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 198 Trail smelter arbi- tration. Certain limitations of Penal Code waived with respect to U. S. agent. 35 Stat. 1107, 1109 . 18U.S.C.°°198, 2 03. May 20, 1937 [S. J. Res. 1331 [Pub. Res ., No. 30] Tent h Pan Ame ri- can Sanitary Con - fe rence. Appr opria tion au- thorized for partici- pa tione xpens es. 5 U. S. C.°° 661-674. Contract services. R.S.°3709. 41 U.S.C.°5. Reimbursement of other appropriations. 7 5TH CO NGRESS, 1sT S ESSION -OHS. 229-231-MAY 20, 1937 approval in regard to any ship or classes of ships of the United States wclich are not subject to the provisions of the safety conven- tion, if it is fou nd impracticable to obtain the nece ssary equipment or m ake the requi red inst alla tion s. Approved, May 20, 1937. [CH APT ER 23 01 AN May 20 ACT is.2h ?" 	 Limiting the operation of s ections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code with respec t [Public, No. 981 to the agent appointed to represent the United States of America in the arbitra- tion p roceedi ngs be tween t he Unit ed Sta tes of America and the Dominion of Canada for the final settlement of difficulties arising through complaints of damage done in the State of Washington by fumes discharged from the smelter of the Consoli dated Mining and Sm elting Company, Trai l, Brit ish Co lumbia . a Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That nothing in sections 109 and 113 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify evi se, nd amend the penal laws of the United States", approved M arch 4, 1909, as amended (U . S . C ., title 18, sees . 198 and 203), or any other Act of Congress, forbidding any person in the employ of the United States, or acting in any official capacity under them, from acting as agent o r attor ney for anothe r befor e any departm ent or branch of the Government, or f rom receiving pay for so acting, sh all be deemed to apply to the agent representing the United States of America in the proceeding between the United States of America and the Domin- ion of Canada now pending before the arbitration tribunal created p ursuant to the conven tion of April 15, 19 35, bet ween th e Unite d States of America and the Dominion of Canada while he shall remain such agent . Approved, May 20, 1937 . [CHAPTER 231] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Tenth Pan American Sanitary Conference. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated, the sum of $5,00 0, or so much the reof as may be ne cessary, for the expenses of partic ipation by the Un ited States in the Te nth Pan Americ an Sani tary C onferen ce to b e held in 1938 at Bogota, Colombia, or at such time and place as may be determined hereafter, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended ; stenographic reporting and translating services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) ; rent ; traveling expenses (and by indirect routes and by airplane if specifically authorized by _the Secre- tary of State) ; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals ; stationery ; official cards ; printing and binding ; entertainment ; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles ; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified. Approved, May 20, 1937.