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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 277-280-JULY 8, 1941 the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 8, 1941. [CHAPTER 278] AN ACT To amend section 353 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 353 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (U. S. C ., 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 47, sec. 353 (b)), is hereby amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "but during the emergency proclaimed by the President on Septem- ber 8, 1939, to exist, but not after June 30, 1943, the aforesaid require- ment of six months' previous service may be suspended or modified by regulation or order of the Commission for successive periods of not more than six months' duration". Approved, July 8, 1941. [CHAPTER 279] AN ACT Relating to the manning of certain vessels of five hundred gross tons and less. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwith- standing any provision of section 13 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (U. S . C ., 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 46, sec. 672), every person may be rated as an able seaman for the purpose of serving on vessels of not more than five hundred gross tons, on bays and sounds, when such vessels are not carrying passengers, who is nine- teen years of age and upward and who has had at least twelve months of service on deck at sea or on the Great Lakes or on the bays and sounds connected directly with the seas. Approved, July 8, 1941. [CHAPTER 280] AN ACT Relating to the manning of certain sail vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provi- sions of section 13 of the Act of March 4,1915, as amended (U. S. C 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 46, sec. 672), relating to the manning of certain vessels, shall not aptly to any sail vessel of less than five hundred tons registered tonnage, while not carrying passengers for hire, and while not operating outside the line dividing inland waters from the high seas, as defined in section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895, as amended (U. S . C., 1934 edition, title 33, sec. 151). Approved, July 8, 1941. 579 July 8, 1941 [H. R. 2074] [Public Law 1551 Communications Act of 1934, amend- ment. Radio operators on cargo ships. 50 Stat. 193. 47U.S.C.§353(b). Experience require- ments. July 8, 1941 [H. R. 4224] [Public Law 156] Merchant seamen on certain vessels. 38 Stat. 1169. 46 U. S. C. §672. Post, p. 730. Rating as able sea- men. July 8, 1941 [H. R. 42251 [Public Law 157] Able seamen sailing vessels. on 38 Stat. 1169. 46U..c.. 672. Pot, p. 730. 28 Stat. 672. sU.s.c.C 151.

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