PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 136, 137-MAY 15, 1939 Compensatory time for Sunday, etc., em- ployment. Exceptions. Proviso. Overtime pay in lieu of compensatory time. May 15, 1939 [H. J. Res. 21] [Pub. Res., No. i6] Lighthouse Service, sesquicentennial. Lighthouse Week designated. 1 Stat. 53. Display of flag, etc. President requested to invite observance. Participation by Government depart- ments, etc. Expenditure author- ized. sation for such overtime service. When the needs of the service require the employment on Sundays and holidays of route super- visors, special clerks, clerks, dispatchers, mechanics in charge, spe- cial mechanics, general mechanics, mechanics' helpers, driver- mechanics, and garagemen-drivers in the motor-vehicle service, and employees of the pneumatic-tube system, they shall be allowed com- pensatory time on one day within six days next succeeding the Sunday, except the last three Sundays in the calendar year, and on one day within thirty days next succeeding the holiday and the last three Sundays in the year on which service is performed: Provided, however, That the Postmaster General may, if the exigencies of the service require it, authorize the payment of overtime in lieu of com- pensatory time for service on Sundays and holidays." Approved, May 15, 1939. [CHAPTER 137] JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the United States Lighthouse Service. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week commencing August 7, 1939, is hereby designated as Lighthouse Week in com- memoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the enact- ment by the first Congress of the United States of the ninth Act of said Congress, which was approved by President George Washington on August 7, 1789, and laid the foundation of the United States Lighthouse Service by providing that all expenses in the necessary support, maintenance, and repairs of all lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers to render navigation safe and easy should be paid for by the Treasury of the United States. During said week all Govern- ment officials are hereby directed to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings, and are requested in appropriate manner to celebrate the enactment and approval of said Act. SEa. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby re- quested, by appropriate proclamation, to call attention of all citizens of the United States to said event and to request the cooperation of all citizens, communities, civic organizations, States, municipalities, counties, public agencies, churches, and schools in an appropriate recognition of the devoted, efficient, faithful, and splendid work of the Lighthouse Service for one hundred and fifty years in the safe- guarding of life and property upon the sea. SEO. 3. That the heads of all departments and independent estab- lishments of the Government are requested to take such steps respec- tively as each of said heads may deem most appropriate to celebrate said event, to commemorate the work of the Lighthouse Service, to acquaint the public generally with the responsible, devoted, and hazardous work of the said Service, and to express the thanks and gratitude of the Nation to all employees of said Service for the fear- less manner in which their work has been performed continuously from the date of the creation of said Service to the present time. SEc. 4. That the Commissioner of Lighthouses is hereby authorized to expend, out of any moneys appropriated or allotted for the Bureau of Lighthouses, not exceeding $2,500 for any expenses connected with ceremonies for the celebration authorized and requested by this Act, including the printing and issuance of appropriate literature, pam- phlets, and programs. Approved, May 15, 1939. 746 [53 STAT.
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