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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 342, 343 , 363 -ul 3, 1945 3 SAug. 11, 1945 Integration of func- tions, etc. New obligations. July 31, 1945 [H. R. 1595] [Public Law 175] Borough of Beach Haven, Ocean Coun- ty, N.J . not exceeding $1,250,000 annually thereafter as may be required for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share in the expenses of the Organization. SEC. 3 . In adopting this joint resolution, it is the sense of the Congress that the Government of the United States should use its best efforts to bring about, as soon as practicable, the integration of the functions and the resources of the International Institute of Agri- culture with those of the Organization, in a legal and orderly manner, to effect one united institution in such form as to provide an adequate research, informational, and statistical service for the industry of agriculture. SEC. 4. Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall on behalf of the United States accept any amendment under paragraph 1 of article XX of the Constitution of the Organization involving any new obligation for the United States. SEC. 5. In adopting this joint resolution the Congress does so with the understanding that paragraph 2 of article XIII does not authorize the Conference of the Organization to so modify the provisions of its Constitution as to involve any new obligation for the United States. Approved July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 343] AN ACT For the relief of the Borough of Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Borough of Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey, the sum of $2,300. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Borough of Beach Haven against the United States on account of property damage sustained on March 3, 1944, when a Navy Depart- ment airplane collided with the roof of the borough's elevated water tank: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 363] August 1. 1945 JOINT RESOLUTION [H. J. Res. 23] To establish the first week in October of each year as National Employ the [Public Law 176] Physically Handicapped Week. National Employ the Physically Handi- capped Week. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the first week in October of each year shall be designated as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. During said week, appropriate ceremonies are to be held throughout the Nation, the purpose of which will be to enlist public support for and interest in the employment of otherwise qualified but physically handicapped workers. 530 [59 STAT.