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62 STAT.] SOTH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 241-243-APR . 29, 1948 Islands shall in no way be construed to be prejudicial to the claims of the United Kingdom to said islands in accordance with the agreement. SEC. 2. The title of the said Act approved August 13, 1940, is amended to read: "An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Territory of Hawaii, over the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman Reef, Kure Island, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Canton Island, and Enderbury Island, and for other purposes." Approved April 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 242] AN ACT 205 54 Stat. 784. 48 U. S.C. §642a. April 29, 1948 To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish [S. 1481] daylight saving time in the District. [Public Law 506] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance the standard time applicable to the District one hour for the period commencing not earlier than the last Sunday of April 1948 and end- ing not later than the last Sunday of September 1948. Any such time established by the Commissioners under authority of this Act shall, during the period for which it is applicable, be the standard time for the District of Columbia. Approved April 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 243] AN ACT To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate rents in the District of Colum- bia, and for other purposes", approved December 2, 1941, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1601), is hereby amended by striking out "on April 30, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "at the close o March 31, 1949". SEC. 2 . Section 2 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1602), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(3) After April 30, 1948, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the following housing accommodations, and no maximum rent ceil- ings or minimum service standards shall be prescribed with respect thereto: "(a) Any housing accommodations in hotels, which accommoda- tions are used exclusively for transient occupancy, that is, for living quarters for nonresidents upon a short-time basis; "(b) Any housing accommodations the construction of which was completed after March 31, 1948, or which are additional housing accommodations created by conversion after March 31,1948; "(c) Nonhousekeeping, furnished housing accommodations, located within a single dwelling unit not used as a rooming or boarding house, but only if (A) no more than two paying tenants, not members of the landlord's immediate family, live in such dwelling unit, and (B) the remaining portion of such dwelling unit is occupied by the landlord or his immediate family." Daylight saving time, D. C. April 29, 1948 [S. 2195] [Public Law 507] D. C . Enllrgelitcy lent Act, alllcnd- mien ts. 55 Stat. 7SS. I). C . Code, Slipp. VI, § 454 1601 (b). Ante, 1). 100. 55 Slat. 788. D. C . Code, Supp. VI, § 45-1602 . Nonapplicability after Apr. 30,1948.