Chapter 148. To amend an Act to provide for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw threads
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CHAP. 148.— An Act To amend an Act to provide for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw threads.April 16, 1926. [[H. R. 264](/us/bill/69/hr/264).] [[Public, No. 125](/us/pl/69/125).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Screw threads standardization.Vol. 40, p. 912.Vol. 40, p. 1291, amended.Vol. 40, p. 536; Vol, 42. p. 469. That an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw threads,” approved July 18, 1918, as amended by an Act approved March 3, 1919, and extended by Public Resolutions approved March 23, 1920, and March 21, 1922, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it will read:
" “That a commission is hereby created, to be known as the CommissionCommission created. for the Standardization of Screw Threads, hereinafter referred to as the commission, which shall be composed of nine commissioners,Composition. one of whom shall be the Director of the Bureau of Standards, who shall be chairman of the commission; two representatives of the Army, to be appointed by the Secretary of War; two representatives of the Navy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy; and four to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, two of whom shall be chosen from nominations made by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and two from nominations made by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
“Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said commission to ascertainAdoption of standards. and establish standards for screw threads, which shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce for their acceptance and approval. Such standards,To be used in Army and Navy plants, etc. when thus accepted and approved, shall be adopted and used in the several manufacturing plants under the control of the War and Navy Departments, and, so far as practicable, in all specifications for screw threads in proposals for manufactured articles, parts, or materials to be used under the direction of these departments.
“Sec. 3. That the Secretary of Commerce shall promulgate suchOfficial promulgation and publication. standards for use by the public and cause the same to be published as a public document. “Sec. 4. That the commission shall serve without compensation butNo compensation for service. nothing herein shall be held to affect the pay of the commissioners appointed from the Army and Navy or of the Director of the Bureau of Standards. “Sec. 5. That the commission may adopt rules and regulations inRules, etc,, to be adopted. regard to its procedure and the conduct of its business.
” " Approved, April 16, 1926.