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NOTICE The original of every act and joint resolution printed in this volume has the following heading: SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one All bills and joint resolutions presented to the President of the United States bear the signatures of the Speaker (or of the Speaker pro tempore) of the House of Representatives and of the Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate (or of the President of the Senate pro tempore or of the Acting President of the Senate pro tempore); those signa- tures accordingly appear on the originals of all acts and joint resolutions. The signature of the President of the United States appears on the originals of all approved acts and joint resolutions. The original of every act and joint resolution has endorsed thereon a certificate of origin, signed, as the case may be, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or by the Secretary of the Senate and reading "I certify that this Act (or Joint Resolution) originated in the House of Representatives (or Senate)." The origin of each act and joint resolution contained in this volume is indicated in the margin at the beginning of each enactment; thus, for example, H. R . 1053 or H. J . Res. 80 indicates origin in the House of Representatives, and S. 187 or S. J . Res. 7 indicates origin in the Senate. iv