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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 618, 619-DEC. 20, 1944 Indemnity for loss or damage. Hospital tents, etc. Indemnity for dam- age. Telegraph, tele- phone, and radio wires. said committee shall not take place prior to the 11th of January, and they shall be returned by the 25th day of January 1945: Provided further, That the said committee shall indemnify the said Depart- ments, or either of them, for any loss or damage to such flags not necessarily incident to such use. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to loan to the inaugural committee for the purpose of caring for the sick, injured, and infirm on the occasion of said inaugu- ration such hospital tents and camp appliances, and other necessaries, hospital furniture, and utensils of all descriptions, ambulances, drivers, stretchers, and Red Cross flags and poles belonging to the Government of the United States as in his judgment pnay be spared and are not in use by the Government at the time of the inauguration: And provided further, That the inaugural committee shall indemnify the War Department for any loss or damage to such hospital tents and appliances, as aforesaid, not necessarily incident to such use. SEC. 4. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit telegraph, telephone, and radio-broadcasting companies to extend overhead wires to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies. Approved December 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 619] Dem JOINT RESOLUTION [H. . Res. 290] To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and [Public Law 514] property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies of 1945. Inaugural cere- monies, 1945. Appropriation au- thorized for mainte- nance of order, etc. Regulations. Licenses to peddlers, etc. Duration of regula- tions, etc. Publication. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That $34,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable in like manner as other appro- priations for the expenses of the District of Columbia, is hereby author- ized to be appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District of Columbia from January 15 to January 26, 1945, both inclusive, including the employment of personal services, payment of allowances, traveling expenses, hire of means of transportation, cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms; for the con- struction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths, during the period aforesaid, and other incidental expenses in the discretion of the Commissioners. Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and to make special regulations respecting the standing, movements, and operating of vehicles of whatever character or kind during said period; and to grant, under such conditions as they may impose, special licenses to peddlers and vendors to sell goods, wares, and merchandise on the streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the District of Columbia, and to charge for such privilege such fees as they may deem proper. SEC. 2. Such regulations and licenses shall be in force one week prior to said inauguration, during said inauguration, and one week subse- quent thereto, and shall be published in one or more of the daily news- papers published in the District of Columbia and in such other manner as the Commissioners may deem best to acquaint the public with the same; and no penalty prescribed for the violation of any such regula- 834 [58 STAT.

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