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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 476, 477-JUNE 16, 1938 Penalty for delin- quency. Suit for recovery of penalties. Repeal, modifica- tion, etc. , provision. June 16, 1938 [H. R. 10772] [Public, No. 657] Printing Act of 1895, amendments. 28 Stat. 615; 49 Stat. 1551. 1U.S.C Supp. III, § 30;44U. .C., Supp. III , I196. Statutes at Large. Contents. R.S.§205. 5U. S.C. § 160. Extra sessions of Congress. the United States, before delivery to the collector of customs of shippers' manifests or export declarations of the cargo laden on board. Upon receipt by the collector of a bond with security approved by him in the penal sum of $1,000, conditioned that the complete shippers' manifests or export declarations of all cargo laden aboard such vessel shall be filed with him not later than the fourth business day after the clearance of the vessel. In the event that all of the shippers' manifests or export declarations are not filed as required by the provisions of this section and the regulations made by the Secretary of Commerce in pursuance hereof, then a penalty of $50 for each day's delinquency beyond the allowed period of four days for filing all of the shippers' manifests or export declarations shall be exacted, and if all of the shippers' manifests or export dec- larations are not filed within the three days following the four-day period, then for each succeeding day of delinquency, a penalty of $100 shall be exacted. Suit may be instituted in the name of the United States against the principal and surety on the bond for the recovery of any penalties that may accrue and be exacted in accord- ance with the terms of the bond." SEC. 3 . Nothing contained in this Act shall be taken to repeal, modify, alter or amend any existing statute other than those speci- fically amended herein with respect to the necessary papers, docu- ments, or licenses required to be produced by the master, owner, operator, or consignor, relating to the required prerequisites for the granting of clearance for a cargo destined to foreign ports or to a port in noncontiguous territory belonging to the United States. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 4771 AN ACT To amend certain sections of the Act entitled "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents", approved January 12, 1895, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of chapter 23, section 73 (28 Stat. 615), of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 1, sec. 30, and title 442sec. 196), as relates to the compiling, editing, and indexing of the United States Statutes at Large, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "196. STATUTES AT LARGE; CONTENTS; ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE. - That the Secretary of State shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed, and published, the United States Statutes at Large, which shall con- tain all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during each regu- lar session of Congress; all treaties to which the United States is a party that have been proclaimed since the date of the adjournment of the regular session of Congress next preceding; all international agreements other than treaties to which the United States is a party that have been signed, proclaimed, or with reference to which any other final formality has been executed, since that date; all proclama- tions by the President in the numbered series issued since that date; and also any amendments to the Constitution of the United States pro- posed or ratified pursuant to article V thereof since that date, together with the certificate of the Secretary of State issued in compliance with the provision contained in section 205 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S . C ., title 5, sec. 160). In the event of an extra session of Congress, the Secretary of State shall cause all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during said extra session to be consolidated with, and published as part of, the contents of the volume 760 [52 STAT.