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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 185, 186 -JUNE 6, 1939
[CHAPTER 1851
June 6, 1939
[H. R . 3646]
[Public, No. 115]
Oaths to expense ac-
counts.
37 Stat. 487 .
SU.S. C. §97.
Officers and em-
ployees authorized to
administer.
[53 STAT.
AN ACT
To authorize certain officers and employees to administer oaths to expense accounts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 of the
Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1913, approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 487), be, and it is hereby,
amended to read as follows:
"SEc. 8 . Postmasters, assistant postmasters, collectors of customs,
collectors of internal revenue, chief clerks of the various executive
departments, independent establishments, and other Government
agencies, or of bureaus thereof, the superintendent, the acting superin-
tendent, custodian, and principal clerks of the various national parks
and other Government reservations, superintendent, acting superin-
tendent, and principal clerks of the different Indian superintendencies
or Indian agencies, chiefs of field parties, and any officer or employee
of any executive department, independent establishment, or other Gov-
ernment agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, who shall
have been designated in writing for such purpose by the head of the
department, establishment, or agency concerned, are required, empow-
ered, and authorized, when requested, to administer oaths, required by
law or otherwise, to accounts for travel or other expenses against the
United States, with like force and effect as officers having a seal; for
such services when so rendered, or when rendered on demand by
notaries public, who at the time are also salaried officers or employees
of the United States, no charge shall be made; and no fee or money paid
for the services herein described shall be paid or reimbursed by the
United States."
Approved, June 6, 1939.
[CHAPTER 186]
June 6, 139
[H. R. 5766]
[Public, No. 116]
Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, amend-
ments.
49Stat. 2000; 52 Stat.
959.
46 U. S. C., Supp.
IV, 11159.
Construction of new
vessels.
Terms and condi-
tions; no construction-
differential subsidy al-
lowed.
Payment require-
ments on designated
vessels.
AN ACT
To amend section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 509 of
the Merchant Marine Act 1936, as amended (52 Stat. 959; U. S . C.,
1934 edition, Supp. IV title 46, sec. 1159), is amended as follows:
(1) By amending the second sentence thereof to read as follows:
"If such application is approved by the Commission, the vessel may
be constructed under the terms and conditions of this title, but no
construction-differential subsidy shall be allowed."; and
(2) By amending so much of the fourth sentence thereof as pre-
cedes the first semicolon therein to read as follows: "In case the vessel
is designed to be of not less than three thousand five hundred gross
tons and to be capable of a sustained speed of not less than fourteen
knots, the applicant shall be required to pay the Commission not less
than 12Y2 per centum of the cost of such vessel, and in the case of any
other vessel the applicant shall be required to pay the Commission not
less than 25 per centum of the cost of such vessel (excluding from
such cost, in either case, the cost of national-defense features) ;.
Approved, June 6, 1939.
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