LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SECOND SESSION, 1944 Public Law 220 --- Mayflower Hotel Corporation, D. C. AN ACT To permit the construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for steam-heating purposes in the District of Columbia-------- 221 -__ Nationality Act of 1940, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 - ------------------------- 222 ___ JudicialCode, amendment. AN ACT To authorize the appoint- ment of court reporters in the district courts of the United States, to fix their duties, to provide for their compensation, and for other purposes------------------- -- -- 223 -__ Senate, contingent expenses. JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for contingent expenses of the Senate -- _ __ - 224 -- _ Navy, public works. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes------------------------------- 225 ___ Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944. AN ACT To provide for mustering-out payments to members of the armed forces, and for other purposes ---------------------------- 226 -__ Thomas Alva Edison Day. JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the President to proclaim February 11, 1944, as Edison Day in commemoration of the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison__ - 227 --- Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act creating the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission; defining the authority power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its succes- sors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, and for other purposes", approved May 17, 1939-------------------
228 -_- Bridge, Missouri River. AN ACT To extend the time for com- pleting the construction of a railroad bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, Missouri--------------------- 229 _--Farm Labor Supply Appropriation Act, 1944. JOINT RESO- LUTION Making an appropriation to assist in providing a supply and distribution of farm labor for the calendar year 1944--------------------------------
230 -__ Bureau of Engraving and Printing, charwomen. AN ACT To remit claims of the United States on account of overpayments to part-time charwomen in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and for other purposes-------------------------- 231 -__ Alaska, coal lands. AN ACT To amend sections 6, 7, and 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741, 743; 48 U. S. C., sees. 440, 441, 442)-------------------------------- 232-._ Great Smoky Mountains National Park. AN ACT To authorize the acceptance of donations of land for the construction of a scenic parkway to provide an appropriate view of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from the Tennessee side of the park, and for other purposes------------------------- 233 _-- Tax sales, D. C. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia", approved February 28, 1898, as amended------------------ 234 __- Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., D. C . AN ACT To permit the construction and use of certain pipe lines for pneumatic tube transmission in the District of Columbia----------------- 235 -__ Revenue Act of 194S. AN ACT To provide revenue, and for other purposes --------------------------------------- Date Jan. 18 , 1944_ - Jan. 20, 1944- __ Jan. 20, 1944_ - - Jan. 21, 1944- _- Jan. 28, 1944_- Feb. 3, 1944-__ Feb. 9, 1944-_ - Feb. 12, 1944_- - Feb. 12, 1944- _. Feb. 14, 1944_-- Feb. 14, 1944_- - Feb. 21, 1944 -- Feb. 22, 1944--- Feb. 22, 1944--- Feb. 22,1944--- Feb. 25 1944-- _ TW Page 3 4 5 7 7 10 11 11 11 18 18 19 20 20 21
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