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61 STAT.] 80rT CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 264 , 265 , 267-JULY 18, 1947 (f) During the period that any individual acts as President under this Act, his compensation shall be at the rate then provided by law in the case of the President. (g) Sections 1 and 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and Vice President", approved January 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 1; U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 3, secs. 21 and 22), are repealed. Approved July 18, 1947. [CHAPTER 265] AN ACT To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue sewer bonds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act or of any Act of this Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, may authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal cor- poration of the Territory of Hawaii, to issue general-obligation bonds in the sum of $5,000,000 for the purpose of enabling it to construct a sewerage system in the city of Honolulu. SEC. 2 . The bonds issued under authority of this Act may be either term or serial bonds, maturing, in the case of term bonds, not later than thirty years from the date of issue thereof, and, in the case of serial bonds, payable in substantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years and the last install- ment to mature not later than thirty years from the date of such issue. Such bonds may be issued without the approval of the President of the United States. SEC. 3. Act 69 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1947, pertaining to the issuance of sewerage-system bonds, as authorized by this Act, is hereby ratified and confirmed subject to the provisions of this Act: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the amendment of such Territorial legislation by the Legis- lature of the Territory of Hawaii from time to time to provide for changes in the improvements authorized by such legislation and for the disposition of unexpended moneys realized from the sale of said bonds. Approved July 18, 1947. [CHAPTER 267] AN Ar.T 381 Compensation. Repeals. July 18, 1947 [S. 1419] [Public Law 200] Hawaii. Issuance of bonds. 31 Stat. 141. 48U.S. .0 493 note. Maturity. Ratification of Act. Amendment. . July 18, 1947 To authorize the official reporters of the municipal court for the District of [s. 1462] Columbia to collect fees for transcripts, and for other purposes. [Public Law 201] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to their annual salaries, official reporters for the municipal court for the District of Columbia are authorized to charge and collect from parties, including the United States and the District of Columbia, who request transcripts of the original records of proceedings, such fees therefor, and no other, as may be prescribed from time to time by the court. All supplies shall be furnished by the official reporters at their own expense. The court shall have the power and is hereby directed to prescribe such rules, practice, and procedure pertaining to fees for transcripts as it may deem necessary, and the same shall conform as nearly as may be practicable to the rules, practice, and procedure pertaining to fees for Reporters for murnuo ipal court, D. C . Fees for transcripts.