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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 369, 370, 389 . JU LY 1, 2, 1932. 565 during the preceding fiscal year : Provided further, T hat any pr o- Approval of Con. ceedings hereunder shall not be effective until approved by Congress e` ess ' unless Congress shall h ave fail ed to ac t favora bly or u nfavorab ly thereon by concurrent resolution within sixty legislative -days after the filing of said report, in which case they shall become effective at the termination of the said sixty legislative days. Approved, July 1, 1932. [CHAPTER 370.] AN ACT July 1, 1932. To extend certain provisions of the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, to [	N zm 4] [Pu bl ic c	No . 21,] the Virgin Islands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the River and Harbor United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the provisions Act of 1899. of sections 9 to 18, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act making Vol.30,P.1151. Provisions of, extend. appropriations for the constru ction, repair, a nd preservation of cer- ed to Virgin islands . tain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1899, are hereby made applicable to the ri ses, Islands and the navigable waters thereof. SEC. 2 . That violation s of the provisi ons of this Act m ay be prose- do Prose cutio n of 'vio la. cuted in the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States, and jurisdiction is hereby vested in said court to try and determine such causes. Approved, July 1, 1932. [CHAPTER 389 .] AN ACT July 2,1932. To provide for the appointment of an acting secretary of the Territory of Hawaii 	(H . R . 308.]	during th e absence or i llness of the secretary . (Public, No. 242 .] Be it enact ed by th e Senate and Hou se of Re presenta tives of the Hawaii United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 69 of Vol .31p .154 . the Act entitled "An Act to provide a government for the Territory u . S.C.,p.1601. of Hawaii," approved April 30, 1900 (U. S. C., title 48, sec. 534), is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows : tc Appointment o f act . The secretary may, with the approval of the governor, designate ing s ecret ary, auth or- some other officer of the government of the Territory of Hawaii to 1ze d. act as secretary during his temporary absence or during his illness. Such designation and approval shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the governor, and a copy thereof, certified by the governor, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior of the U nited St ates. Su ch perso n so des ignated s hall, du ring the temporary absenc e or illness of the secretary, b e known as the ac ting secretary of the Territory of Hawaii, and shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of the secretary, except those provided for b N o add iti ona l com. section 70 of this Act (U. S. C., title 48, sec. 535). Such actin Pensation. secretary shall serve without ad ditional compens ation, but the se cre- tary shall be responsible and liable on his official bond for all acts done by the acting secretary in the performance of his duties as acting secretary ." Approved, July 2, 1932.