PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 521 , 545-AUG. 7, 1939
Statement contain-
ing details of activities
during period.
52 Stat. 632.
22 U. S. C., Supp.
IV, § 233d.
Permanent record of
statements; public in-
spection.
Proviso.
Withdrawal of
registration statement
of person ceasing ac-
tivities.
August 7, 1939
[H. R . 2178]
[Public, No. 320]
Alaska Railroad Re-
tirement Act, amend-
ments.
49 Stat. 2020 , 2021 .
5 U. 8. C., Supp.
IV. §§ 745e, 745f.
Annuities;computa-
tion.
Service on Alaska
Railroad and certain
military, etc., service.
Purchasable annu-
ity.
Service elsewhere.
Proviso.
Limitation on num-
ber of years.
Service,
construc-
tion of Alaska Rail-
road.
Service on Isthmus
of Panama.
Minimum annuity.
"(c) A statement containing such details required under this Act
as the Secretary shall fix, of the activities of such person as agent of
a foreign principal during such six months' period."
SEc. 3. That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to require the
registration of certain persons employed by agencies to disseminate
propaganda in the United States and for other purposes", approved
June 8, 1938 (Public Law Numbered 583, Seventy-fifth Congress,
third session), is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 4 . The Secretary shall retain in permanent form all state-
ments filed under this Act, and such statements shall be public records
and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable hours,
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe:
Provided,That the Secretary is hereby authorized to withdraw from
the public records the registration statement of any person whose
activities have ceased to be of a character which requires registration
under the terms of this Act."
Approved, August 7, 1939.
[CHAPTER 545]
AN ACT
To amend sections 6 and 7 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of
employees of the Alaska Railroad, Territory of Alaska, who are citizens of the
United States", approved June 29, 1936.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 6 and
7 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees of the
Alaska Railroad, Territory of Alaska, who are citizens of the United
States", approved June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 2017), are hereby amended
to read as follows:
"SEC. 6 . The annuity of an employee retired under the provisions
of this Act shall be composed of-
"(1) A sum equal to $37.50 multiplied by the number of years of
service, not to exceed thirty years, rendered (a) on the Alaska Rail-
road or (b) in the military or naval service of the United States in
the Tropics or in Alaska; and
"(2) The annuity purchasable with the sum to the credit of the
employee's individual account, including accrued interest thereon
computed as prescribed in section 11 (a) hereof, according to the
experience of the Alaska Railroad retirement and disability fund as
may from time to time be set forth in tables of annuity values by the
board of actuaries; and
"(3) Thirty dollars multiplied by the number of years of service
rendered and not allowable under paragraph (1) hereof: Provided,
That the number of years of service to be used in computing the
allowance under paragraph (3) shall not exceed the difference between
thirty and the number of allowable years of service under paragraph
(1); and
"(4) Thirty-six dollars multiplied by the number of years' service
rendered in the Territory of Alaska in the construction of the Alaska
Railroad, either in the employ of the Alaskan Engineering Commis-
sion and the Alaska Railroad or of either of them, etween March 12,
1914, and July 1, 1923, plus the number of years' service, if any,
rendered on the Isthmus of Panama either m the employ of the
Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Railroad Company
between May 4,1904, and April 1, 1914.
"In no case, however, shall the total annuity paid exclusive of that
provided in paragraph (4) hereof, be less than an amount equal to
the sum of-
1246
[53 STAT.
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