing the printing and binding of a revised
edition of Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives
and providing that the same shall be subject to copyright by
the author_

Commodity Credit Corporation. JOINT RESOLUTION Con-
tinuing the Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the
United States.