PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 528 , 529-JULY 1, 1946 [60 STAT. being used by them in the performance of such duties, shall have the use of such bridge free of toll: Provided further, That subject to the provisions of section 2, military, Coast Guard, and naval personnel, civilian employees of the Army and Navy and Coast Guard and personnel and employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and their dependents, when such personnel, employees, or dependents are resi- dent or employed on Yerba Buena Island or Treasure Island, or on any vessel berthed at any point on said islands, together with the con- veyances being used by them, when proceeding to or from said islands, shall have the use of such bridge free of toll. e of bridge free of SEC. 2 . (a) The use of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge a 1 l. free of toll, provided for in section 1, shall be granted upon the presen- tation and surrender at the toll lanes of an authorization certifying that the traffic or person in question is entitled to such right. Such authorization shall be issued and signed by any officer or official des- ignated for such purpose in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Department having control of the personnel exempted by section 1 hereof. The names and signa- tures of officers so designated shall be furnished to the California Toll Bridge Authority and thereafter authorizations signed by them shall be accepted by such authority as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), such right to use the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge free of toll may be es- tablished by any other device or means which may be acceptable to the California Toll Bridge Authority; and the Secretary of the ap- propriate Department and the California Toll Bridge Authority may enter into any appropriate agreements to secure the effective, conven- ient, and just exercise of such right. Unlawful authoriza- SEC. 3 . Whoever secures or attempts to secure the exemption from toll provided for in this Act or an authorization referred to in section 2, knowing that he is not entitled thereto, and whoever signs or issues any such authorization certifying to such right of exemption, know- ing that such right does not exist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, Penalty. and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Effectivedate. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall take effect thirty days after the date of its enactment. Approved July 1, 1946. July 1, 1946 [H. R. 6335] [Public Law 478] Interior Depart- ment Appropriation Act, 1947. Post, pp . 694, 618, 619. Radio broadcasts re- specting legislation. [CHAPTER 529] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries: For the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the Secretary), and other personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $1,298,337: Provided, That no part of the appropriation made available to the office of the Secretary by 348 n t4 ti
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