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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 567, 568 -SEPT. 29, 1942 port to which it was being transported in bond or at which it was held in customs custody immediately prior to its removal pursuant to this Act or, subject to the approval of the collector of customs con- cerned, to such other place as may be designated by the owner or consignee of the merchandise provided the expense of transportation to such designated place does not exceed the expense of transporta- tion to the port to which it would otherwise be transported. SEC. 2. The War Department shall issue to the collectors of cus- toms concerned an appropriate receipt for each lot of merchandise removed pursuant to this Act and shall be responsible for the safe- keeping and the preservation of the identification of the merchandise until it is returned to the collector of customs to whom such receipt was issued, which collector shall issue a receipt to the War Depart- ment for the merchandise delivered. The collector of customs shall be absolved from all liability with respect to the merchandise between the time it is removed pursuant to this Act by the War Department and the time that Department delivers it to him. SEC. 3. The rights or privileges conferred by the customs laws or regulations shall be continued in full force and effect except so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. The time prescribed for the performance of any act in the customs laws or regulations shall be suspended during the time the War Department is respon- sible for the safekeeping of the merchandise and rights or privileges dependent upon continuous customs custody shall not be defeated by the provisions of this Act. SEc. 4. This Act shall be effective on and after the date of its enactment and until the expiration of six months after the termina- tion of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed by the President on May 27,1941. Approved, September 29, 1942. [CHAPTER 568] AN ACT To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to authorize pay- ments in cases where farmers' crops are acquired, prior to harvest, in con- nection with the acquisition of their farms for use in the national war effort, and to provide for the division of such payments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended is hereby further amended by striking out the words "except that' in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "or, effective with respect to the 1942 and subsequent farm programs, in the event of acquisition of title to, or lease of, any farm for use in connection with the national war effort which caused the producers on such farms to lose, prior to the time of harvest, their interests in the crops planted thereon, or the proceeds thereof, payments with respect to such crops, to the extent that full compensation for the loss of payments with respect thereto in connection with such acquisition or lease was not made to such producers, shall be divided among the landlords, tenants, and sharecroppers on such farm in the proportion which it is determined that such producers would have been entitled to share in the proceeds of such crops but for such acquisition or lease: Provided,That". Approved, September 29, 1942. 761 Receipts. Exemption from li- ability. Continuation of rights. Suspension of time requirements. Effective date; dura- tion. 55 Stat. 1647. 50 U. S .C., Supp. I, app., prec. I 1 note. September 29, 1942 [H. R . 6921] [Public Law 719] Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act, amend- ment. 62 Stat. 34 . 16U.S.C.§ 60h(e). Acquisition of farms in war effort. Payments for crops.

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