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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 199-201-MAAY 14, 1940 Additional appro- priation authorized. 50 Stat. 495 . 50 Stat. 759 . Post, p. 634. an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes, as hereby amended, is extended and made applicable to the continuance of the participation of the United States in the said New York World's Fair, 1940, in the same manner and to the same extent and for the same purposes as originally provided in said Public Resolution Numbered 53. SEC. 3. In addition to the sum of $3,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by the aforesaid Public Resolution Numbered 53 for the participation of the United States in the New York World's Fair, 1939, and appropriated under title I of Public Act Numbered 354, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved August 25, 1937, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $275,000. Approved, May 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 200] JOINT RESOLUTION May 14, 1940 [H. J. Res. 258] To amend section 8 (f) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, [Pub. Res., No. 731 as amended. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act, amend- ment. 52 Stat. 35. 16 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 590h (f). Change in relation- ship of landlord and tenants, etc. Restriction on in- crease of payment, etc., to landlord. Exception; approval by local committee. Review by State committee. May 14, 1940 [T. J. Res. 519] [P ib. Res., No. 74] Merchant Marine Act, 1936. 53 Stat. 1185. 46 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 1160 (g). Suspension of sub- section; duration. Ante, p. 4. Sale or charter of certain vessels; time limitation. Ante, p. 4. 22 U.. C ., Supp. V, § 245J. 49 Stat. 1985. 46 U. S.C., Supp. V, §§ 1101-1279. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 (f) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(f) Any change in the relationship between the landlord and the tenants or sharecroppers, with respect to any farm, that would increase over the previous year the amount of payments or grants of other aid under subsection (b) that would otherwise be made to any landlord shall not operate to increase such payment or grant to such landlord. Any reduction in the number of tenants below the average number of tenants on any farm during the preceding three years that would increase the payments or grants of other aid under such subsection that would otherwise be made to the landlord shall not hereafter operate to increase any such payment or grant to such landlord. Such limitations shall not apply if on investigation the local committee finds that the change is justified and approves such change in relationship or reduction. Such action of local committees shall be subject to approval or disapproval by State committees." Approved, May 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 201] JOINT RESOLUTION To suspend section 510 (g) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, during the present European war, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 510 (g) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (restricting the use of vessels in the laid-up fleet of the Maritime Commission), is hereby suspended until the proclamation issued by the President on November 4, 1939, under section 1 (a) of the Neutrality Act of 1939 is revoked. SEC. 2. At any time prior to revocation of the proclamation issued by the President on November 4, 1939, under section 1 (a) of the Neutrality Act of 1939, all vessels transferred to the Maritime Com- mission by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise acquired by the Commission (other than vessels constructed under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936) may, notwithstanding any provision of law con- 216 [54 STAT.

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