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75 'rH CONGRESS . 1ST SESSION-CHS . 485-487-JULY 10, 1 937 stantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later t han fiv e years and th e last install ment t o matur e not later than thirty years, from the date of such issue . And said act of sai d legislat ure is her eby ratifi ed and conf irmed, sub ject to th e provisions of this Act : Provided, however, That nothing herein con- tained shall be deemed to prohibit the amendment of said act of said Territory by the legislature thereof from time to time to pro- vide for changes in the improvements authorized by said act or for the disposition of unexpended moneys appropriated by said act, and that said bonds may be issued without the approval of the President of the United States. Approved, July 10, 1937 . [CHAPTER 486] [CHAPTER 4871 AN ACT To amend the Canal Zone Code . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 62 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat . 1122), is hereby amended to read as follows "62 . OFFENSES IN RELATIO N TO ENTRY OR IMPORTATION OF ARTICLES OR MERCHANDISE .-Any person who shall- "(a) Ente r or impor t, or atte mpt to ent er or impor t, any art icles or merchandise into the Canal Zone before the entry or importation of such articles or merchandise has been approved by the proper officers of the Canal Zone ; "(b) Pass, or attempt to pass, any false, forged, or fraudulent invoice, bill, or other paper, for t he purpose of secur ing the entry or importation of any articles or merchandise into the Canal Zone in violation of the rules and regulations established under the authority of the next preceding section ; or "(c) Violate any of the rules and regulations established under the authority of the ne xt precedi ng section ; "Shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprison- ment in jail for not more than thirty d ays, or by both ." July 10, 1937 [H. R. 45971 [Public, No. 205] Canal Zone C ode, amendments . 48 Stat . 1122 . Offenses in relation to entry, etc., of arti- cles o r merchand ise . Penalty . 509 Legislative act con- firme d . Pvoviso. Changes allowed ; disposition of bal- an ces. AN ACT July 10, 1937 To amend an Act entitled "An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of [S . 26153] Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes",

[Public, No . 2041 approved August 3, 1935 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative's of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes", approved August 3, 1935, is hereby amended to read as follows "SEC . 2 . That the Territory of Hawaii, any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act or of any Act of this Congress to the con- trary notwithstanding, is authorized and empowered to issue bonds in the sum of not to exceed $4,803,000 of the character and in the manner provided in that certain act of the legislature of said Terri- tory, enacted at its regular session of 1935, entitled An act to provide for public improvements and for the securing of Federal funds for expenditure in connection with funds hereby appropriated for such improvements', as amended by act 23, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1937 ." Approved, July 10, 1937 . Hawaii . Bond issue for pub- lie works . 49 Stat . 517. 48U.S.C.,Supp. II, ° 562e . Time limitation modified .