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 LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Public Law 372 __ Virgin Islands, homestead projects. JOINT RESOLUTION Transferring the administration of the homestead projects established in the Virgin Islands from the government of the Virgin Islands to the Department of Agriculture 373 _-- Black-outs in D. C. AN ACT To authorize black-outs in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes - _- -- 374 _- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, amendments. AN ACT To extend the period within which the Secretary of Agri- culture may carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act by making payments to agricul- tural producers, and for other purposes --- 375 -- Inter-American Highway. AN ACT To provide for cooperation with Central American republics in the construction of the Inter-American Highway -- 376 _- Counsel in selective service matters. AN ACT Extending the pro- visions of Public Law 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, to State Directors of Selective Service and members of Alien Enemy Hearing Boards-_ - --- -- 377 -_ Marine Corps, examination of monthly accounts. AN ACT To extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps -- _--- --- 378 - - Navy, public works projects. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes - 379 _-- Thanksgiving Day. JOINT RESOLUTION Making the fourth Thursday in November a legal holiday -- __........... 380 _- Employment of minors, D. C. AN ACT To amend an Act of Con- gress entitled "An Act to regulate the employment of minors within the District of Columbia", approved May 29, 1928 381 _-- Federal Explosives Act. AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes", ap- proved October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 385)- 382 ___ Veterans' Administration facilities. AN ACT Relating to the disposition of personal property of certain deceased patients or members of United States Veterans' Administration facilities_ 383 _-- Motor-vehicle-fuel taxes, D. C. AN ACT Increasing motor- vehicle-fuel taxes in the District of Columbia for the period January 1, 1942, to June 30, 1951- 384 - Wheat-marketing quotas. AN ACT To amend Public Law Num- bered 74 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, relating to wheat- marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended 385 - Virgin Islands OrganicAct, amendment. AN ACT To amend the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, ap- proved June 22, 1936 386 _ Sugar Act of 1937, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, and for other purposes--- 387 --- Los Angeles, Calif., easements. AN ACT Authorizing the Secre- tary of War to execute easement deeds to the city of Los Angeles, California, for the use and occupation of lands and water areas in connection with the Sepulveda Dam and Res- ervoir project and the Hansen Dam and Reservoir project on the Los Angeles River--- 388 _-- National cemetery, Portland, Oreg. AN ACT To provide for a national cemetery in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon--- 389 -__ Disbursing officers, duties. AN ACT To fix the responsibilities of disbursing and certifying officers, and for other purposes - 390 ___ Weapons or explosives on certain vessels. AN ACT To prohibit the possession of dangerous weapons and explosives on board certain vessels . - - 391 -__ Union Church of the Canal Zone. AN ACT To incorporate the Union Church of the Canal Zone __--- -- - -- - 392 -__ Alaska, Militia and Territorial Guard. AN ACT To establish a military code for the Territory of Alaska-- 393 -__ Damages by American forces abroad. AN ACT To provide for the prompt settlement of claims for damages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign countries-- Date Dec. 23, 1941__ Dec. 26, 1941-- Dec. 26, 1941___ Dec. 26, 1941__ Dec. 26, 1941___ Dec. 26, 1941___ Dec. 26, 1941-- Dec. 26, 1941__- Dec. 26, 1941___ Dec. 26, 1941___ Dec. 26, 1941__ - Dec. 26, 1941-- Dec. 26, 1944__ - Dec. 26, 1941__ Dec. 26, 1941- _ - Dec. 27, 1941-- Dec. 29, 1941-- Dec. 29, 1941___ Dec. 31, 1941___ Dec. 31, 1941--_ Dec. 31, 1941___ Jan. 2, 1942 -_- 880 XXV Page 857 858 860 860 861 862 862 862 863 863 868 871 872 872 872 873 875 875 876 877 879

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