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 54 SrAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.--CHS. 926, 927- ND. 30 1940 Dec. 6, 1940 "The words 'national-defense utilities', as used herein, shall include all railroads, railways, electric lines, roads of whatever description, railroad or railway fixture, canal, lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge, building, structure, engine, machine, mechanical contrivance, car, vehicle, boat, or aircraft, or any other means of transportation what- soever, whereon or whereby such national-defense material, or any troops of the United States, are being or may be transported either within the limits of the United States or upon the high seas; and all dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, water and gas mains and pipes, struc- tures, and buildings, whereby or in connection with which water or gas may be furnished to any national-defense premises or to the mili- tary or naval forces of the United States, and all electric light and power, steam or pneumatic power, telephone and telegraph plants, poles, wires, and fixtures and wireless stations, and the buildings con- nected with the maintenance and operation thereof used to supply water, light, heat, power, or facilities of communication to any national- defense premises or to the military or naval forces of the United States. "SEC. 5 . That whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, shall willfully injure or destroy, or shall attempt to so injure or destroy, any national- defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utili- ties, as herein defined, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. "SEC. 6 . That whoever with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, shall willfully make or cause to be made in a defective manner, or attempt to make or cause to be made in a defective manner, any national-defense material, as herein defined, or any tool, implement, machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in making, producing, manufacturing, or repairing any such national-defense material, as herein defined, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both." Approved, November 30, 1940. [CHAPTER 927] AN ACT To amend the Act of June 25, 1938, entitled "An Act extending the classified civil service to include postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, and for other purposes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act approved June 25, 1938 (ch. 678, 52 Stat. 1077; U. S. C ., 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 39, sec. 39a) is amended by the addition of the following: "Provided further, That at any post office the post- master of which has been called for duty as a member of the National Guard or of the Reserve of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps or pur- suant to draft or voluntary enlistment, the Postmaster General is authorized to grant leave of absence without pay to such postmaster and to appoint an acting postmaster at such post office to serve for the period only of the absence of the regular postmaster on military service, requiring such acting postmaster to furnish suitable bond with surety for the faithful performance of the duties as acting post- master and releasing the regular postmaster and his sureties of responsibility for the conduct of the office during such period: Pro- vided further, That where a postmaster resigns for the purpose of military service as herein described and subsequently wishes to resume his previous position as postmaster he may be permitted, upon being released from military service, to withdraw his resignation and resume 1221 " National.defense utilities." Destruction of na- tional-defense mate- rial, etc. Penalty. Making national-de- fense material in de- fective manner, etc. Penalty. December, 1940 Is. 437-31 TPubIlic, No. 8871 Postal Service. Provsas. Leave of absence to postmasters entering military service. Appointment of act- ingpostmasters;bond. Withdrawal of res- ignation and resump- tion of office.

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