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 [55 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 641, 642-DEC. 29, 31, 1941 acter involved, and that the United States has received value for such Overpayments for payment: Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall transportation serv- ices. er relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for an over- payment for transportation services made to any common carrier covered by title III, part II, section 322, of the Transportation Act 40 . s. c.§6. of 1940, approved September 18, 1940, whenever he finds that the overpayment occurred solely because the administrative examination made prior to payment of the transportation bill did not include a verification of transportation rates, freight classifications, or land- grant deductions. Enforcement of lia- SEC. 3. The liability of certifying officers or employees shall be bility. enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as now provided by law with respect to enforcement of the liability of disbursing and Right to obtain de- other accountable officers; and they shall have the right to apply for enerab Comptroller and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for certification. Application of Act. SEC. 4. Nothing contained herein shall apply to the disbursing functions under the jurisdiction of the War Department, the Navy Department (including the Marine Corps), and the Panama Canal, except those pertaining to departmental salaries and expenses in the District of Columbia. Effective date. SEC. 5. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the fourth month following the date of its enactment. Approved, December 29, 1941. [CHAPTER 642] AN ACT December 31, 1941 D S. 2e1941 To prohibit the possession of dangerous weapons and explosives on board certain [Public Law 390] vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unauthorized pon- United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person explosives on crtai who brings, carries, or has in his possession any dangerous weapon, vossels, instrument, or device, or any dynamite, nitroglycerine, or other explosive article or compound on board of any vessel registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States, or any vessel purchased, requisitioned, chartered, or taken over by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the acquisition by the United States of title to or the use of domestic or foreign merchant vessels for urgent needs of commerce and national defense, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1941 (Public, Ante, p. 42. Numbered 101, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session), without previously obtaining the permission of the owner or the master of such vessel, or any person who brings, carries, or has in his posses- sion any such weapon or explosive on board of any vessel in the pos- session and under the control of the United States or which has been seized and forfeited by the United States or upon which a guard has been placed by the United States pursuant to the provisions of title It of the Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes", approved June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, U. S . C ., title 50, secs. 191-194), without previously obtaining the permission of the captain of the port in Penalty. which such vessel is located, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both. Nonappliction of SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the personnel provisns. of the armed forces of the United States or to officers or employees of the United States or of a State or of a political subdivision 876

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