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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 389, 390-JULY 27, 1939 by them and the municipal authorities of said municipal corpora- tion from entering or otherwise trespassing upon these lands, and any violation of this Act or of regulations issued thereunder shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as is provided for in sec- tion 5050, Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933. SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid right or claim to any part of said lands heretofore acquired under any law of the United States. Approved, July 27, 1939. [CHAPTER 390] AN ACT To provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any native Filipino residing in any State or Territory or the District of Colum- bia on the effective date of this Act, who desires to return to the Philippine Islands, may apply to the Secretary of Labor, upon such form as the Secretary may prescribe, through any officer of the Immigration Service for the benefits of this Act. Upon approval of such application, the Secretary of Labor shall notify such Filipino forthwith, and shall certify to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War that such Filipino is eligible to be returned to the Philippine Islands under the terms of this Act. Every Filipino who is so certified shall be entitled, at the expense of the United States, to transportation and maintenance from his present residence to a port on the west coast of the United States, or in the case of a Filipino residing in Hawaii, to a port in that Territory, and from such port, to passage and maintenance to the port of Manila, Philip- pine Islands, on either Navy or Army transports, whenever space on such transports is available, or on any ship of United States registry operated by a commercial steamship company which has a contract with the Secretary of Labor as provided in section 2. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Labor is hereby niltllorizedl and (irected to enter into contracts with any railroad or other transportation coinl- pany, for the transportation front their present residences to a port on the west coast of the United States or, in the cases of residellts of Hawaii, to a port in ithat Territory, of Filipinos eligible under section 1 to receive such transportation, and with any commercial steamship company, controlled by citizens of the United States and operating ships under United States registry, for transportation and maintenance of such Filipinos from such ports to the port of Manila, Philippine Islands, at such rates as may be agreed upon between the Secretary and such steamship, railroad, or other transportation company. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to pre- scribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act, to enter into the necessary arrangements with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, to fix the ports on the west coast of the United States and in Hawaii from which any Filipinos shall be transported and the dates upon which transportation shall be available from such ports, to provide for the identification of the Filipinos entitled to the benefits of this Act, and to prevent volun- tary interruption of the journey between the port of embarkation in the United States or Hawaii and the port of Manila, Philippine Islands. 1133 Penalty for viola- tion. Existing rights not impaired. July 27, 1939 [H. R. 46461 [Public, No. 241] Native Filipinos re- siding in United States. Application for re- turn to Philippine Islands. Notification upon approval. Transportation and maintenance expense. ( ontrarot. fur I:'ab - portal ion. Rules and regula- tions.

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