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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 73, 74, 79-APR. 5, 6, 1938 [52 STAT. [CHAPTER 73] April 5,1938 ANACT [H. R. 4201] To create a board of inspectors, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, [Public, No. 467] at Port Arthur, Texas. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navi- gation. Board of inspectors at Port Arthur, Tex., created. April 5, 1938 [H. J. Res. 504] [Pub. Res., No. 84] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a board of inspectors, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, consisting of a local inspector of hulls and a local inspector of boilers, be, and is hereby, created at the port of Port Arthur, Texas. Such inspector of hulls and inspector of boilers shall each be entitled, in addition to his authorized pay and traveling expenses, to his actual and reason- able expenses for transportation of instruments which shall be certi- fied and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce. Approved, April 5, 1938. [CHAPTER 74] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize compacts or agreements between the States bordering on the Great Lakes with respect to fishing in the waters of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United omepacts author- States of Americain Congress assembled,That the consent of Congress ized between states is hereby given to any two or more of the States of New York, Penn- bordering on, for uni- form regulation of sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota fshing in watersof. to enter into compacts or agreements for the uniform regulation of fishing in the waters of the Great Lakes and connecting waters thereof on which such States border and to which their jurisdiction otherwise Establishment of extends, and to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may agencies. deem desirable for making effective such compacts and agreements. Approval required. SEC. 2. Any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obli- gatory upon the signatory States unless it has been approved by the legislatures of such States and by the Congress of the United States. Amendment, etc. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this resolution is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 5, 1938. [CHAPTER 79] April 6, 1938 [11. R. 1547] [Public, No. 468] Employees' Com- pensation Act, amend- ment. 39 Stat. 750. 5U.S.C. 793. Panama Canal and Panama Railroad Company. Transfer of admin- istration to Governor of Panama Canal. Alaska Railroad; transfer to general manager. Terms defined. AN ACT To amend section 42 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide compen- sation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- formance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 42 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- formance of their duties, and for other purposes, approved Sep- tember 7, 1916, as amended, be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 42. That the President may, from time to time, transfer the administration of this Act so far as employees of the Panama Canal and of the Panama Railroad Company are concerned to the Governor of the Panama Canal, and so far as employees of the Alaska Railroad are concerned to the general manager of the Alaska Railroad, in which cases the words 'Commission' and 'its' wherever they appear in this Act shall, so far as necessary to give effect to such transfer, be read, 'Governor of the Panama Canal' or 'the general 200

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