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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 587-589-DEC. 16, 17, 1941 Rules and regula- tions. Prosecutions. Penalty. 62 Stat. 1040 . 21U.S.C.§§301- 392. to inspect all food possessed or offered for sale, and condemn, dena- ture, destroy, seize or remove such food as may be unfit for consumption. SEC. 4. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author- ized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEO. 5 . Prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations promulgated thereunder shall be on information in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants. SEC. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations promulgated thereunder shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for not more than ninety days. SEC. 7. This Act shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of any of the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. Approved, December 16, 1941. [CHAPTER 588] ANT ACT' December 17, 1941 [H. R. 5074] To provide additional safeguards to the radio communications service of ships [Public Law 351] of the United States in the interest of national defense, and for other purposes. Radio operators aboard certain vessels. Employment un- lawful if disapproved by Secretary of the Navy. 6 F. R. 2617. Penalties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the national emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, to exist, but not after July 1, 1943, or the date upon which the President proclaims the existing national defense emergency terminated, which- ever occurs first, for the purpose of strengthening the national defense by providing additional safeguards, it shall be unlawful to employ any person or to permit any person to serve as radio operator aboard any vessel (other than a vessel of foreign registry) if the Secretary of the Navy- (1) has disapproved such employment for any specified voyage, route, or area of operation, and (2) has notified the master of the vessel of such disapproval prior to the departure thereof. No such vessel shall be granted clearance, depart or attempt to depart from any port or place in the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Canal Zone, while having on board a person serv- ing as radio operator in violation of this Act. For any violation of this Act, the master and the owner shall be severally subject to a enalty of not more than $1,000 for which penalties the vessel shall be liable. Such penalties on application may be mitigated or remitted by the Secretary of Commerce. Approved, December 17, 1941. [CHAPTER 589] AN Af(T December 17,1941 -' r- [H . R.57571 To define and punish vagrancy in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. [Public Law 352] District of Colum- bia. Persons deemed vagrants. Thieves, etc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following classes of persons shall be deemed vagrants in the District of Columbia: (1) Any person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, confidence operator, or felon, either by his own confession or by his having 808 [55 STAT.

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