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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 818 -820-DEC. 24, 1942 regulations promulgated under this Act to comply with the require- ments of the notice provided for in section 3, the Commissioners or their designated agents are hereby empowered to cause such construc- tion and installation of means of egress and other appliances men- tioned in the notice provided for, and the Commissioners are hereby authorized to assess the costs thereof as a tax against the buildings on which they are erected and the ground on which the same stands, said assessment to bear interest at the rate and be collected in the manner provided in section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the levying and collecting of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1938. SEC. 7. The District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, in term time or in vacation, may upon a petition of the District of Columbia filed by its said Commissioners, issue an injunction to restrain the use or occupation of any building in the District of Columbia in violation of any of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations promulgated under this Act by the owner, lessee, or occupant. SEC. 8. All Acts, parts of Acts, and regulations promulgated thereunder inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect after ninety days from the date of its enactment. Approved, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 819] AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940, to preserve the nationality of naturalized veterans of the Spanish-American War and of the World War, and of their wives, minor children, and dependent parents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 406 of the Nationality Act of 1940, approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1170), be, and it hereby is, amended by adding thereto a new sub- section to be lettered "(h)" and reading as follows: "(h) Who is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, or of the World War, his wife, minor children, or dependent parents." Approved, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 820] AN ACT To authorize the transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of the Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy a portion of the Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, south of Ballards Creek and adjacent to the east boundary of the naval mine depot, containing approximately sixteen acres. SEO. 2. The President of the United States is authorized by Execu- tive order to retransfer jurisdiction over the property to the Secretary of the Interior upon his application when, in the judgment of the President, the property has become surplus to the needs of the Department of the Navy in which event it again shall become a part of the Colonial National Historical Park. Approved, December 24, 1942. 1085 Assessment of costs. 62 Stat. 1200 . D.C. Code § 47-1105. Issuance of injuno- tion. Repeals. Effective date. December 24, 1942 [H. R. 6569] [Public Law 839] Nationality Act of 1940, amendment. 8 U.s. C .§806. Ante, p. 1043. December 24, 1942 [H. R. 5861] [Public Law 840] Colonial National Historical Park, Va. Transfer of jurisdic- tion of portion to Navy Department. Provision for re transfer.

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