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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 436, 437-OCT. 14, 1941 [CHAPTER 436] AN ACT To authorize employees of the United States to testify on behalf of the District of Columbia and employees of the District of Columbia to testify on behalf of the United States and of the District of Columbia without loss of salary or annual leave. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this Act employees of the Government of the United States in active service who are called upon to serve as wit- nesses on behalf of the District of Columbia in any court proceeding in which the government of the District of Columbia may be a party and employees of the government of the District of Columbia who are called upon to serve as witnesses on behalf of the United States or the District of Columbia in any court proceeding in which the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia may be a party, shall not be paid witness fees for such service, but the period of such service shall be without loss of salary or compensation and shall not be deducted from any leave of absence with pay authorized by law. Approved, October 14, 1941. [CHAPTER 437] ATA'"T 737 October 14, 1941 [S. 1344] [Public Law 269] Employees of U. S. and D. C. Service as witness without loss of salary or annual leave. Witness fees dis- allowed. GodRv1 October 14, 1941 To further amend the Acts for promoting the circulation of reading matter Is. 1570 1 among the blind. [Public Law 2701 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 313), the supplemental provision in the Act approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 551), the joint resolu- tion approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 668), the Act approved May 9, 1934 (48 Stat. 678), and the Act amending these Acts approved May 16, 1938 (52 Stat. 378) (39 U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. V, sec. 331), be, and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: Books, pamphlets, and other reading matter published either in raised characters, whether prepared by halnd or prirted or in the form of sound-reproduction records for the utse of the blind, in packages not exceeding the weight prescribed by tie Postnaster General, and containing no advertising or other matter whatever, unsealed, and when sent by public institutions for the blind, or by any public libraries, as a loan to blind readers, or when returned by the latter to such institutions or public libraries; magazines, periodi- cals, and other regularly issued publications in such raised characters, whether prepared by hand or printed, or on sound-reproduction records (for the use of the blind), which contain no advertisements and for which no subscription fee is charged, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage and under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. Volumes of the Holy Scriptures, or any part thereof, published either in raised characters, whether prepared by hand or printed, or in the form of sound-reproduction records for the use of the blind, which do not contain advertisements (a) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit, to a blind person without charge, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage; (b) when furnished by an organization, institution, or association not conducted for private profit to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof, shall be transmitted in the United States mails at the 278941°-42 -PrT. I-47 Postal Service. Reading matter, etc., for the blind. 39U. .C.I 331. DI)tlgnat.l .i itihr to 1h trlnslllitt,ll Ir-'. of postIge. Holy Scriptures.

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