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 srX·rY-s1·:vnN*rH oonennss. sees. IV. one. 67-69. 1923. 1225 involved the purchase in the Argentine Republic, between the 13th day of May, 1920, and the 22d day of May, 1920, of thirteen thousand nine hundred and two tons of sugar, the importation thereof into the United States and the distribution of a portion of the same within the United States, and to require the said United States Sugar Equalization Board (Incorporated) to dispose of any of said sugar so imported remaining undisposed of, and to liquidate and adjust the entire transaction in such manner as may be deemed by said board to P, Gm, ,0 Am,,,.,_ be equitable and proper in the premises, paying to the corporation ggggggmggygvggg and copartnership aforesaid such sums as may be found by said board and Cdmpsny or their to represent the actual loss sustained by them, or either of them, in °°*“°u°“‘ said transaction, and for this purpose the President is authorized to vote or use the stock of the corporation held by him, or otherwise exercise or use his control over the said United States Sugar Equalization Board and its directors, and to continue the said corporation for such time as may be necessary to carry out the intention of this joint resolution. Approved, February 9, 1923. CHAP. 68.—Joiut Resolution To provide for the payment of salaries of Senators F§riI?i.{Y¤g?5,igj3' appointed to 611 vacancies, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Semte and Home of Re eaentatives of the Smtm United States of America in Oongreaa assembgd, That salaries of P¤rm°i¤:{°;f Sgigitgr Senators appointed to fill vacancies in the Senate shall commence ·{Z’EH‘$¤mei§°§ on the day of their appointment and continue until their successors are elected and qualified; and salaries of Senators elected to fill vacancies in the Senate shall commence on the day they qualify: rmae. Provided, That where no appointments have been made to ll such ,,§,‘}§,§§§{,f,,,‘Q}§§§,f,‘§ vacancies, the salaries of Senators elected to fill such vacancies shall ¢¤¤¤¤· commence on the day following their election. Approved, February 10, 1923. CHAP 69 —Joint Resolution Authorizin the Pre ident to abro - F°bm° 12’lm‘ · - ·_ _ _ F-! _ S · _ »‘I¤·i6 the i¤t0*` [S.J.|l¥es.259.] pqgppal agreement embodied in certain Bxecnnve orders relating to the Panama Whereas it is provided in the Act entitled "An Act to provide for £‘§;‘,,‘§‘,§}g"““l‘ the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the V¤1-37»v- SQL Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone," approved August 24, 1912, " that all laws, orders, regulations, and ordinances adopted and promulgated in the Canal Zone by order of the President for the government and sanitation of the Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal are hereby ratified and confirmed as valid and binding until Congress shall otherwise provide "; and Whereas among the orders so ratified and confirmed as valid and binding are Executive orders, issued by the Secretary of War hv direction of the President, on December 3, Decem er 6, and December 23, 1904, January 7, 1905, and January 5, 1911, in which were embodied the terms of an agreement reached between the Secretary of lVar and officials of the Panama Government to serve as a modus operandi during the construction of the canal; and Whereas the purpose of the agreement in question has passed with the formal opening of the canal, and the agreement no longer provides an adequate basis for the adjustment of questions arising