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 1332 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Ca. 352. 1929. Nature and extent o f SEC. 19. The commission shall by rule prescribe the nature and examination to be pre- scribed. extent of the examinations to be conducted by each of the examining boards. All applicants examined by the board of examiners in the basic sciences shall be subjected to the same examination and rated on the same scale, as nearly as may be. All applicants, except appli- cants for licenses to practice midwifery, shall be subjected to the same examination and rated on the same scale, by the respective examining boards to which they are referred by the commission, To be in writing. in the diagnosis and prevention of communicable disease. Every examination shall be in writing, in the English language, but each s hall be supp leme nted, if pra ctic able , by lab orat ory and clin ical tes ts and, if the comm issi on d eems pro per, may be supp leme nted by oral Id enti ty of per son e xami nati ons. Every examination shall be conducted, so far as the not to be known. character of the examination permits, so that no examining board and no member thereof shall know the identity of the person Similarity of ques- examined. In any one examination by any one board the questions tions . propounded to and the problems set for each applicant shall be as Standard ru le for nearly the same as the character of the examination will permit. As credi ts, etc. a guide for determining whether an applicant has or has not passed, the commission shall fix by rule a uniform standard for all appli- cants, except that the commission may fix maximum credits to be allowed for such experience a s the applicant may have had as a licensed practitioner and in the discretion of the commission may require an applicant claiming any such credit to be subjected to clinical and laboratory tests to demonstrate what credit he shall be Modifications al- al lo we d, i f an y. The g eneral rules formulated by the commission lowed. t o govern examinations may be modified with respect to examinations conducted by the board of examiners in the basic sciences and by boards of examiners in midwifery, in so far as the nature and func- Uniform standard of tion of the examinations conducted by those boards require. Except examinations. as hereinbefore stated, all examinations shall conform as nearly as may be to a uniform standard, to the end that every licensed prac- titioner of the healing art in the District of Columbia may conform so far as may be possible to a single uniform standard of professional fitness. Boards to submit in- tended que stion s to SEC. 20 . The board of examiners in the basic sciences, the board of co mmission. examiners in medicine and osteopathy, and each board of examiners in drugless healing before which any applicant is to appear at the next ensuing examination, shall submit to the commission, not less than ten days before each examination, such questions as may be Preparation, distri- required by the rules of the commission governing examinations. bution, etc ., of ques- The commission shall cause the questions so submitted to be prepared tions. for distribution and to be distributed in the course of the examination at appropriate times ; but from the questions submitted by the several exam inin g bo ards in the diag nosi s an d pr even tion of comm unic able diseases, the commission shall select the questions to be used, and if the commission deems proper may revise and supplement such questions, and shall submit to all applicants appearing at any one examination the identical questions with respect to the subject named. P laces and faci litie s SEC. 21 . The commission shall provide the place or places and all for examinations. necessary facilities for examinations, including such supervisors or App licants to b e as- proctors as the commission deems necessary. The commission shall sig ned numbers. assign to each applicant a number under which his examination shall be conducted, with a view to the concealment of the identity of the examinee from the examiner, so far as may be practicable. Del ivery to, an d ex- The supervisor or proctor designated by the commission shall collect o of papers . bexami- ners, all examination papers and deliver them or cause them to be delivered to the several examiners who are to examine them. Each examining board shall, as speedily as possible, examine all applicants referred

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cx. 352. 1920 . 1333 to it and report its findings to the commissi on. All reports of Consideration of re- written examinations shall be made under the numbers of the several po rts . examinees and not under their names ; but each board shall report to the commission, under the names of the several examinees, the results of the clinical and laboratory tests and of the oral examina- tion, if any, to which the examinee has been subjected. The written sio Ratings by commis- and the oral examination and the clinical and the laboratory tests shall each be rated on a basis of one hundred, and the reports of the seve ral bo ards o f exam iners shall be made accor dingly. The re lative weight to be given to each, the passing grade, and the weight to be allowed fo r experience, shall be fixed by the commi ssion by regulations. The final standing of each applicant shall be determined by the commission in accordance therewith. SEC. 22 . The commission shall carefully consider the reports of Consideration by commission of reports the board of examiners in the basic sciences and of the examining of board. board by which any applicant has been examined, purporting to sho w the qua lific ation s of the appli cant. If the commi ssion is Issue of license to satisfied that the applicant iss qualified to practice the healing art in qualifi ed applicants. accordance with law and within the limits fixed by his application, the commission shall issue to him a license attesting that fact and authorizing him so to practice in whatever class of practice the commission has found him qualified, so long as that license is unsuspended and unrevoked. All reports of examining boards and spRepoorrts open to in- all questions to and answers by applicants in written examinations shall be open to inspection by any person who shows to the satisfaction of the commission that he has some proper interest in them. All examination papers shall be preserved by the commission mss lon rvationbycom- for a period of not less than two years. The commission shall record all licenses in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be duly indexed. Licenses shall be consecutively numbered, except that liceusumbering, etc ., of licenses of different classes may be numbered and recorded in separate series. Licenses shall show on their faces the class of practice for which they are issued, and licentiates shall display the same prominent ly in the ir office s at all times. SEC. 23. Any person desiring to practice the healing art in the App licat ions forpr ac- yh b g tics bealing art to the District of Columbia shall apply to the commission, in writing, commission. for authority so to do. The application shall be in such form and Form, etc. accompanied by such evidence of the qualifications of the applicant as the commission requires. Each application shall show whether the applicant (a) seeks a license (1) on the basis of a license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, under section 24 of this Act ; (2) on the basis of years of practice, under section 24 ; (3) on the basis of reciprocity, under section 25 ; or (4) on the basis of examination under section 26 ; or (b) seeks registra- tion as a person exempted from licensure, under section 42. Each Fees required. application shall be accompanied by a fee, as follows : For a license on the basis of a license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, a fee of $1 ; on the basis of years of practice in the District of Columbia, a fee of $25 ; for a license on the basis of reciprocity, a fee of $50 ; for certification of applications for license by reciprocity in other jurisdictions, a fee of $10 ; for a license on the basis of examination, a fee of $25 ; for registration as a person exempted from license, a fee of $1 ; but physicians and Ex cept ions. surgeon s of the United Stat es Army, Navy, and P ublic Health Service, and medical officers in any other branch of the Federal Government whatsoever, and practitioners of the healing art resid- ing within and licensed by States bordering on the District of Columbia, who do not maintain an office or appoint places where patients may be met within the District of Columbia, applying for registration as persons exempted from licensure in the District

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 1334 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 352. 1929 . of Columbia, shall not be required to pay any fee in connection with Refunds. ,:N any such application. The commission may, on showing o any adequate cause, refund to an applicant for a license on the basis of examination any or all of the fee paid by him, prior to the reference of his application to an examining board for consideration, and thereafter if the applicant is by reason of sickness or other ade- quate cause prevented from entering the examination, the com- mission may refund not more than 50 per centum of such fee. An applicant for a license by reciprocity who fails to establish his right to such a license, and an applicant for registration as a person exempted from licensure who fails to establish his right to such registration, may be repaid by the commission not to exceed 80 per centum of the amount deposited by him with his application. Present practitioners S under former law, de- EC. 24 . Eve ry person lic ensed to pract ice medicine and surgery siring to continue, must or to practice midwifery in the District of Columbia under the apply for license. Vol. zs,p.138. provision s of an Act en titled "An Ac t to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District of Columbia," as approved June 3, 1896, as amended, who desires to continue so to practice after this Act becomes effective, shall ap pl y Publication of re- quirement. for a license so to do. As soon as practicable after the approval of this Act the commission shall by publication give notice of this requirement in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the District of Columbia and in one or more medical journals of Relicensing. national circulation. Application for such relicensing shall be made within ninety days after the publication of such notice. A licentiate who within the time thus limited applies for relicensing may continue to practice until the commission has acted on his appli- cation and granted to him a new license, if he be entitled thereto. A licentiate who fails to make applica tion for relic ensing within the time thus limited, but who later makes such application, shall not practi ce unti l afte r a new licens e, if the com mission finds him en titled In flue years no thereto has been issued to him. After five ears after the approval license to be issu ed y based on former laws. of this Act the commissio n shall issue no license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia on the basis of a license to pract ice me dicine and surger y or t o prac tice midwif ery, i n the District of Columbia, in force on the date of its approval. Every license issued under the provisions of this section shall show whether the licentiate was licensed in the first instance on the basis of a diploma and of registration without examination, or on the basis of examination, and shall show the date of such original registra- Osteopathy. tion, if there be any, and of such original license. App lic at ion f rom Any person who was engaged in the practice of osteopathy in present practi tioners. Requirements. the District of Columbia on or before January 1, 1928, may deliv er. to the commission, within ninety days after the approval of this Act, a written application for a license to practice osteopathy and surgery in the District of Columbia, together with satisfactory proof that the applicant is not less than twenty-one years of age and of good moral character, and had previously obtained a diploma from some legally incorporated school or college of osteopathy, and had been actively engaged in the practice of osteopathy for the past ten years, or had previously obtained a diploma from some legally incor- porated college of osteopathy whose requirements were equal to those Issue of l icens es. recognized b y the America n Osteopathic Association. When the commission is satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant as aforesaid, it shall issue to him a license to practice oste opath y For osteo pathy and su rgery : Pr ovid ed, That the commission may, in or osteopathy only, without surgery. its di scretio n, iss ue to s uch app licant s licen ses to practi ce oste opathy only, which licenses shall not permit the practice of surgery unless they satisfy the commission that they have had adequate clinical

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. C$. 352. 1929 . 1335 facilities at their respective colleges of graduation, or by hospital work, to enable them to practice surgery. Each license so to do shall show that it was issued on the basis of years of practice in the District of Columbia and without examination. Chiropractic. Any person who was engaged in the practice of chiropractic in the Application fr om present p ractitioners. District of Columbia on o r before Janu ary 1, 1928, m ay deliver to Requirements. the commission, within ninety days after the approval of this Act, a written application for license to practice chiropractic in the District of Columbia, together with satisfactory proof that the applicant is not less than twenty-one years of age and of good moral character, and had previously obtained a diploma from some legally chartered or incorporated and duly established school or college of chiropractic and was actually engaged in the practice of chiro- practic in said District on January 1, 1928. Issue of l icense. When the commission is satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant as aforesaid, it shall issue to him a license to practice chiro practic. Each license so to do shall show that it was issued on the basis of actual practice in the District of Columbia without exami nation. Any person who has been engaged in the practice of the healing Drugless healing. Application fr om art as defined in this Act, in the District of Columbia on or before present p ractitioners. January 1, 1928, according to any other drugless method of healing, Proof required. who has been graduated wi th a degree a ppropriate to the system of drugless healing that lie has practiced by a legally chartered or incorporated and duly est ablished scho ol, and who de sires to con- tinue so to practice, shall within ninety days after the approval of this Act submit proof, satisfactory to the commission, of such date of practice and of graduation, of the fact that he is not less than twenty-one years of age and of good moral character, and of the name, charac ter, and limi ts of the met hod of healing practiced by Issue of license. him. When the commission is satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant as aforesaid, it shall issue to the applicant a license to practice the healing art in accordance with the system described by the applicant, if recognized by the commission as a named system of drugless healing, which shall be clearly defined and limited in the license so as to distinguish it from all other systems of practice. A license issued in any such case shall show that it was issued on the basis of years of practice. and not on the basis of examination. Application without SEC. 25 . An applicant who desires to obtain a license without examinations by virtue examination, by virtue of a license issued to him by a State, Terri- o ofc license from state, tory, or other jurisdiction forming a part of the United States, or Proof required. by a foreign country, shall submit proof, satisfactory to the com- mission, that he is not less than twenty-one years of age and is of good moral character ; that he was licensed to practice the healing art in the jurisdiction whence he comes under conditions that at that time would have enabled him to obtain a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia, or to have obtained a license under the provisions of this Act were it then in force ; that he prac- ticed the healing art under authority of said license for not less than two consecutive years immediately preceding the date of his application, and that he intends, if licensed by the commission, to Proof of reciprocity practice in the District of Columbia. The applicant shall submit, by state, etc. also, proof that the licensing agency of the jurisdiction whence he comes or desires to come grants, without examination, to licentiates of the District of Columbia of the same class, licenses to practice the Issue of license. healing art within its jurisdiction. When the commission is satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant as aforesaid and as to the readiness of the licensing agency of the jurisdiction whence the applicant comes to license, without examination, licentiates of the

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 1336 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ca. 352. 1929 . licensing agency of the District of Columbia of the same class, the commission shall issue to the applicant a license to practice the healing art corresponding in scope as nearly as may be to the license Applicants o. a pplic ants fail in g ex- issued to him by the jurisdiction whence he comes : Provided, That am ination under an applicant who has been examined under authority of the com- a uthor ity of commis- s ion . mission and who has failed, shall not thereafter be licensed by the commission by virtue of reciprocity with another jurisdiction. ceApplicsn ts af or ei- SEC . 26 . Each applicant for a license to practice the healing art, a minat ion, to submi t to be issued a fter examinat ion, shall sub mit with his application character, o and o educa s proof satisfactory to the commission that he is not less than twenty_ tion. one years of age ; that he is of good moral character ; that he has had not less than two years of preprofessional education and train- ing in a college or university acceptable to the commission before entering on the study of the healing art ; that he has studied the healing art through not l ess than four graded course s of not less than nine months each, in a professional school or schools registered under this Act, and has been graduated by such a school with the degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or some equiva- lent degree ; and, if required by the commission, that he has had not less than one year of training in a hospital registered by the com- Proaisos. mission under this Act : Pro vided That an applicant who has had admitted ex ami na- I tion, but license de- the education and training required above, in preprofe ssional and ferred until graduated from registered school. professional schools, but whose graduation has been deferred b the professional school he last attended until after he has completed his training in a registered hospital, may be admitted to examina- tion ; but no license shall be issued to any such applicant until after he has been gr aduated from a registered s chool : Provided further, on proof of grad,ia- That an applicant for a license to be issued after examination who tion, training, etc ., required under former was graduated before the approval of this Act by a school registered la w. under this Act may, if otherwise qualified, be admitted to examina- tion upon proo f by the appl icant of such preprofession al and pro- fessional educ ation and tra ining, and of such graduati on, as were required by the laws of the District of Columbia regulating the prac- tice of medici ne and surger y at the time of such gradu ation : Pr o - Osteopathy and sur- vided further, That an applicant for a license to practice osteopathy gery requirements. and surgery wh o has been gr aduated as afo resaid prior to December 31, 1930, shall be examined and licensed on showing that he was graduated by a high school acceptable to the commissio n before he entered on the study of osteopathy and that he in all other respects Drugl ess healing re- is qualified as aforesaid for examination : And provided further, quirements. That an applicant for a license to practice drugless healing, who has been graduated before December 31, 1935, may be admitted to exami- nation on proof that before entering on the study of drugless heal- ing he was graduated by a high school acceptable to the commission, and that he in all other respects is qualified as aforesaid for exami- nation, and was graduated by a school registered under this Act, teaching the method of healing that he intends to follow, with a degree appropr iate to that method of heal ing, after no t less than three graded courses of resident study and training of at least six c oll ege edu cat ion , etc., required for appli- m on th s e ac h. After December 31, 1935, every s uch applicant shall ca iossafter December be required to submit, before he is referred to an examining board for examination, evidence of not less than two years' education in a college acceptable to the commission and not less than four graded resident courses of professional study of not less than nine months each, in the same manner and to the same extent as are required of other applicants for licenses to practice the healing art. Midwifery require- An applicant for a license to practice midwifery shall submit menu. proof, satisfactory to the commission, that before beginning the study of midwifery she had been graduated by a high school accept.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cu. 352. 1929 . 1337 able to the commission and thereafter studied midwifery in a school of midwifery registered under this Act, for at least two graded courses of six months each, including attendance of not less than twenty-five cases of labor, and was duly graduated by that school. Equity jurisdiction SEC. 27. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting of District S upr eme as a court of equity, may suspend or revoke any license issued and cour t to susp end or any registration effected under this Act, upon evidence showing to revoke licenses, etc. the satisfaction of the court that the licentiate or registrant, as the case may be, has been guilty of misconduct or is professionally inca pacita ted. Petition to be filed. Proceedings looking toward the suspension or revocation of a license or registration shall be begun by petition filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art, or of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or of the major and superintendent of police Procedure as in of said District, and shall be verified by oath. Proceedings shall e quity . be conducted according to the ordinary rules of equity practice and such supplementary rules as said court may deem expedient to carry into effect the purpose and intent of this Act ; and said court is Appeal allowed. hereby authorized to make such supplementary rules. An appeal may be taken from the decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the Court of Appeals of said District. Any such appeal on behalf of the commission or of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or of the major and superintendent of police Determination by of said District may be filed without bond. The Supreme Court of District Supreme the District of Columbia may determine whether a license or regis- Court. tration shall be suspended or be revoked, and if such license is to be suspended said court may determine the duration of such sus- pension and the conditions under which such suspension shall terminate. For bidden acts. SEC. 28. No person shall file or attempt to file with the commis- F iling fal se ev idenc e sion any statement, diploma, certificate, credential, or other evidence with commission. when he knows, or when he might by reasonable diligence ascertain, that it is false and misleading. Disclosing identity, SEC. 29 . No person who has been referred by the commission to etc ., to examiner. an examining board for examination and to whom has been assigned by the commission a number under which to write and deliver his answers in connection with the written examination shall disclose to any ex aminer, or p ermit to be disclo sed to any ex aminer , the num- ber so assigned, or in any other avoidable manner enable the exam- iner to determine the identity of the applicant whose papers he is examini ng. Allowing impersona- SEC. 30. No person shall allow any other person to impersonate tion to obtain certifi- him in any manner whatsoever, in obtaining or attempting to obtain cate, etc' any certificate, license, or registration. Disclosing in ad- SEC. 31 . No person shall disclose, directly or indirectly, to an vance questions, etc ., applicant for a license, in advance of any examination or test to for applicants. which the applicant is to be subjected, any question to be propounded to the appl icant or any test to which he is to be subje cted. No appl i- ca nt for a cer tifica te, li cense, or re gistrat ion un der th is Act, and no other person whosoever shall procure or undertake to procure any such disclosure. Allowing another to SE C. 32. No person licensed or registered under this Act shall impersonate in prac- allow any other person to impersonate him in connection with prac- tice. tice under any such license or registration. Imp ers on ati ng li° SEC. 33 . No person shall impersonate a person licensed or reg- censed person. istered under this Act in connection with the practice of the healing art under such license or registration.

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 1338 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 352. 1929 . etc Altering, th SEC. 34 . No person shall alter or forge, or attempt to alter or intent to evade provi- forge, any diploma or other evidence of graduation in the healing sions of Act. art, or any certificate or evidence of any kind, with the intent that it shall be used to evade the provisio ns of th is Act. Forging, etc., license, SEC. 35 . No person shall alter or forge, or attempt to alter or forge, et c' any license or evidence of registration, or counterfeit the seal of the commission, or make any counterfeit impression of that seal. a Unfai r rating, etc ., of SEC. 3 6 . No person having any office or duty to perform with respect to the licensing or registration of applicants for licenses and for registration under the provisions of this Act shall knowingly rate unfairly or give any unauthorized advantage to, or impose any unfair disadvantages on, any such applicant. clared a forgery. de- S EC. 37 . Any person who swears or affirms to the truth of any matter or opinion that he knows to be false, for the purpose of evading, hindering, or impeding the purposes of this Act is guilty of perjury. Any person who swears or affirms falsely, outside of the Dis trict of Col umbia, if hi s oath or af firmati on be delive red to the commission in said District shall be guilty of perjury in said District and shall be tried and punished under the laws thereof. Action on refusing SEC. 38. The commission may refuse to license or to register any license, e tc. person for any cause that in the judgment of the commission would, under the provisions of section 27 of this Act, authorize the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to suspend or revoke a license or Hearings. registration, if issued or granted. Before the commission refuses to lic ense o r regi ster a ny app licant for a ny caus e unde r the provis ions of this sect ion, it s hall give that app licant an opportun ity to be heard in person or by attorney, and to produce witnesses on his behalf. Witnesses may be produced on behalf of the commission and on Assistance of Dis- behalf of any interested person. The attendance and testimony of trice supreme come to issue subpcnnas, etc. witnessesmay be compelled by subpoena issued by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and said court is hereby authorized to issue and to enforce such subpoenas, on petition of the commission. Any person failing or refusing, without just cause, to appear and testify in response to any such subpoena, or in any way obstructing the course of an y hear ing to which he has been subpoe naed, is gui lty of contempt of court and may be punished as other persons guilty of contempt of court are punished. Any member of the commission may tr Rt Reviewal byCoDris administer oaths at any such hearing. On the petition of any appli- etc t cant to whom a license or registration has been denied by the com- mission by virtue of this section, the action of the commission may be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on a writ of ce rtiora ri, su bject to app eal to the Co urt of Appea ls of the District of Columbia, in the same manner as appeals are taken in simil ar cases. Pen alty for viol a- SEC. 39. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall upon tion s of Act, conv iction there of be punish ed by a fine of not more than $ 100 or by imp rison ment for not m ore than ninet y da ys, o r by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Sus pensi on, etc ., of SEC. 40 . If a person licensed or registered under the provisions of lice nsed pers on c on- victed of felony by this Act be convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of Colum- District cou rt. bia of any felony, the court, without further hearing or procedure, may suspend for such time and under such conditions as it deems prop er, or may r evoke, the l icense or reg istrat ion of the d efenda nt, in addition to imposing any other penalty provided by law. An appeal by the defendant in any such case from the conviction of the offense shall act as a supersedeas to the judgment of the court sus- pending or revoking his license or registration. fuiprunctioofhanla - SEC. 41 . The unlawful practice of the healing art may be enjoined by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a court of eq uity, on pet ition by the commi ssion, or by the Co mmissi oners of

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 1340 SEVENTI ETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 352. 1929 . Not violating com- religious freedom : Provided, That the laws, rules, and regulations municable diseases, etc ., laws, etc. relating to communicable diseases and sanitary matters are not Sale of medicine. violated ; or (e) to the sale, manufacture, or advertising of drugs Condition. and medicines : Provided, That the vendor, maker, or advertiser, Burden of proof of refrains from any attempt to diagnose : Provided, That it shall not exemption on defend- be necessary to negative any of the aforesaid exemptions in any ant. prosecution brought under this Act, but the burden of proof of any Moneyreceivedtobe such exemption shall be on the defendant. deposited as a special SEC. 44. All money payable under the provisions of this Act shall fund. be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia and be by Pa ym ent from, for him deposited as a special fund to the credit of the commission. all expenses, except of The commission shall pay from such fund all of the expenses of crimina l prosecutio ns. carrying this Act into effect, except such as may be incident to crimi nal prosecuti ons and to, supervision and investiga tion with a view to criminal prosecution, the cost of which shall be paid from appropriations in the same manner as the expenses of other criminal prosecutions and supervisory work and investigations incident thereto are paid. Payments by the commission shall be made by check, signed by the president and treasurer of the commission. Members of the several examining boards and all officers and employees of the commission shall be paid at such rates as the com- Pr es ent medical mission deems proper. boards to deliver rec- SEC. 45 . As soon as practicable after the approval of this Act the ords, etc ., to Commis- sion on Lic ensur e to Board of Medical Supervisors of the District of Columbia, the Board Practice the Healing of Medical Examiners of said District, the Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners, and the Board of Electric Medical Examiners shall deliver to the Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Board of Medic al Art in the Distr ict of Columb ia all records and property in their Supervisors to transfer balance commission . possession, respectively. The Board of Medical Supervisors of the eto District of Columbia shall transfer to said commission all money remaining to the credit of said board after the payment in full of all Use for expenses of outstanding obligations against it ; and the money so transferred the Act. may be used by the commission to defray the expenses of carrying this Act into effect in the same manner as other money coming into Enforcement provi. the custody of the commission is used for that purpose. lions. SEC. 46 . It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District Criminal pro cee d- of Columbia and of the major and superinten dent of polic e of said ings. District to enforce the provisions of this Act. Criminal prosecution Su spen sion of 11. sha ll be conduct ed by the Uni ted States dis trict attorne y for the cau ses, and inju nctio ns. District of Columbia. Proceedings looking toward the suspension or revocation of licenses or registration a nd toward the issue of injunctions, under the provisions of this Act, shall be conducted by said United States district attorney when instituted on behalf of the commission, and by the corporation counsel for the District of Columbia when instituted on behalf of the commissioners of said Distri ct or by the majo r and superi ntende nt of polic e of s aid Annual report, etc. Di strict. SEC. 47 . The commission shall report annually to Congress, on the first Monday in December, its proceedings under the provisions of this Act during the next preceding fiscal year, with recommenda- tions for such further legislation as may be necessary to protect the people of the District of Columbia from ignorance and quackery Title of Act. in the practice of the healing art in said District. SEC. 48 . This Act may be cited as the "Healing Arts Practice Disposition of mat- Act, District of Columbia, 1928 . " t ers p endin g bef ore SEC. 49 . Matters pending before the Board of Medical Super- Bo ard of Medical Su- pervisors. visors of the District of Columbia at the time of the approval of this Act shall be disposed of by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this Act, unless in the judgment of the commission it would be unjust or oppressive so to do ; any matter, which in

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 352-354. 1929. 1341 the judgment of the commission, it would be unjust or oppressive so to dispose of, may be dispo sed of by the commission, i n so far as may be practicable, in accordance with the provisions of the law in force when the matter first came before the Board of Medical Supervisors. Criminal prosecutions may be instituted and, if insti- , al proceed- tuted at the time of the approval of this Act, may be continued, and penalties may be imposed, under the provisions of the law in force at the time of the alleged offense, notwithstanding the passage of this Act. Except as pr ovided above, all laws con trary to this pealed. laws re- Act or inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed, Approved, February 27, 1929. February 27, 1929. CHAP. 353 .-An Act Authorizing the use of certain land owned by the 	[s .4087 .] United States in the District of Columbia for street purposes. [Public, No. 832 .] Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the United State s of America in Congress a ssembled That the Commis- U i etrietef orized iof s au th of sioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized desi g nated united to use for str eet purposes one thousand six hundred an d fifty-one States land in,forstreet str eet square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 17/93, seven hundred and eight square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 18/52, and three hundred and eighty square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 18/23, all for the widening of Reservoir Road, and to use for street purposes twenty-three thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine and sixty-three one-hundredths square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 28/12 for the widening of Reservoir Road and Forty-fourth Street ; and to use for street purposes a strip of ,land sixty feet wide containing two hundred and fifty-eight t housand seven hundred and fifty square feet, more or less, lying immediately northeasterly of the southwesterly boundary of a tract of land known as parc el 173/23 for the widening of South Dakota Avenue ; and to use for street purposes nine thousand square feet, more or less, of a tract of land known as parcel 243/15 for the extension of Trenton Street and for the widening of Fourth Street southeast ; and to use for street purpo ses on e tho usand five h undred and twenty-one and twenty-eight one-hundredths square feet of lot 802, square 1932, and three thousand six hundred and sixty-nine and eighty-eight one- hundredths square feet of lot 837, square 1300, for the widening of Wisconsin Avenue, all as shown on maps designated as Street Extension Maps 1150 and 115 4, and Survey or's Office Ma ps 1314 and 1373, on file in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, all the above- described pro perty herein authorized to be used for street purposes being owned by the United States of America. Approved, February 27, 1929. CHAP. 354 .-An Act To authorize the consolidation and coordination of February 27,1929. [H. R. 5769.] Government purchase, to enlarge the functions of the General Supply Commit- [Public, No. 833.] tee, to authorize the erection of a public warehouse for the storage of Govern- ment supplies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, through the General Supply Committee established under the provisions of section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 191 1, and for ot her purposes, " is hereby au thorized and directed to purchase or procure and distribute supplies to meet the Gen er al Supply Comm itte e. Supplies for execu- tive departments, es- tablishments, and Dis- trict of Columbia, to be purchased and d is- tributed through .

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 1342 Proviso. For field services may be included. Designation by Sec- retary of the Treasury. Estimates of require- ment s by depa rtme nts for inclusion in pro- posed purchases. Reimbursement to general supply fund. Charge of propor- tionate cost to depart- ment. General supply fund created for payments for supplies to be pur- chased. Deposit by requisi- tioning office with the Treasurer from appro- priations applicable for reimbursement. Pro vis os. Amounts credited to supply fund, and reap- propriated thereto. Annual statement of assets and liabilities of fund, etc. Audit by Comptrol- ler General. Surplus to be covered into the Treasury. Payme nts for field service supplies may be direc t to vend ors. Reg ula ti ons to be prescribed. wareh ouse. Acquiring sites and construction of build- ing for, authorized. SEVENTIETH - C ONGRESS. SEss. IL 'Cx '3'54. 1929 . consolidated requirements of the executive departments and inde- pendent establishments of the Federal Government in Washington, District of Columbia, and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia : Provided, That the requirements of the field services of any department or establishment, when request is made by the head thereof, shall be included in such purchase or procurement and distribution of supplies. The supplies to be purchased in this manner shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury from those for which he is authorized under existing law to make term contracts or to include in the general schedule of supplies issued annually by the General Supply Committee. SEC. 2. That each executive department and independent estab- lishment shall furnish from time to time, when called on to do so, estimates of its requirements for inclusion in purchases which it is proposed to have made by the Secretary of the Treasury, and there shall be reserved from proper appropriations sufficient amounts in each case to reimburse the general supply fund hereinafter created. The General Supply Committee shall charge the proportionate cost of supplies, including breakage, shrinkage, transportation, cost of handling by the Treasury Department, and inspection, and bill the same to each requisitioning department ; and each requisitioning department and independent establishment shall reimburse said gen- eral supply fund out of its appropriation upon proper vouchers. SEC. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be set aside as a special fund in the Treasury Department, to be known as the general supply fund, such sum as may be appropriated by Congress for the making of payments for supplies to be purchased under the provisions of this Act, including the cost thereof and transportation charges, and reimbursement therefor upon presentation of proper vouchers, shall be made by each requisitioning office, out of any appropriations which may be applicable, by depositing the proper amounts directly to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States for the credit of the general supply fund herein authorized, and duplicate certificates of deposits issued therefor shall be promptly forwarded to the Gen- eral Supply Committee : Prov ided, T hat all such rei mbur seme nts shall be placed to the credit of the general supply fund, and the same are hereby reappropriated for the same purpose as the original fund : Provided further, That there shall be included in each annual report of the Treasury Department a statement of the assets and liabilities of the said general supply fund as of June 30, including as assets any supplies purchased therefrom and on hand, for which reimbursement has not been received : Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the United States shall make an annual audit of the general supply fund as of June 30, and there shall be covered into the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts any surplus found therein, all assets and liabilities considered, above the amount appropriated to establish the said fund : Provided, how- ev er, That payments for supplies procured for a field service may, in the discretion of the head of the department or establishment con- trolling such field service, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made direct to the vendors by the department or establishment. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pre- scribe suitable regulations to give full force and effect to the purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act. SEC. 5. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such sites and additions to sites, in the vicinity of United States Reservations 17B,

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 354, 357 . 1929 . 17C, 17D, or 113, as may be necessary, and is authorized and directed to constr uct, on the sit es so acquired o r on other land i n said District belo nging to the United States not n eeded for o ther purpo ses, t he location to be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a building or buildings of fireproof ware- hou se ty pe, wi th ap proxim ately four hund red th ousan d squ are fe et of floor space, to provide storage space and facilities and the neces- sary o ffices c onnected therewi th, for use of t he Gener al Suppl y Com- mittee of the Treas ury De partm ent, of ot her de partm ents or Ind e- pendent Establ ishments of the United Sta tes Government, and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia. SEC. 6. That the control of assignment of space in said building or build ings s hall be vested in the Publ ic Bui lding s Com missio n, established by section 10 of the Act approved March 1, 1919. Com- pensation for such occupancy, space, and facilities as are utilized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be ona rental basis on terms to be fixed by a board consisting of the director of Public Buildin gs and Public Parks of the National Capital, the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia, and the Super- vising Architect of the Treasury. SEC. 7. That the plans for such building or buildings shall be pre- pared by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital in consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts ; and he shall be charged with the custody, protection, maintenance, repair, and operation of said building or buildings. SEC. 8. Authority is hereby given for closing and vacating such portions of streets as lie between such sites and such alleys as inter- sect such sites, and the portions of such streets and alleys so closed and vacated shall thereupon become parts of such site. SEC. 9. Not more than $10,000 of any funds hereafter appropriated for the purposes of this Act may be expended by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks for obtaining, by contract or oth erwise, such spe cial tec hnical p ersonal services as may be neces - sary, at rates of pay as may be fixed by the director not exceeding tho se usual for sim ilar ser vices, w ithout r eference to civi l-servic e rules and the Classification Act of 1923. SEC. 10. Appropriations of the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Act, not exceeding $1,750,000, are hereby authorized. Approved, February 27, 1929 . CHAP. 357 .-A n Act To a mend certa in s ectio ns of the Teachers' Salary Act, approved June 4, 1924, 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 following quoted provisions of Article I covering salary class 2, teachers in jun ior high schools, are he reby rep ealed. u CLASS 2 .-TEACHERS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS "A teacher in the junior high schools who possesses the eligibility requirements of teachers in the elementary schools and who in addi- tion has met the higher eligibility requirements established by the Bo ard of E ducation for tea chers in junior high sch ools sha ll be pa id in accordance with the following schedules "A t eacher i n the ju nior hig h school who pos sesses th e eligib ility re quiremen ts of te achers i n the se nior hig h and no rmal sch ools sha ll be paid in accordance with the following schedules," so that the salary schedule as amended shall read as follows 1343 Storage space, facili- ties, etc ., for use of General Supply Com- mi tte e, dep art men ts, etc. Assignment of space vested in Public Build- ings Commis sion . Vol.44,p.1269. Re ntal for s pace used by the District. Preparation of plans for buildings . Closing of streets, etc ., authorized . Allowance for special technical services . Limitation on amounts authorized. February 28, 1929 . [S.4063.] [Public, No. 834 .1 Public schools, Dis- trict of Columbia . Junior high school salaries repealed . Vol. 43, p. 367, re- pealed . Matter repealed . Eligibility.

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 1344 Salaries. Board of Education to establish eligibility, etc., for junior high school teacher s. Promotion provi- sions not applicable to junior high teachers, during fiscal year 1928. Vol. 43, p. 373. Vol. 43, p. 372. Placements. Trade teachers. Credit for exp erience in the trades. Vol. 43, p. 373. Effective on passage. February 28, 1929. [S. 5193.] [Public, No. 835 .] P ennsyl vania mid- dle judicial district. Additional judge au- thorized for. Vol. 36, p .1087. U. S. Code, p. 863. Effective on ap- pr oval. February 28, 1929. [S. 3770.] [Public, No. 836 .] F ort A pache and White Mountain In- dian Reservation, Ariz. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 35 7- 359 . 1929 . " CLASS 2 .-TEACHERS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS "Group A .-A basic salary of $1,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $2,400 per year is reached. " Group B .-A basic salary of $2,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $2,800 per year is reached . " Group C .-A basic salary of $1,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for ten years, or until a maximum salary of $2,800 per year is reached. " Group D .-A basic salary of $2,900 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $3,200 per year is reached ." SEC. 2. That the Board of Education is hereby authorized to establish the eligibility requirements and prescribe such methods of appointment or promotion for teachers in the junior high schools as it may deem proper, subject to provisions of law covering such matters now in effect or which may hereafter be enacted. SEC. 3. That the fol lowing provis ion of section 9 of Article V of the Act of June 4, 1924, "Provided further, That no person who has not received for at least one year the maximum salary of Group A in any class, or Group C of class 2 shall be eligible for promotion to Group B of any class or Group D of class 2," shall not apply dur ing the fiscal year 1928 to the teachers affected by the provisions of paragraph (d) of section 6 of the same Act. SEC. 4 . Amend paragraph (q) of section 6 of Article IV by adding the following "Provided further, That in the case of trade teachers in regularly organized trade schools the Board of Education is authorized to credit approved experience in the trades in the same manner and to the same extent as though it were experience in teaching ." SEC. 5. That this Act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, February 28. 1929 . CHAP. 353.-An Act To authorize the President of the United States to appoint an additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of the State of Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint an additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, who shall reside in said district and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same powers and jurisdiction and receive the same compensation and allowances as the present judge of said district. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the President. Approved, February 28, 1929. CHAP. 359.-An Act Authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue per mit s and licenses on For t Apa che and Wh ite Mountain Indian Reservations, Arizo na. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Power Commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to issue

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 1346 Provisos. Approval of pla ns required. Conditions imposed . Power use not au- thorized. Time of construction. Proviso. Authority to termi- nate on notice fro m Power Commission of interfering with water- po wer development. Gra ntee of power project may remove, etc., dam. Amendme nt. February 28, 1929. _ [H. R. 166 58 .1	[Public, No. 840.] CHAP. 363 .-An Act To amend sections 116, 118, and 126 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to divide the eighth judicial circuit of the United States, and to create a tenth judicial circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the al cede. Vol United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 116 of. 38, p. 8 03, amended . the Judicial Code, as amended [U. S. C ., title 28, ° 211], is amended U.S . Code, p.893. Judicial circuits in- to read as follows creased to t en. 6C SEC. 1101 . There shall be ten J judicial circuits of the United States, constituted as follows "First . The first circuit shall include the districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Porto Rico . " Second. T he sec ond cir cuit sh all in clude t he dist ricts of Verm ont, Connecticut, and New York. " Third . The third circuit shall include the districts of Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey, and Delaware . " Fourth. The fourth circuit shall inc lude the districts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. " Fifth. The fifth circuit shall include the districts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas . " S ix t h. The s ixth circuit shall include the di stri cts of O hio, Mich igan, Kentuc ky, a nd Ten nessee. " Seventh . The seventh circuit shall include the districts of Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin . "Eighth. The eighth circuit shall include the districts of Min- nesota, N orth Dakota, S outh Dakota, Iowa, Nebrask a, Missouri, a nd Arkansas. "Ninth . The ninth circuit shall include the districts of California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, and Arizona . Firs t cir cuit . Second circu it . Third circui t . Fourth circuit . Fifth circuit. Sixth circuit . Seventh circuit . Eighth circu it . Ninth circuit. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. II. CHs. 362, 363. 1929 . County, Illinois : Provided, That work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War : Provided further, That in approving the plans for said dam such conditions and stipulations maybe imposed as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the United States : And provided further, That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy. SEC. 2. The authority granted by this Act shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval of this Act : Provided, That from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said Momence conservancy district, or its successors and assigns, that desirable wat er-pow er development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam, the authority hereby granted to construct, maintain, repair, and improve sa id dam shall termi nate and be at an end ; and any gr antee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include com- pensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 28, 1929.

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 1348 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CI-Is . 363-365 . 1929 . the cou rt, are entit led to be brou ght to a spee dy hearing, ma y be heard and disposed of wherever said court may be sitting ." of eighth o judges SEC . 4 . Any circuit judge of the eighth circuit as constituted before the effecti ve dat e of th is Act, who r esides within the ei ghth ci rcuit a s constituted by this Act, is assigned as a circuit judge to such part of the former eighth circuit as is constituted by this Act the eighth cir- cuit, and shall be a circuit judge thereof; and any circuit judge of the eigh th circ uit as consti tuted b efore the eff ective date o f this Act, wh o resi des wit hin th e tenth circui t as c onstitu ted by this A ct, is assigne d as a circuit judge of . such part of the former eighth circuit as is constituted by this Act the tenth circuit, and shall be a circuit judge thereof. Pendingproceedings . SEC. 5. Where before the effective date of this Act any appeal or other proceeding has been filed with the circuit court of appeals for Continue d in said the eighth circui t as co nstitut ed bef ore the effect ive da te of t his Act - cour t if hear ing had (1) If any hearing before said court has been held in the case, or been held, etc . if the case has been submitted for decision, then further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the Transfers to proper same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. .circuit if no hearing, (2) If no hearing before said court has been held in the case, and etc., have been held. the case has not been submitted for decision, then the appeal, or other proceeding, together with the original papers, printed records, and recor d entri es dul y certi fied, s hall, by appr opriate order s duly entered of record, be transferred to the circuit court of appeals to which it would hav e gone had thi s Act been in full force a nd effect at t he tim e such appea l was taken or ot her pr oceed ing co mmence d, and further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if the appeal or other proceeding Effective in thirty had been filed in said court. days. SEC. 6 . This Act shall take effect thirty days after its enactment. Approved, February 28, 1929. February 28, 1929. [x .5621 .] CHAP. 364 .-An Act To re peal parag raphs 127 and 128 of the Act entitled [Public, No. 841 .] "An Act to discontinue certain reports now required by law to be made to Congress," approved May 29, 1928. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Reports, etc ., t o Con - gross. United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraphs sub mi ssi on co n- 127 and 128 of the Act entitled "An Act to discontinue certain tinued . p. 996, amend. reports n ow required by law to be ma de to Congres s," approved M ay ed. 29, 1928, are hereby repealed. Acts of legislatures of the Phi lip pi nes and SEC. 2. The report s of the acts of the Phili ppine Legislat ure, Porto Rico. referred to in paragrap h 127 of such Act of May 2 9, 1928, and t he acts and resolutions of the Legislature of Porto Rico, referred to in paragraph 128 of such Act of May 29, 1928, shall be continued as if such Act of May 29, 1928, had not been enacted. Approved, February 28, 1929. February 28, 1929. CS 5073.1	CHAP. 365.-An Act To ame nd the Act of Congress of June 26, 1906, [Public, No. 842.] entitled "An Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for ot her purposes." Alaska salmon fish- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the eries. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of e Vol. 34, p.480, amend- the Act of June 26, 1906, entitled "An Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes," is amended so that it will read as follows

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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. IL CHs. 365, 366 . 1929 . 1349 "SEC . 7 . It shall be unlawful to reserve for sale as food for Preserving for sale for 11 food unlawful unless human consumption any salmon unless it shall have been canned, canned within 48 hours salted, iced, frozen, smoked, or dried within forty-eight hours after after killing, being killed ." Approved, February 28, 1929. February 28, 1929. CHAP. 366 .-An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmili- 	[H. R. 15712 .1 tart' activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress aassembled, That the following a War Dep art me nt f , g ppropriations, fiscal sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- year 1930. wise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes, namely TITLE I-MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EX- PENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTM ENT INCIDENT THERETO SALARIES, WAR DEPARTMENT Secretary of War, $15,000 ; Assistant Secretary of War, $10,000. For compensation for other personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows Office of Secretary of War, $262,492 : Pr ovide d, That no field- service appropriations shall be available for personal services in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War. Office of Chief of Staff, $231,000. Ad jutant Ge neral's o ffice, $1 ,421,732. Office of the Inspector General, $27,200. Office of the Judge Advocate General, $112,300 : Provided, That not to exceed $43,300 may be used for the employment of such experts, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and other em- ployees as may be required by the Judge Advocate General of the Army for the preparation of evidence for use in behalf of the Gov- ernment in claims or suits filed in Federal courts on account of alleged patent infringements and other causes and for like services in connection with other patent matters and other causes and for necessary per diem and traveling expenses in connection therewith, as authorized by law. Office of the Chief of Finance, $372,180. Of fice o f the Quarte rmaste r Gene ral, $ 797,000. Of fice of t he Chief Signal Of ficer, $1 00,000. Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $219,274. Office of the Surgeon General, $269,820. Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $81,885. Office of Chief of Engineers, $121,858 : Provided, That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various ap- propriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations : Provided further, That the expendi- tures on this account for the fiscal year 1930 shall not exceed $191,620 ; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. [Public, No. 843.1 Military activities. Department salaries. Secretary, Assistant. Civilian personnel in specified office. Secreta ry of War. Proviso. No field service in Assistant's office. Chief of Staff. Adjutant General. Inspector General. Judge Advocate Gen- eral . Pro vis o. Experts, etc ., for patent infrin gement suits. Chief of Finance. Quartermaster Gen- eral. Chief Signal Officer. Chief of Air Corps. Surgeon General. Insular Affairs Bu- reau. Chief of Engineers. Provisos. Draftsmen, etc ., pay- able from other appro- priations. Limitations, etc.

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 1350 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CiI. 366. 1929. Chi ef of Ordnan ce. Office of Chief of Ordnance, $434,100. Chemical Warfar e Service. Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $44,000. til ehief of Coast Ar- Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $24,800. Militia Bureau. Militia Bureau, War Department, $145,000. In all, salaries, War Department, $4,689,641. Restriction on a In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, con- ies. tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Dis- Vol.42.D.64ss. drtte, p. 778. tri ct of Columb ia in accord ance w ith th e Class ificat ion Ac t of 1 923, as amended (U. S . C ., pp. 65-71, sets . 661-673, 45 Stat ., pp . 776-785), the avera ge of the sa laries of th e tota l numbe r of p ersons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another posi- tion in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. When specifically approved by the Secretary of War, transfers may be made between the appropriations in this Act under the respec- tive jurisdiction of any bureau, office, corps, or branch, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallocation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. U.S. Code, p.65. If only one position in a grade. Allowance in unusu- ally meritorious serv- ices. Proviso. Restriction not appli- cable to clerical-me- chanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. Vol. 42, p.1490. Transfers to another position without re- duction. Higher salary rates allowed. Transfers of appro- priations between bu- reaus, etc ., to meet in- creases from realloca- tions. CO NTIN GENT EXP ENSE S, WAR DEPA RTME NT Department contin- For purchase of professional and scientific books, Jaw books, gent expenses. 7 7 Stationery. Postage. Printing and bind- ing. including their exchange ; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps ; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor- saving devic es, in cludin g thei r repai r and exchan ge ; fu rni tur e and repairs to same. carpets, matting, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges ; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and motor cycles, and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for offi- cial purposes ; freight and express charges ; street-car fares, not exceeding $750 ; and other absolutely necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, $88,000. For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices, $57,000. For postage stamps for the department and its bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, $250. For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureaus and offices, and for all printing and binding for the field activities under the War Department, except such as may be authorized in accordance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Gov-

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cn. 366. 1929 . ernment Printing Office, $475,000 : Provided, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publi- cation, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War, and not exceeding $63,522 shall be available for printing and binding under the direc- tion of the Chief of Engineers. CONT ING ENC IES OF THE AR MY For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided for and embracing all branches of the military service, including the office of the Chief of Staff ; for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices in the District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, to be expended on the approval or_ authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, $12,000 : Provided, That no ne of the fun ds appropriate d in this Act shall be used for the payment of expenses connected with the transfer of surplus property of the War Department to any other activity of the Govern- ment wh ere the artic les or lots of articles to be transferred ar e located at any place at which the total surplus quantities of the same commodity are so small that their transfer would not, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be economical. GEN ERAL STA FF CORP S CONTINGENCIES, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION For contingent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division, General Staff Corps, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, and subscriptions to news- papers and periodicals ; for cost of maintenance of students and attaches ; for the hire of interpreters, special agents, and guides, and for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper, including $5 ,000 for the a ctual and nec essary expense s of officers of the Army on duty abroad for the purpose of observing operations of armies of foreign states at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were neces- sary for obtaining military information, $57,480, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War : Provided, That section 3648, R evised Statut es, shall appl y neither to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals nor to other payments made from appropriations contained in this Act in com- pliance with the laws of foreign countries under which the military attaches are required to operate. ARM Y WAR C OLLE GE For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary special stationery ; textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers and periodicals ; maps ; police utensils ; employment of temporary, technical, or special services, and expenses of special lecturers ; for the pay of employees ; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, $78,000. 1351 . Proviso. Medical bulletins. For Chief of Engi- neers. Army contingencies. Proviso. Transfer of surplus property to other ac- tivities restricted. General Staff Corps. Military Intelligence Division. Contingent expenses. Observing mil it ary operations of foreign arm ies. Pfenso. Periodicals, etc. R.S.,sec.3648,p. 718. U. S. Code, p .1009. Army War College. Instruction expenses. Employees.

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 C 1.352 SEVENTI ETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 366 . 1929. Adjutant General's ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT Department. Headquarters of mili- CONTINGENCIES, HEAD QUAR TER S OF MI LITA RY DE PAR TMEN TS, AND SO tary depart ments, etc. FORT H Contingent expenses. For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several terri- toria l depar tments, corps areas, armie s, terr itorial distr icts, t actical corps, divisions, an d brigades, in cluding the S taff Corps ser ving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, stationery, ice, and potable water for office use, binding, maps, technical books of reference, professional and technical newspapers and periodicals, payment for which may be made in advance, and police utensils, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the commanding officers of the several military departments, corps areas, districts, armies, and tactical commands, $4,500. Fort Leavenw orth, COMMAND AND GE NERAL STAFF S CHOOL, FORT L EAVENWO RTH, KA NSAS Bans. Command a nd Gen- For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and oral Staff School. professio nal papers, in struments, and material for instruction ; employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services ; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $41,439. Post exchanges. Equipment, etc. Judge Advocate Gen- eral' s Depa rtment. Expenses incident to settlement of war claims against Ge r- many, Austria, and Hungary. Ante, p. 254. Personal services, etc. Balance available . Ante, p . 926. MILITARY POST EXCHANGES For the equipment and conduct of the post exchange, school, reading, lunch, and amu sement rooms, service club s, chapels, gy m- nasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers for which payment may be made in advance, and including salaries and travel for civilians employed in the hostess and library services, and for transportation of books and equipment for these services ; for the rental of films, purchase of slides fo r and making r epairs to mov ing-picture o utfits, and for similar and other recreational purposes at training and mobilization camps now established or which may be hereafter established, $72,000. JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS DEPARTMENT OFFICE OP THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL Settlement of War Claims, Act of 1928 : For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the War Department in connectio n with the set tlement of wa r claims as a uthorized by t he Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the settlement of certain claims of American nationals against Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and of nation als of Germany, Austria, an d Hungary, ag ainst the Unit ed States and for the ultimate return of all property held by the Alien Property Custodian," approved March 10, 1928, including the author- ized traveling expenses of commissioned officers and other employees, rent in the District of Columbia and in foreign countries, the employ- ment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations or to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, printing, binding, pho to- graphing, stationery, office supplies and equipment, and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the pro- visions of the Act herein referred to, $100,000, together with the unexpende d balance of t he appropriat ion of $160,0 00 made for th is purpose i n the Second D eficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, ap proved May 29, 1928.

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 1354 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 366. 1929 . Courts martial, etc ., expenses. Deserters, etc. Payment for appre- For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent hension of, etc. without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit ; and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the dis- cretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen Donation to die- for such services and expenses ; for a donation of $10 to each prisoner charged prisoners, discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confine- ment under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, $1 70,0 00. Finance Service. Pay of clerks, etc. Private property damages. Payment of claims for. Proviso. Sett lemen t by Gen- eral Accounting Office. Destruction of pri- vate property of offi- cers, etc. Payment of claims for, in the service. Vol.41,p.1436. U.S. Code, p. 989. Quart ermas ter C orps. Payments. Commutation allow- ances. EXPENSES OF COURTS-MARTIAL For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military com- missions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and wit- nesses attending same, contract stenographic reporting services, and expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $80,000. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS, AND SO FORTH FI NA NCE SERVICE For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Depar tment, $1,110 ,000. CLAIMS FOR DA MA GES TO AND LO SS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY For payment of claims not exceeding $500 each in amount for damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, prac- tice, o peration, or maintenance of the Army tha t have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $16,000 : Provided, That settlem ent of such c laims shall be made by the General Accoun ting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. CLA IMS O F OFF ICERS, ENL ISTED MEN, AND NURSES OF THE ARMY FOR DESTR UCTIO N OF PRIVA TE PR OPERT Y For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U . S . C ., p. 989, sees . 218-222), $5,000. QUARTERMASTER CORPS Subsi stenc e. Purchase of supplies Subsistence of the Army. Purchase of subsistence supplies : For for issue as rations. issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise mad e), In dians employ ed by the A rmy as guid es and scout s, and general prisoners at posts ; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service ; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel ra ti ons Sales to officers, etc. while under observation ; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army. For payments : Of the regulation allowances of com- mutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men
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