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 387 57 STAT.] 7r8T CONG., 1sT SESS.-CHS. 194-196-JULY 7, 1943 "The signatory states executed this agreement in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States and a duly certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory states. "Executed as of this the First day of April, 1943, by the several undersigned states, at their several capitols, through their proper officials thereunder duly authorized by statutes, resolutions, or proclamations of the several states." SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of section 1 is hereby expressly reserved. Approved July 7, 1943. [CHAPTER 195] JOINT RESOLUTION July 7, 1943 Relating to the marketing of burley and flue-cured tobacco under the Agricultural [H. J. Res. 144] Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. [Public Law 118] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representativesof the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 312 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, relating to the finding of the total supply of tobacco, the reserve supplylevel and the amount of the national mar- keting quota, and the provisions of section 313 of said Act relating to the apportionment of the national marketing quota for tobacco among the States and farms, national marketing quotas for burley and flue-cured tobacco for the marketing year 1944-45 shall be pro- claimed and the national marketing quotas and State and farm acreage allotments shall be the same as for the preceding year: Pro- vided, however, That an additional acreage not in excess of 2 per centum of the total acreage allotted to all farms in each State in 1940 shall be allotted in accordance with the applicable provisions of subsection (a) of section 313 and an additional acreage equal to not more than 5 per centum of the national marketing quota shall be allotted to farms on which no tobacco was produced in the last five years in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of section 313. This joint resolution shall not have the effect of modifying or repealing any other provision of said Act. Approved July 7, 1943. Burley and flue cured tobacco. Marketing quotas 52 Stat. 46, 47. 7U.S.C.i1313; Supp. II, § 1312 (a), 131 (h). Ant, p. 69. Additional acreage. 52 Stat. 47. 7U..C.i1313(a). Ante, p. 69. 53 Stat. 1261. 7U.S.C. 1313(g). [CHAPTER 196] AN ACT . To Increase by $300,000 ,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for defense IS.i99I housing under the Act of October 14,1940, as amended, and for other purposes. [Public Law 119 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in con- nection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended by striking out "$1,200,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,500,000,000". SEC. 2. That section 3 of said Act approved October 14, 1940, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and a further proviso, as follows: "Provded further, That the term 'administrative expenses' as used herein shall be deemed to include administrative expenses of the National Housing Agency in connection with any functions performed by it with respect to priorities or allocations of materials relating to public or private housing for persons engaged in national defense ativitiea" Defense housing. Increase of amount authorized. 54 Stat. 1126; 56 Stat. 763. 42 U. S. C., Supp. II, 1523. Port,pp. 41, 618. "A dministrative ex- pens".."

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