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 872 [CHAPTER 6361 December 26, 1941 [H. R. 57261 [Public Law 3841 Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendments. Ante, p. 205. Farm marketing excess for wheat. Downward adjust- ment. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 636-638-DEC. 26, 1941 [55 STAT. December 26,1941 AN AU 1 [H. R. 5925] -To amend the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, approved [Public Law 385] June 22, 1936. Virgin Islands Or- ganic Act, amend- ment. 49 Stat. 1812. 48U.S.C.j1405s. Governor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sen- tence of section 20 of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1807), is hereby amended by striking out the word "shall" in said sentence and insert- ing in lieu thereof the word "may", so that said sentence, as amended, will read as follows: "He mlay attend or may depute another persoln to represent him at the meetings of the legislative authorities herein established, and may give expression to his views on any matter before such bodies." Approved, December 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 638] December 26, 1941 [I. R. 5988] [Public Law 386] Sugar Act of 1937, amendments. 50 Stat. 916. 7 U.S. C .§ 1183. Termination of powers. 50 Stat. 909. 7U.S.C.i§1131- 1137. Child labor. 54 Stat. 571. 7 U.S. C. 1131 (a). AN ACT To amend the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 513 of the Sugar Act of 1937 as amended (relating to termination of powers of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Sugar Act) is amended to read as follows: "SEc. 513. The powers vested in the Secretary under this Act shall terminate on December 31, 1944, except that the Secretary shall have power to make payments under title III under programs applicable to the crop year 1944 and previous crop years." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 301 of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "in the 1937, 1938, and 1939 crops" and inserting in lieu thereof "in the 1940 and subsequent crops". AN ACT To amend Public Law Numbered 74 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, relating to wheat-marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective as of May 26, 1941, Public Law Numbered 74, Seventy-seventh Congress, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(12) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the farm marketing excess for any crop of wheat for any farm shall not be larger than the amount by which the actual production of such crop of wheat on the farm exceeds the normal production of the farm wheat-acreage allotment, if the producer establishes such actual pro- duction to the satisfaction of the Secretary. Where a downward adjustment in the amount of the farm marketing excess is made pur- suant to the provisions of this paragraph, the difference between the amount of the penalty or storage as computed upon the farm market- ing excess before such adjustment and as computed upon the adjusted farm marketing excess shall be returned to or allowed the producer." Approved, December 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 637]

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