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 59 STAT.] 79rH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 385, 388, 389-SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 1945 the powers conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy in section 1 of this Act shall be vested in the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 3. Appropriations available for pay and allowances, subsist- ence, and transportation of enlisted personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be available for the payment of pay and allowances, subsistence, and transportation authorized by this Act. SEC. 4. All payments heretofore made of a character authorized under the provisions of this Act, if otherwise correct, are hereby validated. SEC. 5. The Act approved July 1, 1944 (Public Law 398, Seventy- eighth Congress), entitled "An Act to provide for the transportation to their homes of persons discharged from the naval service because of under age at the time of enlistment", is hereby repealed. Approved September 24, 1945. [CHAPTER 388] AN ACT To provide for termination of daylight saving time. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of the Act of January 20, 1942, entitled "An Act to promote the national security and defense by establishing daylight saving time", at 2 o'clock antemeridian on Sunday, September 30, 1945, the standard time of each zone established pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States", approved March 19, 1918, as amended shall be returned to the mean astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing the standard time for such zone as provided in such Act of March 19, 1918, as amended. Approved September 25, 1945. [CHAPTER 389] AN ACT AN ACT To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the registers of the land offices in Alaska to perform functions under the Alaska real property ownership declaration law. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioner of the General Land Office and the registers of the land offices in Alaska are hereby authorized to perform the functions assigned to them by the Act of the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska entitled "An Act to require declaration of the ownership of land, to impose a penalty for noncompliance, and to dispose of the proceeds of such penalties", approved March 24, 1945. SEC. 2. The said Commissioner and the said registers shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation for the performance of the said functions and no expense incurred by them in connection therewith shall constitute an obligation of the United States. Sa. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to desig- nate, in his discretion, any other officers or employees of the Depart- ment of the Interior to perform the said functions upon like con- ditions. Approved September 26, 1945. 537 Availability of ap- propriations. Validation of prior payments. Repeal. 8 tat. 672. 34 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, 1900. September 25, 194 [H. R. 3974] [Public Law 1871 Termination of day- light saving time. 66Stat. 9. 15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 261 note. 15U.8.C.i§261- 264. September 26, 1946 [11. R. 36881 [Public Law 188 Alaska. Performane offuno- tions under rel prop- erty law. No additional com- pensation. Pesonnel provision.

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