PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 620-622 -OCT. 24, 26, 1942 [CHAPTER 620] October 24, 1942 [S. 2471] [Public Law 754] Pernicious political activities. 53 Stat. 1147; 54 Stat. 767. 18 U.S. C .. 61-61t. 18 U. . C. §C61a, 61h, 611 . Ante, p. 181 . October 24, 1942 [H. R . 5143] [Public Law 755] Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, amendment. 48 Stat. 644. 12U. S. C. §1463 (c). Tax exemptions. [56 STAT. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, with respect to its application to offi- cers and employees of educational, religious, eleemosynary, philanthropic, and cultural institutions, establishments, and agencies, commonly known as the Hatch Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 21 . Nothing in sections 2, 9 (a) or 9 (b), or 12 of this Act shall be deemed to prohibit or to make unlawful the doing of any act by any officer or employee of any educational or research insti- tution., establishment, agency, or system which is supported in whole or in part by any State or political subdivision thereof, or by the District of Columbia or by any Territory or Territorial possession of the United States; or by any recognized religious, philanthropic, or cultural organization." Approved, October 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 621] AN ACT To amend the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ninth sen- tence of subsection (c) of section 4 of Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended, is hereby amended by striking the period at the end thereof and adding a colon and the following: "Provided, That any building now or hereafter owned by the Corporation in the District of Columbia and used in whole or in part as an office building of the Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, and/or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, together with the land upon which the same stands, and all appurtenances, buildings, and land now or hereafter owned by the Corporation and used principally in connection with any such office building, shall be exempt from any and all taxation heretofore or hereafter imposed." Approved, October 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 622] AN ACT October 26, 1942 [S. 1468] To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a fuel depot at Middle and [Public Law 756] Orchard Points, Washington. Naval Fuel Depot, Pnget Sound, Wash. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to establish a fuel depot at Middle and Orchard Points, Washington, to be designated as the "Naval Fuel Depot, Puget Sound, Washington", for the storage of fuel oil, diesel oil, gasoline, and other fuels. He is further authorized to utilize, for the purposes of such depot, the fuel-storage facilities existing, under construction or projected at Middle and Orchard Points, Washington, together with the utilities, accessories, and appurtenances pertaining thereto. Approved, October 26, 1942. 986
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