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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 646-648-JAN. 2 , 5, 1942 [CHAPTER 646] AN ACT 881 January 2, 1942 To authorize the employment of nationals of the United States on any public [s. 2086] work of the United States in the Territory of Hawaii. [Public Law 394] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the national emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, to exist, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, authority is hereby granted for the employment of nationals of the United States upon any public work carried on in the Territory of Hawaii by the Government of the United States, whether the work is done by con- tract or otherwise: Provided, That such employment shall be as com- mon laborers only and only upon public work carried on for the national defense: Provided further, That any national of the United States admitted into the Territory of Hawaii pursuant to section 8 (a) (1) of the Act approved March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 462), for employ- ment as herein authorized shall, upon the termination of such employ- ment, be returned to the Philippine Islands. Approved, January 2, 1942. Public work in Hawaii. Employment of na- tionals. 6 F. R. 2617. Provisos. 48U.S. C. §1238(a) (1). [CHAPTER 647] JOINT RESOLUTION Fixing the dates of meeting of the second session of the Seventy-seventh Congress and of the first session of the Seventy-eighth Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second session of the Seventy-seventh Congress shall begin at noon on Monday, January 5, 1942, and the first session of the Seventy-eighth Congress shall begin at noon Monday, January 4, 1943. Approved, January 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 648] Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, for water-reservoir purposes, the following- described lands, subject to the right of the United States, its successors or assigns, to use such lands without compensation, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of dams, dikes, reservoirs, canals, waste- ways, laterals, ditches, or other works whatsoever, including without limitation by reason of this enumeration, conduits, telephone, tele- graph, and electric transmission lines and substations and power struc- tures and roadways: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 5, the southeast quarter northwest quarter, the east half northeast quarter southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 26, in township 23 north, range 117 west, sixth principal meridian, Wyoming, aggregating one hundred and twenty-six and sixty-six one-hundredths acres, more or less; and for water pipe-line purpose, the following-described tract of land situated in lot 14 and southeast quarter northwest quarter section 1, township 21 north, range 116 west, sixth principal meridian: Begin- ning at a point on the north boundary line of tract 74, thence corner numbered 1 bears east nine hundred and six and five-tenths feet; thence north two degrees fifty-nine minutes west two thousand two hundred January 2, 1942 [S. J . Res. 123] [Public Law 395] Congress. Sessions, 1942 and 1943. January 5, 1942 [11. R. 49321 Il'liblic ,aw 391i Kemmnerer, Wyo. Conveyance of lands. Description. 278941°-42 -PT. I-- 6 AN ACT