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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 321, 322 -JULY 21, 1945 of educational improvement, and for other purposes", approved June 12, 1940, shall apply to employees of the Board of Education whose salaries are fixed by this Act. SEC. 23. This Act may be cited as "District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1945". SEC. 24. This Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1945, except that sections 18 and 19, insofar as they apply to attendance officers, shall become effective July 1, 1946. Approved July 21. 1945. [CHAPTER 322] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the treaty with the Indians of the Northwest Territory, known as the Treaty of Greene Ville. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby estab- lished a commission to be known as the Treaty of Greene Ville Cele- bration Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") and to be composed of eight commissioners, as follows: The President of the United States; two Members of the Senate, one from each of the two major parties, to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate; two Members of the House of Representatives, one from each of the two major parties, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives- and three individuals from private life, to be appointed by the President of the United States. The com- missioners shall serve without compensation and shall select a chair- man from among their number. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare and carry out a comprehensive plan for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing on August 3, 1795, in what is now the State of Ohio, of the Treaty of Greene Ville by General Anthony Wayne and representatives of the Indians of the Northwest Territory. In the preparation of such plan, the ConI- mission shall cooperate with the Treaty of Greene Ville Sesquicen- tennial Commission, Incorporated, in order that there may be proper coordination and correlation of plans for such observance and celebration. SEC. 3. (a) Without regard to the civil-service laws or the Classi- fication Act of 1923, as amended, the Commission is authorized to appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of a direc- tor and such other employees as are necessary in the execution of its functions. (b) The Commission may make such expenditures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution, including all neces- sary traveling expenses and subsistence expenses incurred by the com- missioners. All expenditures of the Commission shall be allowed and paid upon presentation of itemized vouchers therefor, approved by the Chairman of the Commission. (c) The Commission shall cease to exist within six months after the date of the expiration of the celebration. Approved July 21, 1945. 501 54 Stat. 349. D. o. Code §§ 31-832 to 31-637. Short title. Effective dates. Post, p. 502. July 21, 1945 [H. J. Res. 195] [Public Law 159] Treaty of Greene Ville Celebration Commission. Composition. Purpose. 7 Stat. 49. Cooperation with designated commis- sion. Director, etc. 42 8tat. 1488. 5U.8.C.I661; Supp. IV, § 661 ad ef. Ante, p. 298 d sm. Expenditures. Terminntio.

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