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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 109, 110, 112-MAY 5, 9, 1945 Emergency work. Short title. May 5, 1945 [H. J. Res. 174] [Public Law 563 Additional appro- priations, 1945. 58 Stat. 602 . 58 Stat. 560. May 9, 1946 [H. R . 2625] [Public Law 541 Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, extension. 54 Stat. 897. 50 (T. S. C. app. 1 316 (b). "Date of termina- tion of hostilities in the present war." 54 Stat. 885. 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. 1 303 (a). Training period of inductees under 19. conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Providedfurther,That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involv- ing the loss of human life or destruction of property, and payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emergency without execu- tion of the affidavit contemplated by this section. SEC. 6 . This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946". Approved May 5, 1945. [CHAPTER 110] JOINT RESOLUTION Making additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: CrIV SERVICE COMMISSION Panama Canal construction annuity fund: For Panama Canal con- struction annuity fund, fiscal year 1945, $315,480, to be additional to the appropriation under this head in the Second Deficiency Appro- . priation Act, 1944. FEDERAL SECUrITY AGENCY SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPrrAL Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1945, for "Salaries and expenses, Saint Elizabeths Hospital", including the objects specified under this head in the Federal Security Appropri- ation Act, 1945, $347,500. Approved May 5, 1945. [CHAPTER 112] AN ACT To extend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16 (b) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, is amended by deleting "May 15, 1945," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "May 15, 1946, or the date of the termination of hos- tilities in the present war, or on such earlier date as may be specified in a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress for that purpose," and by adding at the end of section 16 (b) the following new sentence: "As used in this section the term 'date of the termina- tion of hostilities in the present war' means the date proclaimed by the President as the date of such termination or the date specified in a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress as the date of such termination, whichever is the earlier". SEC. 2 . Section 3 (a) of such Act, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: "And provided further, That no man under nineteen years of age who is inducted into the land or 166 [59 STAT.