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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 585-587-DEC. 16, 1941 Such course shall be first offered during the high-school term begin- ning in 1942. Thereafter such additional courses in aeronautics may be added as deemed desirable by the Board of Education. The same credit toward graduation may be given for said course as is given for other optional courses in said schools. SEC. 2. The Board is further authorized to employ a sufficient number of teachers of aeronautics, not to exceed six, adequately to instruct those pupils who elect to pursue the said course, at the salary rates authorized for teachers in the senior high schools. SEC. 3. The Board shall provide the pupils of the senior high schools, free of charge, with the use of all aeronautical textbooks, maps, and other necessary educational supplies required for said course. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $16,000 in order to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 5. The Board shall hereafter include in its annual estimates of money required for the public schools of the District of Columbia for the ensuing year an amount sufficient to defray the expenses herein authorized. Approved, December 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 586] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase or accept as gifts motor- boats, yachts, and similar vessels for Coast Guard use. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during any period of national emergency proclaimed by the President, the Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase, or accept as a gift, for the use of the Coast Guard in the performance of its maritime police functions, any motorboat, yacht, or other small craft owned bya citizen or citizens of the United States and suitable for patrol- ling harbors, bays, roadsteads, and other navigable waters of the United States. SEC. 2. The purchase of any vessel pursuant to the provisions of this Act may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3709, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5). SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amount as may be necessary to purchase vessels pursuant to the provisions of this Act. SEC. 4. In the event the Coast Guard should operate as a part of the Navy during any period of national emergency, the authority conferred by this Act upon the Secretary of the Treasury shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Secretary of the Navy. Approved, December 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 587] AN ACT To prevent the sale of unwholesome food in the District of Columbia. 807 Teachers. Textbooks, etc. Appropriation authorized. Inclusion of ex- penses in annual esti- mates. December 16, 1941 [H. R. 5609] [Public Law 349] Coast Guard. Acquisition of small craft for emergency use. Purchases without advertising. Appropriation authorized. Emergency vesting of authority. December 16, 1941 [H. R. 5694] [Public Law 350] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person District shall sell, or cause to be sold, or offer for sale any food which is bale of unwholesome or unfit for use. so me f ood SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act the term "food" means any "Food." article used for consumption by a human being or an animal. SEc. 3. It shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of Do ties Columbia, and he or his duly appointed agent is hereby authorized, of Colum- unwhole- forbidden. of health

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