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 NOTICE The original of every joint resolution printed in this volume from page 3 to page 12, inclusive, has the following heading: SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine The original of every act and joint resolution printed in this volume from page 13 to page 1227, inclusive, has the following heading: SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AT THE THIRD SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty All bills and joint resolutions presented to the President of the United States bear the signatures of the Speaker (or of the Speaker pro tempore) of the House of Representatives and of the Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate (or of the President of the Senate pro tempore or of the Acting President of the Senate pro tempore); those signa- tures accordingly appear on the originals of all acts and joint resolutions. The signature of the President of the United States appears on the originals of all approved acts and joint resolutions. The original of every act and joint resolution has endorsed thereon a certificate of origin, signed, as the case may be, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or by the Secretary of the Senate and reading "I certify that this Act (or Joint Resolution) originated in the House of Representatives (or Senate)." The origin of each act and resolution contained in this volume is indicated in the margin at the beginning of each enactment; thus, for example, H. R. 6832 or H. J. Res. 384 indicates origin in the House of Representatives, and S. 1554 or S. J. Res. 206 indicates origin in the Senate. iv

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