61 STAT.] 80rH CONG., IST SESS. - CHS. 104-106,108-JUNE 14, 17, 1947
SEC. 2. Section 3536 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S . C .,
title 31, sec. 349), is amended to read as follows:
"In adjusting the weight of silver coins the following deviations
shall not be exceeded in any single piece: In the dollar, six grains;
in the half-dollar, four grains; in the quarter-dollar, three grains; and
in the dime, one and one-half grains."
Approved June 14, 1947.
[CHAPTER 105]
AN ACT
To extend until June 30, 1949, the period of time during which persons may
serve in certain executive departments and agencies without being prohibited
from acting as counsel, agent, or attorney for prosecuting claims against the
United States by reason of having so served.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (j)
of the Renegotiation Act (50 U. S . C., Supp. V, App., sec. 1191 (j))
is amended to read as follows:
"(j) Nothing in sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C.,
title 18, sees. 198 and 203) or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes
(U. S. C ., title 5, sec. 99) shall be deemed to prevent any person by
reason of service in a department or the Board during the period (or
a part thereof) beginning May 27, 1940, and ending on June 30, 1949,
from acting as counsel, agent, or attorney for prosecuting any claim
against the United States: Provided,That such person shall not prose-
cute any claim against the United States (1) involving any subject
matter directly connected with which such person was so employed,
or (2) during the period such person is engaged in employment in a
department."
Approved June 14, 1947.
[CHAPTER 106]
AN ACT
To extend for one year certain provisions of section 100 of the Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, relating to the authority of the Ad-
ministrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into leases for periods not exceeding
five years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second
paragraph of section 100 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944, as amended (38 U. S. C. 693), is hereby amended by deleting
"June 30, 1947" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "June 30,
1948".
Approved June 14, 1947.
[CHAPTER 108]
JOINT RESOLUTION
To prepare a revised edition of the Annotated Constitution of the United States
of America as published in 1938 as Senate Document 232 of the Seventy-fourth
Congress.
Whereas the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America
published in 1938 as Senate Document 232, Seventy-fourth Con-
gress, has served a very useful purpose by supplying essential infor-
mation in one volume and at a very reasonable price; and
Whereas Senate Document 232 is no longer available at the Govern-
ment Printing Office; and
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June 14, 1947
[S. 1073]
[Public Law 93]
56 Stat. 985.
Prosecution of
claims against U. S .
June 14, 1947
[S. 1135]
[Public Law 94]
60 Stat. 299 .
June 17,1947
[8. J. Res. 691
[Public Law 95]
Annotated Consti-
tution of the United
States of America.
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