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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 561-563-DEC. 10, 11 , 1945 [CHAPTER 561] JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for contingent expenses of the Senate. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That there is hereby appro- priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $400,000 for contingent expenses of the Senate, expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including com- pensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words, fiscal year 1946: Provided,That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses except in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended. Approved December 10, 1945. [CHAPTER 562] AN ACT To authorize the discharge of midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy by the Secretary of the Navy because of unsatisfactory conduct or aptitude. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Superin- tendent of the United States Naval Academy shall, whenever he determines that the conduct of any midshipman is unsatisfactory or whenever it is determined by a unanimous decision of the Academic Board that any midshipman possesses insufficient aptitude for becom- ing a commissioned officer in the naval service, submit to the Secre- tary of the Navy in writing a full report of such determination and of the facts on which it is based. If, after according such midship- man an opportunity to examine such report and to submit a written statement thereon, the Secretary of the Navy shall deem the Superin- tendent's determination reasonable and well founded upon the basis of such report and statement, he may, in his discretion, discharge such midshipman from the Naval Academy. Approved December 11, 1945. [CHAPTER 563] AN ACT To amend the Act authorizing postmasters in Alaska to administer oaths and affirmations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act approved August 5, 1939, entitled "An Act to authorize post- masters within the Territory of Alaska to administer oaths and affirmations, and for other purposes" (53 Stat. 1219), is amended to read as follows: "That each postmaster within the Territory of Alaska is hereby authorized and directed to administer oaths and affirmations and to take acknowledgments, and to make and execute certificates thereof, and to perform all other functions of a notary public within said Territory, whenever an oath, affirmation, or acknowledgment or a certificate thereof is authorized, permitted, or required by any Act or Acts of Congress, or of the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska." December 10, 1945 [8. J. Res. 125] [Public Law 252] Senate, contingent expenses. Ante, p. 243. 44 Stat. 688. 5U.S.C.i821; Supp. IV, 823. December 11,194 [S. 10641 [Public Law 253] Midshipmen, U. S. Naval Academy. Discharge for un- satisfactory conduct, etc. December 11, 194 [H. R. 04] [Public Law 254] Alaiska 48U.S. C. §135 Postmasters as notaries public.

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