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60 STAT.] 79Tr CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 263-265-MAY 18, 21, 1946 or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provision of existing law. SEC. 302. This Act may be cited as the "Second Deficiency Appro- Short title. priation Act, 1946". Approved May 18, 1946. [CHAPTER 264] AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide neces- sary utilities for veterans' housing furnished and erected by the National Housing Administrator. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empow- ered to provide necessary sewers, water, and streets in the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Maryland; and Arlington County, Virginia, for such temporary housing for fam- ilies of servicemen and for veterans and their families as may be furnished to and erected for the District of Columbia by the National Housing Administrator under authority of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946. For the purpose of providing such sewers, water, and streets there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000. SEC. 2 . All temporary housing erected on lands owned by the United States or the District of Columbia, for which authority to provide sewers, water, and streets is granted by this Act, shall be removed within two years after the termination of the emergency declared by the President to exist on September 8, 1939, except that such period for the removal of such housing may be extended for a period not to exceed one additional year upon a determination by the National Housing Administrator, after consultation with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, that such housing is still needed to provide housing for eligible tenants in the interest of the orderly demobilization of the war effort. Approved May 18, 1946. May 18, 1946 Is. 1955] [Public Law 386] Veterans' tempo- rary housing, D. O. 59 Stat. 632 . Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 509. Removal of tempo- rary housing. 54 Stat. 2643. r) U. S. C. app., note prec. §1. [CHAPTER 265] AN ACT May 21, 1946 To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal [1 . i. 505 9 1 service [Public Law 386] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal service whose rates of compensa- tion are prescribed by the Act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the postal service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1945, shall receive additional compensation at the rate of $400 per annum: Provided,That employees paid on an hourly or part-time basis shall receive additional compen- sation at the rate of 20 cents per hour: Provided furtherl That post- masters at post offices of the fourth class shall receive additional com- pensation at the rate of a sum per annum equal to 20 per centum of their basic annual compensation. Postal Service. Additional compen- sation for employees. 59 Stat. 435. 39 U. S. C., Supp. V, § S51-876. Fourth class offices. 203