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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS . 735, 736 . JUNE 23, 1934 . Documents to sell any such extra copies of the first volume, he shall offer the same for sale at a cost per copy equal to the cost per copy of the first volume as computed under clause (2) of the third sentence of this section . Such extra copies shall be the only copies of any volume of the set distributed or sold separately ." Approved, June 23, 1934 . [CH AP TER 736 .1 AN ACT To authorize the formation of a body corporate to insure the more effective di- versification of prison industries, an d for other purposes . Be in enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order more effectively to carry out the policy and purposes of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat . 391, U .S.C ., title 18, sec . 711), entitled " An Act to provide for the diversification of employment of Fed- eral prisoners, for their training and schooling in trades and occu- pations, and for other purposes ", the President is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to create a body corporate of the District of Columbia to be known as " Federal Prison Indus- tries ", which shall be a governmental body . SEC . 2 . The President shall appoint a board of directors of said corporation which shall consist of five persons, one of whom shall be a re presen tative of in dustry , one a repre sentat ive of labor , one a representative of agriculture, one a representative of retailers and consumers, and one a representative of the Attorney General . The board of directors shall serve at the will of the President and without compensation . SEC . 3. The President shall transfer to said corporation the duty of determining in what manner and to what extent industrial oper- ations shall be car ried o n in F ederal penal and co rrecti onal i nsti- tutions and may transfer to said corporation any part or all of the other powers and duties now vested in the Attorney General or any other officer or employee of the United States by said Act of May 27, 1930 . It shall be the duty of the board of directors to diversi fy so far as pract icable priso n indus trial operat ions a nd so operate the prison shops that no single private industry shall be forced to bear an undue burden of competition from the products of the prison workshops . SEC . 4 . The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed, upon the formation of the corporation, to transfer to a fund to be known as the " Prison Industries Fund " all balances then standing to the credit of the prison industries working capital fund . All moneys under the control of the corporation shall be deposited or covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said fund and withdrawn therefrom only pursuant to accountable warrants or certificates of settlement issued by the Gen- eral Accounting Office . All valid claims and obligations payable out of said fund shall be assumed by the corporation . The cor- poration is hereby authorized to employ the aforesaid fund, and any earn ings tha t ma y h erea fter acc rue to the corp orat ion, as operating capital for the purposes enumerated in the said Act of May 27, 1930, and in accordance with the laws generally applicable to the expenditures of the several departments and establishments of the Government, and also for the payment of compensation in such amounts as the Attorney General may authorize to inmates of penal i nstitu tions or the ir dep endent s for i njurie s suff ered i n any 1211 June 23, 1934 . _ 111 .11 . 9404.1 [Public, No . 461 .1 Federal Prison In- dustries. Formati on of . Vol. 46, p. 391. U.S.C.,p. 514; Supp. VII, p. 355. Directors, appoint- ment . No compensation . Duties. "Prison Industries Fund " to be trans- ferred to board . Deposit and use of funds . Vol. 47, p. 391.