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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 267-269-JULY 5, 1945 Vaccination require- ment. Penalty. July 5, 1945 [H. R. 3201] [Public Law 129] 48 Stat. 932. D.C. Code §5-106(b); Supp. IV, § 5-106 (b). 48 Stat. 933. D. C. Code 1 -108; Supp. IV, 5 -108. July 5, 1945 [H. R. 3240] [Public Law 130] Foreign trade agree- ments. Authority of Presi- dent, extension. 48 Stat. 943. 19 U.S.C. §§1351, 1352; Supp.IV, §§1351, 1352. Modification of duties. be notified by the Health Officer of the District of Columbia that rabies may spread within said District, said Commissioners are hereby empowered to issue proclamations requiring such of the following measures as said Commissioners may deem necessary with respect to any or all dogs or other animals within said District: (1) Muzzling; (2) leashing; (3) confinement or quarantine; (4) vaccination against rabies. Such measure or measures shall be required for such periods or at such times as the Commissioners may designate in any such proclamation. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to prescribe m any such proclamation such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the measure or measures required. "Whenever the Commissioners shall by proclamation require dogs or other animals in the District to be vaccinated against rabies, the owners or keepers of such dogs or other animals may have such vac- cination done at their own expense by private veterinarians or at the expense of the District of Columbia by veterinarians designated for that purpose by the Commissioners. For the purposes of this section, the Commissioners are authorized and directed to provide the necessary personnel and facilities, including vaccine tags and vaccine. "Any person violating any provision of any such proclamation shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days." Approved July 5, 1945. [CHAPTER 268] AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, approved June 12, 1934, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (b) of the Act known as the "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act", approved June 12, 1934, as amended, be amended further to read as follows: "(b) On and after July 1, 1946, it shall be unlawful to use or occupy any alley building or structure as a dwelling in the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. That section 6 of such Act, as amended, be further amended by striking "1945" and inserting in lieu thereof "1946". Approved July 5, 1945. [CHAPTER 269] AN ACT To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the period during which the President is authorized to enter into foreign trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and extended, is hereby extended for a further period of three years from June 12, 1945. SEC. 2. (a) The second sentence of subsection (a) (2) of such section, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 edition, Supp. IV, title 19, sec. 1351 (a) (2))7 is amended to read as follows: "No proclamation shall be made increasing or decreasing by more than 50 per centum any rate of duty, however established, existing on January 1, 1945 (even though temporarily suspended by Act of Congress), or trans- ferring any article between the dutiable and free lists." 410 [59 STAT.

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