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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 84, 85-MAY 2, 5, 1941 54 Stat. 4. 22 U. S.C. § 441-457. Post, p. 764. Working hours and overtimeemployment. Rules and regula- tions. 54 Stat. 2643. 50 U. S. C., app., prec. § 1note. Overtime compen- sation. Uniformity with other Government agencies. Emergency ship construction. Ante, pp. 5, 6. Ante, pp. 31, 53; post, p. 745. this Act shall be construed to modify or affect any provision of the Neutrality Act of 1939, as amended. SEC. 4. During the-national emergency declared by the President on September 8, 1939, to exist, but not after June 30, 1942, notwithstand- ing any other provision of law, (1) the United States Maritime Commission is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations with regard to working hours and overtime employment for naval archi- tects, marine engineers, draftsmen, estimators, inspectors of new con- struction and materials, and marine surveyors, or any of such employ- ees engaged in its ship-construction program or its national-defense activities, and for other employees of the Commission performing services in such ship-construction program or national-defense activi- ties which the Commission shall determine to be comparable to those of employees of other Government departments or agencies engaged in national-defense activities and authorized by law to receive com- pensation for overtime work, (2) compensation for employment in excess of forty hours in any administrative workweek computed at a rate not less than one-and-one -half times the regular rate is hereby authorized to be paid to the aforesaid employees of the Commission who work overtime pursuant to such rules and regulations, and (3) the President is authorized, in his discretion, to establish, in regard to hours of work and compensation for overtime of the employees hereinabove referred to, such uniformity with the War Department, the Navy Department, and the Coast Guard, and their field services as he may deem necessary in the interest of national defense. In determining overtime compensation for per annum employees under this section, the pay for one day shall be considered to be one three- hundred-and-sixtieth of their respective per annum salaries, and the pay for one hour shall be considered to be one-eighth of the pay for one day. SEC. 5. The provisions of sections 1 and 2 of Public Law Numbered 5, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved February 6, 1941, shall apply to all activities and functions which the Maritime Commission may be authorized to perform pursuant to an Act to promote the defense of the United States, approved March 11, 1941, or any appropriations to carry out such Act, but nothing herein shall be construed to affect the appropriation made by Public Law Numbered 5. Approved, May 2, 1941. [CHAPTER 85] May 5. 1941 [S. 12541 [Public Law 47] Counsel in selective service matters. Inapplicability of certain laws with respect to. PoW,p. 861. 54 Stat. 885. 50U.S.C., app.i§ 301-318. 54 Stat. 889. 50U.S. C .,app. J305 (g). AN ACT To limit the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, with respect to counsel in certain matters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C., title 18, secs. 198 and 203) or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 5, sec. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person because of his appoint- ment under authority of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 or the Selective Service Regulations made in pursuance thereof as a member of a local board, a board of appeal, an advisory board for registrants, as a Government appeal agent, or as an individual to conduct hearings on appeals of persons claiming exemption from com- batant training and service because of conscientious objections as provided in section 5 (g) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Approved, May 5, 1941. [55 STAT.

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