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Teachers' salaries, D. C. AN ACT To amend section 9, article
V, of an Act known as "An Act to amend the Act entitled
'An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school
officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the
District of Columbia', approved June 20, 1906, as amended,
and for other purposes."

Cotton pool participation trust certificates, retirement.

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To extend the time for retirement of cotton pool participation trust certificates__ Papers of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney. AN ACT Authorizing the Library of Congress to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, the whole, or any part, of the papers of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, including therewith a group of documents relating to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, now in the possession of Harry Stone, of New York City. Army participation in Olympic Games. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to pay certain expenses incident to the training, attendance, and participation of the equestrian and modern pentathlon teams in the Twelfth Olympic Games. Apr. 10, 1939... 572 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, subsection repealed. AN ACT To repeal subsection (4) of subsection (c) of section 101 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938___ 8 Agrarian claims against Mexico. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing appropriation for expenses of a representative of the United States and of his assistants, and for one-half of the joint expenses of this Government and the Government of Mexico, in giving effect to the agreement of November 9-12, 1938, between the two Governments providing for the settlement of American claims for damages resulting from expropriations of agrarian properties since August 30, 1927. Panama Canal employees, annuities. AN ACT To amend the Canal Zone Code...

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Public Salary Tax Act of 1939. AN ACT Relating to the tax-
ation of the compensation of public officers and employees.
Government disbursing officers, etc., credit in accounts. AN ACT
To authorize and direct the Comptroller General of the
United States to allow credit for all outstanding disallowances
and suspensions in the accounts of the disbursing officers or
agents of the Government for payments made to certain
employees appointed by the United States Employees' Com-
pensation Commission...

9 National Gallery of Art. JOINT RESOLUTION Amending
the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for
the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of
Art", approved March 24, 1937.
Work relief and relief, additional appropriation, 1939. JOINT
RESOLUTION Making a further additional appropriation
for work relief and relief for the fiscal year ending June 30,

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Army disbursing officers. AN ACT For the relief of certain
disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for
the settlement of individual claims approved by the War
Department...

Department of Labor, special statistical studies. AN ACT To
authorize the Department of Labor to continue to make
special statistical studies upon payment of the cost thereof,
and for other purposes----
Social Security Act, amendment. AN ACT To increase the
authorization for appropriations for the administration of
State unemployment compensation laws. -
Naval vessels. AN ACT To authorize alterations and repairs
to certain naval vessels, and for other purposes-
Coast Guard Academy, contingent expenses. AN ACT To
authorize contingent expenditures, United States Coast
Guard Academy...

United Confederate Veterans' reunion, Marine Band attendance.
AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band
at the United Confederate Veterans' 1939 reunion at Trini-
dad, Colorado, August 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1939, and for other
purposes...

Signing of the Constitution, painting. JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the painting of the signing of the Constitution
for placement in the Capitol Building..

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Foreign Service, salaries, retirement, etc. AN ACT To amend
the Act entitled "An Act for the grading and classification of
clerks in the Foreign Service of the United States of America,
and providing compensation therefor", approved February
23, 1931...
Cooperative agricultural extension work. AN ACT To provide
for the further development of cooperative agricultural exten-
sion work....
National Encampment, G. A. R., Marine Band attendance. AN
ACT To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the
National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic
to be held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from August 27 to
September 1, inclusive, 1939..
Naval aviation facilities, etc. AN ACT To authorize the Secre-
tary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain
public works, and for other purposes.
Military Appropriation Act, 1940.
AN ACT Making appro-
priations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.
Navy, auxiliary vessels. AN ACT To permit the President to
acquire and convert, as well as to construct, certain auxiliary
vessels for the Navy..

Coast Guard station, Mich. AN ACT To provide for the estab-
lishment of a Coast Guard station on the east coast of the
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

Bridge, Mahoning River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the city of Youngstown, Ohio, to construct, main-
tain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning
River at or near Marshall Street, Youngstown, Ohio..
Coast and Geodetic Survey, medical facilities. AN ACT To
provide for the assignment of medical officers of the Public
Health Service for duty on vessels of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, and for other purposes-

Bridge, Mahoning River. ÂN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the city of Youngstown, Ohio, to construct, main-
tain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning
River at or near Cedar Street, Youngstown, Ohio...
Bridge, Allegheny River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to Westmoreland County in the State of Penn-
sylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway
intercounty bridge and approaches across the Allegheny
River, connecting Valley Camp in Westmoreland County
and East Deer Township in Allegheny County, to connect
State Highway Routes Numbered 28 and 56..
Bridge, St. Lawrence River. AN ACT To extend the times for
commencing and completing the construction of a bridge
across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New
York..

Bridge, Ottawa River. AN ACT Authorizing the Department
of Highways of the State of Ohio to construct, maintain, and
operate a free highway bridge across the Ottawa River at or
near the city of Toledo, State of Ohio..

Navy and Marine Memorial. AN ACT To provide for the
completion of the Navy and Marine Memorial..
Bridge, Cumberland River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the Highway Department of Davidson County,
of the State of Tennessee, to construct a bridge across Cum-
berland River, at a point approximately one and three-fourths
miles below Clees Ferry, connecting a belt-line highway in
Davidson County, State of Tennessee, known as the Old
Hickory Boulevard..

Bridge, Wa
accamaw River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the State Highway Commission of North Caro-
lina to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge
across Waccamaw River between Old Dock and Ash, North
Carolina...

Bridge, Wabash River. AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and
operate a free highway bridge across the Wabash River at or
near Peru, Indiana..
Bridge, Mahoning River.

AN ACT Granting the consent of
Congress to the city of Warren, Ohio, to construct, main-
tain, and operate a free footbridge over Mahoning River, near
Stiles Street Northwest, Warren, Ohio...

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Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT To extend the times for
commencing and completing the construction_of_a_bridge
across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, Illinois,
to a place at or near the city of Davenport, Iowa--
Metered services to Government, accounting." AN ACT To amend
the Act approved April 27, 1937, entitled "An Act to simplify
accounting."
12 Temporary National Economic Committee, expenses. JOINT
RESOLUTION To amend the joint resolution approved
June 16, 1938, entitled "Joint resolution to create a Tempo-
rary National Economic Committee.".
International fairs, 1939, importation of distilled spirits, etc. AN
ACT Relating to the importation of distilled spirits for con-
sumption at the New York World's Fair, 1939, and the
Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and to duties
on certain articles to be exhibited at the New York World's
Fair, 1939.
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939. AN
ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain
appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and
for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1939, and June 30, 1940,
and for other purposes--.
Veterans of certain wars, etc. AN ACT To provide domiciliary
care, medical and hospital treatment, and burial benefits to
certain veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philip-
pine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion-
Temporary detail of U. S. employees to designated governments.
AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the
temporary detail of United States employees, possessing
special qualifications, to governments of American republics
and the Philippines, and for other purposes", approved May
25, 1938.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Making supplemental appropriations
for printing and binding and stationery for the Treasury De-
partment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939–
Long Island Railroad Company. AN ACT To authorize the
Secretary of War to terminate certain leases of the Long
Island Railroad Company-

Treasury and Post Office Departments, appropriations, 1940.
AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post
Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940,
and for other purposes..

Mississippi judicial districts. AN ACT To amend section 90
of the Judicial Code, as amended, with respect to the terms
of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of
Mississippi...

Former Fort Armistead Military Reservation. AN ACT Making
inapplicable certain reversionary provisions in the Act of
March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1450), and a certain deed executed
by the Secretary of War, in the matter of a lease to be entered
into by the United States for the use of a part of the former
Fort Armistead Military Reservation for air-navigation

purposes....

Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940. AN ACT Mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.--
Idaho judicial district. AN ACT To amend section 78 of the
Judicial Code, relating to the district of Idaho.
War Department, obsolete, etc., machines. AN ACT To author-
ize the Secretary of War to exchange obsolete, unsuitable,
and unserviceable machines and tools pertaining to the man-
ufacture or repair of ordnance matériel for new machines
and tools.

14 National Aviation Day. JOINT RESOLUTION Designating
August 19 of each year as National Aviation Day-
Pneumatic mail tube systems. AN ACT To provide for the
appraisal of the pneumatic mail tube systems in New York
and Boston.......

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General Headquarters Air Force, commanding general.
ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act for making further
and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for
other purposes", approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the
Act of June 4, 1920, so as to confer on the commanding gen-
eral, General Headquarters Air Force, the same retirement
privileges now enjoyed by chiefs of branches_
Pneumatic-tube service, substitutes. AN ACT To provide time
credits for substitutes in the pneumatic-tube service...
Pneumatic-tube-system employees, night work. AN ACT To
provide a differential in pay for night work to pneumatic-
tube-system employees in the Postal Service.
Pneumatic-tube-system employees, hours. AN ACT To extend
the provisions of the forty-hour law to pneumatic-tube-
system employees in the Postal Service...
15 Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial. JOINT RESOLU-
TION Authorizing the President to invite other nations to
participate in the Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial
commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Sacramento by Captain John A. Sutter...
Threatening communications. AN ACT To amend the statutes
providing punishment for transmitting threatening communi-
cations..

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Coast Guard, mailing of firearms. AN ACT To authorize the
mailing of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of
being concealed on the person, to officers of the Coast Guard. May 15, 1939. 744
Postal Service, leaves of absence. AN ACT Granting postal em-
ployees credit for Saturday in annual and sick leave law,
thereby conforming to the forty-hour workweek or five-day-
week law....

Pneumatic-tube-system employees, hours. AN ACT Limiting
working hours of pneumatic-tube-system employees to eight
in ten hours a day.

16 Lighthouse Service, celebration of 150th anniversary. JOINT
RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United
States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anni-
versary of the establishment of the United States Lighthouse
Service...

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Bridge, Mississippi River. AN ACT Creating the Arkansas-
Mississippi Bridge Commission; defining the authority,
power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said
Commission and its successors and assigns to construct,
maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at
or near Friar Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas, and
for other purposes-

Judicial Code, amendment. AN ACT To provide that records
certified by the Court of Claims to the Supreme Court, in
response to writs of certiorari, may include material portions
of the evidence, and for other purposes..
Reproductions of official insignia. AN ACT To prohibit
reproductions of official badges, identification cards, and
other insignia----

Carson City, Nev., Mint site. AN ACT To authorize a sale of
the old Carson City (Nevada) Mint site and building not-
withstanding the provisions of Joint Resolution Numbered 18
of February 23, 1865.

Real estate devised by Lizzie Beck. AN ACT To authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury to accept real estate devised to the
United States by the late Lizzie Beck, of Mena, Arkansas, and
for other purposes-

Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund. AN ACT Relating to the
disposition of funds derived from the Coos Bay Wagon Road
grant lands...

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Bridge, Missouri River. AN ACT To further extend the times
for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota. May 24, 1939___
Coast Guard, retirement. AN ACT To increase further the
efficiency of the Coast Guard by authorizing the retirement
under certain conditions of enlisted personnel thereof with
twenty or more years of service....

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Bridge, St. Louis River. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled
"An Act authorizing the Port Authority of Duluth, Minne-
sota, and the Harbor Commission of Superior, Wisconsin, to
construct a highway bridge across the Saint Louis River from
Rice's Point in Duluth, Minnesota, to Superior in Wisconsin",
approved June 30, 1938.

Coast Guard, personnel. AN ACT To readjust the commis-
sioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Navy Department, appropriations, 1940. AN ACT Making
appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval
service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other
purposes.

Agricultural Adjustment Act, amendment. AN ACT To extend
the time during which orders and marketing agreements under
the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be appli-
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Vessels, load lines. AN ACT To amend the Act of March 2,
1929 (45 Stat. 1492), entitled "An Act to establish load lines
for American vessels, and for other purposes.
Fort Snelling Bridge, Minn. AN ACT To authorize the transfer
to the State of Minnesota of the Fort Snelling Bridge at Fort
Snelling, Minnesota..
Duluth, Minn., easement for use of federally owned lands. AN
ACT Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to exe-
cute an easement deed to the city of Duluth for park, recrea-
tional, and other public purposes covering certain federally
owned lands..

Pine Ridge Sioux lost allotment claims. AN ACT To provide
for the correction of the list of approved Pine Ridge lost allot-
ment claims, and for other purposes..
Rio Grande Compact. AN ACT Giving the consent and ap-
proval of Congress to the Rio Grande compact signed at
Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 18, 1938_.
Reclamation projects, relief to water users. AN ACT To author-
ize further relief to water users on United States reclamation
projects and on Indian reclamation projects____.
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, amendment. AN
ACT To amend the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937, as amended, to make its provisions applicable to
apples produced in the States of Washington, Oregon, and
Idaho..

American seamen, allotment of wages. AN ACT To amend
section 10 (b), (c), and (d) of the Act of June 26, 1884, as
amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 599), relative
to the allotment of wages by seamen

Vessels, change of masters. AN ACT To amend section 4335 of
the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to change
of masters of vessels..

Vessels, renewal of licenses. AN ACT To amend section 4325
of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended,
relative to renewal of licenses of vessels____
Foreign military and air attachés, aviation supplies, etc. AN
ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to provide for the
sale of aviation supplies and services to aircraft operated by
foreign military and air attachés accredited to the United
States, and for other purposes..

International Petroleum Exposition. AN ACT Authorizing the
President to invite the States of the Union and foreign
countries to participate in the International Petroleum Expo-
sition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be held May 18 to May 25,
1940_.

Coast Guard facilities. AN ACT To authorize necessary facili-
ties for the Coast Guard in the interest of national defense
and the performance of its maritime police functions-----
Vessels, renewal of licenses. AN ACT To amend section 4498
of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended,
relative to the renewal of licenses of vessels..
Navy, construction, etc. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary
of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public
works, and for other purposes-

Umpqua River Lighthouse Reservation, Oreg. AN ACT Author-
izing the Secretary of Commerce to convey a certain tract of
land to the State of Oregon for use as a public park and
recreational site.

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