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 724 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 520, 521 . JULY 21, 1932. section, the court shall enter judgment against the United States in favor of the parties entitled for the sum or sums awarded as just compensation, respectively, for the land or interest therein taken for the use of the United States and such judgment shall be paid out of the sums deposited with the court and such additional sums as may be awarded shall be paid in the same manner as sums awarded in judgments in cases in which the United States has consented to be sued. The provisions of such Act of February 26, 1931, except as modified by this subsection, shall apply to all such suits or condemna- Provisionsconstrued. tion proceedings. 'The provisions of this subsection shall not be con- strued to be in substitution for, but shall be supplemental to, any method of acquiring land or interests therein provided in existing law. Post oi$rss . Sac. 306 . In the construction of post offic es and of buildi ngs fo r of onsttrstandard plans post offices and other offices provided for in section 301 (a) g (10), the Secretary of the Treasury with the cooperation of the Post- master General may use such standard plans (heretofore or hereafter . prepared) as may be most adaptable to the particular building to be No convict labor to constructed. be employed. Sire. 307. All contracts let for construction projects pursuant to this title shall be subject to th e conditions th at no convict la bor shall be directly employed on any such project, and that (except in execu- tive administrative, and supervisory positions), so far as practicable, Thsions. our Woes no individual directly employed on an y such project shall be per- Preferenc e to ex- to work more than thirty hours in any one week, and that in service men. the employment of labor in connection with any such project, prefer- ence shal l be give n, where they are qualified, to ex-s ervice me n with dependents. fund. sinking Sao. 308 . For each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year 1934, Additional aut hor. there is authorized to be appropriated, for the purposes of the sinking izations. Vol. 40, p. 1312. fund provided in section 6 of the Victory Liberty Loan Act, a Past. P . 1492. amended, in a dditio n to a mounts other wise ap propri ated, an amo unt equal to 21/2 Per centum of the aggregate amount of the expenditures made, out of appropriations made or authorized in this title on or after th e date of the enac tment of this Act and on o r before the last day of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. App roved, July 21, 19 32 [CHAPTER 521 .] AN ACT 11,112 "	1932. [4569•]		Relatin g to loans to veterans on t heir adjusted -service certi ficates . [Public, No . 303.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the World Wa r Adjusted United States o f America in Congress assembled, Th at the first co ensation Act, ame m ndments . sentence of subdivision (b) of section 502 of the World War U. S. pp.12 Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended (U . S . C ., title 38, sec . U G Z., 1231. MM), is hereby amended to read as follows Loanprivilegesn cc Any national bank, or any bank or trust company incor- porated under the laws of any State, Territory, possession, or the Distri ct of Columb ia (he reinaf ter in this s ection calle d `ban k'), sank authorized to is aut horized t o loan to any vete ran upon his promi ssory not e secured loan ve teran upon h is u re aso ertno " se- by his adjusted-service certificate (with or without the consent of the beneficiary thereof) any amount not in excess of the loan basis (as d efined in subdivis ion (g) o f this s ection) o f the cer tificate ". arIntenest r ate de. Sae . 2 . (a) Subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 502 of such Act, as amended (U . S . C ., title 38, sees . 642(c) and 642(d) ), are hereby amended by striking out "6percentum" wherever occurring in such subdivisions and inserting in lieu thereof " 31/2 per centum ".