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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 638, 639-DEC. 26, 27, 1941 SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 304 of the Sugar Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 304. (a) The amount of the base rate of payment shall be 80 cents per hundred pounds of sugar or liquid sugar, raw value." (b) Subsection (c) of section 304 of the Sugar Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows: "(c) The total payment with respect to a farm shall be the product of the base rate specified in subsection (a) of this section multiplied by the amount of sugar and liquid sugar, raw value, with respect to which payment is to be made, except that reduction shall be made from such total payment in accordance with the following scale of reductions: "That portion of the quantity of sugar and liquid sugar which is included Reduction in the base rate of within the following intervals of payment per hundredweight short tons, raw value of such portion "350 to 700_ - -- --_ _- -- -- -- -_ $0. 05 700 to 1,000 --_-__ --- - - --- --- --- --- ---  .10 1,000 to 1,500-_____ - _ --- ---_--  .20 1,500 to 3,000 ________________- - --- --- --- __ __ _ __ --- -  -- .25 3,000 to 6,000 . 275 6,000 to 12,000 _ -- - - -- -  -- -- -- -- .30 12,000 to 30,000 --- --- --- --- -- -.-- -- . 325 More than 30,000 --- -- .5 0" SEc. 4. (a) Section 307 of the Sugar Act of 1937 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 307. This title shall apply to the continental United States, the Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands." (b) The amendment made by this section shall be applicable to the 1942 crop and subsequent crops. SEC. 5. Section 3508 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to termination of taxes under the Sugar Act) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3508. TERMINATION OF TAXES. "No tax shall be imposed under this chapter on the manufacture, use, or importation of sugar after June 30, 1945." SEC. 6 . Section 503 of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended (relating to payments to the Comnonwealth of the Philippine Islands), is amended by striking out "June 30, 1942" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1945". Approved, December 26, 1941. [CHAPTER 639] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of War to execute easement deeds to the city of Los Angeles, California, for the use and occupation of lands and water areas in connection with the Sepulveda Dam and Reservoir project and the Hansen Dam and Reservoir project on the Los Angeles River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, under such terms, regulations, and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to grant to the city of Los Angeles, California, for public recrea- tional purposes, easements for the use and occupation of the follow- ing-described lands and water areas owned or controlled by the United States in connection with the Sepulveda Dam and Reservoir project and the Hansen Dam and Reservoir project on the Los 873 50 Stat. 911. 7U.S.C.§1134(a). Base rate of pay- ment. 50 Stat. 911. 7U.S.C.§1134(c). Total payment with respect to a farm. Scale of reductions. 50 Stat. 912. 7U. S. C. §1137. Application of title. Crops included. 53 Stat. 429. 26U.S.C.§3508. Payments to I'hillp - pine Islands. 50 Stat. 915: 54 Stat. 1178. 7U.S.C.j1173. December 27, 1941 [H. R. 5471 [Public Law 387] Los Angeles, Cali. Granting of certain easements.

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