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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2o SESS.-CHS. 240, 241, 243-APll. 11, 20 , 1942 "SEC. 228. In conformity with the President's Executive order of February 7, 1942 (Numbered 9054; 7 F. R. 837). the authority con- ferred upon the Commission by this subtitle shall be vested in and exercised by the Administrator of the War Shipping Administra- tion." Approved, April 11, 1942. 217 Vesting of author- ity. Ante, p. 214. [CHAPTER 241] JOINT RESOLUTION April 11, 1942 To provide decorations for outstanding conduct or service by persons serving in [H. J. Res. 263] the American merchant marine. [Public Law 524] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Maritime Commission is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, to provide and award a medal of such material and design and with such devices and inscriptions as the Commission may deem suitable to each person who in the American merchant marine, on or after September 3, 1939, has distinguished himself or during the war distinguishes himself by out- standing conduct or service in the line of duty. Such medals shall be presented with appropriate ceremony as specified by the Commission. SEC. 2. There may be issued with each medal a rosette or other device to be worn in lieu of the medal. Not more than one medal shall be issued hereunder to any person, but for each succeeding instance sufficient to justify the award of a medal to such person the Commission may award a suitable bar or other emblem or insignia to be worn with the medal and the corresponding rosette or other device. In case any person who so distinguishes himself as to justify the award of a medal or decoration hereunder dies before the award can be made to him, the award may be made and the medal or decora- tion presented to such representative of the deceased as the Commission deems proper. Approved, April 11, 1942. [CHAPTER 243] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the village of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 20, 1942. American merchant marine. Medals for out- standing service. Rosette to be worn in lieu of medal. Awards in case of death. April 2(, 1942 I. t. 64951 [l'ulillc Law 525i Mississippi RIver. Bridge authorized across, at Brooklyn Center, Minn. 34 Stat. 84. 33 U. S.C.C. 491- 498.

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