54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 231, 232, 236 -JUNE 4, 5 , 6 , 1940 SEC. 3. Any appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, made after the taking effect of such reorganization plan, for the use of the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the Department of Labor in the exercise of functions transferred by such plan, shall, for the purposes of section 3 of such plan, be considered as having been made prior to the taking effect of such plan. Any provision, in any Act of Congress enacted at the third session of the Seventy-sixth Con- gress, after the taking effect of such plan, which confers upon the Secretary of Labor any function with respect to the Immigration and Naturalization Service or with respect to the immigration and natural- ization laws, shall be construed as having conferred such function upon the Attorney General and not upon the Secretary of Labor. SEC. 4. The provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered III, sub- mitted to the Congress on April 2, 1940, and the provisions of Reorgani- zation Plan Numbered IV, submitted to the Congress on April 11, 1940, shall take effect on June 30, 1940, notwithstanding the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1939. Approved, June 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 232] AN ACT To prohibit the exportation of tobacco seed and plants, except for experimental purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful to export any tobacco seed and/or live tobacco plants from the United States or any Territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to any foreign country, port, or place, unless such exportation and/or transportation is in pursuance of a written permit granted by the Secretary of Agriculture. Such permit shall be granted by the Sec- retary only upon application therefor and after proof satisfactory to him that such seed or plants are to be used for experimental purposes only. SEc. 2. Any persons violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Received by the President, May 23, 1940.] [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.- The foregoing act having been pre- sented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [CHAPTER 236] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1940, General Pulaski's Memorial Day for the observance and commemora- tion of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States of America is authorized to issue a proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all governmental buildings on October 11, 1940, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the death of General Casimir Pulaski. Approved, June 6, 1940. 231 Immigration and Naturalization Serv- ice, etc. Certain appropria- tions deemed made prior to effective date. Certain functions deemed conferred on Attorney General. Reorganization Plans Numbered III and IV, effective dates. Post, pp . 1231, 1234. June 5, 1940 [S. 3530] [Public, No. 543] Tobacco seed and plants. Exportation pro- hibited; exception. Penalty. June 6, 1940 [H. J. Res. 400] [Pub. Res., No. 76] General Pulaski's Memorial Day. President author- ized to invite observ- ance.
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