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May 31, 1938 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 305 , 306 , 3 0 8--Jne 1, 1938 SEC. 6. The rights protected under the provisions of this joint reso- lution as to any copyright, trade-mark, apparatus, device, machine, process, method, composition of matter, design, or manufactured arti- cle imported for exhibition at said Pacific Mercado International Exposition shall begin on the date the same is placed on exhibition at said exposition and shall continue for a period of six months from the date of the closing to the general public of said exposition. SEC. 7 . All necessary expenses incurred by the United States in carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution shall be reimbursed to the Government of the United States by the Pacific Exposition Corporation, under regulations to be prescribed by the Librarian of Congress and the Commissioner of Patents, respectively; and receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appro- priations from which such expenses were paid. Approved, May 31, 1938. 595 Duration of protec- tion. Reimbursement of incurred expenses. [CHAPTER 306] JOINT RESOLUTION To increase by $15,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for the observ- ance of the anniversary of the adoption of the Ordinance of 1787 and the settlement of the Northwest Territory. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 4 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Ordinance of 1787 and the settlement of the North- west Territory", approved August 2, 1935, as amended, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed the sum of $15,000. Approved, May 31, 1938. [CHAPTER 308] AN ACT To amend section 30 of the Act of March 2, 1917, entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 30 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 30 . The terms of office of senators and representatives elected at any general election shall be four years, commencing on the 2d day of January following the date upon which such election was held. In case of a vacancy in the office of any senator or representative occurring by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor, upon the recommendation of the central committee of the political party of which such senator or representative was a member, shall appoint a senator or representative from such political party to fill such vacancy who shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was elected. No senator or representative so elected or appointed shall, during his term of office, be appointed to any civil office under the Government of Puerto Rico, and no such senator or representative shall be eligible for appointment to any office created during his term of office until the expiration of two years after the date upon which his term of office shall have expired." Approved, June 1, 1938. May 31, 1938 [H. J. Res. 647] [Pub. Res., No. 101] Anniversary of adoption of Ordinance of 1787 and settlement of Northwest Terri- tory. Additional amount authorized for observ- ance of. Post, p . 1117. 49 Stat. 511 . June 1, 1938 [H. R. 1486] [Public, No. 570] Puerto Rico, civil government. 39 Stat. 959. 48U.S.C. 819. Terms of senators and representatives. Appointments to fill vacancies. Appointment to civil office or office created during term of office.