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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 553 -555-AUG. 18, 20 , 24, 1942 (U. S . C ., title 34, sec. 1137), except that for each case arising under the jurisdiction conferred by this Act there shall be at least one special commissioner who shall be a naval officer, active or retired, approved by the Secretary of the Navy, who shall receive no other compensation than his pay in the Navy, and who shall protect the interests of the Department of the Navy in the prize property. Said courts may confer on such special commissioners such additional powers and duties, to be performed abroad or in the United States, as they may deem necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 6. The district courts may adopt such rules to govern the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by this Act as they may deem necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes thereof. All pro- visions of law relating to capture as prize or to the taking or appro- priation of captures for the use of the United States, to the extent that such provisions are consistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be applicable in the exercise of the jurisdiction herein conferred. SEC. 7. A cobelligerent of the United States which consents to the exercise of the jurisdiction herein conferred with respect to prizes of the United States brought into its territorial waters and to the taking or appropriation of such prizes within its territorial waters for the use of the United States shall be accorded, upon proclamation by the President of the United States, like privileges with respect to prizes captured under authority of such cobelligerent and brought into the territorial waters of the United States or taken or appro- priated in the territorial waters of the United States for the use of such cobelligerent. Reciprocal recognition and full faith and credit shall be given to the jurisdiction acquired by courts of a cobelligerent hereunder and to all proceedings had or judgments rendered in exer- cise of such jurisdiction. SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or diminish the jurisdiction of any court of the United States under any other provisions of law, but the provisions of this Act shall be in addition thereto. Approved, August 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 554] AN ACT To amend section 107 of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 107 of the Servicemen s Dependents Allowance Act of 1942 is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof which reads as follows: "Any allowances which accrue under this title for the period preceding November 1, 1942, shall not be actually paid until after November 1, 1942." Approved, August 20, 1942. [CHAPTER 555] AN ACT 747 Additional powers and duties. Rules. Application of exist- ing provisions of law. Reciprocal priv- ileges to cobelligerents. Provisions deemed additional to existing law. August 20, 1942 [H. R. 7461j [Public Law 7081 Servicemen's De- pendents Allowance Act of 1942, amend- ment. Ante, p. 383. August 24, 1942 To suspend temporarily the running of statutes of limitations applicable to certain [H. R. 6484] offenses. [Public Law 706] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the running of any existing statute of limitations applicable to offenses involving the defrauding or attempts to defraud the United States or any agency thereof, whether by conspiracy or not, and in any manner, Frauds against U. 8. Suspension of mn- ning of statutes of limitations.

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