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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 99, 100-APR. 27, 1945 of selling milk or cream, bottles or jars which do not comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed guilty of using false measure." SEC. 5 . Insert after section 22 of said Act the following new section: "SEC. 221/2. The Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and Markets is further authorized to make purchases of food in connection with the investigation and detection of sales of food by misrepresentation or false advertising in violation of the Act entitled 'An Act to prevent fraudulent advertising in the District of Columbia', approved May 29, 1916; and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section." SEC. 6. Strike out the last sentence of section 19 of said Act and insert in lieu thereof the following: "All fish, meat, poultry, meat products, lard, lard substitutes, butter, butter substitutes, and cheese shall be sold by avoirdupois weight." SEC. 7 . Strike out section 28 of said Act and insert in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 28. That the Commissioners are hereby authorized and em- powered to make such regulations as may be necessary for the control, regulation, and supervision of all markets owned by the District of Columbia and that the Superintendent, under the direction of the Com- missioners, shall have supervision of all produce and other markets owned by the District of Columbia, shall enforce such regulations regarding the operation of the same as the Commissioners may make, shall make such investigations regarding the sale, distribution, or prices of commodities in the District of Columbia as the Commission- ers may ditect, and shall make reports and recommendations in connection therewith." Approved April 27, 1945. [CHAPTER 100] AN ACT To amend section 16 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia 1, approved June 20, 1906, as amended, and for other purposes", approved June 4, 1924. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 16 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia:, approved June 20, 1906, as amended, and for other purposes", approved June 4, 1924 (Public, Numbered 188, Sixty-eighth Con- gress), be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 16. That when necessary, the Board of Education, on written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized and empowered to appoint temporary teachers: Provided, That such appointments shall be made for a limited period not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the appointments are made, and the Board of Education is authorized to terminate the services of any temporary teachers at any time, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools: Provided further, That all tem- porary teachers shall be assigned to the basic salary of the class in which the service is to be performed, and shall not be entitled to longevity allowance in said class." Approved April 27, 1945. 99 D.C. Code § 10-124 . Food products. Misrepresentation or false advertising. 39 Stat. 165. D. C. Code i§ 22- 1411 to 22-1413 . D. C. Code 10-120. Sales by avoirdu- pois weight. D.C. Code §10-130. Markets owned by District of Columbia. Regulation and su- pervision. April 27, 1945 s[. 1241 IP'ulic Law 44] Public schools, D. C . 43 Stat. 375. D. C. Code J31-604. Pos, p. 600. Temporary teachers. Period of appoint- ments. Salary.

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