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 59 STAT.] 79TH XONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 33338-JULY 31, 1945 otherwise appropriated, sums of not more than $30,000 for any one year: Provided,That no expenditure shall be made for printing author- ized hereunder until six months after the end of hostilities in the present war. Approved July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 337] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the issuance of devices in recognition of the services of merchant sailors", approved May 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 81), 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 Act entitled "An Act to provide for the issuance of devices in recognition of the services of merchant sailors", approved May 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 81), is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 7. The manufacture, sale, possession, or display of any insignia, decoration, medal, award, or device, or the ribbon, button, or rosette thereof, or any colorable imitation of any insignia, decoration, medal, award, or device, provided for in this Act, or the Act of April 11, 1942 (Public Law 524, Seventy-seventh Congress; 56 Stat. 217), or any Executive order issued thereunder, or Executive Order 9472 of August 29, 1944 (9 F. R. 10613), or section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, or in any rule or regulation issued pursuant to any such Acts or Executive orders, is prohibited, except as authorized under any such Acts or Executive orders, or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both." Approved July 31, 1945. [CHAPTER 338] AN ACT To amend the Act approved January 2, 1942, as amended, approved April 22, 1943, entitled "An Act to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for dam- ages occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign countries". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of January 2, 1942 (55 Stat. 880; 31 U. S . C . 224d), as amended by the Act of April 22, 1943 (57 Stat. 66), be, and hereby is, further amended by inserting an additional section at the end thereof to read as follows: "SEC. 8. This Act shall be applicable, notwithstanding other pro- visions hereof, to claims of inhabitants of the Philippine Islands arising in such islands which would be within the provisions of the Act but for the fact that the Philippine Islands is not foreign territory: Provided, That such claims arising out of accidents or incidents occurring in time of war may on good cause shown be presented within one year after peace is established." Approved July 31, 1945. July 31, 1945 [H. R. 2581] [Public Law 169] Merchant seamen's service insignia. 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. i§ 753-753e. Manufacture, sale, etc. 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. if 761, 752. 52 Stat. 965. 46 U. . C.. 1126; Supp. IV, 1 1126. Punishment. July 31, 1945 Ill. R. 3111] [Public Law 170] Damages by U. S. forces abroad. Claims. 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, I 224d. Philippine Islands. 511 Printing.

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