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 SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 12-14. 1921. 9 Sec. 6: That no right shall accrue to any Govemment, person, or e,§f§,*‘ef,,Bf:d_ '°°°“*‘*» corporation under the terms of this Act that may not be rescinded, changed, modified, or amended by the Congress. Approved, May 27, 1921. CHAP. 13.-—An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of liilyrillbasbli law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901," and the Acts amendatory _ thereof and supplementary thereto. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act to C,,1§‘,§‘“°* °‘°°’“”“’i“ establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March V¤¤&°d33» P- 554. 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, wm ` constituting the code of law for the District of Columbia, be, and the same are hereby, amended as follows: Strike out section 833a and insert in lieu thereof: " Sec. 833a. Whoever, being in possession of personal plroperty °,F'§,j}j*d‘§§§I§8$,*;P'*;*;§ received u on a written and conditional contract of sale, wit intent quired personal propto defraud? sells, conveys, conceals, or aids in concealing the same, my' or removes the same from the District of Columbia without the consent of the vendor, before performance of the conditions precedent t mm} to acquiring the title thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more usd. than $100, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days." Approved, May 27, 1921. _ _ _ _ May 21, 1921. CHAP. 14.-An Act Imposing temporary duties upon certam agricultural prod- [H- R-2435-I ucts to meet present emergencies, and to provide revenue; to regulate commerce with (?¤5m» N0- ml foreign countries; to prevent dumping of foreign merchandise on the markets of the United States; to regulate the value of foreign money; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, '1`nu: I. EMERGENCY TARIFF. . Agmvrzmcy ’1‘¤r|¤ Post, p . 220, 990. That on and after the day followin the ass e of this Act for the D“"‘” Y°"‘°d '°’ "" period of six months, there shall be levied? collgcted, and paid upon {-¤i?xil<irl?¤·°n dmgmm the followin articles, when imlported from any foreign country into the United Siates or into any o its possessions (except the Phih pine ,,f°“°“‘°“’ °’°°P*‘ Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuilal), the rates of duty which are prescribed by this section, namely: 1. Wheat, 35 cents per bushel. W¤¤¤¢· 2. Wheat Hour and semolina, 20 per centum ad valorem.  ¤¤¤r ¤¤¤ 3. Flaxseed, 30 cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds. rnsxsséa. 4. Corn or maize, 15 cents per bushel of fifi;y-six pounds. °°"‘· 5. Beans, provided for in paragraph 197 0 the Act entitled "An $§{“§g, pm Act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes/’ approved October 3, 1913, 2 cents per ound. P 6. Peanuts or ground beans, 3 cents per pound. P°°“‘“"· 7. Potatoes, 25 cents per bushel of sixty pounds. P°€°‘°°“· 8. Onions, 40 cents per bushel of fifty-seven pounds. °‘“°"’· 9. Rice, cleaned, 2 cents Per poimd, except rice cleaned for use in m°°‘ the manufacture of canned oods, on which the rate of duty shall be 1 cent per pound; uncleaned rice, or rice free of the outer hull and