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916 SIXTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 157, 158. 1918. facilities, in any port of the United States, or warehouses, equipment, or termmal railways connected therewith. c§,}’§§fj‘j,'{§?"°“ ‘°’ Whenever the President requisitions or assumes control of any , Suit H t lm puch prippgrty, the §lrl;1te31S{)ates§hall ppiy {lust compensation there- · “f“°‘”‘ ‘ or to e etermine y e resident. the amount so determined mummy not satisfactory to the person entitled to receive gust compensatron, the President shall pay to such person seventy- ve per centum of the amoimt so determined and such person shall be entitled to sue the gnrted States to xsleloveglgsuch further sum as added to such seventy- ve per centum m e up such amount as will be just · com ensation. sig:_An:§°i;1ai°t:l$°u¥°°SB°s' Wlhenever the President acquires by purchase, lease, or requisition, or assumes control of an such ro ert immediate ossession ma Y P IP _ Y _ P _ Y R _ _ _ be taken thereof to the errtent of the rnterest acquired therern, and

“;,Y‘2,‘li_,j such dproperty may be immediately occupied and used without

rggalri to 3h§tprov1sions of sectron three hundred and fifty-five of N S l __ the evrse _ atutes. ¤rty0t¤tli<ieta‘i¤t§¤.pr0p· Nqthing rn this section shall authorize the President to requisition the title to any such property owned by any State, municipality, or Hmm in su,,s_ subdivision thereof. u¥;¤r 36. pr>· 1093. Sec. 14. That whenevertpy this Act permission is given to sue the ' United States such suit sh ‘ be broug t in the manner provided in , pectroriii twentyl-fo]u;£hpagla(g/gafih twenty, and section one hundred and Operation of vessels, orty' V6 0 t' 8 01 8· decks etc-. under dé- Sec. 15. That all vessels of which the ossession or services are agi? °l tm Fm` requisitioned under this Act, and all dry <f)ocks,_wharves, loading or discharging termmal facrhtres, warehouses, equipment, or termmal railways, of which the President may acquire the title or possession , . or of which he ma assume control under this Act, ma be o erated Irecceds to consti- { · . . y P mmaqepmmuaa, and managed ast e President may from time to time direct. The p;}#;gf*§;j>W$·1‘°’°$S-·net procee1ds_der1vpdl`/from any activity authorized in this Act or the ]o1nt reso utron o ay twe fth nineteen hundred and seventeen (Public Numbered 'lhvvo), or the ilivision entitled “Emergency shipping fund" of the Act of June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven-- _ _ teen (Public Numbered Twenty-three), shall be deposited in the LS° sP°“m°"· Treasury in a separate and distinct fund and may be expended by the President in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and within the _ limits of the amounts heretofore or hereafter authorized for the con- Promso . . . . . . 7 znianii navigation struction, reqursrtiomng, or_purchasm<¢ of vessels: Provided, That °° ‘“°‘“°°d· none of the provisions of this Act shah a ply to vessels plying exmnishmm for vb clusively on the rnland rivers and canals otp the United States. rams. Sec. 16. That whoever does or attem ts to do an t in this Act declared to be unlawf l r willf llp 1 t yrul la- _ _ u o_ uyvioaesany eregu tron, or order rssued under authority conferred herein, shallibe pun- Pm_i_0 rshed by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not nmizlmt offenses. more than two years, or both: Provided, That the district court of the Canal Zone shall have `urisdiction of offenses committed ainst . . . ]. . as I _ _ _ the provisions of this Act within the Canal Zone. ,,,,,2lg§§§‘§§f,,°,{, §‘,§,§{ Sec. 17: That if any provision of this Act, or the application of ~¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ vi M- such provision to certain circumstances, IS held unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to cirepanhstancgsg other than those as to which it is held unconstitutional, s not affected thereby. Approved, July 18, 1918.

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Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Re esentatives of the United gg€;§£?N.1*. States of America in Congress assembled, Tliisit the privileges of the