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 PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 458, 459-JUNE 29, 1940 [CHAPTER 458] June 29, 1940 [H. R. 8815] [Public, No. 6881 AN ACT To grant per diem compensation to the appointed members of the Board of Steam and Other Operating Engineers of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Colum- United States of America in Congress assembled That section 2 blaicensing of steam, of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate steam and other operating 24 tat . 427. engineering in the District of Columbia", approved February 28, 20 D. . Code 6 362. 1887, as amended, is amended to read as follows: Board of examiners. "SEc. 2 . That all persons applying for such license shall be exam- Membership. ined by a board of examiners composed as follows: Two practical engineers, neither of whom shall be in the employ of the United States or the District of Columbia, to be appointed by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, and the boiler inspector for the compensation. District of Columbia. Each appointed member shall receive com- pensation at the rate of $10 per day when actually engaged in the work of the board, such compensation not to exceed $300 per annum. Terms. One of the appointed engineers shall be appointed for a term of one year and the others for a term of two years. On the expiration of such appointments, all appointments shall be made for the term of two years except such appointments as may be made for the vacances. remainder of unexpired terms. Vacancies caused by death, resigna- tion, or otherwise shall be filled by the Commissioners only for the unexpired terms. Members shall be eligible for reappointment. Removalfromoffice. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, neglect of Examinations. duty, or for any other sufficient cause. Said examination shall be conducted in all respects under such rules and regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall from time to time provide; and all engines and steam boilers shall be subjected to such tests as the said Commissioners may prescribe." Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 459] June 29, 1940 [t1. R. 9274] [Public, No. 689] Cape Hatteras Na- tional Seashore, N. C . Redesignation of area. 16 U. 8. C., Supp. V, §645949a-3. Proviso. Hunting permitted In designated areas. 16U.S.C.§§703- 711; Supp. V, ii 703- 709a. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the State of North Carolina, and for other pur- poses", approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 669). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the words "national seashore recreational area" are hereby substituted in lieu of the words "national seashore" wherever such words occur in the Act of August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 669). SEO. 2. That section 3 of the aforesaid Act is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and the addition of the following: ": And provided further, That hunting shall be per- mitted, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior in conformity with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as follows: (a) Upon the waters of the sounds included within the national seashore recreational area, (b) in the area north of the Currituck County line, (c) on Ocracoke Island, and (d) within not more than two thousand acres of land in the remaining portion of said national seashore recreational area, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior; except on lands and waters included in any existing or future wildlife or migratory bird refuge and adjacent closed waters." Approved, June 29, 1940. [54 STAT.

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