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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 397-399--JULY 31, 1939 [CHAPTER 397] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to classify officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes." Be it enacted by the Senate and Hovse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to classify officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1906, and amended January 24, 1920 (D. C . Code, title 20, part 2, sec. 557), is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence of the second paragraph thereof and inserting in its place the following provision: "No member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall directly or indirectly engage in any strike of such department." Approved, July 31, 1939. July 31, 1939 [H. R. 1982] [Public. No. 245] District of Colum. bia. Fire Department. Restrictionon mem- bers engaging in strikes. 34 Stat. 315; 41 Stat. 398. 20 D. C. Code §557. [CHAPTER 398] AN ACT July 31, 1939 To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate steam and other operating engi- [H. R .3834] neering in the District of Columbia", approved February 28, 1887, as amended. [Public, No. 2461 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate steam and other operating engi- neering in the District of Columbia", approved February 28, 1887, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. (a) The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply to engineers employed by the United States Government or licensed by the laws of any State having reciprocity with the District of Columbia." Approved, July 31, 1939. [CHAPTER 399] AN ACT To amend section 1860 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (-18 U. S. C. 1460), to permit retired officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to hold civil office in any Territory of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourth clause of section 1860 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1460), is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Fourth. No person belonging to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard shall be elected to or hold any civil office or appoint- ment in any Territory, except officers and enlisted men of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard on the retired list, and except officers of the Coast Guard who heretofore have been, or hereafter may be, appointed as United States Commissioners or United States Deputy Marshals in and for the Territory of Alaska." Approved, July 31, 1939. District of Colum- bia. Steam and otherop- erating engineers. 24 Stat. 427. 20 D. C. Code §367. License provisions not applicable to en- gineers employed by Federal Government, etc. July 3i, 19O9 1S._ Ili [lPllhii(, No. 21;4 Territories of tlhe United States. R. S. §1860. 48 U.S. C.§ 1460. Army, Navy, etc., retired personnel per- mitted to hold civil office or appointment in. U. S . Commission- ers, deputy marshals in Alaska. 1143

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