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 SIXTY—F IF TH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 125. 1919. 1353 during the time this Act is in effect, the sum of $1,000,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 msgy be used for such administrative tot-}j_§*}•{tf**¤¤‘¤**'° ¤l· expenses, including the payment 0 such rent, the expense, including ' postage, of such prmting and publications, the purchase of such material and equipment, an the employment of such ersons and means, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as the liiesident may deem essential. Any moneys received by the United States from or in con- v0§’gt•g°t$P*¤ ¤¤¤>· nection with the disposal by the United States of wheat or wheat g ` flour under this Act may, in the discretion of the President, be used as a revolving fund for further carryin out the purposes of this Act. Any balance of such moneys not used as art o such revolving fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, {wg District Ot That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay rent in the Cvlumbmexcluded. District of Columbia. Sec. 9. That an itemized statement, covering all receipts and dis- mlfgggtlg tff°mtj;g bursements under this Act, shall be filed with the Secretary of the nam. Senate and the Clerk of the House of Re resentatives on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month after iihe taking effect of this Act, covering the business of the preceding month, and such statement shall be subject to public ins ection. Not later than the ex iration of sixty Fl"' ’°P°"· da s after this Act shag cease to be in effect the President shall cause a dretailed report to be made to the Con ess of all proceedings had under this Act. Such report shall, in adrihion to other matters, con- D°‘*““°‘i“*"’“· tain an account of all persons appointed or employed, the salary or compensation paid or allowed each, the aggregate amount of the different kinds of property purchased or requisitioncd, the use and disposition made of such property, and a statement of all receipts and expenditures, together with a statement showing the general character and estimated value of 8.l.l property then on hand, and the aggregate amount and character of all claims against the United States growing out of this Act. Sec. 10. That words used in this Act shall be construed to import wg<g;¤¤¤¢*i¤¤ ¤f the plural or singular, as the case demands; the word "person," ` wherever used in this Act, shall include individuals, partnershi s, associations, and corporations. Virhen construgg and enforcing tgie ttgjgbggy ggt¤g;ggrgt provisions of this Act, the_act, omission, or f ure of any or icial, emails " agent, or other person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, association, or corporation, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case also be deemet the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, association, or corporation, as well as that of the person. Size. ll. That the provisions of this Act shall cease to be in effect T¤‘¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤ ¤l Mtwhencver the President shall find that the emergency growing out of the war with Germany has passed and that the further execution of the provisions of this Act is no longer necessary for its lpurposes, the date of which termination shall be ascertained and proc aimed by the President; but the date when this Act shall cease to be in effect shall not be later than the first day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty: _ l’rm,·ided, That after June first, nineteen hundred and twenty, neither {,°,Q‘j,Qg':te to tm, the President nor any agency acting for him shall purchase or con- June i{1920- tract for the purchase of wheat or flour. The termination of this Act ,O§t‘;',}§§Q,‘{‘Q,’}§ttft°;’0,§}}j shall not affect any act done, or any right or obligation accruing or g¤¤i¤¤s.¤t¤. accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case before the said termination pursuant to this Act: but all rights and liabilities under this Act_ arising before its termination shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if the Act had not termi- _ nated. Any offense committed and all penalties or liabilities incurred P’“°°““°'“*°”°· prior to such termination may be prosecuted or punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if thisAct had not been terminated. Approved, March 4, 1010.