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 56 March 29, 1937 [H. R. 3898] [Publie, No. 26] Co mmunica tions Act of 1934, amend- ment. 48 Stat. 1089. 47U.S.C.§318. Operation of trans- mitt ing appa ratus. Requirement. Provisos. Exceptions. Automatic radio de- vice s, etc. March 29, 1937 [H.J. Res. 43] [Pub. Res ., No. 17] Alameda, Calif. Act authorizing ac- quisition of certain lands in, amended. 49 Stat . 1901. March 29, 1937 [H.J. Res. 131] [Pub. Res ., No. 18] District of Colum- bia. Ce rta in Gove rn- ment and District em- ploy ees to re ceive pay for January 20, 1937. 25 Stat. 185. [CHAPTER 58] 75 TH CON GRES S, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 58-60-MARCH 2 9, 1937 AN ACT To amend section 318 of the Communications Act of 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 318 of the Communications Act of 1934 is hereby amended to read as fo ll ows "SEC. 318 . The actual operation of all transmitting apparatus in any radio station for which a station license is required by this Act shall be carried on only by a person holding an operator's license issued hereunder, and no person shall operate any such apparatus in such station except under and in accordance with an operator's license issued to him by the Commission : Provided, however, That the Commission if it shall find that the public interest, convenience, or necessity will be served thereby may waive or modify the foregoing provisions of this section for the operation of any station except (1 ) stati ons for which license d oper ators a re requ ired by inter- national agreement, (2) stations for which licensed operators are re uired for safety purposes, (3) stations engaged in broadcasting, an (4) stations operated as common carriers on frequencies below thirty thousand kilocycles : Provided further, That the Commission shall have power to make special regulations governing the granting of licenses for the use of automatic radio devices and for the opera- tion of such devices ." Approved, March 29, 1937 . [CHAPTER 59] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend Public Law Numbered 780, Seventy-fourth Congress, to authorize the acquisition of lands in the city of Alameda, county of Alameda, State of California, as a site for a naval air station and to authorize the construction and installation of a naval air station thereon, for the purpose of making a correction therein . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un ited St ates of Americ a in Co ngress assemb led, That section 1 of Public Law Numbered 780, entitled "An Act to- authorize the acqui- sition of lands in the city of Alameda, county of Alameda, State of California, as a site for a naval air station and to authorize the construction and installation of a naval air station thereon", approved June 24, 1936, is amended by inserting after the words "free from all", before the colon and preceding the proviso, the word "e ncumbr ances " . Approved, March 29, 1937 . [CHAPTER 60] JO INT R ESOLU TION For the payment of certain employees of the Uni ted Sta tes Gove rnme nt in the District of Columbia and employees of the D istrict of Columbia for January 20, 1937 . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the employees of the United States Government in the District of Columbia and the empl oyees of t he District of Columb ia who com e within t he provisi ons of the Act approved June 18, 1888, and who, under the provisions of said Act, did not work on Wednesday, January 20, 1937, due to the closing of their places of employment on account of the holiday, shall be entitled to pay for said holiday, Approved, March 29, 1937.