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(/us/bill/74/pl/27).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That if a personDistrict of Columbia.Settlement of estates of absentees and absconders.Petition; filing. entitled to or having an interest in property in the District of Columbia has disappeared or absconded from the District of Columbia, and it is not known where he is, or if such person, having a wife or minor child, dependent to any extent upon him for support, has disappeared or absconded without making sufficient provision for such support, and it is not known where he is, or if his whereabouts is known and he has been without the District of Columbia continuously for two years or longer, anyone who would under the law of the District of Columbia be entitled to administer upon the estate of such absentee if he were deceased, or if no one is known to be so entitled, any suitable person, or such wife, or someone in her or such minor’s behalf,Contents. may file a petition under oath in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting in equity, stating the name, age, occupation, and last known residence or address of such absentee, the date and circumstances of the disappearance or absconding, and the names and residence of other persons, whether members of such absentee’s family or otherwise, of whom inquiry may be made, and containing a schedule of his property, real and personal, so far as known, withinSchedule of property. the District of Columbia, and praying that such property may be taken possession of and a receiver thereof appointed under the provisions of this Act.

The United States attorney in and for the Notice to United States attorney for District.District of Columbia shall be made a party to every such petition and shall be given due notice of all subsequent proceedings under this law. Sec. 2. The court may thereupon issue a warrant directed to theWarrant; issue of. United States marshal in and for the District of Columbia, commanding him to take possession of the property named in said schedule and hold it subject to the order of the court and make return ofReturn of. said warrant as soon as may be, with a statement of his actions thereon and a schedule of the property so taken.

The marshal shallPosting and recording. post a copy of the warrant upon each parcel of land named in the schedule and cause so much of the warrant as relates to land to be recorded with the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. He shall receive such fees for serving the warrant as the court allows,Fees of marshal. but not more than those established by law for similar service upon a writ of attachment. If the petition is dismissed, said fees andCosts. the cost of publishing and serving the notice hereinafter provided shall be paid by the petitioner; but if a receiver is appointed, they shall be paid by the receiver and allowed in his account.

Sec. 3. Upon the return of such warrant, the court may issue aNotice to interested parties. notice reciting the substance of the petition, the warrant, and the marshal’s return, which shall be addressed to such absentee and to all persons who claim of record an interest in said property, or who are known to petitioner to claim an interest in said property, and to all112 whom it may concern, citing them to appear at a time and place named and show cause why a receiver of the property named in the marshal’s schedule should not be appointed and said property held and disposed of under the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 4. Return day of notice. The return day of said notice shall be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after its date unless otherwise ordered by Publication of.the court. The court shall order said notice to be published not less than once in each of three successive weeks in one or more newspapers within the District of Columbia, and a copy to be posted in a conspicuous place and upon each parcel of land named in the marshal’s schedule, and a copy to be mailed to the last known address of such absentee.

The court may order other and further notice to be given within or without the District of Columbia. Sec. 5. Court action if absentee appears. The absentee or any person who claims an interest in any of the property may appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The court may after hearing dismiss the petition and order the property in possession of the marshal to be returned to the person entitled thereto, or it may appoint a receiver of the property which is in the possession of the marshal and named If receiver appointed.in his schedule.

If a receiver is appointed, the court shall find and record the date of the disappearance or absconding of the absentee; Bond.and such receiver shall give bond to said court in such sum and with such condition as the court orders, with a corporate surety thereon approved by the court. Sec. 6. Transfer of property to receiver. After the approval of such bond the court may order the marshal to transfer and deliver to such receiver the possession of the property under the aforesaid warrant, and the receiver shall file in said court a schedule of the property received by him.

Sec. 7. Additional property of absentee. Such receiver upon petition filed by him may be authorized and directed by the court to take possession of any additional property within the District of Columbia which belongs to such absentee and to demand and collect all debts due such absentee from any person within the District of Columbia, and hold the same as if it had been transferred and delivered to him by the marshal. Sec. 8. Debts due absentee. If such absentee has left no corporeal property within the District of Columbia, but there are debts and obligations due or owing to him from persons within the District of Columbia, a Petition may be filed.petition may be filed as provided in section 1, stating the nature and amount of such debts and obligations, so far as known, and Receiver; appointment.praying that a receiver thereof may be appointed.

The court may thereupon issue a notice as above provided, without issuing a warrant, and may, upon the return of said notice and after a summary Collection of debts by.hearing, dismiss the petition or appoint a receiver and authorize and direct him to demand and collect the debts and obligations Bond.specified in said petition. The receiver shall give bond as provided in section 5, and shall hold the proceeds of such debts and obligations and all property received by him, and distribute the same as Authority of receiver.hereinafter provided.

The court may confer upon the receiver such further authority as may be conferred under section 7. Sec. 9. Conservation of property. The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing, and investing of all property and its proceeds in the possession of the receiver. After the appointment of a receiver, upon his petition and after notice, the court may order all or part of said property, including the rights of the absentee in land, to be mortgaged, or sold at public or private sale, to supply money for payments authorized by this Act or for reinvestment approved by the court.

Sec. 10. Use of property or proceeds. The court may order said property or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease, or sale to be applied in payment of charges incurred or that may be incurred in the support and maintenance of113 the absentee’s wife and minor children, and to the discharge of such debts and claims for alimony as may be proved against said absentee. Sec. 11. The court may authorize the receiver to adjust byAdjustment of claims. arbitration or compromise any demand in favor of or against the estate of such absentee.

Sec. 12. The receiver shall be allowed such compensation andCompensation of receiver. disbursements as the court orders, to be paid out of said property or proceeds. If within fourteen years after the date of theAccounting; when. disappearance and absconding as found and recorded by the court, such absentee appears, or an administrator, executor, assignee in insolvency, or trustee in bankruptcy of such absentee is appointed, such receiver shall account for, deliver, and pay over to him the remainder of said property.

If such absentee does not appear and claim said When rights of absentee deemed divested.property within such fourteen years, all his right, title, and interest in said property, real or personal, or the proceeds thereof shall cease, and no action shall be brought by him on account thereof. Sec. 13. If at the expiration of such fourteen years said propertyDistribution of remainder. has not been accounted for, delivered, or paid over under the provisions of the preceding section, the court shall order the distribution of the remainder to the persons to whom, and in the shares and proportions in which, it would have been distributed if such absentee had died intestate within the District of Columbia on the day fourteen years after the date of the disappearance or absconding as found and recorded by the court.

Sec. 14. If such receiver is not appointed within thirteen yearsProvisions where receiver not appointed within 13 years. after the date found by the court under section 5, the time limited for accounting for, or fixed for distributing, said property or its proceeds, or for barring actions relative thereto shall he one year after the date of the appointment of the receiver instead of the four-teen years provided in the two preceding sections; except that the time limited for accounting for, or fixed for distributing, any additional property or its proceeds within the District of Columbia coming into the possession of such receiver during such one-year period, or for barring actions relative thereto, shall be one year after the date possession is taken by such receiver.

Sec. 15. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed asExisting law not affected. Vol. 31, p. 1230. repealing or modifying sections 252 or 253 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended. Approved, April 8, 1935. Relating to the incorporation of Trinity College of Washington, District of Columbia, organized under and by virtue of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to the incorporation laws of the District of Columbia, as provided in subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia. 1935-04-08 49 Stat. 113 47 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 47.] AN ACT Relating to the incorporation of Trinity College of Washington, District of Columbia, organized under and by virtue of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to the incorporation laws of the District of Columbia, as provided in subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia. April 8, 1935.[[H. R. 3477](/us/bill/74/hr/3477).][[Public, No. 28](/us/bill/74/pl/28).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That theTrinity College, Washington, D.

C.Incorporation approved. incorporation of Trinity College of Washington, District of Columbia, under chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, approved and confirmed, except as herein specifically altered. Sec. 2. That the trustees constituting and managing the saidTrustees. corporation shall number not less than eight nor more than fifteen, each of whom, except the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, shall be a member of the religious congregation ofQualifications. the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur; that Julia Schumacher, Mary114 Funke, Alma Hummel, Rose Larkin, Margaret Sweeney, Edith Stowell, Julia Chisholm, Angela Keenan, known in the above-named religious order under and by the names respectively of Sister Berchmans Original board; chairman, etc.Julia, Sister Odilia, Sister Marie Louis, Sister Julitta, Sister Margaret of the Trinity.

Sister Mary Agnes of the Infant Jesus, Sister Julie, and Sister Angela Elizabeth, shall constitute the original board of trustees under this Act; that the person holding the office and title of Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore shall be ex officio a member of the board of trustees and chairman thereof, and the person holding the office of Provincial Superior of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur of the Baltimore Province shall be ex officio a member of Election of successors.the board and vice chairman thereof; that the successors to the trustees other than the aforesaid ex officio members shall be elected at suitable intervals by the members of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur from among their number in accordance with the rules and practices of the said religious congregation now Quorum.or hereafter established and obtaining: that a majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for all purposes; that at the first meeting of the board of trustees, held subsequent to this Act, the board shall elect from among themselves Officers.one member to be president, one member to be vice president, one member to be treasurer, one member to be secretary; the board of trustees shall fix the term for which the officers shall serve, their duties and authority, and shall elect their successors at such regular intervals thereafter as they may determine; and the board may elect, appoint, or employ such further minor or assistant officers and agents as they may deem necessary and expedient for the purposes or the corporation, it not being necessary that such officers or agents be members or the board.

Sec. 3. Powers and authority of trustees. The board of trustees shall have the power to establish bylaws and ordinances for the conduct of the business of the corporation and to alter, repeal, or amend the same; to frame laws and regulations for the government of the faculty and students; to offer and prescribe courses in undergraduate and in graduate work; to confer the customary undergraduate and graduate degrees; to determine the subjects and branches of learning to be taught and to establish chairs, professorships, courses, schools, and departments therein.

The board of trustees may create and establish a board of regents, an endowment board and such other auxiliary boards of an academic or advisory nature as may be deemed necessary and proper; and they shall have all the powers and authority heretofore granted to or invested in the trustees of the said Trinity College by chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. Sec. 4. Affiliation with other institutions of learning. The said Trinity College may enter into affiliated agreements with any institutions of learning within or outside of the District of Columbia, for the purpose of giving students of such institutions the educational facilities of said college upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon.

Sec. 5. Acceptance and investment of gifts, etc. The said Trinity College may receive, invest, and administer endowments and gifts of money and property absolute or subject to payments by way of annuities during the life of the donor, for the maintenance of the educational work of the institution and of any departments, school, or chair thereof, now established or which may hereafter be created or established. Sec. 6. Seal to be adopted. The said Trinity College shall adopt a common seal, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, and acts of the said corporation115 shall pass and be authenticated, the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter, or devise a new one.

Sec. 7. No institution of learning hereafter incorporated in Exclusive right to name. District of Columbia shall use in or as its title, in whole or in part the words “Trinity College.” Sec. 8. Nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as toRights reserved. prevent Congress from altering, amending, or repealing the same. Approved, April 8, 1935. Making appropriations for relief purposes. 1935-04-08 49 Stat. 115 48 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 48.] JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for relief purposes. April 8, 1935.[[H. J. Res. 117](/us/bill/74/hjres/117).][[Pub. Res., No. 11](/us/bill/74/pubres/11).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to provideEmergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.*Post*, p. 1134.Purpose.Use and availability. relief, work relief and to increase employment by providing for useful projects, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used in the discretion and under the direction of the President, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1937, theAmount. sum of $4,000,000,000, together with the separate funds established for particular areas by proclamation of the President pursuant to section 15 (f ) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (but any amountsVol. 48, p. 675. thereof shall be available for use only for the area for which the fund was established); not exceeding $500,000,000 in the aggregate of any savings or unexpended balances in funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; and not exceeding a total of $380,000,000 of such unexpended balances as the President may determine are not required for the purposes for which authorized, of the followingFunds specified. appropriations, namely:

The appropriation of $3,300,000,000 for national industrial recovery contained in the Fourth Deficiency Act,Vol. 48, p. 275. fiscal year 1933, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 274); the appropriation of $950,000,000 for emergency relief and civil works contained in the Act approved February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351); theVol. 48, p. 351. appropriation of $899,675,000 for emergency relief and public works, and the appropriation of $525,000,000 to meet the emergency and necessity for relief in stricken agricultural areas, contained in the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, approved JuneVol. 48, p. 1056. 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1055); and any remainder of the unobligatedVol. 48, p. 23. moneys referred to in section 4 of the Act approved March 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 22): *Provided*, That except as to such part of the*Provisos*.Allocation of appropriation. appropriation made herein as the President may deem necessary for continuing relief as authorized under the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, as amended, or for restoring to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works any sums which after December 28, 1934, were, by order of the President impounded or transferred to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration from appropriations heretofore made available to such Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (which restoration is hereby authorized), this appropriation shall be available for the following classes ofProjects designated.Limitation on amount for each class. projects, and the amounts to be used for each class shall not, except as hereinafter provided, exceed the respective amounts stated, namely:

(a)Highways, roads, streets, and grade-crossing elimination, $800,000,000;

(b)rural rehabilitation and relief in stricken agricultural areas, and water conservation, trans-mountain water diversion and irrigation and reclamation, $500,000,000;

(c)rural electrification, $100,000,000;

(d)housing, $450,000,000;

(e)assistance for educational, professional and clerical persons, $300,000,000;

(f)Civilian Conservation Corps, $600,000,000;

(g)loans or grants,*Post*, p. 596.116 or both, for projects of States, Territories, Possessions, including subdivisions and agencies thereof, municipalities, and the District of Columbia, and self-liquidating projects of public bodies thereof, where, in the determination of the President, not less than twenty-five per centum of the loan or the grant, or the aggregate thereof, is to be expended for work under each particular project, $900,000,000;

(h)sanitation, prevention of soil erosion, prevention of stream pollution, sea coast erosion, reforestation, forestation, flood control, rivers and Increased amount authorized.harbors and miscellaneous projects, $350,000,000: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount herein appropriated may be used by the President to increase any one or more of the Expenditure for munitions, warships, etc., prohibited.foregoing limitations if he finds it necessary to do so in order to effectuate the purpose of this joint resolution: *Provided further*, That no part of the appropriation made by this joint resolution shall be expended for munitions, warships, or military or naval matériel; but this proviso shall not be construed to prevent the use of such appropriation for new buildings, reconstruction of buildings and other improvements in military or naval reservations, posts, forts, camps, cemeteries, or fortified areas, or for projects for nonmilitary or nonnaval purposes in such places. Public highways and related projects.Apportionment of allocations.Except as hereinafter provided, alt sums allocated from the appropriation made herein for the construction of public highways and other related projects (except within or adjacent to national forests, national parks, national parkways, or other Federal reservations) Vol. 48, p. 203.shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture in the Expenditure by State highway departments.Vol. 42, p. 212; Vol. 48, p. 993.[U. S. C., p. 969](/us/usc/p960).manner provided by section 204

(b)of the National Industrial Recovery Act for expenditure by the State highway departments under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, and subject to the provisions *Provisos*.Amounts for grade crossing elimination.of section 1 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993): *Provided*, That any amounts allocated from the appropriation made herein for the elimination of existing hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade crossing structures, and Apportionment provisions. *Post*, p. 1134.the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture to the several States (including the Territory of Hawaii and the District of Columbia), one-half on population as shown by the latest decennial census, one-fourth on the mileage of the Federal-aid highway system as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and one-fourth on the railroad mileage as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Expenditure.Vol. 42, p. 212; Vol. 48, p. 993.[U. S. C., p. 969](/us/usc/p969).Matching funds not required.to be expended by the State highway departments under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, and subject to the provisions of section 1 of such Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993); but no part of the funds apportioned to any State or Territory under this joint resolution for public highways and grade crossings need be matched Alaska. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.by the State or Territory: *And provided further*, That the President may also allot funds made available by this joint resolution for the Allotments for highways.construction, repair, and improvement of public highways in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and money allocated under this joint resolution to relief agencies may be expended by such agencies Rules and regulations.for the construction and improvement of roads and streets: *Provided, however*, That the expenditure of funds from the appropriation made herein for the construction of public highways and other related projects shall be subject to such rules and regulations as Preference in labor employment.the President may prescribe for carrying out this paragraph and preference in the employment of labor shall be given (except in executive, administrative, supervisory, and highly skilled positions)117 to persons receiving relief, where they are qualified, and theHours of work; rates of wages. President is hereby authorized to predetermine for each State the hours of work and the rates of wages to be paid to skilled, intermediate, and unskilled labor engaged in such construction therein: *Provided further*,Government direction of certain public works. That rivers and harbors projects, reclamation projects (except the drilling of wells, development of springs and subsurface waters), and public buildings projects undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this joint resolution shall be carried out under the direction of the respective permanent Government departments or agencies now having jurisdiction of similar projects. Funds made available by this joint resolution may be used, in theLoans to finance purchase of farms, equipment. discretion of the President, for the purpose of making loans to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase of farm lands and necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, croppers, or farm laborers.Terms; repayment. Such loans shall be made on such terms as the President shall prescribe and shall be repaid in equal annual installments, or in such other manner as the President may determine. Funds made available by this joint resolution may be used, in theAgricultural Adjustment Act.Funds available for administration of. discretion of the President for the administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, during the period of twelve months after the effective date of this joint resolution. Sec. 2. The appropriation made herein shall be available for useAvailability limited. only in the United States and its Territories and possessions. TheDisability or death compensation.Vol. 48, p. 351.Benefits of, extended.*Post*, p. 1601. provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), relating to disability or death compensation and benefits shall apply to those persons receiving from the appropriation made herein, for services rendered as employees of the United States, security payments in accordance with schedules established by the President: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Special fund created. That so much of the sum herein appropriated as the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, with the approval of the President, estimates and certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury will be necessary for the payment of such compensation andAdministration. administrative expenses shall be set aside in a special fund to be administered by the Commission for such purposes; and after June 30,Availability. 1936, such special fund shall be available for these purposes annually in such amounts as may be specified therefor in the annual appropriation Acts. The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised StatutesPurchases without advertising.[R.S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709p/733);[U. S. C., p. 1803](/us/usc/p1803). (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) shall not apply to any purchase made or service procured in carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution when the aggregate amount involved is less than $300. Sec. 3. In carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution theContingent expenses. President may

(a)authorize expenditures for contract stenographic reporting services; supplies and equipment; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, directories, periodicals, newspapers and press clippings; travel expenses, including the expense of attendance at meetings when specifically authorized; rental at the seat ofRent. government and elsewhere; purchase, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; printing and binding;Printing and binding. and such other expenses as he may determine necessary to the accomplishment of the objectives of this joint resolution; and

(b)acceptPersonal services. and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated services, appoint, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws, such officers and employees, and utilize such Federal officers and employees, and, with the consent of the State, such State and local officers and employees, as may be necessary, prescribe their authorities, duties, responsibilities, and tenure, and, without regard to the ClassificationClassification Act not to apply. Act of 1923, as amended, fix the compensation of any officers and employees so appointed. 118 Administrator, officers.Appointment.Any Administrator or other officer, or the members of any central board, or other agency, named to have general supervision at the seat of Government over the program and work contemplated under the appropriation made in section 1 of this joint resolution and receiving a salary of $5,000 or more per annum from such appropriation, and any State or regional administrator receiving a salary of Confirmation.$5,000 or more per annum from such appropriation (except persons now serving as such under other law), shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Salary restriction.[R. S., sec. 1761. p, 313](/us/rs/s1761/p313). [U. S. C., p. 38](/us/usc/p38).President to prescribe duties, etc., of necessary agencies.That the provisions of section 1761 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any such appointee and the salary of any person so appointed shall not be increased for a period of six months after confirmation. Sec. 4. In carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution the President is authorized to establish and prescribe the duties and functions of necessary agencies within the Government. Sec. 5. Real property; right to acquire, etc. In carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution the President is authorized (within the limits of the appropriation made in section 1) to acquire, by purchase or by the power of eminent domain, any real property or any interest therein, and improve, develop, grant, sell, lease (with or without the privilege of purchasing), or otherwise dispose of any such property or interest therein. Sec. 6. Rules, etc., to be prescribed. The President is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this joint resolution, Punishment for violation.and any willful violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punishable by fine of not to exceed $1,000. Sec. 7. Rates of pay. The President shall require to be paid such rates of pay for all persons engaged upon any project financed in whole or in part, through loans or otherwise, by funds appropriated by this joint resolution, as will in the discretion of the President accomplish the purposes of this joint resolution, and not affect adversely or otherwise tend to decrease the going rates of wages paid for work of a similar nature. The President may fix different rates of wages for various types of work on any project, which rates need not be uniform throughout *Proviso*.Government building construction.the United States: *Provided, however*, That whenever permanent buildings for the use of any department of the Government of the United States, or the District of Columbia, are to be constructed by funds appropriated by this joint resolution, the provisions of Vol. 46, p. 1494; [U. S. C., p. 1788](/us/usc/p1788).the Act of March 3, 1931 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 40, sec. 276a), shall apply but the rates of wages shall be determined in advance of any bidding thereon. Sec. 8. Private enterprise facilities. Wherever practicable in the carrying out of the provisions of this joint resolution, full advantage shall be taken of the facilities of private enterprise. Sec. 9. Fraud, etc.Punishment for. Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States makes any false statement in connection with any application for any project, employment, or relief aid under the provisions of this joint resolution, or diverts, or attempts to divert, or assists in diverting for the benefit of any person or persons not entitled thereto, any moneys appropriated by this joint resolution, or any services or real or personal property acquired thereunder? or who knowingly, by means of any fraud, force, threat, intimidation, or boycott, deprives any person of any of the benefits to which he may be entitled under the provisions of this joint resolution, or attempts so to do, or assists in so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 119 Sec. 10. Until June 30, 1936, or such earlier date as the PresidentFederal Emergency Relief Act of 1933.Vol. 48, p. 55. by proclamation may fix, the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, as amended, is continued in full force and effect. Sec. 11. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall beAdministrative expenses, restriction. expended for the administrative expenses of any department, bureau, board, commission, or independent agency of the Government if such administrative expenses are ordinarily financed from annual appropriations, unless additional work is imposed thereupon by reason of this joint resolution. Sec. 12. The Federal Emergency Administration of Public WorksPublic Works Administration.Continuance, functions, etc.Vol. 48, p. 200. established under title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act is hereby continued until June 30, 1937, and is authorized to perform such of its functions under said Act and such functions under this joint resolution as may be authorized by the President. All sumsAvailability of sums appropriated. appropriated to carry out the purposes of said Act shall be available until June 30, 1937. The President is authorized to sell anySale of securities. securities acquired under said Act or under this joint resolution and all moneys realized from such sales shall be available to the President,Proceeds. in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated under this joint resolution, for the making of further loans under said Act or under this joint resolution. Sec. 13.

(a)The acquisition of articles, materials, and suppliesArticles, etc., of American manufacture. Contracts, etc., subject to existing provisions.Vol. 47, p. 1520. for the public use, with funds appropriated by this joint resolution, shall be subject to the provisions of section 2 of title III of the Treasury and Post Office Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 ; and all contracts let pursuant to the provisions of this joint resolution shall be subject to the provisions of section 3 of title III of such Act.

(b)Any allocation, grant, or other distribution of funds for any project, Federal or non-Federal, from the appropriation made by this joint resolution, shall contain stipulations which will provide for the application of title III of such Act to the acquisition of articles, materials and supplies for use in carrying out such project. Sec. 14. The authority of the President under the provisions ofUnemployment Relief Act; continuance.Vol. 48, p. 22, amended. the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes”, approved March 31, 1933, as amended, is hereby continued to and including March 31, 1937. Sec. 15. A report of the operations under this joint resolutionAnnual reports to Congress. shall be submitted to Congress before the 10th day of January in each of the next three regular sessions of Congress, which report shall include a statement of the expenditures made and obligations incurred, by classes and amounts. Sec. 16. This joint resolution may be cited as the “EmergencyShort title. Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.” Approved, April 8, 1935, 4 p. m. To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, California, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 1935-04-08 49 Stat. 119 49 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 49.] JOINT RESOLUTION To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, California, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. April 8, 1935.[[H. J. Res. 174](/us/bill/74/hjres/174).][[Pub. Res., No. 12](/us/bill/74/pubres/12).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articlesCalifornia Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, Calif. Dutiable articles imported for exhibition, etc., purposes, admitted free, under regulations.*Ante*, pp. 40, 50. which shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the international exposition to be held at San Diego, California, beginning in May 1935, by the California Pacific International Exposition Company, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign buildings or exhibits at the said exhibition,120 upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted without payment of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall Sales permitted.prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during or within three months after the close of the said exposition, to sell within the area of the exposition any articles provided for herein, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of *Provisos*.Paying duty on articles withdrawn.import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles, which shall have suffered diminution Deterioration allowance.or deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry hereunder for consumption or Marking requirements.entry under the general tariff law: *Provided further*, That imported articles provided for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the United States:Articles abandoned. *Provided further*, That at any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Government or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such article shall be remitted: *Provided further*, Transfer privileges.That articles, which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs custody or under a customs exhibition bond, and imported articles in bonded warehouses under the general tariff law may be accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the said exposition under such regulations as Exposition Company deemed sole consignee of merchandise.the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *And provided further*, That the California Pacific International Exposition Company shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this Act, and that Incurred Federal expenses reimbursable.the actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, release, or custody, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by the California Pacific International Exposition Company to the Government of Deposit of, as receipts.Vol. 46, p. 741.[U. S. C., p. 894](/us/usc/p894).the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930. Approved, April 8, 1935. Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. 1935-04-09 49 Stat. 120 54 Chapter 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 54.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. April 9, 1935.[[H. R. 5913](/us/bill/74/hr/5913).][

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