Public Law 673.
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(/us/pl/74/672).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is herebyPatrick Henry bicentennial.Appropriation authorized for celebration of.*Post*, p. 1600. authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000 to aid in defraying the expenses for the celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Patrick Henry to be held at Hanover Courthouse, Virginia, July 15, 16, and 17, 1936, such sum to be expended for such purposes by the Patrick Henry Bi-Centennial, Incorporated, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, and without regard to any other provision of law.
Approved, June 5, 1936. To amend the joint resolution of July 18, 1935, relating to the Seventieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in September 1936. 1936-06-05 532 Chapter 49 Stat. 1485 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 532.] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the joint resolution of July 18, 1935, relating to the Seventieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in September 1936.
June 5, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 465](/us/bill/74/hjres/465).][[Pub. Res., No. 101](/us/bill/74/pubres/101).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the jointGrand Army Encampment, District of Columbia, 1936.*Ante*, p. 482. resolution entitled “Joint resolution giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Seventieth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of September 1936, and for other purposes, incident to the said encampment”, approved July 18, 1935, is hereby amended to read as follows:
" “That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are herebyDistrict Commissioners directed to make special regulations. authorized and directed to make such special regulations for the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic which shall take place in the District of Columbia during the month of September 1936 as they shall deem advisable for the preservation of public order and the protection of life and property, to be in force one week prior to said encampment, during said encampment, and one week subsequent thereto, such special regulations shall bePublication of. published in one or more of the daily newspapers of the District of Columbia, and no penalty prescribed for the violation of such regulations shall be enforced until five days after such publication.
Any person violating any of the aforesaid regulations, or the aforesaidPenalty for violation. schedule of fares shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of the said District, be liable for such offense to a fine not to exceed $100, and, in default of payment of such fine, to imprisonment in the workhouse (or jail) of said District for not longer than sixty days. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon itsAppropriation. approval, and the sum of $15,000 or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, is hereby appropriated.
The Commissioners of theExpenditure. District of Columbia are hereby authorized in conjunction with the Citizens’ Executive Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic,Citizens’ Executive Committee. who shall be appointed by the said Commissioners, to expend the said sum of $15,000 to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this joint resolution, and for such expenses incident to the encampment as the said Commissioners, in their discretion and judgment, may deem advisable.”" 1486 Sec. 2. *Ante*, p. 484.
That portion of section 5 of such joint resolution of July 18, 1935, which precedes the first proviso, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 5. Use of reservations. That the Superintendent of National Capital Parks, subject to the approval of the Director of National Park Service, is hereby authorized to grant permits to the citizens’ executive committee for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the use of any reservation or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the seventieth national encampment, in the month of September 1936, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservations or public spaces, or statuary therein; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes on the Reviewing stands, etc.; unauthorized erection, use, etc.occasion aforesaid such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the said city of Washington as they may deem proper and necessary for the erection of reviewing stands, platforms, or other structures, and that no person or corporation shall be authorized to erect or use such stands, platforms, or other structures without permission of said committee:”.
" Approved, June 5, 1936. Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government of Sweden and individuals an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, and for other purposes. 1936-06-05 533 Chapter 49 Stat. 1486 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 533.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government of Sweden and individuals an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, and for other purposes. June 5, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 499](/us/bill/74/hjres/499).][[Pub. Res., No. 102](/us/bill/74/pubres/102).] Delaware River Valley tercentenary.
Preamble.Whereas there is to be held at Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at several places in other States, during the year 1938, celebrations commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, said settlement being also the first settlement of the colony of New Sweden, which embraced parts of the present States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and Whereas, in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, approved March 20, 1935, the Governor of said State has appointed a commission of eleven members, designated as the Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission, with authority “to prepare plans for a fitting celebration by the State of Delaware on the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary in 1938 of the founding of the first permanent settlement and the establishment of the first permanent government upon the soil of Delaware * * *; and to cooperate with other commissions or committees representing the city of Wilmington; historical, patriotic, and other societies of the State of Delaware and other States; the governments of other States; and the National Governments of the United States and Sweden”; and Whereas at its annual meeting held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on January 17, 1935, the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies (embracing seventy-three constituent historical societies) adopted the following resolution:
" “Whereas plans are in preparation to celebrate the tercentenary of the landing of the Swedes on the Delaware and the establishment of the first permanent white settlement, and the first government in Pennsylvania, in 1638: Now therefore, be it “Resolved, That this Federation pledge its hearty endorsement to such commemoration; and 1487 “Resolved further, That the President be authorized to appoint such committee or committees to represent this Federation as may be necessary and to cooperate with similar New Jersey, Delaware, Swedish, or other committees”.
" Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when, in the opinion of the President of the United States, it shall be appropriate for him to do so, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to extend to the Government of Sweden and such individuals as the President may determine an invitation to unite with the Goverment and people of the United States in a fitting and appropriate observance of the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement of Swedish colonists in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Sec. 2. There is hereby established a commission to be known asCommission established.Composition, duties, etc. the United States Delaware Valley Tercentenary Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) to be composed of fifteen commissioners, as follows: Five persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, five Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Commission, on behalf of the United States, shall cooperate with representatives of the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania in the appropriate observance of such anniversary, and shall extend appropriate courtesies to such representatives of the Government of Sweden, and other persons, as may respond to the invitation of the President extended as hereinbefore provided. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number.
Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of anyAppropriation authorized. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000 to be expended by the Commission for expenses, including actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred while discharging its functions under this resolution. Approved, June 5, 1936. Authorizing the President of the United States to award posthumously a Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards. 1936-06-05 534 Chapter 49 Stat. 1487 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 534.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the United States to award posthumously a Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards. June 5, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 570](/us/bill/74/hjres/570).][[Pub. Res., No. 103](/us/bill/74/pubres/103).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the PresidentMaj. Gen. Clarence Ransom Edwards.Distinguished Service Medal awarded to. of the United States is hereby authorized to award, posthumously, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards, who died February 14, 1931, after having organized the Twenty-sixth Division, and commanded it with distinction during all but eighteen days of its active service at the front.
The high qualities of leadership and unfailing devotion to duty displayed by him were responsible for the marked esprit and morale of his command. To his marked tactical ability and energy are largely due the brilliant successes achieved by the Twenty-sixth National Guard Division during its operations against the enemy from February 4, 1918, to November 11, 1918. Approved, June 5, 1936. To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories. 1936-06-08 541 Chapter 49 Stat. 1488 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 1488 [CHAPTER 541.] AN ACT To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories. June 8, 1936.[[H. R. 12120](/us/bill/74/hr/12120).][[Public, No. 673](/us/pl/74/673).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Vocational education.Appropriation authorized for further development, fiscal year 1938, and thereafter.*Provisos*.Allotments; matching by State or local funds, etc.
That for the purpose of providing for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter, the sum of $12,000,000: *Provided*, That the several States and Territories shall be required to match by State or local funds or both 50 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions of this section until June 30, 1942, 60 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1943, 70 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1944, 80 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1945, 90 per centum for the year ending June 30, 1946, and annually thereafter 100 per centum of the appropriations authorized under the provisions Bases of apportionments.Farm population.of this section.
One-third of this sum each year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their farm population bears to the total farm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects in such States and Rural population.Territories.
One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their rural population bears to the total rural population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of home-economics subjects in Nonfarm population.such States and Territories.
One-third of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year shall be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their nonfarm population bears to the total nonfarm population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is to be made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of trade and industrial subjects, in such States and Territories:
Minimum allotment. *Provided further*, That the allotment of funds to any State or Territory for each of the three purposes enumerated in this section State or local cooperation.shall be not less than a minimum of $20,000 for any fiscal year, 50 per centum of which shall be matched by State or local funds or both, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $175,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section.
Sec. 2. Teacher training in distributive occupational subjects; allotments to, and cooperation by, States and Territories.In addition to the sum authorized to be appropriated by section 1 hereof, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, and required to be matched in the same proportions as such sum, the sum of $1,200,000, to be allotted to the States and Territories in the proportion that their total population bears to the total population of the United States and Territories, according to the United States census last preceding the end of the fiscal year in which any such allotment is made, and shall be used for the salaries and necessary travel expenses of teachers, supervisors, and directors of, and maintenance of teacher training in, distributive occupational subjects in 1489such States and Territories: *Provided, however*, That the allotment*Proviso*.Minimum allotment. of funds to any State or Territory for the purpose of this section shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year after July 1, 1937, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter theAppropriation authorized. sum of $54,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of cooperating with the States andPreparation of teachers, etc.; cooperation with States and Territories. Territories in preparing teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural, trade and industrial, and home-economics subjects there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the use of the severalAppropriation authorized. States and Territories for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $1,000,000. Said sum shall be allottedApportionment. to the several States and Territories in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States and Territories, according to the last preceding United States census: *Provided*, That the allotment of funds to any State or Territory*Proviso*.Minimum allotment.Appropriation authorized. shall be not less than a minimum of $10,000 for any fiscal year.
And there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning after the enactment of the Act and annually thereafter the sum of $54,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotments to the States and Territories provided for in this section. Sec. 4. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of thisAdministrative expenses.Appropriation authorized. Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Education, Department of the Interior, for vocational education, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and annually thereafter the sum of $350,000, to be expended for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in section 7 of the Act approved FebruaryVol. 39, p. 933;
Vol. 40, p. 345; [U. S. C., p. 906](/us/usc/p906). 23, 1917, as amended October 6, 1917. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, through the Division ofDisbursements. Disbursement of the Treasury Department, shall, upon the certification of the United States Commissioner of Education, pay, inSemiannual payments. equal semiannual payments, on the 1st day of July and January of each year, to the custodian for vocational education of each State and Territory designated in the Act approved February 23, 1917, the moneys to which the State or Territory is entitled under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. The appropriations made by this Act shall be in additionAppropriations additional to former Act. to, and shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations as, the appropriations made by the Act entitled “An Act to provide forVol. 39, p. 929. the promotion of vocational education; to provide cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and in the trades and industries; to provide cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditures”, approved February 23, 1917, except that the appropriations made by this Act for home economicsHome economics; limitations on appropriations for. shall lie subject to the conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for agricultural purposes under such Act of February 23, 1917, with the exception of that part of section 10 thereof whichVol. 39, p. 934. requires directed or supervised practice for at least six months per year; that such moneys as are provided by this Act for trade andPart-time classes. industrial subjects, including public and other service occupations, may be expended for part-time classes operated for less than one hundred and forty-four hours per year; that the provisions of section 11 of the Act of February 23, 1917, requiring at least one-third of the sum appropriated to any State to be expended for part-time 1490schools or classes shall be held to include any part-time day-school classes for workers fourteen years of age and over, and Distributive occupational subjects.evening-school classes for workers sixteen years of age and over; except that the appropriations made by this Act for distributive occupational subjects shall be limited to part-time and evening schools as provided in said Act of February 23, 1917, for trade, home economics, and industrial subjects and as qualified by the provisions of this Attendance at meetings, etc.section; and that the appropriations available under section 4 of this Act shall be available for expenses of attendance at meeting of educational associations and other organizations and for expenses of conferees called to meet in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are necessary for the efficient discharge of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6a. Industrial-plant training programs. No part of the appropriations herein authorized shall be expended in industrial-plant training programs, except such industrial-plant training be bona-fide vocational training, and not a device to utilize the services of vocational trainees for private profit. Sec. 7. Authorizations to be in lieu of previous Act.Vol. 48, p. 702; [U. S. C., p. 906](/us/usc/p906). The appropriations authorized by this Act shall be in lieu thereof and not in addition to the appropriations authorized in sections 1 and 2 of Public Law Numbered 245, Seventy-third Congress, approved May 21, 1934.
Sec. 8. “States and Territories” defined. As used in this Act the term “States and Territories” means the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the Island of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Approved, June 8, 1936. To enable the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Ohio to conserve and regulate the flow of and purify the waters of rivers and streams whose drainage basins lie within two or more of the said States. 1936-06-08 542 Chapter 49 Stat. 1490 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 542.] JOINT RESOLUTION To enable the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Ohio to conserve and regulate the flow of and purify the waters of rivers and streams whose drainage basins lie within two or more of the said States. June 8, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 377](/us/bill/74/hjres/377).][[Pub. Res., No. 104](/us/bill/74/pubres/104).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, State compacts for flood and pollution control.Consent of Congress granted.
That the consent of the Congress of the United States is hereby given to the States of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Ohio, or any two or more of them, to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts for conserving and regulating the flow, lessening flood damage, removing sources of pollution of the waters thereof, or making other public improvements on any rivers or streams whose drainage basins lie within any two or more of the said States.
Sec. 2. Approval by State legislatures. No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon any State a party thereto unless and until it has been approved by the legislatures of each of the States whose assent is contemplated by the terms of the compact or agreement and by the Congress. Approved, June 8, 1936. To provide for the appointment of two additional judges for the Southern District of New York. 1936-06-15 544 Chapter 49 Stat. 1491 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 1491 [CHAPTER 544.] AN ACT To provide for the appointment of two additional judges for the Southern District of New York. June 15, 1936.[[S. 3389](/us/bill/74/s/3389).] [
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