PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 501, 502-AUG. 7, 1939
Ante, p. 1223 .
Retired judges, pay.
28U. S.C.§375;
Supp. IV, § 375.
Administrative au-
dit of judicial ac-
counts, etc.
Ante, p. 1223.
Provisions respect-
ing personnel, U. S .
courts.
Effective date.
August 7, 1939
[H. R . 7096]
[Public, No. 300]
Philippine Inde-
pendence Act, amend-
ments.
48 Stat. 459.
48U.S. C. 1236.
Trade relations pro-
visions, Jan. , 1940, to
July 3, 1946.
Export taxes, in-
position by Philip-
pine Government.
Rates.
No export taxes
upon articles of desig-
nated classes.
Copra or manila
fiber not dressed, etc.
Judicial Code for the current fiscal year, and all unexpended appro-
priations covering judicial personnel as specified in section 304 (1)
of the Judicial Code, including appropriations for the salaries of
justices and judges who have retired or who have resigned under the
provisions of section 260 of the Judicial Code (U. S . C ., title 28, sec.
375), are hereby transferred to the control of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts.
SEC. 5 . All powers and duties now conferred or imposed by law
upon the Department of Justice or the Attorney General, relating
to the administrative audit of the accounts and vouchers referred to
in section 304 of the Judicial Code, are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
SEC. 6 . All administrative powers and duties now conferred or
imposed by law upon the Department of Justice or the Attorney
General, respecting clerks of courts, deputy clerks of courts and
clerical assistants, law clerks, secretaries, and stenographers to the
judges, and librarians in charge of libraries of the courts, and such
other employees of the courts not excluded by section 304 of chapter
XV as hereinbefore set forth, are hereby vested in the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts.
SEC. 7 . This Act shall take effect ninety days after its approval.
Approved, August 7, 1939.
[CHAPTER 502]
AN ACT
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the complete independence of
the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form
of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of
the Act of March 24, 1934, entitled "An Act to provide for the com-
plete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the
adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philip-
pine Islands, and for other purposes" (48 Stat. 456), is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 6. During the period beginning January 1, 1940, and ending
July 3, 1946, trade relations between the United States and the
Philippines shall be as now provided by law, subject to the following
exceptions:
"(a) On and after January 1, 1941, the Philippine Government
shall impose and collect an export tax on every Philippine article
shipped from the Philippines to the United States, except as other-
wise specifically provided in this section. Said tax shall be com-
puted in the manner hereinafter set forth in this subsection and in
subsection (c) of this section. During the period January 1, 1941,
through December 31, 1941, the export tax on every such article
shall be 5 per centum of the United States duty; on each succeeding
January 1 thereafter the export tax shall be increased progressively
by an additional 5 per centum of the United States duty, except that
during the period January 1, 1946, through July 3, 1946, the export
tax shall remain at 25 per centum of the United States duty.
"(b) (1) No export tax described in subsection (a) of this section
shall be imposed or collected upon any Philippine article of a class
or kind in respect of which a quota is established by subdivision (3)
of this subsection, nor upon copra or manila (abaca) fiber not dressed
or manufactured in any manner.
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