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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 25, 29, 32. JANUARY 22, 24, 27, 1936. 109 9 no assistant shall receive an annual salary in excess of $7,500. The Comm ission s hall ha ve autho rity, s ubject t o the p rovision s of the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to appoint such o ther officers, engineers, accountants, inspectors, attor- neys, examiners, and other employees as are necessary in the execu- tion of its functions. " Approved, January 22, 1936 . [CHAPTER 29 .1 Other employees . U.S.C.,p.85. AN ACT 24 To amend the Act en title d "An Act f orbidd ing t he tra nspor tation of any person [5. Ja nu ary 24 2 1 .] 19 38 . in interstate or foreign commerce, kidnaped, or otherwise unlawfully detained, [Public, No . 424 .] and making such Act a felony", as amended . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o America in Congress assembled That the Act Federal Kidnapin g entitled "An Act forbidding the transportation of any person in Avoi 48, p781;;'U. S. inte rstate o r forei gn comme rce, ki dnaped, or othe rwise un lawfull y C ., 1.756. detained, and making such act a felony", as amended (48 Stat . 781 ; U. S. C ., title 18, sees . 408a, 408b, and 408c, be, and it is hereby, amended by the addition of the following section "SEC. 4 . Whoever receives, possesses, or disposes of any money or Knowingly handling other property, or any portion thereof, which has at any time been ransom mone y, etc . delivered as ransom or reward in connection with a violation of sec- tion 1 of this Act, knowing the same to be money or property which has been at any tim e delive red as such ran som or reward, shall b e Punishment . punished by aa fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than ten years, or both ." Approved, January 24, 1936 . [C HAPT ER 32 .1 AN ACT January 27, 1936 . To provide for the immediate payment of World War adjusted service certifi-	[x .R . 9870.]	cates, for the cancelation of unpaid interest accrued on loans secured by such [Public, No. 425.] certificates, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- bond' ° eo m~Act ing th e provis ions of the Wor ld War Adjusted Compen sation Act, as 1936. amended (U . S . C ., 1934 edition, title 38, ch . 11), the adjusted- U.S.C.,p.1680. service certificates issued under the authority of such Act are hereby immediate payment declared to be immediately payable. Payments on account of such of certificates. certificates shall be made in the manner hereinafter provided upon application therefor to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, under such r ules and regula tions as he may prescri be, and upon s urrender of the certificates and all rights thereunder (with or without the con - sent of the b enef iciar ies there of). The payment in each case shall Amount. be in an amount equa l to the face value of th e certificate, except tha t if, at the time of application for payment under this Act, the prin- cipal and unpaid interest accrued prior to October 1, 1931, with respect to any loan upon any such certificate has not been paid in full by the veteran (whether or not the loan has matured), then the Administrator shall (1) pay or discha rge such unpaid princi pal and interest as is necessary to make the certificate available for payment under this Act, (2) deduct such unpaid principal and so much of such unpaid interest as accrued prior to October 1, 1931, from the amount of the face value of the certificate, and (3) certify to the Secretary of th e Treasu ry as p ayable a n amoun t equal to the differen ce betw een the face value of the certificate and the amount so deducted.