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 [53 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 26 -28- - -MAR. 29, 1939 March 29, 1939 [H. R. 950] [Public, No. 16] Officers' Competen- cy Certificates Con- vention, 1936. Exemption of American vessels under 200 tons from provisions of. Post, p. 1049. Proviso. Existing, etc., stat- utes regardingexempt- ed vessels. [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT To exempt all vessels of the United States of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage from the provisions of the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (being International Labor Conference Treaty, Convention Numbered 53, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1936). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That pursuant to the authority granted in the second clause of Article One of the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936, ratified by the President of the United States on September 1, 1938, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, given June 13, 1938 (being International Labor Conference Treaty, Draft Con- vention, Numbered 53, adopted by the International Labor Conference at Geneva in 1936), vessels of the United States of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage are hereby exempted from the provisions of such convention: Provided, however, That neither the ratification of the said convention by the President of the United States, nor the advice and consent of the United States Senate given thereto, nor any provision of the said convention as ratified, nor any provision of this Act shall be deemed to alter, amend, or repeal any statute of the United States existing at the time of said ratification, or thereafter enacted, with regard to any such vessel of less than two hundred tons gross registered tonnage. Approved, March 29, 1939. [CHAPTER 27] AN ACT March 29, 1939 To extend the time for commencing and completing bridges across Cross Bayou, [H. R. 2192] Twelve Mile Bayou, and Caddo Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Public, No. 17] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cmade Parded,La. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for ommengand corn- commencing and completing the construction of bridges across Cross certain bridges. Bayou at Shreveport, Louisiana; across Twelve Mile Bayou, approx- imately three miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana; and across Caddo Lake at or near Mooringsport, Louisiana authorized to be built by the Louisiana Highway Commission and/or the Parish of Caddo, 5 Stat. 697. Louisiana, by an Act of Congress approved August 19 1937, are hereby extended, with respect to each bridge, one and three years, respectively, from August 19, 1939. Amendment. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 29, 1939. [CHAPTER 28] March 29, 1939 [H. J. Res. 150] [Pub. Res., No. 6] Third International Congress for Micro- biology. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to provide that the United States extend to foreign governments invitations to participate in the Third International Congress for Microbiology to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1939." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of .America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to provide that the United States extend to foreign governments invitations to participate in the Third International Congress for Microbiology to be held in the United 554

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