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 Effective date; du- ration. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 739, 740, 762-DEC. 17, 1942 [56 STAT. SEr. 4. This Act shall be effective from June 30, 1942, and shall remain in force until the termination of the present war or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may designate. Approved, December 17, 1942. [CHAPTER 740] December 17, 1942 [H. J. Res. 365] [Public Law 809] Revenue Act of 1942, amendments. Ante, pp. 944, 952. Powers of appoint- ment. JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the Revenue Act of 1942. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 403 (d) (3) of the Revenue Act of 1942 is amended by striking out "January 1, 1943" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1943"; and section 452 (c) of the Revenue Act of 1942 is amended to read as follows: "(c) RELEASE ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1943.- "(1) A release of a power to appoint before July 1, 1943, shall not be deemed a transfer of property by the individual possessing such power. "(2) This subsection shall apply to all calendar years prior to 1943 and to that part of the calendar year 1943 prior to July 1, 1943." Approved, December 17, 1942. [CHAPTER 762] December 17, 1942 [S. 2734] [Public Law 810] Board for condem- nation of insanitary buildings, D. C. 34 Stat. 157. D. C. Code § 5-603. Powers and duties. Notice prior to con- demnation. Time limit. Exception. Hearing. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved May 1, 1906, 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 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other pur- poses", approved May 1, 1906, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. That said board for the condemnation of insanitary buildl- ings, be, and it is hereby, authorized to investigate, through personal inquiry and inspection by the members thereof, and through inquiry and inspection by officers, agents, and employees, appointed or detailed for that purpose, into the sanitary condition of any building or part of a building in said District, except such as are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. If any building or part of building be found, as a result of such investigation, to be in such insanitary condition as to endanger the health or the lives of the occupants thereof or of persons living in the vicinity, said board shall cause a notice to be served on each owner or part owner of such building requiring him to show cause, within a time to be fixed by the board, why such building or part of building should not be condemned. The time to be fixed by the board shall not be less than ten days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after the date of service of said notice, unless the board shall find that the condition of said premises is such as to cause immediate danger to the health or lives of the occupants thereof or of persons living in the vicinity, in which event the board may fix a lesser time. If the owner or part owner of such building, within the time to show cause fixed by said board, shall in writing request a hearing before said board, said board shall fix a time and place for such hearing and shall notify the

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