PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 20, 24-MAR. 9, 13, 1945 and that silence on the part of the Congress shall not be construed to impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States. Subject to State SE. 2. (a) The business of insurance, and every person engaged la. therein, shall be subject to the laws of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. Effect of Federal (b) No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair, s. or supersede any law enacted by any State for the purpose of regu- lating the business of insurance, or which imposes a fee or tax upon such business, unless such Act specifically relates to the business of 26 Stat. 1-7 insurance: Provided, That after January 1, 1948, the Act of July 2, 38stat . B7. 1890, as amended, known as the Sherman Act, and the Act of October 44; Spp. i, 16note ; 15, 1914, as amended, known as the Clayton Act, and the Act of Sep- s8U. s . C.I 482; tember 26, 1914, known as the Federal Trade Commission Act, as 2s u. s. c . 1381-383, 386-0o; 29 u. . c. amended, shall be applicable to the business of insurance to the extent Post, p. 306 . that such business is not regulated by State law. 31stt. 17.7 -l . SEc. 3 . (a) Until January 1, 1948, the Act of July 2, 1890, as amended, known as the Sherman Act, and the Act of October 15, 1914, as amended, known as the Clayton Act, and the Act of September 26, 1914, known as the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, 49 stat. 1526. and the Act of June 19, 1936, known as the Robinson-Patman Anti- a21. C. il3 -13b' discrimination Act, shall not apply to the business of insurance or to acts in the conduct thereof. Boycotts, etc. (b) Nothing contained in this Act shall render the said Sherman Act inapplicable to any agreement to boycott, coerce, or intimidate, or act of boycott, coercion, or intimidation. 49 Stat. 49 . S Ec. 4. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect in 29U.S.C.if151- 1w. any manner the application to the business of insurance of the Act of 29Us. tO 201- July 5, 1935, as amended, known as the National Labor Relations Act, 219; Supp. IV, I§ 207, or the Act of June 25, 1938, as amended known as the Fair Labor 4i stat.9s. Standards Act of 1938, or the Act of June 5, 1920, known as the noe;sUp . IC 861 Merchant Marine Act, 1920. note; Supp. IV, I 86M n d sq. SEO. 5. As used in this Act, the term "State" includes the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. isions. b ofr . SEO. 6. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such pro- vision to any person or circumstances, shallbe held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected. Approved March 9, 1945. March 13, 1945 [S. 217] [Public Law 16] Eastport, Maine. Exchange of lands on Moose Island. Property to be transfered by . . Pared L. [CHAPTER 24] AN ACT To authorize an exchange of lands between the city of Eastport, Maine, and the United States, and the conveyance of a roadway easement to the city of East- port, Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer, under such conditions as may be approved by the said Secretary, to the city of Eastport, Maine, without cost to the city of Eastport, Maine, all right, title, and interest in and to the following parcels of land situ- ated on Moose Island, Washington County, Maine, metes and bounds descriptions of which are on file in the War Department: Parcel 1. A parcel of land containing eight and ninety-four one- hundredths acres, more or less, adjacent to and lying south of the southerly shore line of Carrying Place Cove, being that parcel of land formerly owned by Andrew J. Malloy and beimg bounded on the 34 [59 STAT.
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