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72d C ONGRESS. SESS. I . CHS. 4, 5. DECEMBE R 21, 2 3,1931 .

3 [CHAPTER 4.1 JO INT RESO LUTI ON Making an additional appropriation for t he Employment Servic e, Department of Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932 . Resolved by the Senate and House o Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of $120,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, for the Employment Service, Department of Labor, including the same objects and purposes specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1932 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the establishment or maintenance of any employment office for which suitable space is not furnished free of rent by State, county, or local authority, or by individuals or organizations : Provided further, That no salary shall be paid under this appropriation at a rate in excess of $2,000 per annum . Approved, December 21, 1931 . [CHAPTER 5.1 December 21, 1931. _ [11.J. Res. 142.) [Pub. Res., No. 4 .1 Employment Serv- i ce, Department of Labor . Additio nal app ropri- ation . Vol.46,p.1354. Prooleos. Office space . Salary limitation . JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the postponement of amounts payable to the United States from foreign governments during the fiscal year 1932, and their repayment over a ten-year period beginning July 1, 1933 . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That in the case of each toFooregn debt mora- of the following countries : Austria, ?Be l ium, Czechoslovakia, Postponement of sumspayable toUnited Estonia Finland, rance, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, states, by designated Italy, l atvia, Lithuania, Poland, Rumania, and Yu oslavia, the ~ 1a during fiscal Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the resident, is authorized to make, on behalf of the United States, an agreement with the g overn ment of s uch c ount ry to post pone the payme nt of any amo unt pa yable during the f iscal year be ginnin g July 1, 19 31, by such country to the United States in respect of its bonded indebted- ness to the United States, except that in the case of Germany the agreement shall relate only to amounts payable by Germany to the United States during such fiscal year in respect of the costs of the Army of Occu pati on . SEc . 2 . Each such agreement on behalf of the United States shall Payment, over a ten- provide for the payment of the postponed amounts, with interest at r With interest at A the rate of 4 per centum per annum beginning July 1, 1933, in ten yu cen1 beginning equal annuities, the first to be paid during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1 933, and one durin g each of the nine fiscal y ears foll owing, each annuity to be payable in one or more installments . SEc. 3 . No such agreement shall be made with the government of Agreements between governments of foreign any country unless it appears to the satisfaction of the President = , . creditor coun- that such government has made, or has given satisfactory assurances of willingness and readiness to make, with the government of each of the other countries indebted to such country in respect of war, relief, or reparation debts, an agreement in respect of such debt substantially similar to the agreement authorized by this joint resolution to be made with the government of such creditor country on behalf of the United States . SEc. 4. Each agreement authorized by this joint resolution shall Deferred s ect rtotermamnt be made so th at pay ments of ann uities under such a greeme nt sha ll, inal ag reement s . unless otherwise provided in the agreement (1) be in accordance with the provisions contained in the agreement made with the government of such country under which the payment to be postponed is payable, December 23, 1931 . [H.J. Res. 147.1 [Pub. Res., No. 5.)