Public Law 423.
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(/us/pl/74/421).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 93District of Columbia Code amendment.Vol. 31, p. 1297.Discretionary opening of graves, etc., authorized. of title 5 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia is hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso: “*Provided*, That the health officer or the District of Columbia may, in his discretion, authorize the opening, under sanitary precautions, of any such grave, and the disinterment and reinterment in the same grave or other suitable burial ground, of the dead body of any person who has died of any of the contagious diseases enumerated above.
” Approved, January 20, 1936. To amend section 24 of the Judicial Code by conferring on district courts additional jurisdiction of bills of interpleader, and of bills in the nature of interpleader. 1936-01-20 13 Chapter 49 Stat. 1096 74 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 2025-01-07 public 1096 [CHAPTER 13.] AN ACT To amend section 24 of the Judicial Code by conferring on district courts additional jurisdiction of bills of interpleader, and of bills in the nature of interpleader.
January 20, 1936.[[S. 1277](/us/bill/74/s/1277).][[Public. No. 422](/us/pl/74/422).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Judicial Code amendment.That section 24 of [U. S. C., p. 1231.](/us/usc/74/p1231)District courts.the Judicial Code, as amended, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: " “(26) Original Jurisdiction of bills of interpleader, etc. Original jurisdiction of bills of interpleader, and of bills in the nature of interpleader—Twenty-sixth.—
(a)Of suits in equity begun by bills of interpleader or bills in the nature of bills of interpleader duly verified, filed by any person, firm, corporation, association, or society having in his or its custody or possession money or property of the value of $500 or more, or having issued a note, bond, certificate, policy of insurance, or other instrument of the value or amount of $500 or more, or providing for the delivery or payment or the loan of money or property of such amount or value, or being under any obligation written or unwritten to the amount of $500 or more, if— “(i)Adverse claimants, citizens of different States. Two or more adverse claimants, citizens of different States, are claiming to be entitled to such money or property, or to any one or more of the benefits arising by virtue of any note, bond, certificate, policy, or other instrument, or arising by virtue of any such obligation; and “(ii) Deposit into court registry. The complainant
(a)has deposited such money or property or has paid the amount of or the loan or other value or such instrument or the amount due under such obligation into the Bond, etc.registry of the court, there to abide the judgment of the court; or
(b)has given bond payable to the clerk of the court in such amount and with such surety as the court or judge may deem proper, conditioned upon the compliance by the complainant with the future order or decree of the court with respect to the subject matter of the controversy. Such a suit in equity may be entertained although the titles or claims of the conflicting claimants do not have a common origin, or are not identical, but are adverse to and independent of one another. “(b) Venue. Such a suit may be brought in the district court of the district in which one or more of such claimants resides or reside. “(c) Issue of process, etc. Notwithstanding any provision of the Judicial Code to the contrary, said court shall have power to issue its process for all such claimants and to issue an order of injunction against each of them, enjoining them from instituting or prosecuting any suit or proceeding in any State court or in any United States court on account of such money or property or on such instrument or obligation until the further order of the court; which process and order of injuncion shall be returnable at such time as the said court or a judge thereof shall determine and? shall be addressed to and served by the United States marshals for the respective districts wherein said claimants reside or may be found. “(d) Powers of court. Said court shall hear and determine the cause and shall discharge the complainant from further liability; and shall make the injunction permanent and enter all such other orders and decrees as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and enforce the same. “(e) Equitable defenses. In any action at law in a United States District Court against any person, firm, corporation, association, or society, such defendant may set up by way of equitable defense, in accordance Vol. 38. p. 966.[U. S. C., p. 1277](/us/usc/p1277).with section 274b of the Judicial Code (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 398), any matter which would entitle such person, firm, corporation, association, or society to file an original or ancillary bill of interpleader 1097or bill in the nature of interpleader in the same court or in any other United States District Court against the plaintiff in such action at law and one or more other adverse claimants, under the provisions of paragraph
(a)of this subsection or any other provision of the Judicial Code and the rules of court made pursuant thereto. The defendant may join as parties to such equitable defense any claimant or claimants who are not already parties to such action at law. The district court in which such equitable defense is interposed shall thereby possess the powers conferred upon district courts by paragraphs
(c)and
(d)of this subsection and by section 274b of the Judicial Code.” " Sec. 2. The Act entitled “An Act authorizing casualty companies, Provisions repealed.surety companies, insurance companies or associations or fraternal or beneficial societies to file bills of interpleader”, approved May 8, Vol. 44, p. 416.[U. S. C., p. 1231](/us/usc/p1231).1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 28, sec. 41 (26)), is hereby repealed. Said repeal shall not affect any act done or any right, accruing or Existing rights protected.accrued in any suit or proceeding had or commenced under said Act hereby repealed, prior to the passage of this Act, but all such acts or rights, suits or proceedings shall continue and be valid and may be prosecuted and enforced in the same manner as if said Act had not been repealed hereby. Approved, January 20, 1936. To provide for the payment of compensation and expenses of the Railroad Retirement Board as established and operated pursuant to section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act of June 27, 1934, and to provide for the winding up of its affairs and the disposition of its property and records, and to make an appropriation for such purposes. 1936-01-21 21 Chapter 49 Stat. 1097 74 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 21.] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the payment of compensation and expenses of the Railroad Retirement Board as established and operated pursuant to section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act of June 27, 1934, and to provide for the winding up of its affairs and the disposition of its property and records, and to make an appropriation for such purposes.January 21, 1936.[[S. J. Res. 144](/us/bill/74/sjres/160).][[Pub. Res., No. 68](/us/bill/74/pubres/213).] Whereas the Railroad Retirement Board was established and organized Railroad Retirement Board.Preamble.as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government by and pursuant to section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act, which Act has been held by the Supreme Court of the United States to be invalid; and Whereas the Railroad Retirement Board in the performance of its duties has acquired valuable data, records, information, and experience which should be utilized in determining the policy of Congress regarding the subjects of employment by railroads and the retirement of employees of railroads; and Whereas the Board has records of individual employments which are of great value and should be preserved, and has, in the course of its work, received valuable records and documents which must be returned to their owners after the information contained therein shall have been noted and photostatic copies where necessary, shall have been made: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Railroad Retirement Appointment, pay. etc., confirmed.Vol. 48, p. 1287.[U. S. C., p. 1973.](/us/usc/p1973)Board as established in section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act (Public, Numbered 485, Seventy-third Congress) and the appointment and compensation of its members and the employment and compensation of its staff are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed to all intents and purposes as if the provisions of section 9 relating thereto had on the day of their enactment been enacted as a statute distinct and separate from any other provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act, aforesaid; and no member of the Board or of Board members, etc., liability.its staff shall be liable for any action heretofore taken within the terms of the authority sought to be granted by the Railroad Retirement Act. 1098 Sec. 2.Liquidation period; disposition of property and records. The Railroad Retirement Board as established by and pursuant to section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act and section 1 hereof is hereby continued for a period of sixty days from the enactment hereof for the purpose of liquidating its affairs; returning documents in its possession to those from whom they were procured and whose property they are, after recording therefrom such information as in its judgment should be preserved or making photostatic copies thereof, where necessary; arranging for turning over the records, papers, and property of the Board to such agency as Report.the President shall designate; and making a report upon its activities and experience to the President for transmission to Congress. Sec. 3. Maintenance of facilities; personnel, etc. The Board shall maintain such offices, use such equipment, furnishings, supplies, services, and facilities and employ such persons as in its judgment may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties. Sec. 4.Appropriation authorized. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $35,000 to pay to the Board and its employees for services heretofore rendered on, *Ante*, p. 575.prior to, and subsequent to May 6, 1935, and for services to be rendered during the next sixty days after the enactment hereof, the compensation to which they would have been entitled for such services if the Railroad Retirement Act had been held constitutional, and to pay any expenses heretofore incurred and not yet paid and the expenses necessary in carrying out this joint resolution. Sec. 5.Refunds. The Board is hereby authorized and directed to refund to its past and present employees and to its members, all compensation earned by them but withheld as employee contributions to the railroad retirement fund, and deposited to the credit of said fund in the Treasury, and said fund is hereby appropriated and made available for such refundments accordingly. Approved, January 21, 1936. To amend paragraph
(f)of section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934. 1936-01-22 25 Chapter 49 Stat. 1098 74 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 25.] AN ACT To amend paragraph
(f)of section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934. January 22, 1936.[[S. 1336](/us/bill/74/s/1336).][[Public, No. 423](/us/pl/74/423).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Communications Act of 1934, amendment.Vol. 48, p. 1067. [U. S. C., p. 2083.](/us/usc/p2083) That paragraph
(f)of section 4 of the Communications Act, 1934, is hereby amended by adding after the words “ a chief engineer and not more than three assistants ”, the words “ a chief accountant and not more than three assistants ”, and by adding after the words “ and the chief engineer ”, the words “ and the chief accountant ”, and by adding after the word “ engineers ” the word “ accountants ”; so that paragraph
(f)of section 4, as amended, will read as follows: " “(f) Federal Communications Commission.Appointment of chief accountant and assistants.Without regard to the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended,
(1)the Commission may appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the salaries of a secretary, a director for each division, a chief engineer and not more than three assistants, a chief accountant and not more than three assistants, a general counsel and not more than three assistants, and temporary counsel designated by the Commission for the performance of special services; and
(2)each commissioner may appoint and prescribe the duties of a secretary at an annual salary not to exceed $4,000. The general counsel and the chief engineer and the chief accountant shall each receive an annual salary of not to exceed $9,000; the secretary shall receive an annual salary of not to exceed $7,500; the director of each division shall receive an annual salary of not to exceed $7,500; and1099 no assistant shall receive an annual salary in excess of $7,500. The Other employees.[U. S. C.. p. 85](/us/usc/p85).Commission shall have authority, subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to appoint such other officers, engineers, accountants, inspectors, attorneys, examiners, and other employees as are necessary in the execution of its functions.” " Approved, January 22, 1936. To amend the Act entitled “An Act forbidding the transportation of any person in interstate or foreign commerce, kidnaped, or otherwise unlawfully detained, and making such Act a felony”, as amended. 1936-01-24 29 Chapter 49 Stat. 1099 74 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 29.] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act forbidding the transportation of any person in interstate or foreign commerce, kidnaped, or otherwise unlawfully detained, and making such Act a felony”, as amended. January 24, 1936.[[S. 2421](/us/bill/74/s/2421).][
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