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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · July 1, 1935 · Public Law 474

Public Law 474.

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(/us/pl/73/473).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Permanent appropriation repeal Act.Designated appropriations, from general fund repealed.Effective date.
(a)That effective July 1, 1935, such portions of any Acts as provide permanent or continuing appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury to be disbursed under the appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government, and listed in subsection
(b)of this section, Balances to be covered in.are hereby repealed, and any unobligated balances under such accounts as of June 30, 1935, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury.
(b)[U.S.C., title 12, sec. 864](/us/usc/t12/s864).
(1)Preparation, custody, and delivery of farm-loan bonds, reimbursable (2x152).
(2)[U.S.C., title 12, sec. 1042](/us/usc/t12/s1042). Preparation, custody, and delivery of Federal intermediate credit bank securities, reimbursable (2x153). 1225
(3)Preparation and issue of Federal Reserve notes, reimbursable[U.S.C., title 12, sec. 422](/us/usc/t12/s422). (2x151).
(4)Debentures and other charges (customs).[R.S., sec. 3689](/us/rs/3689).
(5)Payment for lands sold for direct taxes (2x435).[R.S., sec. 3689](/us/rs/3689).
(6)Refunding corporation- and income-tax penalties (Internal[38 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/38/1225). Revenue) (2x425).
(7)Refunding stamp tax on export bills of lading (2x427).[32 Stat. 406](/us/stat/32/406).
(8)Refunding stamp tax on foreign bills of exchange (2x433).[35 Stat. 590](/us/stat/35/590).
(9)Refunding tax on contingent beneficial interests (2x428).[32 Stat. 406](/us/stat/32/406).
(10)Refunding tax on certain legacies (2x426).[32 Stat. 406](/us/stat/32/406).
(11)Surplus proceeds, property sold for internal-revenue taxes (2x441).[R.S., sec. 3195](/us/rs/3195).
(12)Payment of Cape Cod Canal bonds (2x087).[44 Stat. 1015](/us/stat/44/1015); [45 Stat. 914](/us/stat/45/914).[U.S.C., title 43, secs. 886, 908](/us/usc/t43/s886/908).[24 Stat. 389](/us/stat/24/389); [26 Stat. 795](/us/stat/26/795).[32 Stat. 631](/us/stat/32/631); [36 Stat. 1154](/us/stat/36/1154).
(13)Surveying within land grants (reimbursable) (4x164).
(14)Fees on certain Indian allotments (4x025).
(15)Distribution of United States Code, Revised Statutes, and so forth (4x019).
(16)Transportation of Volunteers, War with Spain (8x175).[30 Stat. 1358](/us/stat/30/1358).
(17)Powder and projectiles, proceeds of sales (8x423).[21 Stat. 468](/us/stat/21/468). Sec. 2.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, the permanent appropriationsSpecified appropriations repealed and annual appropriations authorized. under the appropriation titles listed in subsection
(b)of this section are repealed, and such portions of any Acts as make permanent appropriations to be expended under such accounts are amended so as to authorize, in lieu thereof, annual appropriations from theTo be expended in identical terms and amounts as now authorized. general fund of the Treasury in identical terms and in such amounts as now provided by the laws providing such permanent appropriations, except that any appropriation for “Adjusted losses and contingencies, postal fund”, is authorized to be made from theAdjusted losses, etc., postal fund, from postal revenues. postal revenues. Any unobligated balances remaining in the permanent appropriations under these accounts on June 30, 1935, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury: *Provided*, That in*Proviso*.Meat inspection. addition to amounts in lieu of the permanent appropriation “ Meat Inspection, Bureau of Animal Industry (fiscal year)” there is authorized to be appropriated such other sums as may be necessary in the[U.S.C., title 21, secs. 71–96](/us/usc/t21/s71–96). enforcement of the meat inspection laws (U.S.C., title 21, secs. 71 to 96. inclusive).[U.S.C., title 25, sec. 161](/us/usc/t25/s161).[25 Stat. 895](/us/stat/25/895); [29 Stat. 334](/us/stat/29/334); [34 Stat. 328](/us/stat/34/328); [45 Stat. 684](/us/stat/45/684).[U.S.C., title 21, sec. 95](/us/usc/t21/s95).
(1)Interest on Indian trust funds.
(2)Civilization of the Sioux (4x950).
(3)Meat inspection, Bureau of Animal Industry (fiscal year) (3–114).
(4)National Forest Reservation Commission (fiscal year) (3–494).[U.S.C., title 16, sec. 514](/us/usc/t16/s514).[U.S.C., title 22 sec. 89; title 46, sec. 101](/us/usc/t22/s89/46/101).[U.S.C., title 26. secs. 788, 852](/us/usc/t26/s788/852).[U.S.C., title 31, secs. 711–4](/us/usc/t31/s711–4).[30 Stat. 464](/us/stat/30/464); [45 Stat. 398](/us/stat/45/398).[26 Stat. 140](/us/stat/26/140); [46 Stat. 739](/us/stat/46/739).[U.S.C., title 19, sec. 1557](/us/usc/t19/s1557).
(5)Pay of consular agents for services to American vessels and seamen (1x561).
(6)Allowance or drawback (Internal Revenue) (2x438).
(7)Redemption of stamps (Internal Revenue) (2x432).
(8)Refunding legacy taxes, Act March 30, 1928 (2x430).
(9)Refund of excessive duties (Customs) (2x324).
(10)Debentures or drawbacks, bounties, or allowances (Customs) (2x321).
(11)Allowance or drawback (Industrial Alcohol) (2x440).[U.S.C., title 26, sec. 377](/us/usc/t26/s337).[U.S.C., title 22, sec. 266](/us/usc/t22/s266).
(12)Permanent International Commission of Congresses of Navigation (fiscal year) (8–887).
(13)Operating and care of canals and other works of[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 5](/us/usc/t33/s5). navigation (8x881).
(14)Removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 414](/us/usc/t33/s414). navigation (8x888).
(15)Removing obstructions in Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Old[25 Stat. 424](/us/stat/25/424); [35 Stat. 817](/us/stat/35/817). Rivers (fiscal year (8–961.58).
(16)Maintenance of channel, South Pass. Mississippi River (fiscal[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 602](/us/usc/t33/s602). year) (8–961.55). 1226
(17)[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 4](/us/usc/t33/s44). Gauging waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries (fiscal year) (8–961.54).
(18)[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 602](/us/usc/t33/s602). Examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River (fiscal year) (8–961.53).
(19)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 320](/us/usc/t31/s320).[U.S.C., title 19, sec. 1563](/us/usc/t19/s1563).[U.S.C., title 12, sec. 547](/us/usc/t12/s547). Recoinage of silver coins (2x106).
(20)Refunding duties on goods destroyed (Customs) (2x330).
(21)Refunding to national banking associations excess of duty (2x228).
(22)[U.S.C., title 20, sec. 11](/us/usc/t20/s11). Salaries and expenses, Federal Board for Vocational Education (fiscal year) (0–801).
(23)[R.S., sec. 3221](/us/rs/3221). Repayment of taxes on distilled spirits destroyed by casualty (2x431).
(24)[U.S.C., title 39, sec. 49](/us/usc/t39/s49). Adjusted losses and contingencies, postal fund (9x256).
(25)[U.S.C., title 19, secs. 1493, 1559; title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t19/s1493/1559/31/711).[U.S.C., title 19, sec. 1613; title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t19/s1613/31/711).[U.S.C., title 33, secs. 604, 605](/us/usc/t33/s604/605). Refunding proceeds of unclaimed merchandise (Customs) (2x326).
(26)Proceeds of goods seized and sold (Customs) (2x322).
(27)Operating snag and dredge boats on upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Minnesota Rivers (fiscal year) (8–962.60).
(28)[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 606](/us/usc/t33/s606). Operating snag boats on the Ohio River (fiscal year) (8–962.51). Sec. 3. Repeal of certain specified permanent appropriations and balances carried in.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, the permanent or continuing appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section are hereby abolished, and any unobligated balances under such accounts as of June 30, 1935, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Any appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been Future claims herein to be certified to Congress.chargeable prior to July 1, 1935, are hereby repealed. Any claims accruing on and after July 1, 1935, which, but for this section properly would have been charged to these appropriation titles, shall, upon proper audit, be certified to Congress for appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury, which is hereby authorized.
(b)[30 Stat. 1073, 1074](/us/stat/30/1073/1074).
(1)Extra pay to Regular Army, War with Spain (8x172).
(2)[30 Stat. 784, 1073](/us/stat/30/784/1073); [31 Stat. 217](/us/stat/31/217). Extra pay to Volunteers, War with Spain (8x173).
(3)[U.S.C., title 31, secs. 218, 222](/us/usc/t31/s218/222). Claims of officers and men of the Army for destruction of private property (8x123).
(4)[21 Stat. 283](/us/stat/21/283). Bounty to Fifteenth and Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers (8x164).
(5)[U.S.C., title 46, sec. 748](/us/usc/t46/s748). Judgments in admiralty suits under Act of March 9, 1920, War Department (8x143).
(6)[30 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/30/1225). Reimbursement for bringing home remains of officers and others
(Navy)(7x816).
(7)[30 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/30/1225). Reimbursement for bringing home remains of officers and others
(War)(8x765).
(8)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Indemnity for swamp land to States (4x160).
(9)[38 Stat. 1214–1215](/us/stat/38/1214–1215). Proceeds of mineral or reserved lands, Tanana Valley, Alaska, special fund (4x167).
(10)[40 Stat. 19](/us/stat/40/19). Proceeds of town sites for schools in Oklahoma (4x464).
(11)[28 Stat. 962](/us/stat/28/962), [40 Stat. 389](/us/stat/40/389). Indemnity to seamen and marines for lost clothing (7x977).
(12)[42 Stat. 1767](/us/stat/42/1767). Reimbursement to certain persons for loss of private funds while patients at United States Naval Hospital, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia (7x973).
(13)[R.S., sec. 4635, p. 902](/us/rs/4635/902); [30 Stat. 1007](/us/stat/30/1007); [31 Stat. 1052](/us/stat/31/1052); [33 Stat. 422](/us/stat/33/1012). Judgments, bounty for destruction of enemies’ vessels (7x956).
(14)[41 Stat. 69](/us/stat/41/69). Judgment, owners, and so forth, barkentine Mabel I. Meyers, under Act of August 21, 1916 (7x959).
(15)[45 Stat. 2047](/us/stat/45/2047); [46 Stat. 2128](/us/stat/46/2128). Relief of claimants, explosion at Naval Ammunition Depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey (7x975).
(16)[U.S.C., title 49, sec. 77](/us/usc/t49/s77). Guaranty to carriers after termination of Federal control (0x961). 1227
(17)Reimbursement to carriers of deficits during Government[U.S.C., title 49, sec. 73](/us/usc/t49/s73). control (0x963).
(18)Guaranty to American Railway Express Company during[41 Stat. 466](/us/stat/41/466). guaranty period (0x965).
(19)Judgments in admiralty suits under Act of March 9, 1920,[U.S.C., title 46, sec. 748](/us/usc/t46/s748). United States Shipping Board (0x556).
(20)Judgments of courts (Revised Statutes, section 3754)[U.S.C., title 40, sec. 309](/us/usc/t40/s309). (7x965).
(21)Bounty for destruction of enemies’ vessels (7x961).[30 Stat. 1007](/us/stat/30/1007).
(22)Claims arising from operations under Wheat Price[45 Stat. 1148](/us/stat/45/1012); [46 Stat. 1627](/us/stat/46/1012). Guarantee Act of March 4, 1919 ( 0x482).
(23)Proceeds sale of town lots, Lawton, Oklahoma (4sl74).[26 Stat. 91](/us/stat/26/91); [32 Stat. 63](/us/stat/32/63); [38 Stat. 1192](/us/stat/38/1192).
(24)Proceeds of certain lands in township 8-North, Nebraska (4sl76). Sec. 4.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, all receipts of the characterSpecial funds, etc.theretofore credited to the appropriation accounts appearing onListed receipts form, carried in. the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts,Sums equal to credited receipts authorized to be drawn annually for same purposes.Permanent appropriation repealed. and amounts equal thereto are authorized to be appropriated annually from the general fund of the Treasury for the same purposes for which such receipts are now appropriated. Appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore are hereby repealed, effective on such date: *Provided*, That if the total of receipts for any one fiscal year for any*Proviso*.If receipts greater than appropriation excess to be drawn following year. of the foregoing purposes under this authority is greater than the amounts appropriated for such purpose, such excess is authorized to be appropriated for the following fiscal year.
(1)Wagon roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska fund (4s524).[37 Stat. 728](/us/stat/37/728); [47 Stat. 446](/us/stat/47/446).[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 41](/us/usc/t48/s41).[40 Stat. 1180](/us/stat/40/1180).[44 Stat. 740](/us/stat/44/740); [42 Stat. 1448](/us/stat/42/1448).
(2)Public schools, Alaska fund (4s366).
(3)Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant fund (4sl68).
(4)Payment to Oklahoma from royalties, oil and gas, south half of Red River (4s028).
(5)Five per centum fund of net proceeds of sales of agricultural[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). lands in Colorado (4sl83).
(6)Annette Islands reserve, Alaska, fund from leases (5s740).[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 358](/us/usc/t48/s358).[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 41](/us/usc/t48/s41).[U.S.C., title 8, sec. 387](/us/usc/t8/s387).[U.S.C., title 48, sec, 309](/us/usc/t48/s309).
(7)Relief of the indigent, Alaska fund (2sl08).
(8)Naturalization fees, publishing citizenship textbooks, Bureau of Naturalization (6–836).
(9)Additional income tax on railroads in Alaska (2s442).
(10)Ordnance material, proceeds of sales
(War)(8s422).[18 Stat. 388](/us/stat/18/388).
(11)Maintenance and operation of dams and other improvements[U.S.C., title 16, sec. 810](/us/usc/t16/s810). of navigable waters (8s876).
(12)Construction, irrigation system, Wapato Project,[41 Stat. 431](/us/stat/41/431). Washington, Act February 14, 1920 (5s781).
(13)Maintenance, irrigation system (name of project), Act[38 Stat. 583](/us/stat/38/583). August 1, 1914.
(14)Maintenance, irrigation system (name of project), Act[39 Stat. 142](/us/stat/39/142). May 18, 1916.
(15)Maintenance, power system, Flathead Reservation, Montana,[44 Stat. 465](/us/stat/44/465). Act May 10, 1926 (5s796).
(16)Power plant, Coolidge Dam, Arizona, electric-current fund,[45 Stat. 211](/us/stat/45/211). Act March 7, 1928 (5s804.9).
(17)The Oregon and California Land Grant fund (4sl69).[9 Stat. 218](/us/stat/39/218); [44 Stat. 915](/us/stat/44/211).[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 41](/us/usc/t48/s41).[U.S.C., title 14, sec. 69](/us/usc/t14/s69).
(18)Redistribution, funds for indigent, Alaska fund (2sl09).
(19)Building or purchase of vessels for the Coast Guard from proceeds of sales (2s373).
(20)Rebuilding and improving Coast Guard stations from[U.S.C., title 14, sec. 109](/us/usc/t14/s109). proceeds of sales (2s363).
(21)Military post construction fund (8s250).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1597](/us/usc/t10/s1597). 1228
(22)[U.S.C., title 32, sec. 47](/us/usc/t32/s47). National Guard, section 87, National Defense Act (fiscal year) (8–715).
(23)[30 Stat. 944](/us/stat/30/944); [33 Stat. 211](/us/stat/33/211).[43 Stat. 1101](/us/stat/43/1101). Indian-school improvements, Act April 21, 1904 (4x794).
(24)Purchase of lands for landless Indians in California, Act March 3, 1925 (4x812).
(25)[39 Stat. 868](/us/stat/39/868). Yuma Auxiliary Irrigation Project, Arizona (4s507).
(26)[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 39](/us/usc/t48/s39). Alaskan reindeer fund (4s365).
(27)United States Naval prison activities fund (7s925).
(28)[43 Stat. 612, 625](/us/stat/43/612). Injury claims assigned, Veterans’ Administration (0s878).
(29)[40 Stat. 755](/us/stat/40/755). After June 30, 1936, migratory bird conservation fund (3s362).
(30)[40 Stat. 103](/us/stat/40/103). Losses on war-risk insurance of American vessels, their cargoes, and so forth, special fund (0s865).
(31)[44 Stat. 1387](/us/stat/44/1387). Gas production, helium plants, Bureau of Mines (6s685).
(32)[40 Stat. 1322](/us/stat/40/1322); [43 Stat. 527](/us/stat/43/528).[41 Stat. 1149](/us/stat/41/1149).[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Perry’s Victory Memorial (0s727).
(33)Inland and Coastwise Waterways Service Fund (8x875).
(34)Five Percent Funds to States (4sl66). Sec. 5. Permanent appropriations from special funds abolished.Balances covered in.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section are abolished, and any unobligated balances under such accounts as of that date shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Any appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore are hereby repealed, Sums authorized, equal to receipts plus deficiency, if any.effective on such date. To the extent that the annual appropriations, which are hereby authorized to be made from the general fund of the Treasury for the same purposes for which expenditures are now made from said accounts, are insufficient, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury such additional amounts as may be necessary, to the extent that the amounts of such receipts are in excess of the amounts appropriated.
(b)[U.S.C., title 7, sec. 55](/us/usc/t7/s55).
(1)Expenses, Cotton Standards Act (3s535).
(2)[U.S.C., title 7, sec. 54](/us/usc/t7/s54). Classification of cotton, revolving fund (3s320).
(3)[40 Stat. 1467](/us/stat/40/1467). Extra compensation for overtime. Immigration Service (6s803). Sec. 6. Deposit of Patent Office fees as miscellaneous receipts.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, receipts theretofore authorized to be credited to the appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section shall Appropriation authorized.be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury such amounts as may be necessary *Proviso*.Refunds.for the Patent Office: *Provided*, That this paragraph shall be subject to section 18 insofar as such section is applicable to Patent Office fees.
(b)[47 Stat. 513](/us/stat/47/513).
(1)Salaries and expenses, Patent Office (6s289). Sec. 7. Trust fund accounts.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, any balances credited to the following appropriation accounts on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury, and any appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore are hereby repealed. Claims or payments chargeable to said accounts, upon proper audit, shall be certified to Congress for appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury, which is hereby authorized.
(b)[R.S., sec. 3680](/us/rs/3680); [30 Stat. 1007](/us/stat/30/1007).[R. S. 3689](/us/rs/3689); [30 Stat. 1007.](/us/stat/30/1007)
(1)Prize money to captors (7T987).
(2)Prize money to captors, Spanish War (7T988).
(3)Prize money, Battle of Manila Bay (7T986).
(4)Spanish Indemnity, Interest (2T082).
(5)Spanish Indemnity, Principal (2T082.1).
(6)Trust-fund Interest for Support of Free Schools in South Carolina (2T084). 1229 Sec. 8. Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation account on the“Recreation fund,Army”, abolished. books of the Government entitled “Recreation Fund, Army” (8T078), is abolished and the balance thereof shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury: *Provided*, That an amount equal*Proviso*.Use in event of war. to the amount so covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury in the event of war, for the recreation, amusement, comfort, contentment and health of the enlisted personnel of the Military Establishment. Sec. 9. Effective July 1, 1935,
(a)the Naval Pension Fund (7t982)Naval Pension Fund abolished. is abolished, any unobligated balance therein, as of that date, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury, and interest on such fund shall cease;
(b)moneys theretofore required by law to be paid into such fund shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts; and
(c)commencingAnnual appropriations authorized. with the fiscal year 1936 annual appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary are authorized from the general fund of the Treasury for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the Naval Home. Sec. 10
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, credit shall be made to theSundry replacement accounts. replacement accounts appearing in subsection
(b)of this section of only such amounts as represent sales of stores, materials and supplies at actual cost to the War Department.
(1)Replacing Army transportation (fiscal year) (8–228).[36 Stat. 257](/us/stat/36/257); [38 Stat 353](/us/stat/38/353).[36 Stat. 257](/us/stat/36/257); [38 Stat. 353](/us/stat/38/353).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1281](/us/usc/t10/s1281).[36 Stat. 257](/us/stat/36/257); [38 Stat. 353](/us/stat/38/353).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1282](/us/usc/t10/s1282).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1285](/us/usc/t10/s1285).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1284](/us/usc/t10/s1284).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1284](/us/usc/t10/s1284).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1284](/us/usc/t10/s1284).[U.S.C., title 50, sec. 73](/us/usc/t50/s73).[36 Stat. 257](/us/stat/36/258); [38 Stat. 353](/us/stat/38/353).[36 Stat. 257](/us/stat/36/257); [38 Stat. 353](/us/stat/38/353).
(2)Replacing clothing and equipage (fiscal year) (8–231).
(3)Replacing subsistence of the Army (8s666).
(4)Replacing regular supplies of the Army (fiscal year) (8–234).
(5)Replacing Signal Corps supplies and equipment (fiscal year) (8–545).
(6)Replacing medical supplies (fiscal year) (8–511).
(7)Replacing engineer equipment of troops (fiscal year) (8–315).
(8)Replacing engineer operations in the field (fiscal year) (8–316).
(9)Replacing engineer depots (fiscal year) (8–317).
(10)Replacing ordnance and ordnance stores (fiscal year) (8–425).
(11)Replacing barracks and quarters (fiscal year) (8–209).
(12)Replacing water and sewers at military posts (fiscal year) (8–233). Sec. 11. Effective July 1, 1935, the amounts received fromReceipts from assessments authorized from designated sources covered in. assessments authorized to be made against the Federal home-loan banks for salaries and expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and assessments on carriers under section 14 of the Emergency Rail-road Transportation Act of June 16, 1933, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Commencing with the fiscalAnnual appropriations authorized. year 1936 there are authorized to be appropriated annually, from the general fund of the Treasury, such sums as may be necessary to defray the cost of such activities. Sec. 12. Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation accountUnpaid money orders over a year old. “Unpaid Money Orders More Than One Year Old”, carried on the books of the Government, is hereby abolished, and the balance therein shall be covered into the postal revenues, and any appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore are hereby repealed. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from postal revenues such sums as may be necessary to make any expenditures which, but for its abolition, would be chargeable to this account. 1230 Sec. 13. Permanent appropriations from District of Columbia revenues.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, such portion of any Acts as provide appropriations from the appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section are hereby repealed, and any balances remaining in, or but for this provision would accrue to, such accounts shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. Any claims accruing on or after July 1, 1935, which but for this section properly would have been charged to these appropriation accounts shall, upon proper audit, be certified to Congress for appropriation, which is hereby authorized.
(b)[31 Stat. 845](/us/stat/31/845).
(1)Militia fund from fines. District of Columbia (DCs592).
(2)[20 Stat. 411](/us/stat/20/411). Industrial Home School fund, District of Columbia (DCs463).
(3)[28 Stat. 257](/us/stat/28/257). Sanitary fund, District of Columbia (DCt619).
(4)[44 Stat. 1386](/us/stat/44/1386). New site and buildings, Industrial Home School, District of Columbia (DCs460).
(5)[41 Stat. 298](/us/stat/41/298). Payment to tenants excess rentals recovered by Rent Commission, District of Columbia (DCsO87).
(6)[31 Stat. 1251](/us/stat/31/1251). Escheated estates relief fund, District of Columbia (DCs612).
(7)[20 Stat. 102–108](/us/stat/20/102–108). Redemption of tax-lien certificates, District of Columbia (DCt618).
(8)[20 Stat. 102–108](/us/stat/20/102–108). Washington special tax fund, District of Columbia (DCt623).
(9)[20 Stat. 102–108](/us/stat/20/102–108). Redemption of assessment certificates, District of Columbia (DCt617). Sec. 14. Annual appropriations in lieu.
(a)On and after July 1, 1935, appropriations for the District of Columbia appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section are abolished as such, and so much of the several Acts as provide for such appropriations is amended so as to authorize in lieu thereof annual definite appropriations, estimates for which shall be incorporated in the estimates of annual appropriations for the District of Columbia.
(b)[20 Stat. 102–108](/us/stat/20/102–107); [22 Stat. 143](/us/stat/22/143).
(1)Refunding water rents, and so forth, District of Columbia (DCx602).
(2)[18 Stat. 116](/us/stat/18/116); [20 Stat. 103](/us/stat/20/103).[30 Stat. 1345](/us/stat/30/1345); [36 Stat. 268](/us/stat/36/268); [37 Stat. 950](/us/stat/37/950). Refunding taxes, District of Columbia (DCx601).
(3)Extension, and so forth, of streets and avenues, District of Columbia (fiscal year) (DC-114).
(4)[23 Stat. 316](/us/stat/23/316); [39 Stat. 718, 800](/us/stat/39/718,800); [43 Stat. 560](/us/stat/43/560); [46 Stat. 839. 1398](/us/stat/46/839/1398). Policemen and firemen’s relief fund. District of Columbia (DCt614). Sec. 15. So much of the Acts of March 4, 1917, and June 15, “Reserve Material, Navy” account repealed.[U.S.C., title 34, sec. 530](/us/usc/t34/s530).1917 (U.S.C., title 34, sec. 530), as provides for the account “ Reserve Material, Navy” (7x718). are hereby repealed, and any unexpended balance therein on June 30, 1935, under appropriations provided by such Acts, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Sec. 16. “Pay, miscellaneous, Navy.”[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 639](/us/usc/t31/s639). That portion of the Act of March 3, 1893 (U.S.C., title 31, sec. 644), which provides that “The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to credit the appropriation ‘ Pay, Miscellaneous ’ with all receipts for interest on the account of the Navy Department with the London fiscal agents, premiums arising from the sales of bills of exchange, and from any depreciation in the value of foreign coin ”, is hereby repealed, and hereafter such receipts shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Sec. 17. Unclaimed moneys of individuals.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section, as well as appropriation accounts bearing similar titles on the books of the Government, are abolished, and any unobligated balances under such accounts as of June 30, 1935, shall be covered into a trust fund receipt account in the Treasury to be designated “ Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts Are Unknown.” Any appropriations to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore are hereby repealed.1231There are authorized to be appropriated, annually, from suchAnnual appropriations authorized. account such sums as may be necessary to meet any expenditures of the character now chargeable to the appropriation accounts abolished by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as the case may be, shall submitEstimates to be submitted. with their annual estimates of appropriations an amount necessary to meet expenditures properly chargeable to this account.
(1)Unclaimed moneys, Food Administration (0t548).
(2)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (Veterans’ Administration) (0t881).
(3)Unclaimed moneys of former patients, Veterans’ Administration hospital (0t879).
(4)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (relief of American citizens in Europe) (0t542).
(5)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (Interior, civil) (4t033).
(6)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (Justice) (lt755).
(7)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (Labor) (6t750).
(8)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown
(Navy)(7t978).
(9)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 547](/us/usc/t31/s547). unknown (State) (lt554).
(10)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown (Treasury) (2t080).
(11)Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabout are unknown
(War)(8tll7).
(12)Unclaimed individual Indian moneys (5t009).
(13)Unclaimed funds of discharged patients, Saint Elizabeths Hospital (4t548).
(14)Return of unclaimed money deposited by clerks of courts[U.S.C., title 28, sec. 852; title 18, sec. 570](/us/usc/t28/s852/18/570). (1x792).
(15)Outstanding liabilities, lands (4tl84).[U.S.C., title 43, sec. 91, 92, 99](/us/usc/t43/s91/92/99).
(16)Return of subscriptions to Liberty Bond issues placed through American consulates (1T631).
(17)Return of subscriptions to Liberty Bond issues by civilian employees of Naval Establishment (7t979).
(18)Refund to depositors, excess licenses, under section 10 (c),[42 Stat. 410](/us/stat/42/410). Trading with the Enemy Act (0T523).
(19)Return of subscriptions to Liberty Bond issues placed through the postmaster at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (9t340).
(20)Unclaimed funds of Federal prisoners (lt952).
(21)Rosa Goldman—cash bail exacted (6T472).
(22)Unclaimed funds of Jei Bei Ota, deceased Japanese alien (6T473). Sec. 18.
(a)Effective July 1, 1935, the appropriation accountsRefunding moneys erroneously received. appearing on the books of the Government and listed in subsection
(b)of this section, as well as appropriation accounts bearingVarious appropriations for, repealed. similar titles on the books of the Government, are abolished, and any unobligated balances under such accounts as of June 30, 1935, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury. Any appropriations, to which expenditures under such accounts have been chargeable theretofore, are repealed. On July 1, 1935, there shall beAnnual appropriation established to pay all refunds from one fund. established on the books of the Government an account to be designated “Refund of Moneys Erroneously Received and Covered”, and there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to meet any expenditures of the character now chargeable to the appropriation accounts herein abolished and other collections erroneously1232received and covered which are not properly chargeable to any Estimates to be submitted.other appropriation. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit with his annual estimates of appropriations an amount necessary *Proviso*.Limitation.to meet expenditures properly chargeable to this account: *Provided*, That this authority shall not be deemed to apply to any refunds which, under existing law, may be charged to any accounts for which separate provision is made in this Act.
(b)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711).
(1)Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered
(Navy)(7x972).
(2)[U.S.C., title 26, secs. 377, 788](/us/usc/t26/s377/788). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Industrial Alcohol) (2x445).
(3)[U.S.C., title 31, sees. 711–713](/us/usc/t31/s711–713). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered
(War)(8x191).
(4)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (State) (1x552).
(5)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Customs) (2x323).
(6)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Treasury) (2x088).
(7)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Justice) (1x791).
(8)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Commerce) (6x050).
(9)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Agriculture) (3x010).
(10)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Labor) (6x741).
(11)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Interior) (4x032).
(12)[39 stat. 286](/us/stat/39/286). Refund of tonnage taxes and light dues to citizens of Philippine Islands (6x053).
(13)[U.S.C., title 22, sec. 216](/us/usc/t22/s216). Refunding passport fees (1x551).
(14)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 43, secs. 95–37, 263](/us/usc/t31/s711/43/95–37/263).[U.S.C., title 18, sec. 643](/us/usc/t18/s643).[U.S.C., title 18, sec. 643](/us/usc/t18/s643).[U.S.C., title 5, sec. 600; title 18, sec. 643](/us/usc/t5/s600/18/643). Repayment for lands erroneously sold (4x161).
(15)Refunding penalties or charges erroneously exacted (Customs) (2x325).
(16)Refunding penalties or charges erroneously exacted (State) (1x552).
(17)Refunding penalties or charges erroneously exacted (Commerce) (6x052).
(18)[U.S.C., title 16, sec. 499](/us/usc/t16/s499). Refund to depositors, excess of deposits, national-forests fund (3x208).
(19)[U.S.C,, title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t31/s711). Refunding moneys erroneously received and covered (Internal Revenue) (2x434). Sec. 19. Trust fund accounts established for sums held by disbursing offices. Effective July 1, 1935, moneys received as Patent Office fees; unearned moneys, lands (Interior Department); reentry permit fees (Labor Department); naturalization fees (Labor Department); and registry fees (Labor Department); and held in the official checking accounts of disbursing officers, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to appropriately designated trust-fund receipt accounts and shall be available for refunds, and for transfer of the earned portions thereof into appropriate receipt *Proviso*.Deposit of unearned moneys carried in disbursing clerk’s checking account.fund titles on the books of the Government: *Provided*, That donations, quasi-public and unearned moneys carried in official checking accounts of disbursing officers and of others required to account to the Comptroller General (including clerks and marshals of the United States District Courts), administered by officers of the United States by virtue of their official capacity, shall be deposited similarly into the Treasury as trust funds and are hereby appropriated and made available for disbursement under the terms of the trust. 1233 Sec. 20.
(a)The funds appearing on the books of theCertain funds established as trust fund accounts. Government and listed in subsections
(b)and
(c)of this section shall beDisbursement. classified on the books of the Treasury as trust funds. All moneys accruing to these funds are hereby appropriated, and shall be disbursed in compliance with the terms of the trust. Hereafter moneys received by the Government as trustee analogous to the funds namedFunds received analogous to trust funds. in subsections
(b)and
(c)of this section, not otherwise herein provided for, except moneys received by the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shall likewise be deposited into the Treasury as trust funds with appropriate title, and all amounts credited to such trust-fund accounts are hereby appropriated and shall be disbursed in compliance with the terms of the trust: *Provided*, That, effective July 1, 1935, expenditures fromProvisos.Disbursement of “Soldiers’ Home, Permanent Fund.” the trust fund “Soldiers’ Home, Permanent Fund” (8tl84) shall be made only in pursuance of appropriations annually made by Congress, and such appropriations are hereby authorized: *Provided further*, That personal funds of deceased inmates, Naval Home, nowDisposition of funds of deceased inmates, Naval Home. deposited with the pay officer of the Naval Home, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the trust fund account “ Personal Funds of Deceased Inmates, Naval Horne” (7t989): *Provided further*, That on June 30 of each year there shall be transferred toYearly transfers of sums in trust funds representing moneys of persons whose whereabouts are unknown. the trust fund receipt account directed to be established in section 17 of this Act, such portion of the balances in any trust-fund account hereinbefore or hereafter listed or established, except the balances in the accounts listed in subsection
(c)of this section, which have been in any such fund for more than one year and represent moneys belonging to individuals whose whereabouts are unknown, and subsequent claims therefor shall be disbursed from the trust fund receipt account “ Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown ”, directed to be established in section 17 of this Act.
(1)Philippine special fund (Customs duties) (2s332).[36 Stat. 84](/us/stat/36/84); [46 Stat. 685](/us/stat/36/685).[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 19, sec. 1301](/us/usc/t19/s1301).[U.S.C., title 40, sec. 120](/us/usc/t40/s120).
(2)Philippine special fund (Internal Revenue) (2s443).
(3)Unclaimed condemnation awards, Treasury Department (2t921).
(4)Naval reservation, Olangapo civil fund (7s967).
(5)Personal funds of deceased inmates, Naval Home (7t989).[38 Stat. 398](/us/stat/38/398).
(6)Return to deported aliens of passage money collected from[U.S.C., title 8, sec. 216](/us/usc/t8/s216). steamship companies (6t749).
(7)Vocational rehabilitation, special fund (0c980).[40 Stat. 619, 1179](/us/stat/40/619/1179); [43 Stat. 611](/us/stat/43/611).[30 Stat. 751](/us/stat/30/751); [37 Stat. 319](/us/stat/37/319): [43 Stat. 788](/us/stat/43/788).[U.S.C., title 2, sec. 157](/us/usc/t2/s157).[U.S.C., title 2, sec. 157](/us/usc/t2/s157).[U.S.C., title 2, see. 158](/us/usc/t2/s158).[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 33, secs. 908, 944](/us/usc/t33/s908/944).
(8)Library of Congress gift fund (0c260).
(9)Library of Congress trust fund, investment account (0c249).
(10)Library of Congress trust fund, income from investment account (0c246).
(11)Library of Congress trust fund, permanent loan (0c248).
(12)Relief and rehabilitation, Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (0t476).
(13)Cooperative work, Forest Service (3c209).[47 Stat. 625](/us/stat/47/625).
(14)Wages and effects of American seamen, Department of[34 Stat. 684](/us/stat/34/684); [47 Stat. 628](/us/stat/47/628). Commerce (6t055).
(15)Pension money, Saint Elizabeths Hospital (4t545).[U.S.C., title 24, sec. 165](/us/usc/t24/s165).[U.S.C., title 24, sec. 165](/us/usc/t24/s165).
(16)Personal funds of patients, Saint Elizabeths Hospital (4t546).
(17)National Park Service, donations (4c470).[U.S.C., title 16, sec. 6](/us/usc/t16/s6).[44 Stat. 966](/us/stat/44/966); [45 Stat. 237, 1600](/us/stat/45/237/1600).[45 Stat. 237, 1600](/us/stat/45/237/1600).
(18)Purchase of lands, national parks, donations (4c408).
(19)Extension of winter-feed facilities of game animals of Yellowstone National Park, donations (4c410).
(20)Indian moneys, proceeds of labor, agencies, schools, and so[U.S.C., Supp. VII. title 16, sec. 37](/us/usc/t16/s37). forth (5t301).
(21)Funds of Federal prisoners (lt951).[22 Stat. 590](/us/stat/22/590); [46 Stat 584](/us/stat/46/584). 1234
(22)[U.S.C., title 34, secs. 933, 934](/us/usc/t34/s933/934).[U.S.C., title 34, sec. 933](/us/usc/t34/s933).[U.S.C., title 34, sec. 975](/us/usc/t34/s975).[U.S.C., title 10, sec. 906](/us/usc/t10/s906).[39 Stat. 385](/us/stat/39/385).[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 33, sec. 560](/us/usc/t33/s560). Commissary funds, Federal prisons (lt953).
(23)Pay of the Navy, deposit fund (7t980).
(24)Pay of Marine Corps, deposit fund (7t981).
(25)Pay of the Army, deposit fund (8tl83).
(26)Preservation birthplace of Abraham Lincoln (4c395).
(27)Funds contributed for flood control, Mississippi River, its outlets and tributaries (8c961.86).
(28)[45 Stat. 539](/us/stat/45/539); [U.S.C., Supp. VII, sec. 704](/us/usc/704). Funds contributed for flood control, Sacramento River, California (8c946.54).
(29)[R.S., sec. 308](/us/rs/308). Effects of deceased employees, Treasury Department (2t089).
(30)Money and effects of deceased patients, Public Health Service (2t607).
(31)Effects of deceased employees, Department of Commerce (6t054).
(32)[U.S.C., title 43, sec. 39](/us/usc/t43/s39). Topographic survey of the United States, contributions (6c303).
(33)[46 Stat. 379](/us/stat/46/379).[46 Stat. 379](/us/stat/46/379). National Institute of Health, gift fund (2c616).
(34)National Institute of Health, conditional gift fund (2c617).
(35)Patients’ deposits, United States Marine Hospital, Carville, Louisiana (2t623).
(36)[U.S.C., title 24, sec. 711](/us/usc/t24/s711). Estates of deceased personnel, War Department (8tl80).
(37)Effects of deceased employees, Department of Interior (4t029).
(38)[44 Stat. 1093](/us/stat/44/1093); [U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 16, sec. 425 (e)](/us/usc/t16/s425/e). Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields memorial fund (8c813).
(39)[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 16, sec. 423 (d)](/us/usc/t16/s423d).[45 Stat. 491](/us/stat/45/491). Petersburg National Military Park fund (8c814).
(40)Gorgas memorial laboratory quotas (lc304).
(41)[45 Stat. 75, 1108](/us/stat/45/75/1108). Contributions to International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico (lc398).
(42)[29 Stat. 32](/us/stat/29/32). Salvage proceeds, American vessels (lt581).
(43)[29 Stat. 32](/us/stat/29/32). Wages due American seamen (lt630).
(44)[45 Stat. 1509](/us/stat/45/1509). Federal Industrial Institution for Women, contributions for chapel (lc948).
(45)[U.S.C., title 24, sec. 1ll, 136, 139](/us/usc/t24/s111/136/139). General post fund, National Homes, Veterans’ Administration (0t930).
(46)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 43, sec. 760](/us/usc/t31/s711/43/760).[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 43, sec. 760](/us/usc/t31/s711/43/760).[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 43, sec. 760](/us/usc/t31/s711/43/760).[U.S.C., title 48, sec. 327](/us/usc/t48/s327). Repatriation of American seamen (ls555).
(47)Expenses, public survey work, general (4sl72).
(48)Expenses, public survey work, Alaska (4sl73).
(49)Funds contributed for improvement of roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska (4c528).
(50)[44 Stat. 617](/us/stat/44/617). Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minnesota (8s863).
(51)[20 Stat. 103](/us/stat/20/103); [32 Stat. 635](/us/stat/32/635).[23 Stat. 247](/us/stat/23/247).[U.S.C., title 40, sec. 120](/us/usc/t40/s120). Washington redemption fund (DCt622).
(52)Permit fund, District of Columbia (DCt615).
(53)Unclaimed condemnation awards, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, District of Columbia (DCt629).
(54)[U.S.C., title 40, sec. 120](/us/usc/t40/s120). Unclaimed condemnation awards. Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, District of Columbia (DCt620).
(55)[20 Stat. 102](/us/stat/20/102); [33 Stat. 305](/us/stat/33/305). Miscellaneous trust-fund deposits, District of Columbia (DCt613).
(56)[10 Stat. 398](/us/stat/10/398); [20 Stat. 103](/us/stat/20/103).[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 33, secs. 908, 944](/us/usc/t33/s908/944). Surplus fund, District of Columbia (DCt621).
(57)Relief and rehabilitation, District of Columbia Workmen’s Compensation Act (DCt604).
(58)[45 Stat. 1290](/us/stat/45/1290). Inmates’ fund, workhouse and reformatory, District of Columbia (DCtG05).
(59)[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 24, sec. 44](/us/usc/t31/s711/24/44).[43 Stat. 788](/us/stat/43/788).[37 Stat. 319](/us/stat/37/319); [30 Stat. 751](/us/stat/30/751).[U.S.C., title 26, sec. 1104](/us/usc/t26/s1104). Soldiers’Home, permanent fund (8tl84).
(60)Chamber Music Auditorium, Library of Congress (0s259).
(61)Bequest of Gertrude Hubbard (0t256).
(62)Puerto Rico special fund (Internal Revenue). 1235
(63)Miscellaneous trust funds, Department of State.[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 547](/us/usc/t31/s547).[37 Stat. 827](/us/stat/37/827); [38 Stat. 1053](/us/stat/38/1053).[U.S.C., title 33, sec. 561](/us/usc/t33/s561).
(64)Funds contributed for improvement of (name of river or harbor).
(65)Funds advanced for improvement of (name of river or harbor).[21 Stat. 70;](/us/stat/21/70) [34 Stat. 1221](/us/stat/34/1221); [39 Stat. 158](/us/stat/39/158).
(66)Funds contributed for Indian projects.
(67)Miscellaneous trust funds of Indian tribes.[U.S.C., title 34, secs. 533, 542](/us/usc/t34/s533/542).[47 Stat. 424](/us/stat/47/424).[U.S.C., title 43, sec. 908](/us/usc/t43/s908).[43 Stat. 665](/us/stat/43/665).[39 Stat. 671](/us/stat/39/671); [40 Stat. 126](/us/stat/40/126).[46 Stat. 66](/us/stat/46/66).
(68)Ship’s stores profits, Navy (7s985).
(69)Completing Surveys within Railroad Land Grants (4tl86).
(70)Memorial to Women of World War, Contributions (OcO75).
(71)Funds contributed for Memorial to John Ericsson (0sl63).
(72)American National Red Cross Building, Contributions (0c426).
(73)Estates of Decedents, Department of State, Trust Fund[U.S.C., title 22, sec. 75](/us/usc/t22/s75). (1t580).
(74)Funds due Incompetent Beneficiaries, Veterans’ Administration (Ot852).
(75)To promote the Education of the Blind (principal) (2t092).
(76)Paving Government Road across Fort Sill Military[46 Stat. 1423](/us/stat/46/1423). Reservation, Okla. (8c664).
(77)Bequest of William F. Edgar, Museum and Library, office of Surgeon General of the Army (8c504).
(78)Funds Contributed for Flood Control (name of river, harbor,[37 Stat. 827](/us/stat/37/827); [38 Stat. 1053](/us/stat/38/1053). or project).
(79)Matured obligations of the District of Columbia (2t070).[33 Stat. 574](/us/stat/33/574).
(80)Naval hospital fund (7s815).[U.S.C., title 24, secs. 3–6](/us/usc/t24/s3–6).[U.S.C., title 34, sec. 962](/us/usc/t34/s962).[U.S.C., title 20, sec. 101](/us/usc/t20/s101).[U.S.C., title 31, sec. 711; title 24, sec. 44](/us/usc/t31/s711/24/44).[U.S.C., title 38, secs. 443, 513](/us/usc/t38/s/443/513).[U.S.C., title 24, sec. 711](/us/usc/t24/s711).[41 Stat. 387, 852](/us/stat/41/387/852); [44 Stat. 727](/us/stat/44/727).
(81)Navy fines and forfeitures (7s984).
(82)To promote the education of the blind (interest) (2x093).
(83)Soldiers’ Home, interest account (8x185).
(1)United States Government life insurance fund, Veterans’ Administration (0t875).
(2)Estates of deceased soldiers, United States Army (8tl89).
(3)Teachers’ Retirement Fund Deductions, District of Columbia (DCt624).
(4)Teachers Retirement Fund, Government Reserves, District of[44 Stat. 729](/us/stat/44/729). Columbia (DCt627).
(5)Expenses of Smithsonian Institution Trust Fund (principal)[U.S.C., title 20, secs. 54; title 31, sec. 711](/us/usc/t20/s54/31/711). (0t596).
(6)Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (0t843).[U.S.C., title 5, sec. 719](/us/usc/t5/s719).
(7)Canal Zone Retirement and Disability Fund (0t850).
(8)Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund (lt560).[U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 22, sec. 21](/us/usc/t22/s21).Trust fund account established for Government checks more than one year old. Sec. 21. Hereafter all checks drawn on the Treasurer of the United States, except those issued on account of public-debt obligations and transactions regarding the administration of banking and currency laws, shall be payable only until the close of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which such checks were issued, and the amounts of all such checks properly due and payable which have not been presented for payment within such period shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of a trust fund account entitled “Outstanding Liabilities (fiscal year)”, designated by fiscal years in which the cheeks were issued. The balances in the oustanding liabilities account now carried on the books of the Government, representing the amounts of unclaimed checks, shall be transferred to the account “ Outstanding Liabilities. 1934 ”, and any balances remaining therein, or in any succeeding fiscal year account, unclaimedIf unclaimed in two years, to be covered in. for two fiscal years after the deposit therein shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury: *Provided*, That the balances to the*Proviso*.Sums so credited, available for paying claims of balances, etc. credit of the outstanding liabilities account of any fiscal year which has not been covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury shall be1236available to pay claims on account of any check, the amount of which has been included in any balance so covered into the surplus fund. Sec. 22. Advances for laud surveys.[U.S.C., title 43, sec. 863](/us/usc/t43/s863). So much of the Act of August 18, 1894 (U.S.C., title 43, sec. 863), as authorizes the Governors of the States therein named to advance money from time to time for the survey of certain townships located within such States, which money shall be reimbursable, is hereby repealed. Sec. 23. Moneys in U.S. court registries. Moneys in, or payable into, the registry of any United States court, in the discretion of the court, may be deposited in official checking accounts with the Treasurer of the United States, subject to disbursement on order approved by the court. Sec. 24. Survey of certain accounts to be made by Comptroller General. The Comptroller General of the United States shall cause a survey to be made of all inactive and permanent appropriations and/or funds on the books of the Government and also funds in the official custody of officers and employees of the United States, in which the Government is financially concerned, for which no accounting Report to Congress.is rendered to the General Accounting Office; and he shall submit to the Congress annually, in a special report, his recommendations for such changes in existing law relating thereto as, in his judgment, may be in the public interest. Sec. 25. Existing provisions not affected. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to alter or amend any existing authorization for an appropriation. Sec. 26. Saving clause. All Acts and/or parts of Acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. Sec. 27. Short title. The short title of this Act shall be the “Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934.” Approved, June 26, 1934. To provide for the taxation of manufacturers, importers, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and regulate interstate transportation thereof. 1934-06-26 48 Stat. 1236 757 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 757.] AN ACT To provide for the taxation of manufacturers, importers, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and regulate interstate transportation thereof.June 26, 1934.[[H.R. 9741](/us/bill/73/hr/9741).][[Public, No. 474](/us/pl/73/474).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Firearms Act.Limitation of terms for purposes of Act.“Firearm.” That for the purposes of this Act—
(a)The term “firearm ” means a shotgun or rifle having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length, or any other weapon, except a pistol or revolver, from which a shot is discharged by an explosive if such weapon is capable of being concealed on the person, or a machine gun, and includes a muffler or silencer for any firearm whether or not such firearm is included within the foregoing definition.
(b)“Machinegun.” The term “machine gun” means any weapon which shoots, or is designed to shoot, automatically or semiautomatically, more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
(c)“Person.” The term “person ” includes a partnership, company, association, or corporation, as well as a natural person.
(d)“Continental United States.” The term “continental United States ” means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(e)“Importer.” The term “importer” means any person who imports or brings firearms into the continental United States for sale.
(f)“Manufacturer.” The term “manufacturer” means any person who is engaged within the continental United States in the manufacture of fire-arms, or who otherwise produces therein any firearm for sale or disposition. 1237
(g)The term “dealer” means any person not a manufacturer“Dealer.” or importer engaged within the continental United States in the business of selling firearms. The term “dealer” shall includeExceptions. wholesalers, pawnbrokers, and dealers in used firearms.
(h)The term “interstate commerce” means transportation from“Interstate commerce.” any State or Territory or District, or any insular possession of the United States (including the Philippine Islands), to any other State or to the District of Columbia.
(i)The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of“Commissioner.” Internal Revenue.
(j)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.“Secretary.”“To transfer” or “transferred.”
(k)The term “to transfer” or “transferred” shall include to sell, assign, pledge, lease, loan, give away, or otherwise dispose of. Sec. 2.
(a)Within fifteen days after the effective date of thisRegistration requirements. Act, or upon first engaging in business, and thereafter on or before the 1st day of July of each year, every importer, manufacturer, and dealer in firearms shall register with the collector of internal revenue for each district in which such business is to be carried on his name or style, principal place of business, and places of business in such district, and pay a special tax at the following rates Importers orTaxes. manufacturers, $500 a year; dealers, other than pawnbrokers, $200 a year; pawnbrokers, $300 a year. Where the tax is payable on the 1st day of July in any year it shall be computed for one year;Fractional parts of year. where the tax is payable on any other day it shall be computed proportionately from the 1st day of the month in which the liability to the tax accrued to the 1st day of July following.
(b)It shall be unlawful for any person required to register underFailure to register and pay tax unlawful. the provisions of this section to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms without having registered and paid the tax imposed by this section. Sec. 3.
(a)There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon firearmsTransfer tax; stamps. transferred in the continental United States a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm, such tax to be paid by the transferor, and to be represented by appropriate stamps to be provided by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary; and the stamps herein provided shall be affixed to the order for such firearm, hereinafter provided for. The tax imposed by this section shall be in addition to any import duty imposed on such firearm.
(b)All provisions of law (including those relating to specialApplicable administrative provisions of narcotic tax law to govern. taxes, to the assessment, collection, remission, and refund of internal revenue taxes, to the engraving, issuance, sale, accountability, cancelation, and distribution of tax-paid stamps provided for in the internal-revenue laws, and to penalties) applicable with respect toVol. 38, p. 785; Vol. 44 p. 92.[U.S.C., Supp. VII, pp. 592, 644](/us/usc/592/644). the taxes imposed by section 1 of the Act of December 17, 1914, as amended (U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 26, secs. 1040 and 1383), and all other provisions of the internal-revenue laws shall, insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by this Act.
(c)Under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner, withRefund, if for exportation. the approval of the Secretary, may prescribe, and upon proof of the exportation of any firearm to any foreign country (whether exported as part of another article or not) with respect to which the transfer tax under this section has been paid by the manufacturer, the Com-missioner shall refund to the manufacturer the amount of the tax so paid, or, if the manufacturer waives all claim for the amount to be refunded, the refund shall be made to the exporter. Sec. 4.
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer aUnlawful transfers. firearm except in pursuance of a written order from the person seeking to obtain such article, on an application form issued in1238blank in duplicate for that purpose by the Commissioner. Such order shall identify the applicant by such means of identification *Proviso*.Identification.as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act: *Provided*, That, if the applicant is an individual, such identification shall include fingerprints and a photograph thereof.
(b)Preparation and distribution of forms. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, shall cause suitable forms to be prepared for the purposes above mentioned, and shall cause the same to be distributed to collectors of internal revenue.
(c)Identifying marks, etc., to be indicated in orders. Every person so transferring a firearm shall set forth in each copy of such order the manufacturer’s number or other mark identifying such firearm, and shall forward a copy of such order to the Commissioner. The original thereof with stamps affixed, shall be returned to the applicant.
(d)Transferer to transfer stamp-affixed order for each prior transfer. No person shall transfer a firearm which has previously been transferred on or after the effective date of this Act, unless such person, in addition to complying with subsection (c), transfers therewith the stamp-affixed order provided for in this section for each such prior transfer, in compliance with such regulations as may be prescribed under this Act for proof of payment of all taxes on such firearms.
(e)Notice to Commissioner of transfers exempted. If the transfer of a firearm is exempted from the provisions of this Act as provided in section 13 hereof, the person transferring such firearm shall notify the Commissioner of the name and address of the applicant, the number or other mark identifying such fire-arm, and the date of its transfer, and shall file with the Commissioner such documents in proof thereof as the Commissioner may by regulations prescribe.
(f)Registered importers, etc. Importers, manufacturers, and dealers who have registered and paid the tax as provided for in section 2(a) of this Act shall not be required to conform to the provisions of this section with respect to transactions in firearms with dealers or manufacturers if such dealers or manufacturers have registered and have paid such tax, but shall keep such records and make such reports regarding such transactions as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act. Sec. 5.Possessors of firearms to register with collector within 60 days.
(a)Within sixty days after the effective date of this Act every person possessing a firearm shall register, with the collector of the district in which he resides, the number or other mark identifying such firearm, together with his name, address, place where such firearm is usually kept, and place of business or employment, and, if such person is other than a natural person, the name *Proviso*.Acquisitions after effective date need not be registered.and home address of an executive officer thereof: *Provided*, That no person shall be required to register under this section with respect to any firearm acquired after the effective date of, and in conformity with the provisions of, this Act.
(b)Prosecutions.Presumption raised by possession. Whenever on trial for a violation of section 6 hereof the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of such firearm at any time after such period of sixty days without having registered as required by this section, such possession shall create a presumption that such firearm came into the possession of the defendant subsequent to the effective date of this Act, but this presumption shall not be conclusive. Sec. 6. Unlawfully receiving or possessing. It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or possess any firearm which has at any time been transferred in violation of section 3 or 4 of this Act. Sec. 7. Seizure and forfeiture.
(a)Any firearm which has at any time been transferred in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to seizure and1239forfeiture, and (except as provided in subsection
(b)) all theProvisions of internal-revenue laws extended. provisions of internal-revenue laws relating to searches, seizures, and forfeiture of unstamped articles are extended to and made to apply to the articles taxed under this Act, and the persons to whom this Act applies.
(b)In the case of the forfeiture of any firearm by reason of aSale, etc., forbidden. violation of this Act: No notice of public sale shall be required; no such firearm shall be sold at public sale; if such firearm is in the possession of any officer of the United States except the Secretary, such officer shall deliver the firearm to the Secretary; and the SecretaryDisposition of. may order such firearm destroyed or may sell such firearm to any State, Territory, or possession (including the Philippine Islands), or political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or retain it for the use of the Treasury Department or transfer it without charge to any Executive department or independent establishment of the Government for use by it. Sec. 8.
(a)Each manufacturer and importer of a firearm shallIdentification marks. identify it with a number or other identification mark approved by the Commissioner, such number or mark to be stamped or otherwise placed thereon in a manner approved by the Commissioner.
(b)It shall be unlawful for anyone to obliterate, remove, change,Obliteration, etc., unlawful. or alter such number or other identification mark. Whenever on trial for a violation of this subsection the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of any firearm upon which such number orPossession of. deemed sufficient evidence for conviction. mark shall have been obliterated, removed, changed, or altered, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction,Exception. unless the defendant explains such possession to the satisfaction of the jury. Sec. 9. Importers, manufacturers, and dealers shall keep suchImporters, manufacturers, etc., required to keep records. books and records and render such returns in relation to the transactions in firearms specified in this Act as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may by regulations require. Sec. 10.
(a)No firearm shall be imported or brought into theRegulation of traffic on firearms in places under control of United States. United States or any territory under its control or jurisdiction (including the Philippine Islands), except that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any firearm may be so imported or brought in when
(1)the purpose thereof is shown to be lawful and
(2)such firearm is unique or of a type which cannot be obtained within the United States or such territory.
(b)It shall be unlawful
(1)fraudulently or knowingly to importUnlawful acts.Fraudulent importations, possession, etc. or bring any firearm into the United States or any territory under its control or jurisdiction (including the Philippine Islands), in violation of the provisions of this Act; or
(2)knowingly to assist in so doing; or
(3)to receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any mannerReceiving, concealing, etc. facilitate the transportation, concealment, or sale of any such fire-arm after being imported or brought in, knowing the same to have been imported or brought in contrary to law. Whenever on trialPossession deemed sufficient evidence for conviction; exception. for a violation of this section the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of such firearm, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant explains such possession to the satisfaction of the jury. Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person who is required toTransportation in interstate commerce. register as provided in section 5 hereof and who shall not have so registered, or any other person who has not in his possession a stamp-affixed order as provided in section 4 hereof, to ship, carry, or deliver any firearm in interstate commerce. 1240 Sec. 12. Rules, etc., to be prescribed. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying the provisions of this Act into effect. Sec. 13. Transfers, when provisions not applicable. This Act shall not apply to the transfer of firearms
(1)to the United States Government, any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or to any political subdivision thereof, or to the District of Columbia;
(2)to any peace officer or any Federal officer designated by regulations of the Commissioner;
(3)to the transfer of any firearm which is unserviceable and which is transferred as a curiosity or ornament. Sec. 14. Penalty provision. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $2,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 15. Excise taxes.Firearms herein defined exempt from.Vol. 44, p. 93; Vol. 47, p. 264.[U.S.C., Supp. VII, p. 604](/us/usc/604). The taxes imposed by paragraph
(a)of section 600 of the Revenue Act of 1926 (U.S.C., Supp. VII, title 26, sec. 1120) and by section 610 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (47 Stat. 169, 264), shall not apply to any firearm on which the tax provided by section 3 of this Act has been paid. Sec. 16. Saving clause. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Sec. 17. Effective date. This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of its enactment. Sec. 18. Citation of title. This Act may be cited as the “National Firearms Act.” Approved, June 26, 1934. To amend the Act of June 19, 1930 (46 Stat. 788), entitled “An Act providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.” 1934-06-26 48 Stat. 1240 758 Chapter 73 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-11 public [CHAPTER 758.] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 19, 1930 (46 Stat. 788), entitled “An Act providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.”June 26, 1934.[[H.R. 9769](/us/bill/73/hr/9769).][
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