Public Law 16.
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(/us/pl/76/5)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in commemoration Twenty-fifth anniversary of opening of Panama Canal.August 15, 1939, declared a holiday in Canal Zone.of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal to the commerce of the world, the 15th day of August 1939 is hereby made a public holiday in the Canal Zone and all officers and employees of the Federal Government on the Isthmus of Panama whose services are not required by the demands of the public service may be excused from duty all day on that day without loss of the pay which they would receive for an ordinary day’s work.
Sec. 2. That the Governor of the Panama Canal may authorize Ceremonies and expenditure of funds authorized.suitable ceremonies in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal and he is hereby authorized to expend not exceeding $5,000 out of any moneys appropriated or allotted for the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal for any expenses connected with such ceremonies, including the printing and issuance of a suitable memorial booklet.
Approved, March 28, 1939. To exempt all vessels of the United States of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage from the provisions of the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (being International Labor Conference Treaty, Convention Numbered 53, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1936). 1939-03-29 26 Chapter 53 Stat. 554 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public 53 Stat. 554 [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT To exempt all vessels of the United States of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage from the provisions of the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (being International Labor Conference Treaty, Convention Numbered 53, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1936). March 29, 1939[[H. R. 950](/us/bill/76/hr/950)][[Public, No. 16](/us/pl/76/16)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.Exemption of American vessels under 200 tons from provisions of.*Post*, p. 1049.
That pursuant to the authority granted in the second clause of Article One of the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936, ratified by the President of the United States on September 1, 1938, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, given June 13, 1938 (being International Labor Conference Treaty, Draft Convention, Numbered 53, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1936), vessels of the United States of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage are hereby exempted from the *Proviso*.Existing, etc., statutes regarding exempted vessels.provisions of such convention: *Provided*, *however*, That neither the ratification of the said convention by the President of the United States, nor the advice and consent of the United States Senate given thereto, nor any provision of the said convention as ratified, nor any provision of this Act shall be deemed to alter, amend, or repeal any statute of the United States existing at the time of said ratification, or thereafter enacted, with regard to any such vessel of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage.
Approved, March 29, 1939. To extend the time for commencing and completing bridges across Cross Bayou, Twelve Mile Bayou, and Caddo Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. 1939-03-29 27 Chapter 53 Stat. 554 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 27] AN ACT To extend the time for commencing and completing bridges across Cross Bayou, Twelve Mile Bayou, and Caddo Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
March 29, 1939[[H. R. 2192](/us/bill/76/hr/2192)][
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