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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 798, 799-DEC. 22, 1942 SEC. 2. Within thirty days after the enactment of this Act the heads of departments and agencies in the executive branch, whose employees are affected by the provisions of this joint resolution, shall present to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget such informa- tion as he shall require for the purpose of justifying the number of employees in their respective departments or agencies. If any such department or agency fails to present such information or if, in the opinion of the Director, the information so presented fails to disclose that the number of such employees in any department or agency is necessary to the proper and efficient exercise of its functions, the personnel of such department or agency shall be reduced, upon the order of the Director, by such number as the Director finds to be in excess of the minimum requirements of such department or agency. Upon the expiration of thirty days from the date of issuance of such order by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the provisions of the first section of this joint resolution shall cease to be applicable to the employees of the agency affected by such order, unless and until the head thereof has certified to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that such order has been complied with. The Civil Service Commission is authorized to transfer to other departments or agencies any employees released pursuant to this section, whose services are needed in and can be effectively utilized by such other departments or agencies. SEc. 3. The provisions of the Saturday half-holiday law of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1482; U. S . C., title 5, sec. 26 (a)), are hereby suspended for the period during which this joint resolution is in effect. SEc. 4. This joint resolution shall take effect as of December 1, 1942, and shall terminate on April 30, 1943, or such earlier date as the Congress by concurrent resolution may prescribe. Approved, December 22, 1942. [CHAPTER 799] AN ACT To provide for conveyance of lands to the town of Cordova, Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the town of Cordova, Alaska, a municipal corporation of the Territory of Alaska, a certain parcel or tract of land to be used by said town for recreational purposes. Said parcel or tract being described as follows: That certain tract of land, lying and being adjacent to the town of Cordova, Alaska, in Cordova Recording District, Territory of Alaska, the main portion of which is within "station ground tract A" of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Company, and the remainder of which passes through the right-of-way of such railway company, particularly bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point on the center line of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Station number 66+88.5; thence south thirty- eight degrees thirty-four minutes west two hundred and seventy feet; thence north eighty-six degrees sixteen minutes west two hundred and twenty feet; thence south three degrees forty-four minutes west forty feet; thence north eighty-six degrees sixteen minutes west ninety-five feet; thence south seven degrees eighteen minutes west two hundred and fifty-two feet; thence south sixty-seven degrees forty-four minutes forty seconds east three hundred and seventy-five 1069 Number of employ- ees. Justification to Bu- reau of Budget. Reduction in cer- tain cases. Effect of noncom- pliance with order. Transfer of released employees. Saturday half-holi- day law, suspension. 5U.S.C., Supp.I, §26a note. Effective date; du- ration. December 22, 1942 [H. R. 5262] [Public Law 822] Cordova, Alaska. Conveyance of land

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