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300 [CHAPTER 458] June 24, 1946 [S. 9431 [Public Law 426] Bridge. Columbia River. 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S. C. i§491- 498. June 24,1946 [H. R. 3611] [Public Law 427] I. R. C., amend- ments. 26 U. .C. § 2325. AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Washington to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Columbia River at Northport, Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Washington to con- struct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the town of Northport, in Stevens County, Washington, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved June 24, 1946. [CHAPTER 459] AN ACT To authorize the condemnation of materials which are intended for use in process or renovated butter and which are unfit for human consumption, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2325 of the Internal Revenue Code, approved February 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 254), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2325. INSPECTION OF PROCESS OR RENOVATED BUTTER. "For the purpose of protecting interstate and foreign commerce from process or renovated butter which is unclean, unwholesome, unhealthful, or otherwise unfit for human food- "(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, through inspectors appointed by him, cause inspections to be made of all milk, butter, butter oil, and other ingredients intended for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter. All ingredients which are found to be putrid or decomposed or which contain organic or inorganic sub- stances which are foreign to such ingredients when properly made, manufactured, produced, collected, stored, transported, or handled, and which organic or inorganic substances cannot be removed by processing, shall be deemed unfit for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter, shall be marked 'U. S . Inspected and Condemned', and shall be denatured or destroyed under the supervision of the inspector. All other ingredients shall be marked 'U. S . Inspected and Passed', and shall be deemed fit for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter. "(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause inspections to be made of all process or renovated butter. If such butter is found to be clean, wholesome, healthful, and otherwise fit for human food, PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 448, 458, 459-JUNE 22, 24, 1946 [60 STAT. to exceed fifty and such other professional, administrative, clerical, and stenographic personnel as are necessary in conducting hearings and considering and disposing of appeals properly before such Board in accordance with the instructions herein provided. Members of the Board, including the Chairman and the Vice Chairman, shall be ap- pointed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs with the approval of the President." Approved June 22, 1946.