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 676 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. 'SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . Industrial Home Scho ol for Colored Children. Pers onal serv ices. Maintenance. Repairs. Manual training. Motor vehicle. Deposit of receipts from sale of produ cts. Industrial Home School. Personal services. Maintenance. Repairs. Home for Aged and Infir m. Personal services. Contingent expenses. Repairs, etc. INDUSTRIAL HOME SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, $29,900 ; temporary labor, $500 ; in all, $30,400. For maintenance, including horses, wagons, and harness, and maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $22, 500. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $2,500. For manu al-t rain ing equi pmen t an d ma teri als, $1,250 . For purc hase of one nonp asse nger -car ryin g mo tor vehi cle, $475. All moneys received at said school as income from sale of products and from payment of board or of instruction or otherwise shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. INDU STR IAL HO ME SCHO OL Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, $22,050 ; temporary labor, $500 ; in all, $22,550. For maintenance, including care of horses, purchase and care of wagon and harness, $24,600. For repa irs and impr ovem ent to b uild ings and gro unds , $6,000 . HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM Sa la ri es : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tio n Ac t of 19 23, $45, 910 ; temporary labor, $2 ,0 00 ; in a ll, $47,910. For provisions, fuel, forage, harness, and vehicles and repairs to same, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other neces- sary items, and maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $53,000. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the commissioners, $15,000, of which $3,000 shall be immediately available. MUNICIPAL LODGING HOUSE AND WOOD YARD Muni cip al lodg ing For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of house. 1923, $3,360 ; maintenance, $3,000 ; in all, $6,360. TEMP ORA RY HOM E FOR UNION E X-S OLD IERS AND S AIL ORS (DE PAR TME NT OF THE POTOMAC, G.A. R.) Grand Army soldiers, For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act etc" temporary home. of 1923, $3,360, maintenance and repairs to building, $9,500 ; in all, $12,360, to be expended under the direction of the commissioners ; and Union ex-soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Civil War, ex-soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Spanish War, Philippine insurrection, or China relief expedition and soldiers, sailors, or marines of the World War or who served prior to July 2, 1921, shall be admitted to the home, all under the supervision of a board of management . FLORENCE CRI1IENTON HOME Hope and Help Mis- For care and maintenance of women and children under a contract S1on. to be made with the Florence Crittenton Home by the Board of Public Welfare, maintenance, $4,000 . SOUTHERN RELIEF SOC IET Y Southern Relief So- For care and maintenance of needy and infirm Confederate vet- etfor veterans . needy Confed- erate eranS, their widows and dependents, ndents, residents in the District of Columbia, under a contract to be made with the Southern Relief Society by the Board of Public Welfare, $10,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659 . 1928. 677 NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND For aid and support of the National Library for the Blind, located theBlind 1 Library for at 1800 D Street northwest, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, $5,000. COLUlIBIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE To aid the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, located nic Columbia Polytech- at 1808 H Street northwest, to be expended under the direction of. the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, $3,000. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL S aint Eliza betbs Hos- pital. For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $1,448,250. NONRESIDENT INSANE For deportation of nonresident insane persons, in accordance with the Act of Congress " to change the proceedings for admission to the Government Hospital for the Insane in certain cases, and for other purposes," approved January 31, 1899, $5,000. In expend ing th e fore going sum th e disb ursing office r of t he Dis - trict o f Colu mbia i s auth orized to ad vance t o the Direct or of Public Welfare, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the commissioners may require of said director, sums of money not exceeding $300 at one tim e, to be use d only for d eporta tion of nonre sident insan e per- sons, and to be accounted for monthly on itemized vouchers to the accounting officer of the District of Columbia. RELIEF OF THE PO OR For relief of the poor, including medical and surgical supplies, artificia l limbs, and for p ay of phy sicians t o the poo r, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare, $8,000. For payment to beneficiaries named in section 3 of "An Act making it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon or will- fully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or his or her minor children in destitute or neces- sitous circumstances," approved March 23, 1906, to be disbursed by the disbu rsing off icer of t he Distri ct of Col umbia on itemized vouchers duly a udited and a pprove d by t he aud itor of said Distri ct, $2 ,500. in Support of District insane in. Deporting nonresi- dent insane. Vol. 30, p. 811. Advances authorized to Dir ector of Pub lic Welfare. Limit. Relief of the poor. Payment to ab an- doned families. Vol.34,p.87. Vol. 44, p. 758. BURIAL OF Ex-SERVICE MEN Ex-se rvice, men. For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent Union ex- soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines, of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired, and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War at a cost not exceeding $45 for such burial expenses in each case, exc lusive of cost of grave, $2 2 5. TRANSPORTATION OF INDIGENT PERSONS For transportation of indigent persons, including indigent veterans of the World War and their families, $3,500. Burial of indigent, in Arlington Cemetery, etc. Transporting indi. gent persons.

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 678 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CFI. 659. 1928 . Militia. Expenses authorized. For the following, to be expended under the authority end direction of th e commanding general, who i s hereby auth orized and em powered to make necessary contracts and leases, namely Personal services. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $17,170 ; temporary labor, $7,000 ; in all, $24,170. Expenses of camps, For ex penses of cam ps, inc luding hire o f horse s for o fficer s requi red arms ' etc' to be mounted, and for the payment of commutation of subsistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move the United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding and immediately following the annual encampments, damages to private propert y incident to encampment, i nstruction, p urchase, and m ain- tenance of athletic, gymnastic, and recreational equipment at armory or field encampments, not to exceed $500 ; practice marches, drills, and parades ; rent of armories, drill halls, and storehouses ; fuel, light, heat, care and repair of armories, offices, and storehouses, machinery and dock, dredging alongside of dock, construction of buildings for storage and other purposes at target range, telephone service, horses, and mu les for mount ed organizati ons, maintenan ce and operation of passenger and nonpassenger motor vehicles, street car fares (not to exceed $200) necessarily used in the transaction of official business, not exceeding $400 for traveling expenses, including attendance at meetings or conventions of associations pertaining to the National Guard, and for general incidental expenses of the service, $12,780. Printing, etc. For printing, stationery, and postage, $750. Contingent expenses. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and con ting ent expe nses, $1 ,200. Target practice For expenses o f target prac tice matches, including mat ches held matches, outside of the District of Columbia and travel incident thereto, $2,500 . Pay of troops. For pay of troops other than Government employees, to be dis- bursed under the authority and direction of the commanding gen- eral, $9,000. Anacostla Park. Continuing develop- ment. Public Buildings and Parks. MI LIT IA ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FL ATS For continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Park, in accordance wit h the revised plan as set forth in Sen ate Document Numbered 37, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, $180,000. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS SAL ARIES, PUBLIC PARKS, DISTR ICT OF COLUMBI A Perso nal s ervic es. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $355,460. Public parks. GENERAL EXPENSES, PUBLIC PARKS Maintenance, serv- ices, - ices, and general General expenses : For general expenses in connection with the penses. maintenance, care, improvement, furnishing of heat, light, and power of public parks, grounds, fountains, and reservations, propagating gardens and greenhouses under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, includ. Tourists' camp, East ing $5,000 for the maintenance of the tourists' camp on its present Potomac Park. site in East Potomac Park, and including personal serv ices of seasonal or intermittent employees at per diem rates of pay approved by the director, not exceeding current rates of pay for similar employment in the District of Columbia ; the hire of draft animals

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cii. 659. 1928 . 679 with or without drivers at local rates approved by the director ; the purchase and maintenance of draft animals, harness, and wagons ; contingent expenses ; city directories ; communication service ; car fa r e ; tr avelin g expe nses ; profess ional, sc ientific, technica l, and la w books ; periodicals and reference books ; blank books and forms ; photographs ; dictionaries and maps ; leather and rubber articles for the protection of employees and property ; the maintenance, repair, exchange, and operation of not to exceed four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and all necessary bicycles, motor cycles, and self-propelled machinery ; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of equipment and fixtures, and so forth ; and not to exceed $475 for the purchase and exchange of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying Provisos. vehicle, $486,975 : Provided, That not exceeding $35,000 of the Outdoor sports, band amou nt he rein appro pria ted m ay be exp ended for plac ing a nd ma in- concert'. taining portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports and for expenses incident to the conducting of band concerts in the parks ; not exceeding $25,000 for the improvement and maintenance as Anacostla Park, re- creation. recreation parks of Sections C and D, Anacostia Park ; not exceeding Rock Creek and Po- $93,000 for the improvement of the Rock Creek and Potomac con- tomac parkway' necting parkway and the continuation of construction of sea wall ; not exceeding $100,000 for the improvement of Meridian Hill Park ; Meridian "ill Park, and not exceeding $5,000 for the erection of minor auxiliary strut- etc ' tures : Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may be expended by sa`v,c itectural, etc ., contract or otherwise for architectural or other professional services witho ut ref erence to th e Clas sifica tion Ac t of 1 923 or civil -servi ce rules, as approved by the director . Not exceeding $2,000 of the appropriation contained in Public Fran klin Park com - fort stat ion and w iden- Act Numbe red 6 88, S ixty -nint h Con gres s, ma king appr opria tion for ing Thirteenth Street . the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1928 Amount available . for Gene ral E xpens es, Publi c Par ks, i s he reby made avai lable for Vol.44,p.1329. the necessary alteration to the Franklin Park comfort station and storage yard, to permit the widening of Thirteenth Street northwest provided for in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928. PARK POLICE Park police . Salaries : For pay and allowances of the United States park police Pa y, etc p. 175 force, in accordance with the Act approved May 27, 1924, as amended, 44, p. 534 .' $143, 300 . For uniforming and equipping the United States park police mentiforms and equip. force, including the purchase, issue, operation, maintenance, repair, exchange, and storage of revolvers, bicycles, and motor cycles, uniforms and ammunition and including the purchase, not to exceed $475, and operation and maintenance of one passenger-carrying motor vehic le, $13, 900. NATIONAL CAPITAL PAR K AND PLANNING Pa rk Non Cital Hand1 Planning C OMMISS ION Commission. Incidental, etc., ex- For eac h and every purpos e requ isite for and incid ent to the w ork penses. of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission as authorized AP'3 74. p . 463 Vol. by the Act entitled "An Act providing for a comprehensive develop- ment of the p ark a nd p laygr ound syste m of the Natio nal Capit al," approved June 6, 1924, as amended, including not to exceed $100 for t echnical books and periodic als, not to excee d $40,530 for pers onal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, and the Act approved April 30, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 374), and not to exceed $3,500 for printing and bind ing, $850 ,000, to be im media tely avai lable and to r emain
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MONROE, HARRIET, an American poet; born in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 23, 1860. She wrote “Columbian Ode” (1892), composed for the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition; “Valeria,” etc. (1892); “John Wellborn Root” (1896); “Passing Show” (1903); “Dance of the Seasons” (1911); “You and I” (1914), Editor “Poetry” magazine since 1912.


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 680 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 659. 1928 . Proviso. available until expended : Provided, That not mo re tha n $30 0,000 Limitation on prices for sites. of this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of sites without limitation as to price based on assessed value and that the purchase price to be paid for any site out of the remainder of the app ropriation sh all not excee d the full val ue assessment of such property last made before purchase thereof plus 25 per centum of such assessed value. Connecting parkway. The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Balance available. Vol. 44, p. 849. " second deficiency act, fiscal year 1926," for continuing the acquisition of lands for a connecting parkway between Potomac Park, Zoological Park, and Rock Creek Park shall remain available until June 30, 1929. NAT IONA L ZO OLOG ICAL PAR K For roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage ; grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds, erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures ; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals ; necessary employees ; traveling and incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, including mainte- nance and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carring vehicle required for official purposes ; not exceeding $2,500' f o r purchasing and supplying uniforms to park police, keepers, and assistant keepers ; not exceeding $100 for the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $182,050, no part of which surn shall be av aila ble for arch itec t's fees or comp ensa tion. Water service. W ATER SER VICE From water reve- The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the revenues nneao of the water department for expenses of the Washington Aqueduct and its appurtenances and for expenses of water department, namely Washington Aque- WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT duct. Maintenance, ccaccessories. accessories, etc ., of, and For opera tion, includin g salaries of all necessary employees, maintenance and repair of Washington Aqueduct and their acces- so ries, in clud ing Dale carl ia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, First, Second, and Third High Service Reservoirs, Washington Aqueduct tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the preliminary treatment of the water supply, ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road, purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services, purchase, care, repair and operation of vehicles, including the pur chase and exc hange of one p assenger-carr ying motor veh icle at a cost not to exceed $1,200 ; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $425,000. of Control of f Secretary Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of War over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. Revenue, inspection, For revenue and inspection and distribution branches : For personal and distribution branches. services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $144,360. Opera tion e xpense s. For maintenance of the water department distribution system, inc luding pumpi ng sta tions and m achine ry, w ater m ains, valves, fire and public hydrants, water meters, and all buildings and acces- sories, and the purchase and maintenance of motor trucks, purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materials, and the employment of all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work ; and for con- National Zoological Park. Expenses.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . 681 tingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing, post- age, damages, purchase of technical reference books, and periodicals, not to exceed $75, and other necessary items, $7,500 ; in all for maintenance, $335,000. For extension of the water de p artment distribution system, laying Distribution eaten. of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment sion. system, $250, 000 ; t o be a vailab le imm ediate ly. For insta lling water meters on se rvices to pri vate r esiden ces an d et Meters in residences, business places as may not be requir ed to ins tall mete rs under existing regulat ions, as may be di rected by th e commi ssione rs ; sai d meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $30,000. Hydrants. For installing fire and public hydrants, $50,000. For replacement of old mains in various locations, on account of Replacing old mains . inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of payment, $50,000. New mains. For five thousand nine hundred feet of thirty-six-inch main in M Street from Eleventh Street to New Hampshir e Avenue northwest, $177,00 0 . For nine hundred feet of twelve-inch water main in Eighteenth Street northwest from Pennsylvania Avenue to F Street, $5,600. For two thousand eight hundred feet of twelve-inch water main in Georgia Avenue northwest, Fairmont Street to Park Road, $21,350 . For one thousand nine hundred feet of sixteen-inch water main in Wisco nsin Avenu e no rthwe st, P Str eet t o Res ervoi r St reet, and in Reservo ir Str eet, W iscons in Ave nue to Thirty -fourt h Stre et, $23,400. For two thousand nine hundred and fifty feet of twelve-inch water main in Tenth Street northwest, K Str eet to Pennsylvania Aven ue, $20,000. SEc. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers Construction wor k, > etc., under Com mis- transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and sione rs. Draftsmen, inspec- inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, torn, etc., temporarily street-cleaning, or road work, or construction and repair of buildings em ployed. and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work autho rized by appro priat ions may be em ploye d ex clusi vely to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equi- tably charged against the sums appropriated for said work ; and the commissioners in their Budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the Provisos. sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation : Provided, That Limit. the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $20,000 during the fiscal year 1929 : Provided further, That, excluding five inspectors in the Employment period sewer department no person shall be employed in pursuance of the authority contained in this paragraph for a longer period than nine months in the aggre gate d uring the fi scal ye ar. T he co mmiss ione rs ar e fur ther auth orize d to empl oy te mpora rily mecha nics, et c laborers, such labo rers, ski lled labo rers, dri vers, hos tlers, an d mechani cs as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, inci- dental to ca rrying on su ch wor k and necessa ry for the p roper execu- tion thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be empl oyed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such serv- ices and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred.

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 682 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS.'I. C$. 659. 1928 . Horse s, vehicles, etc • SEC. 3 . That all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for S pec ial authority from use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, for using. Commissioners, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including main- tenance of said horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and main- tained and motor trucks may be hired exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners ; and all such expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work ; and the commissioners in the Budget estimates shall report the numbe r of horses, vehicles, and harness purch ased, and hor ses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appro- priation ; and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so Tempo. Temporary work for far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated excavations. by said District : Provided, That such horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section 2 of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. SEc. 4. The commi ssioners are f urther author ized to emplo y tem- porar ily such labo rers, skilled laborers, and mechanics as may be required in connection with water-department work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechan- ics t o be employed to perform su ch work as ma y not be requ ired by existing law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and e xpenses from the appropriat ion under whi ch such servi ces are rendered and expenses incurred. SEc. 5. That the commissioners are authorized to employ in the execution of work the cost of which is payable from the appropriation account created in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved April 27, 1904, and known as the "Miscellaneous trust-fund deposits, District of Columbia," all necessary inspectors, overseers, foremen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special policemen stationed at street-railway crossings, one inspector of gas fittings, two janitors for laboratories of the Washington and George- town Ga s Light Compa nies, market m aster, assist ant market mas ter, watchman, two bookkeepers in the auditor's office, clerk in the office of the collector of taxes, horses, carts, and wagons, and to hire therefor motor trucks when specifically and in writing authorized by the com- missioners, and to incur all necessary expenses incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, includ- ing the purchase of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $475, purchas e, exchange, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles for inspection and transportation purposes, such serv- ices and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account. Any person employed under any of the provisions of this Act who has been employed for ten consecutive months or more shall not be denied the leave of absence with pay for which the law provides. SEc. 6. That the com miss ione rs a nd o ther res pons ible off icia ls, in expending appropriations contained in this Act, so far as possible shall purchase material, supplies, including food supplies and equip- ment, whe n needed and f unds are avai lable, in acc ordance with t he Report . Temporary laborers, etc ., water department. Miscellaneous trust funds. Expenses payable fr om. Vol. 33, p. 368. Leaves of absence for pers ons emplo yed ten months consecutively. Materials, supplies, vehi cles, etc. Purchases of, directed from stock of Govern- me nt acti viti es no longer need ing them.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 659, 660 . 1928 . regulations and schedules of the General Supply Committee or from the variou s serv ices o f the Govern ment of the U nited States posse ss- ing materi al, su pplies, pass enger- carryin g and other motor vehicl es, and equipment no longer required because of the cessation of war activities. Surplus articles purchased from the Government, if the same have not been used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price, not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonble price based upon length of usage. The various services of the Gov- ernment of the United States are authorized to sell such surplus art icles to the munic ipal g overnm ent un der the condi tions specif ied, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as proviso . miscellaneous receipts : Provided, That this section shall not be con- Transfers under Ex- stru ed to amend, alter, or r epeal the Exe cutive order of De cember 3 ee ed. order not af- ~ fected 191 8, concer ning the transfer of office material s, suppli es, and e quip- ment in the District of Columbia falling into disuse because of the cessation of war activities. Approved, May 21, 1928. Price stipulation. Sales authorized. 683 May 21, IM CHAP. 660 .- A n Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that	 [S .1 3 41 . 1	the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and [Publ ic, No. 4 58 .] for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921 (Forty- se cond Stat utes at La rge, page 212), as amen ded o r sup pleme nted , be further amended by adding at the end of the second paragraph the reof t he fol lowing "And provided further, That in the case of any State containing unappropriated public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, indi- vidual and tribal, exceeding 5 per centum of the total area of all lands in the State in which the population, as shown by the latest available Federal census, does not exceed ten per square mile of area, the Secretary of Agriculture, upon request from the State highway department of such State, may increase the share payable by the United States to any percentage up to and including the whole cost on projects on the primary system of Federal-aid high- ways and on projects on the secondary system when the latter is a continuation of a route on the primary system or directly connects with a route on the primary system of an adjoining State, but such State shall allocate and expend during the same fiscal year upon some other project or projects on the Federal-aid system, under the di rectio n of t he Sec retary of Ag ricult ure, th e amou nt it would have been required to expend upon such project ." SEC . 2 . In every case in which, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture and the highway department of the State in question, it shall be practicable to plant and maintain shade trees along the highways authorized by said Act of November 9, 1921, and by this Ac t, the pl anting of such tre es shall be inclu ded in th e specifi cations provided in section 8 of said Act of November 9, 1921 . SEc. 3. The system of Federal-aid highways on which Federal funds may be expended in any State may exceed 7 per centum of the total highway mileage of such State by the mileage of roads on said system within national forest, Indian, or other Federal reser- vations therein . SEc. 4. Fede ral funds may be exp ended on that portio n of a highway or street within a municipality having a population of two thousand five hundred or more, along which from a point on 548 35°-2 9-PT 1-47 Fede ral Highw ay Act. Vol. 42, P. 215, amend. ed. Fe deral aid incr ease d to S tate, with u nap- propriated public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, exceeding 5 per cent of area. Amount by State, to be e xpended on o ther projects. Plan ting of sha de trees to be included in project specifications. Vol.42,p. 214. Federal funds may be increased by mileage of roads in natio nal forests, etc. Allowance in small municipalities.

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 $84 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs . 660-663 . 1928 . -Proviso, the corporate limits inwardly the houses average more than two Expenditures for . hundred feet apart : Provided, That no Federal funds shall be ex- bridge cons truction y ended for the construct ion of an bri dge within or partly within limited. p ended municipality having a population of more than thirty thousand, as shown by the latest available Federal or State census limitation shall not apply in the case of an interstate bridge, including approaches, connecting such municipality in one State with a point in an adjoining State which may be within a municipality Incon siste nt A cts r e- having a pop ulation of no t more than t en thousand. pea led . SEC. 5 . All Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect on its passage. Approved, May 21, 1928. May 21, 1928. [S .766.] [Public, No. 459 .] offices, and for other purposes. CHAP. 661 .-An Act To fix the compensation of registers of local land Pub lic la nds Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the . Compensati on of United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and reVolers,1p .208,amend- after the beginning of the next fiscal year the compensation of ei U. S. Code, p. 1330. registers of local land offices shall be a salary of $1,000 per annum each and all fees and commissions now allowed by law to such registers, but the salary, fees, and commissions of such registers shall -Proviso . not exceed $3,600 each per annum : Provided, That the salary of the Juneau, Alaska. register, of the Juneau land district, Alaska, shall be $3,600 per annum. Approved, May 21, 1928. May 9046.. [H .R. 9046 .) CHAP. 662 .-An Act To continue the allowance of Sioux benefits . [Public, No . 460.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o the Si oux to Indians. Allowance of articles United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the ecre- or commutation to all tar of the Interior be and he is hereby, directed to continue the allottees under Act of Y May 29,1908. allowance of the articles enumerated in section 17 of the Act of 29, p. 3325,4 . March 2, 1889 (Twenty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 894), or their 451 . commuted cash value under the Act of June 10, 1896 (Twenty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 334), to all Sioux Indians who shall have taken or may hereafter take allotments of land in severalty under section 19 of the Act of May 29, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 451), and who have thee prescribed status of the head of a family or single person over the age of eighteen years, and his approval shall be final and conclusive, claims therefor to be paid as for- Restricted on one al- merly from the permanent appropriation made by said section 17 low ance to a per son, and carried on the books of the Treasury for this purpose . No per- etc. son shall receive more than one allowance of the benefits, and appli- cation must be made and approved during the lifetime of the allottee or the right shall lapse. Approved, May 21, 1928 . May 21, 1928 . [H . 8.12067 .] CHAP. 663 .-An Act To set aside certain lands for the Chippewa Indians [Public, No . 461 .] in the State of Minnesota . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- Lands of, permanent- sioner of Indian Affairs having recommended to the Secretary of the lysetasideforavillagesite . Interior on February 8, 1899, that certain Chippewa Indian lands be with held from ent ry and settlem ent, describe d as follows : T h e
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS : SEss. I. Cns. 663,-664. 1928 . 685 southwest quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter, sec- tion 21, township 145, range 26 west of the fifth principal meridian, in Minnesota, consisting of two hundred and forty acres, and reserved as a village site made to the Indians residing on the reser- vation of the Mississippi Chippewas, known as the Chippewa Reser- vation, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on February 9, 1899, are hereby permanently reserved for said village site for said Indians. Approved, May 21, 1928. May 21,1928. CHAP. 664 .-An Act To fix standa rds for hampers, rou nd stave baskets, 	 [S .21 48. ] and splint baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 462 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the stand ard Fruits and vegetables hampers and rond stave baskets for fruits and vegetables shall be of containers. fixed for hampers and round the following capacities : One-eighth bushel, one-fourth bushel, one- stave baskets. half bushel, five-eighths bushel, three-fourths bushel, one bushel, one- Capacities specified. and-one-fourth bushels, one-and-one-half bushels, and two bushels , which, respectively, shall be of the cubic content set forth in this sec- tion. For the purposes of this Act a bushel, standard dry measure, has a capacity of two thousand one hundred and fifty and forty- two one-hundredths cubic inches. Contents of standard (a) The standard one-eighth-bushel hamper or round stave sizes. basket shall contain two hundred and sixty-eight and eight-tenths cubic inches. (b) The standard one-fourth-bushel hamper or round stave basket shall contain five hundred and t hirty-seven a nd six-tenths cubic inches. (c) The standard one-half-bushel hamper or round stave basket shall contain one thousand and seventy-five and twenty-one one- hundredths cubic inches. (cc) The standard five-eighths-bushel hamper or round stave basket shall contain one thousand three hundred and forty-four cubic inches. (d) The s tandar d thre e-fou rths-b ushel hampe r or round stave basket shall contain one thousand six hundred and twelve and eight- tenths cubic inches. (e) The standard one -bushel hamper or round sta ve basket shal l co ntain two th ousand one hundre d and fifty and f orty-t wo one- hundr edths cubic i nches. (f) The standard one-and-one-fourth-bushel hamper or round stave basket shall contain two thousand six hundred and eighty- eight cubic inches. (g) T he standard o ne-and-one-hal f-bushel hamp er or round s tave basket shall contain three thousand two hundred and twenty-five and sixty-three one-hundredths cubic inches. (h) The standard two -bushel hamper or round sta ve basket shal l contain four thousand three hundred and eighty-four one-hundredths cubic inches. SEC. 2. That the standard splint baskets for fruits and vegetables Spsntaasdetcfixed for shall be the four-quart basket, eight-quart basket, twelve-quart basket, Ca pacit ies speci fied. sixteen-quart basket, twenty-four-quart basket, and thirty-two-quart basket, standard dry measure. For the purposes of this Act a quart standard dry measure has a capacity of sixty-seven and two-tenths cubic inches. Contents of standard (a) T he four-quart splint basket shall contai n two hundred and s i ze s. sixty-eight and eight-tenths cubic inches.

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 686 Tolerances allowed. Cover conditions. Dimension specifica- tions to be approved by Secretary of Agricul- ture. Manufacture, etc ., of containers not com- plyi ng with Act, un- lawful. Provisos. Climax baskets, etc ., not included . Vol .39,p. 673. Pe nalt y for vio la- tions. Immu nity of gua r- anty from manufac- tu rer, etc. Contents of gu ar- anty. Seizure, etc., of illegal containers. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 664. 1928. (b) The eight-quart splint basket shall contain five hundred and thirty-seven and six-tenths cubic inches. (c) The twelve-quart splint basket shall contain eight hundred and six and four-tenths cubic inches. (d) The sixteen-quart splint basket shall contain one thousand and seventy-five and twenty-one one-hundredths cubic inches. (e) The twenty-four quart splint basket shall contain one thousand six hundred and twelve and eight-tenths cubic inches. (f) The thirt y-two quart splint baske t shall conta in two thous and one hundred and fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches. SEC. 3 . Tha t the Secret ary of Agric ulture shall in his regul ations under t his Ac t pres cribe such t oleran ces as he may find necess ary to allow i n the capaci ties f or ham pers, round s tave b askets, and splint baskets set forth in sections 1 and 2 of this Act in order to provide for reasonable variations occurring in the course of manufacturing and handling. If a cover be used upon any hamper or basket mentioned in this A ct, it sh all be se curely fa stened or attached in such a manner, subject to the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, as not to reduce the capacity of such hamper or basket below that prescribed therefor. SEC. 4. That no manufacturer shall manufacture hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets for fruits and vegetables unless the dimension specifications for such hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secre tary of Ag ricu lture, who is hereb y dir ected to appro ve su ch specifica tions if he finds that hamp ers, roun d stave b askets, o r splint ba skets for fr uits a nd veg etable s made in acc ordanc e ther ewith would not be deceptive in appearance and would comply with the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this Act. SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful to manufacture for sale or ship- ment, t o offe r for sale, to sel l, to offer f or shi pment, or to ship, hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets for fruits or vege- ta bles, eit her fille d or unfi lled, or parts of such ham pers, rou nd stave baskets, or splint baskets that do not comply with this Act : Provided, That this Act shall not apply to Climax baskets, berry boxes, and till baskets which comply with the provisions of the Act approved August 31, 1916, entitled "An Act to fix standards for Climax baskets fo r grap es and other fruit s and vegeta bles, a nd to fix st andard s for baskets and other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes" (Thirty-ninth United States Statutes at Large, page 673), and the regulations thereunder. Any individual, partnership, association, or corporation that violates this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 : Provided further, That no person shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the manufacturer, whole- saler, shipper, or other party residing within the United States from wh om the hampe rs, ro und st ave ba skets, or spl int ba skets, as de fined in this Act, were purchased, to the effect that said hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets are correct, within the meaning of this Act. Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the sale of the hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets to such person, and in such case such party or parties making such sale shall be amenable to the prosecution, fines, and other penalties which would attach in due course under the provisions of this Act to the person who made the purchase. SEC. 6. That any hamper, round stave basket, or splint basket for fruits or vegetables, whether filled or unfilled, or parts of such hampers, round stave baskets, or splint baskets not complying with

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 664 . 1928 . 687 this Act, which shall be manufactured for sale or shipment, offered for sale, sold, or shipped, may be proceeded against in any district court of the United States within the district where the same shall Disposal of contents. be foun d and may be seized for con fiscation by a process of libel for condemnation. Upon request the person entitled shall be permitted to retain or take possession of the contents of such hampers or baskets, but in the absence of such request, or when the perishable nature of such contents makes such action immediately necessary, the same shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the court or Disposal of con a judge thereof may direct. If such hampers, round stave baskets, demned containers. splint baskets, or parts thereof be found in such proceeding to be contrary to this Act, the same shall be disposed of by destruction, except that the court may by order direct that such hampers, baskets, or parts thereof be returned to the owner thereof or sold upon the payment of the costs of such proceedings and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that such hampers, baskets, or parts thereof shall not be sold or used contrary to law. The pro ceeds of any sale under thi s section, le ss legal cost s and procedu re in seizur e charges, shall be pa id over to the person entit led thereto. The eases. proceedings in such seizure cases shall conform as near as may be to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in such case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit and in the name of the United States. Foreign s hipme nts not aff ected. SEC. 7. That this Act shall not prohibit the manufacture for sale or shipment, offer for sale, sale, or shipment of hampers, round stave baskets, splint baskets, or parts thereof, to any foreign country in accordance with the specifications of a foreign consignee or customer Ban ana hamp ers a l- not contrary to the law of such foreign country ; nor shall this Act lowed. prevent the manufacture or use of banana hampers of the shape and character now in commercial use as shipping containers for bananas. Dis tric t att orne ys to SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of each United States district prosecu te violations. attorney to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of this Act is presented to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States in his district for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Regulations, tests, SEC. 9 . That the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe such etc ., to be prescr ibed. regulations as he may find necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, and shall cause such examinations and tests to be made as may be necessary in order to determine whether hampers, round stave baskets, and splint baskets, or parts thereof, subject to this Act, meet its requirements, and may take samples of such hampers, baskets, or parts thereof, the cost of which samples, upon request, shall be paid to the person entitled. Cooperation author . SEC. 10 . That for carrying out the purposes of this Act the ized wit h Sta tes, manu - facturers, etc ., for em- Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with State, ployees, expenses, etc. county, and municipal authorities, manufacturers, dealers, and shippers, to employ such persons and means, and to pay such expenses, including rent, printing publications, and the purchase of supplies and equipment in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, Necessary sums au- as he shall find to be necessary, and there are hereby authorized to thorized to be appro- be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise Post, pp . 885, 1214. appropria ted, such sums as may be ne cessary for s uch purposes. SEC. 11. That sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall become effective se izu re, etc., p ro- ceedings effective one at but not before the expiration of one year following the 1st day year after lst day of of Novemb er, next, succ eeding the pa ssage of this Act. next November. Approv ed, Ma y 21, 1928.

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 688 May 21, 1M. [s.J. Res. 129] [Pub. Res., No .47.] Pi nk bollworm cot ton. Preamble. Appropriation au- thorized to pay farmers for loss due to nonpro- duction, in noncotton zones established by a State to eradicate boll- worm in affected ar ea. Post,p.895. In cooperation with State authorities. .SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cii. 665 . 1928 . CHAP. 665 .-Joint Resolution To provide for eradication of pink bollworm and authorizing an appropriation therefor. of Whereas a very serious emergency has arisen by reason of an out- break of the pink bollworm invol ving some sev en counties i n the western extension of cotton in Texas which threatens one of the primary industries of the Nation and demands immediate action ; and Whereas there are only two possible means of meeting this situation, one by regulating the movement of cotton and cottonseed from the newly infested counties with the idea of preventing long-distance spread through the agency of such products, and the other to declare and enforce noncotton zones as to such areas with the idea of the immediate eradication of the pest, with the object of saving the cotton crop of the Nation from general invasion and future enormous annual losses ; and Whereas regulation does not eradicate nor does it prevent spread except as to districts so completely isolated from other cotton as to eliminate the possibility of the natural spread of the pest, and, therefore, the regulation of these new areas in contact with con- tinuous cotton cultivation will necessarily permit the natural and probabl y very wide s pread of this pest yearly, and will amoun t, therefore, to giving up the battle to save Texas and the rest of the Cotto n Belt from g eneral and pro bably wide in vasion by the pink bo llworm, acco mpanie d by annual and g reatl y incr easing costs of such regulation ; and Whereas the only known means of eradication is by the establishment of noncotton zones for one or two years-a method which has a long re cord of succe sses, but whic h may become impossible as to such we st Texas area s on account o f natural spr ead and mounti ng costs if postponed ; and Whereas the losses due to such zones must fall primarily and heavily upon a small group o f farmers, and inasmuch as these losses a re in the int eres t of the cot ton crop of the Nati on, comp ensa tion of such farmers for actual and necessary losses due to the enforced nonproduction of cotton would seem to be fully warranted Whereas the cost of the establishment of such noncotton zones in these new areas will be necessarily very large on account of the considerable cotton acreage involved-some three hundred and sixty thousand acres-costs which are in the interest of the entire Cotton Belt ; and Whereas the State of Texas has now no funds available for such compensation of farmers and its legislature is not now in session and will not normally come in session for another year, and, fur- ther, the securing of such funds by the State would involve new legislation and new taxation very unlikely to be obtained in view of the amount involved, and the fact, as indicated, that such expendi- ture would be for the protection of the entire Cotton Belt : There- fore be it Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when any State shall have enacted legislation and taken measures, including the establish- ment and enforceme nt of noncotto n zones, adeq uate, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, to eradicate the pink bollworm in any area thereof actually infested, or threatened, by such pest, the said Secretary, under regulations to be prescribed by him, is author- ized to pay, out of $5,000,000 hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in cooperation with the proper authorities of the State conce rned in compe nsating any fa rmer for his actual and ne cessary loss due to the enforced nonproduction of cotton within said zones :
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 665, 666, 675. 1928. Provided, That no part of the funds herein authorized to be appro- priated shall be available for compensation in connection with the establishment of a noncotton zone in any county unless and until the live pink bollworm is found within such county or within a radius of five miles thereof : Provided further, That such loss as to non- cotton zones established by the State of Texas shall be determined as provided for i n existing st atutes of tha t State, and s imilarly by similar statutes which may later be provided by other States con- cerned, and that in estimating such loss due account shall be taken of the value of other crops which may be produced on said land, so that the loss shall not exceed the difference in return to the farmer from cotton over such other crops : Provided further, That such determination of actual and necessary loss shall be subject to the review and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture : And provided further, That no reimbursement shall be made with respect to any farmer who has not complied in good faith with all of the quarantine and cont rol regu lati ons pres crib ed b y sa id S ecre tary of Agri cult ure and such State relative to the pink bollworm : And provided further, That the appropriation herein authorized shall be available only for compensation for the crop of 1928 unless the State in which any noncotton zone is established shall thereafter appropriate and pay a sum in each year equal to the amount expended in such State by the United States under this authorization. Approved, May 21, 1928. TI TLE I-DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 1. The policy and the primary purpose declared in section 1 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U. S. C., Title 46, « 861], are hereby confirmed. 689 Provisos. Not available unless live bollworm be found in county, etc. Deter minat ion of lo ss in Texas as provided by laws thereof. Similar legislation by other States. Subject to approval of Secretary . Compliance with all quarantine regulations required. Available on ly for crop of 1928. Post, p . 1216. May 21,1928 . [H.J. Res.263.1 [Pub. Res., No. 48 .] CHAP. 666 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing the president and fellows of Har- vard College to erect on public grounds in the District of Columbia a monument to Major General Artemas Ward. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That the Director Major General Arte- as Ward. of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be; ize d to merected aut hor - - and he hereby is, authorized and directed to select a suitable site District of Columbia. and to grant permission to the president and fellows of Harvard College to erect, as a gift to the people of the United States, on public grounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, a monument in memory of Major General Artem as War d comm emora tive o f the servic es re ndered by hi m to his country during the war of Independence : Provided, That the Approval of site and site chosen and the design of the memorial shall be approved by the des ign. Commission of Fine Arts, that it shall be erected under the supervi- sion of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the monument. Approved, May 21, 1928. No Federal expense. May 22, 1928 . C H A P. 675 .-An Act To furthe r develop an American merchant marine, to 	 [s .74 4 .] assure its permanence in the transportation of the foreign trade of the United [Public, No . 463.] States, and for other p urposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Merchant Marin e not, 1925 . United States o f America in Congress assembled, Policy of former Act confirmed. Vol. 41, p. 988. U.S . Code, p. 1537.

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 690 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEsS. I. CH. 675. 1928. Shipping Board, ves- sels. Sales by the Board. SA LES BY BOARD Rest rict ions on. Remodeling and im- proving. Ves sel s of United States to be remodeled etc. Vol.41; p. 993, Vol. 43, p. 468. U.S. Code, p.1539. Documenting, etc . TI TLE II-SHIPPING BOARD VE SS ELS SEC. 201. The United States Shipping Board shall not sell any vessel or any line of vessels except when in its judgment the building up a nd mai ntenan ce of an ad equate merch ant m arine can be best served thereby, and then only upon the affirmative vote of five members of the board duly recorded. REMODELING AND IMPROVING SEC. 202. In addition to its power to recondition and repair vessels unde r sect ion 12 of t he Mer chant Marine Act, 1920, as am ended [U. S. C., Title 46, « 871], the boa rd m ay remo del and imp rove vessels o wned by the Un ited States a nd in its pos session or und er its control, so as to equip them adequately for competition in the foreign trade of the United States. Any vessel so re model ed or improved shall be documented under the laws of the United States and shall remain documented under such laws for not less than five years from the date of the completion of the remodeling or improving and so long as there remains due the United States any money or interest on account of such vessel, and during such period it shall be operated only on voyages which are not exclusively coastwise. Repl acem ents. REPLACEMENTS Reco mmen datio ns t o Con gr ess as to new SEC. 203 . The necessit y for the replacement of vessels owned b. y vessels required in for- eign trade. the United States and in the possession or under the control of the board and the construction for the board of additional up-to-date cargo, combination cargo and passenger, and passenger ships, to give the United States an adequate merchant marine, is hereby recognized, and the board is authorized' and directed to present to Congress from time to time, recommendations setting forth what new vessels are required for permanent operation under the United States flag in foreign trade, and the estimated cost thereof, to the end that Construction to be in Congress may, from time to time, make provision for replacements United States. and additions. All vessels built for the board shall be built in the United States and they shall be planned with reference to their possible usefulness as auxiliaries to the naval and military services of the United States. TITLE III-CONSTRUCTION LOA N FU ND Construction loan fund. Terms and condi- TER MS AND C OND ITIO NS OF LOANS tions of loans. Vol. 44, p. 1451, SEC. 301 . (a) Section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as a Lend . . S .Code, p .1539. amended [U. S. C., Title 46, « 870;44 Statu tes at Large, pt. 2, -Ante, p.586. .1451], is amended to read as follows Revenues from sales, ƒ SEC. 11. (a) That the board may set aside, out of the revenues etc., of board to be set aside for fund . from sales, including proceeds of securities consisting of notes, post, p . 889. letters of cre dit, or other eviden ces of debt, taken b y it fo r defe rred payments on purchase money from sales by the board, whether such securities are to the order of the United States, the United States Ship ping Bo ard, the Un ited Sta tes Shi ppi ng B oard Em erge ncy Fleet Corporation, or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Aggregate amount . Fleet Corporation, either directly or by indorsement, until the amounts thus set aside from time to time aggregate $125,000,000 . The amount thus set aside shall be known as the construction loan Loans from, to ru c- - tens for ship construe fu nd. The b oard may use such fund to t he extent it thinks proper , tion in United States of upon such terms as the board may prescribe, in making loans to aid best type, equipment, yp b etc. persons citizens of the United States in the construction by them in private shipyards or navy yards in the United States of vessels of

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 SEVE NTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CFr. 675. 1928 . the best and most efficient type for the establishment or maintenance of service on lines deemed desirable or necessary by the board, provided such vessels shall be fitted and equipped with the most modern, the mos t effici ent, and the mos t econom ical eng ines, ma chin- ery, and commercial appliances ; o r in the outfitt ing and equipmen t by them in private shipyards or navy yards in the United States of vessels already built, with engines, machinery, and commercial appliances of the type and kind mentioned ; or in the reconditioning, remodeling, or improvement by them in private shipyards or navy yards in the United States of vessels already built. "(b) The term `vessel' or `vessels', where used in this section, shall be construed to mean a vessel or vessels to aid in whose con- struction, equipment, reconditioning, remodeling, or improvement, a loan is made from the construction loan fund of the board . All such ve ssels sh all be d ocumente d under the laws of the United S tates and shall remain documented under such laws for not less than twenty years from the date the loan is made, and so long as there remains due the United States any principal or interest on account of such loan . "(c) No loan shall be made for a longer time than twenty years. If it is not to be repaid w ithin two years from the date when the first advance on the loan is made by the board, the principal shall be payable in equal annual installments to be definitely prescribed in the instruments. The loan may be paid at any time, on thirty days' written notice t o the bo ard, wit h intere st compu ted to d ate of paym ent. "(d) All such loans shall bear interest at rates as follows, payable not less frequently than annually : During any period in which the vessel is operated exclusively in coastwise trade, or is inactive, the rate of interest shall be as fixed by the board, but not less than 51/ 4 per centum per annum . During any period in which the vessel is operated in foreign trade the rate shall be the lowest rate of yield (to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum) of any Government obligation bearing a date of issue subsequent to April 6, 1917 (except postal-savings bonds), and outstanding at the time the loan is made by the board, as certified by the Secretary of the Treasury to the board upon its request . The board may prescribe rules for determin- ing the amount of interest payable under the provisions of this paragraph . " (e) No loan shall be for a greater sum than three-fourths the cost of the vessel or vessels to be constructed or than three-fourths the cost of the reconditioning, remodeling, improving, or equipping herein before a uthorize d for a vessel a lready b uilt. "(f) The board shall require such security as it shall deem neces- sary to insure the completion of the construction, reconditioning, remodeling, improving, or equipping of the vessel within a reason- able time and the repayment of the loan with interest ; when the construction, reconditioning, remodeling, improving, or equipping of the vessel is com pleted the security shall include a pref erred mortgage on the vess el, complying with the provisions of the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 [U. S. C., Title 46, Chap . 25], which mortgage sh all cont ain appr opri ate cove nant s an d pr ovis ions to insure the proper physical maintenance of the vessel, and its protection against liens for taxes, penalties, claims, or liabilities of any kind whatever, which might impair the security for the debt . It shall als o con tain any other covenants and provisions the board may prescribe, includ- ing a provision for the summary maturing of the entire debt, for causes to be enumerated in the mortgage. 691 Outfitting in Ameri- can yard s of vessels al rea dy built, with engines, etc. Reconditioning, etc., in private or na vy yards. Term of "vessel" construed to be one aided by loan. Vol. 43, p .467, amend- ed. Documenting for twenty years under United States laws. Time limit for loans. Vol. 43, p. 467, amend- ed. Installment intervals. Payment in full al- lowed. Interest rates. Whi le in coa stwi se trade, or inactive. Vol. 43, p .468, amend- ed. In foreign trade. Limit of loans. Security for comple. tion and repayments. Preferred mortgage on completion of ves- sel. Vol.41,p.1000. U.S. Code, p.1543. Additiona l covenants to be prescribed .

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 692 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 675 . 1928 . Insurance against all "(g) The board shall also require and the security furnished shall insurable risks required . provide that the owner of the vessel shall keep the same insured against loss or damage by fire, and against marine risks and disasters, and against any and all other insurable risks the board specifies, with such insu rance compani es, associati ons, or underw riters, and under such forms of policies, and to such an amount, as the board Premium payments may prescribe or approve ; such insurance shall be made payable a greements . t o the board and/or to the parties, as interest may appear . The board is authorized to enter into any agreement that it deems wise in respect to the payment and for the guaranty of premiums of insu ranc e ." (b) Section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as in force immediately prior to the enactment of this Act, shall remain in force in respect of all loans made before the enactment of this Act. Prior loans not dis- turbed. Vol.41,p. 993. Increase of loan fund. Additional appropri- ation of $250,000,000 au- thorized for. Ante, p. 586. Post, pp. 889, 910. No further credit to the fund . To be a revolving land. Ocean mail service. Scope of title. All mails between ports, excluding Ca- nadian, to be carried on contract vessels. Requirements of Postal Service. Postmaster General to certify to Board what ocean mail routes be established between por ts now se rved by foreign vessels. Di strib ution, etc. INCREASE OF CONSTRUCTION LOAN FUND SEC. 302. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated, to be credited to and for the purposes of the construction loan fund created by section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, such amounts as will, when added to the amounts credited to such fund by the United States Shipping Board under authority of law (exclusive of repayments on loans from the fund), make the aggre- gate of the amounts credited to such fund (exclusive of such repayments) equal to $250,000,000. (b) When $250,000,000 has been credited to such fund (whether by the board under authority of law or from appropriations authorized by this section, but exclusive of repayments on loans from the fund) then no further sums (except such repayments) shall be credited by the board to such fund. (c) The construction loan fund shall continue to be a rev olv ing fund. Repayments on loans from the fund shall be credited to the fund, but interest on such loans shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. TITLE IV .-OCEAN MAIL SERVICE SCOPE OF TITLE SEC. 401. All mails of the United States carried on vessels between ports '(exclusive of ports in the Dominion of Canada other than ports in Nova Scotia) between which it is lawful under the navi- gation laws for a vessel not documented under the laws of the United States to carr y merch andise shall, if pra cticab le, be carried on ve ssels in respect of which a contract is made under this title. REQUIREMENTS OF POSTAL SERVICE SEC. 402. As soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, and from time to time thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Post- master General to certify to the United States Shipping Board what ocean mail routes, in his opinion, should be established and/or Operated for the carrying of mails of the United States between ports (exclusive of ports in the Dominion of Canada other than ports in Nova Scotia) between which it is lawful under the navi- gation laws for a vesse l not docume nted u nder the la ws of the United States to carry merchandise, distributed so as equitably to serve the Atlantic, Mexican Gulf, and Pacific coast ports, the volume of mail then moving over such routes and the estimated volume thereof during the next five years, the times deemed by him advisable for the departure of the vessels carrying such mails, and other

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 675. 1928 . 693 requ iremen ts nec essary to pr ovide an adeq uate p ostal servic e betw een such ports. RECOMMENDATIONS BY SHIPP ING BOARD SEC. 403 . The board shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of such certification from the Postmaster General, determine and certify to him the type, size, speed, and other characteristics of the vessels which should be employed on each such route, the frequency and regularity of their sailings, and all other facts which bear upon the capacity of the vessels to meet the requirements of the service stated by the Postmaster General. The board in making its determination shall take into consideration the desirability of having the mail service performed by vessels constructed in accordance with the latest and most approved types, with modern improvements and appliances. AUTH ORITY T O MAKE CONTRACTS SEC. 404. The Postmaster General is authorized to enter into contracts with citizens of the United States whose bids are accepted, for the carrying of mails between ports (exclusive of ports in the Dominion of Canada other than ports in Nova Scotia) between which it is lawful under the navigation laws for a vessel not docu- mented under the laws of the United States to carry merchandise. He s hall i nclude in su ch con tracts such r equire ments and co nditio ns as in his best judgment will insure the full and efficient performance thereof and the protection of the interests of the Government. Per- formance under any such contract shall begin not more than three years after th e contrac t is let, and the term of the contr act shall not exceed ten years. VESSELS Recommendat ions by Board. Det ermi nat ion of type, etc., of vessels, sailings, etc. Latest and most ap- proved types, etc . Contracts. Pos tmaste r General may make, with Ameri- can citizens for carrying foreign mails. Requireme nts and conditions. Term, etc. Vessels. SEC. 405 . (a) The vessels employed in ocean mail service under a Steel vessels. contract made under this title shall be steel vessels, shall be steam or motor vessels, and shall be either American-built and re is- American built and tered under the laws of the United (1) ttes during the entire time reg`stered ' of such employment, or (2) registered under the laws of the United than Febudary later States not later than February 1, 1928, and so registered during Under construction the entire time of such employment, or (3) actually ordered and for American citizens. unde r cons tructi on for the a ccount of cit izens of the Unite d Stat es prior to February 1, 1928, and registered under the laws of the United States during the entire time of such employment . Cons tructi on her e- (b) A vessel for the services of which a contract is entered into after with reference to under authority of this title, and the construction of which is here- use by the Navy after begun, shal l be e ither (1) a vessel constructed, according to plans and s pecifi cation s appr oved b y the S ecreta ry of the Na vy, wi th particular reference to economical conversion into an auxiliary naval emerg ency. national vessel, or (2) a vessel which will be otherwise useful to the United States in time of national emergency. (c) From and after the enactment of this Act all licensed officers Licensed officers to be American citizens. of vessels documented under the laws of the United States, as now Citizenship of crew. required by law, shall be citizens of the United States after the enactment of this Act and for a period of four years, upon each departure from the United States of a vessel employed in ocean mail service under this title, one-half of the crew (crew including all employees of the ship other than officers) shall be citizens of the United States and, thereafter, two-thirds of the crew as above defined shall be citizens of the United States.
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 694 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cg. 675. 1928. Advertising for bids. Public notice in daily newspapers of specified citi es. For Pacific Ocean servi ce. Contents of notice. Awarding contracts. ADVERTISING FOR BIDS SEC. 406. Before making any contract for carrying ocean mails under this title the Postmaster General shall give public notice by advertisement once a week for three weeks in such daily newspapers as he shall select in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Charleston, Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville, Galveston, Houston, and Mobile, calling for bids for carrying of such ocean mails ; or when the proposed service is to be on the Pacific Ocean then in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle. Such notice shall describe the proposed route, the time when such contract will be made, the number of trips a year, the schedule required, the time when the service shall commence, the character of the vessels required, and all other information deemed by the Postmaster General to be necessary to inform prospective bidders a s to the character of the s ervice to be requi red. AWARDING CONTRACTS Lo west qualified bidder accepted. SE C. 407. Each contract for the carrying of ocean mails under this title sha ll be awa rded to t he lowest bidder w ho, in th e judgmen t of the Postmaster General, possesses such qualifications as to insure proper performance of the mail service under the contract. Classification of ves- CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS sels. Determined by speed and tonnage. SEC. 408 . (a) The vessels employed in ocean mail service under this title shall be divided into classes as follows Class 7. Class 7. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 10 knots at sea in ordina ry weathe r, and of a gross registere d tonnage of not l ess than 2,500 tons. C 6. Class 6. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 10 knots at sea in ordina ry weathe r, and of a gross registere d tonnage of not l ess than 4, 000 to ns. C 5' Class 5. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 13 knots at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross re gistered tonnage of not le ss than 8,000 tons. class Class 4. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 16 knots at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross re gistered tonnage of not le ss than 10,000 tons. Class 3. Class 3. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 18 knots at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross re gistered tonnage of not le ss than 12,000 tons. Class2. Class 2. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 20 knots at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross reg istered t onnage of not less than 16,000 tons. Class 1. Class 1. Vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 24 knots at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross re gistered tonnage of not le ss than Classification maybe 20,000 tons. based on speed without (b) The classification of a vessel may be based upon its speed regard to tonna ge on w par ticul ar ro utes. b ithout regard to its tonnage if the Postmaster General is of opinion that speed is especially important on the particular route on which the vessel is to be employed, and that a suitable vessel documented under the laws of the United States of a higher classification is not available on reasonable terms and conditions, or, on account of the character of the ports served or for other reasons, can not be safely or economically employed on such route. Compensation under COMPENSATION UNDER CONTRACTS contracts. Rates. SEC. 40 9 . (a) The rate of compensation to be paid under this title for ocea n-mail se rvice sha ll be fix ed in th e contrac t. Such rate

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 675 . 1928 . 695 shall not exceed : For vessels of Class 7, $1 .50 per nautical mile; for vessels of Class 6, $2 .50 per nautical mile; for vessels of Class 5, $4 per nautical mile; for vessels of Class 4, $6 per nautical mile; for vessels of Class 3, $8 per nautical mile; for vessels of Class 2, $10 per nautical mile; and for vessels of Class 1, $12 per nautical mile. As used in this section the term " nautical mile " means 6,080 feet. Extra pay for class I (b) When the Postmaster General is of opinion that the interests vessels maintaining es- in the case of sess speed. speed. of the postal service will be served thereby, he may, a vessel of class 1 capable of maintaining for speed in excess of 24 knots at sea in ordinary weather, contract for the payment of com- pensation in excess of the maximum compensation authorized in subsection (a ), b ut th e com pens ation per nauti cal mile autho rize d by this subsection shall not be greater than an amount which bears the same ratio to $12 as the speed which such vessel is capable of maintaining at sea in ordinary weather bears to 24 knots. (c) If the Postmaster General is of opinion that to expedite and maintain satisfactory service under a contract made under this title, airplanes or airships are required to be used in conjunction with vessels, he may allow additional compensation, in amounts to be determined by him, on account of the use of such airplanes or air ships. Such airplanes or airships shall be American-built and owned, officered, and manned by citizens of the United States. (d) The Postmaster General shall determine the number of nautical miles by the shortest practicable route between the ports inv olved and pa yments under any c ontrac t made under this t itle s hall be made for such number of miles on each outward voyage regardless of the actual mileage traveled. VIOLATION OF CONTRACTS SEC. 410 . In the case of failure of a vessel from any cause to perform any regular voyage required by a contract made under this title, a pro rata deduction shall be made from the contract price on account of such omitted voyage; and suitable deductions, to be determined by the Postmaster General, may be made from the com- pensation payable under the contract for delays, failures to properly safeguard the mails, or other irregularities in the performance of the contract. Deductions so determined upon shall be deducted by the Postmaster General from the payments otherwise due and pay- able under the terms of the contract. The Postmaster General may, in case of emergency, permit the substitution for a particular voyage of a vessel not within the provisions of the contract, even though not conforming to the requirements of section 405. PASSENGERS, FREIGHT, AND EXPRESS SEC. 411. Any vessel operating under a contract made under this title may carry passengers and their baggage, and freight and express, and may do all ordinary business done by similar vessels. SEC. 412. Naval officers of the United States on the active list may volunteer for service on any vessel employed in mail service under a contract made under the provisions of this title, and when accepted by the owner or master thereof may be assigned to such duty by the Secretary of the Navy. While in such employment such officers shall receive from the Government half pay, exclusive of al lowan ces, and such other com pensa tion from the owner or m aste r as may be agreed upon by the parties; but such officers while in such employment shall be required to perform only such duties as apper- tain to the merchant marine. Airplane or airship service allowance. Co nditio ns. Det ermining miles between ports. Violation of con - tracts. Deductions to be made for failure to per form re gular v oy- age, etc. Passengers, freight, and express . Contract vessels may carry. NAV AL OFF ICE RS Naval officers. On active list may volunteer for service on mail vess els. Compensation, etc.

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 696 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. C$. 675. 1928 . Mail me ssen gers. MAI L ME SSE NGER S Transportation, etc., of, on contract vessels. SEC. 41 3 . U pon each vess el employed i n ocean mail s ervice under a contract made under this title, the Postmaster General shall be entitled to have transported such mail messengers as he may require, for w hom shall be provided subsi stence, suita ble sta terooms, and working quarters, all free of charge. Amendments and re- peals. Vol. 41, p. 998, amend- ed. U.S. Code, p.1541 . Mails to be shipped on American vessels. Contr act assign - ments, etc ., forbidden. No pa ym ent on as- signed contracts. Not applic able to con tract s un der this Act. Ante, p. 693. Allowance of former rates repealed. Vol. 41, p. 991, amend- ed. U.S. Code, p. 1538. Ocean ma il service Act of 1891, repealed. Vol. 26, pp. 830-832, repealed. U.S. Code, pp.1274, 1275. Contracts f or carry- mails to Great Britain, repealed. Vol.39,p.1066,re- pea led. U.S. Code, p. 1275. Contract transporta- tion. R. S.see. 4009, p. 774 amend ed. Vol. 44, p. 9 00, amended. Com pensa tion not lim ite d to specified contracts. R. S.see. 4007, p. 774. Vol. 41, r. 998 . U.S. Code, pp. 1274, 1541 . .4nte, p. 693. Prior contr acts con- tinued . AMEN DMEN TS AND REP EALS SEC. 4 14 . (a) Section 24 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U. S. C ., Title 46, « 880], is amended to read as follows " SEC . 24 . That all mails of the United States shipped or carried on vessels shall, if practicable, be shipped or carried on American- built vessels documented under the laws of the United States . No contract hereafter made with the Postmaster General for carrying mails on vessels so built and documented shall be assigned or sublet, and no mails covered by such contract shall be carried on any vessel not so built and documented . No money shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States on or in relation to any such contract for carrying mails on vessels so built and documented when such contract has been assigned or sublet or when mails covered by such contract are in violation of the terms thereof carried on any vessel not so built and documented . This section shall not be appli- cable in the case of contracts made under Title IV of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928 ." (b) Section 7 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U . S. C., Title 46, « 866], is amended by striking out so much thereof as reads as follows : "The Postmaster General is authorized, notwithstanding the Act entitled `An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce,' ap- . proved March 3, 1891, to contract for the carrying of the mails over such lines at such price as may be agreed upon by the board and the Postmaster General ." (c) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote com- merce," approved March 3, 1891 [U. S. C ., Title 39, «« 657-665], is repealed. (d) So much of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1918, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1917, as provides for contracts for the carrying of mails betw een th e United States and Great Britain [U. S. C ., Title 39, « 666 ], is repealed. (e) Subdi vision (b) of section 4009 of the Revise d Statutes as amended [44 Statutes at Large, pt. 2, 900], is amended to read as follows "(b) The provisions of subdivision (a) of this section shall not limit the compensation for transport ation of mail which the Pos t- master Ge neral may pay under contrac ts entered in to in accordan ce with the provisions of section 4007 of the Revised Statutes [U . S . C ., Title 39, « 652], section 24 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U . S . C ., Title 46, « 880], or Title IV of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928 ." (f) Any c ontract made p rior to the e nactment of t his Act shall remain in force and effect in the same manner and to the same extent as though this Act had not been enacted. Any such contract which expires on June 30, 1928, may be extended for a period of not more than one year from such date.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 675. 1928 . TITLE V-INSURA NCE FUND SEC. 501. Section 10 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U. S. C ., Title 46, « 869], is amended to read as follows " SEC . 10 . That the boa rd may create out of insur ance premiums, and revenue from operations and sales, and maintain and administer separate insurance funds which it may use to insure in whole or in part against all hazards commonly covered by insurance policies in such cases, any legal or equitable interest of the United States (1) in any vessel constructed or in process of construction ; and (2) in any plants or property in the possession or under the authority of the b oard. The United States shall be held to have such an interest in any vessel toward the construction, reconditioning, re- modeling, improving, or equipping of which a loan has been made under the authority of this Act, in any vessel upon which it holds a mortgage or lien of any character, or in any vessel which is ob ligate d by c ontrac t wit h the owner to pe rform any s ervice in be half o f the U nited S tates, to the extent of th e Gover nment's inter est therein ." TITLE VI-TRANSPORTATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIA LS SEC . 601 . Any officer or employee of the United States traveling on official business overseas to foreign countries, or to any of the posses- sions of the United States, shall travel and transport his personal effects on ships registered under the laws of the United States when such ships are available, unless the necessity of his mission requires the use of a ship under a foreign flag : Provided, That the Comp- troller General of the United States shall not credit any allowance for travel or shipping expenses incurred on a foreign ship in the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity therefor . TITLE VII -MIS CELL ANEO US AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 697 Insurance fund . V ol. 41, p. 992, amend . ed. U.S. Code, p. 1536. Authorized for Gov- ernment interest in ves- sels, plants, etc . Eatent of interest stated. Tr ans por tat ion of Government officials. Use of American ships when traveling to foreign countries. Proviso. Proof of necessity re- quired for travel on foreign ships. Appropriations au- thorized. Requisition of ves. sels. For national defense. Vessels under con- tract from loan fund. Ante, p. 690. Ocean mail contract vessels. Compen sation, if bought. Used, but not pur ch ased. SEC. 701 . The appropriations necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act are hereby authorized. REQUISITION OF VESSELS SEC. 702. (a) The following vessels may be taken and purchased or used by the United States for national defense or during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President (1) Any vessel i n respect of which, under a contract her eafter entered into, a loan is made from the construction loan fund created by section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended-at any time until the principal and interest of the loan has been paid (2) Any vessel in respect of which an ocean mail contract is made un er Title IV of this Act-at any time during the period for which the contract is made. (b) In such event the owner shall be paid the fair actual value of the vessel at the time of taking, or paid the fair compensation for her use based upon such fair actual value ; but in neither case shall such fair actual value be enhanced by the causes necessitating the taking. In the case of a vessel taken and used, but not purchased, the vessel shall be restored to the owner in a condition at least as good as when taken, less reasonable wear and tear, or the owner shall be paid an amount for reconditioning sufficient to place the vessel in No consequential such condition. The owner shall not be paid for any consequential dama g es. damages arising from such taking and purchase or use.
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 698 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 675, 676 . 1928 . Certification of amount to Congress. Suit if amount un- sat isf act ory. Vol. 36, pp. 1093, 1136 . U. S. Code, pp. 867, 897 . Definitions. Meaning of" foreign trade." Proviso. Loading or unload- ing at any port in any territory, construed as foreign trade. SEC. 703 . (a) When used in this Act, and for the purposes of this Act only, the words " foreign trade " mean trade between the United Stat es, its Terri tories or poss ession s, or t he Dist rict o f Colum bia and a foreign country : Provided, however, That the loading or the unloading of cargo, mail, or passengers at any port in any territory or possession of the United States shall be construed to be foreign trade if the stop at such territory or possession is an intermediate stop on what would otherwise be a voyage in foreign trade. In cl of etc ., as"ci corpora- tion, izf (b) When used in this Act the term "citizen of the United the United States ." States " includes a corporation, partnership, or association only if it is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended [U. S. C., Title 46, « 802]. R EAF FIR MATI ON OF POLICY SEC. 704. The policy and the primary purpose declared in section 7 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 [U. S. C ., Title 46, « 866], are hereby reaffirmed. Vol. 41, p. 1008. U.S. Code, p.1530. Reaffirmation of policy. Vol. 41, p. 991. U.S. Code, p. 1538. Ship operations. Allocation of service among various ports. SEC. 705 . In the allocations of the operations of the ships, the Ship- ping Board shall distribute them as far as possible and without detri- ment to the service among the various ports of the country. Short title. Merchant Act, 1928. May 22, 19 28 . [S. 1829.] [Public, loo. 464 .] Army. Indebtedness of en- listed men may he de- ducted in monthly in- stallments from pay rolls. Provisos. Aggregate deduction fr om month's pa y, limited. Limitation, if pay forfeited by court mar- tial sentence, etc . (c) The President shall ascertain the fair compensation for such taking and purchase or use and shall certify to Congress the amount so found by him to be due, for appropriation and payment to the person entitled thereto. If the amount found by the President to be due is unsa tisfac tory to the pe rson e ntitled theret o, suc h perso n shall be entitled to sue the United States for the amount of such fair com- pensation and such suit shall be brought in the manner provided by paragraph 20 of section 24 or by section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended [U. S. C., Title 28, « 41, 250]. DEFINITIONS SHIP OP ERA TIO NS SHORT TITLE Marine SEC. 706. This Act may be cited as the " Merchant Marine Act, 1928 ". Approv ed, Ma y 22, 1928. CHAP. 676 .-An Act To authorize the collection, in monthly installments, of indebtedness due the United States from enlisted men, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, when it has been administratively ascertained that an enlisted man of the Army is indebted to the United States or any of its instrumentalities, the amount of such indebtedness may be collected in monthly install- ments by deduction from his pay on current pay rolls : Provided, That the aggregate sum of such deductions for any month shall not exceed two-thirds of the soldier's rate of pay for that month : And provided further, That whenever any part of the pay of a soldier for a certain month shall have been legally forfeited by sentence of cou rt-m arti al, or o ther wise leg ally aut hori zed to b e wi thhe ld, then no deduction under this Act shall be so applied as to reduce the actual pay received by the soldier for that month below one-third

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