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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 214 , 215-JUNE 30, 1945 Transportation of meat. 21 U.S . C . §§71-93; Supp. IV, § 71 note. Refusal or revoca- tion of certification. Penalty provision. "(e) Meat which is produced under the circumstances specified in this section shall have the same status for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, when properly identified in accordance with reg- ulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, as meat produced in plants at which inspection is maintained under the Act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260). "(f) The Secretary of Agriculture may refuse or revoke certification in any case when he is not satisfied that the meat made available here- under will be disposed of in legitimate trade channels in accordance with law. "(g) The Secretary of Agriculture may revoke any certification under subsection (a) if it is found at any time that the slaughterer does not meet each of the conditions required under this section. "(h) Nothing in this section shall prevent the termination, suspen- sion, or limitation of the right of any person to slaughter if such person fails to comply with the price, rationing, or slaughter control require- ments imposed under the authority of this or any other law." Approved June 30, 1945. [CHAPTER 215] June 30 1945 TJOINT RESOLUTION [S. J. Res. 65] To transfer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the functions, powers, [Public Law 109] duties, and records of certain corporations. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United functions, etc., of States of America i Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding dsignated corpora- any other provision of law, all functions, powers, duties, and author- ity of the corporations hereinafter designated, are hereby transferred, together with all their documents, books of account, records, assets, and liabilities of every kind and nature, to Reconstruction Finance Corporation and shall be performed, exercised, and administered by that Corporation in the same manner and to the same extent and Corporations dis- effect as if originally vested in Reconstruction Finance Corporation, solved. and the designated corporations are hereby dissolved: Defense Plant Corporation, Metals Reserve Company, Rubber Reserve Company, and Defense Supplies Corporation, created by Reconstruction 15 U. sC. 8ob; Finance Corporation pursuant to the Act of June 25, 1940 (54 Stat. SupI 8 '.I,606. 572), and Disaster Loan Corporation, created by the Act of February Supp. iv,§606k-L 11, 1937 (50 Stat. 19), are hereby designated as the corporations to which this joint resolution applies. solved corporations. SEC. 2. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall assume and be subject to all liabilities, whether arising out of contract or other- proceeding wise, of the corporations dissolved by this joint resolution. No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any of such corporations shall abate by reason of the enactment of this joint resolution, but the court, on motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve months after the date of such enactment, showing a necessity for the survival of such suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a determination of the questions involved, may allow the same to be maintained by or against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. SEC. 3. This joint resolution shall take effect on July 1,1945. Approved June 30, 1945. [59 STAT.