54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 524-526 --JULY 2, 1940 pay taxes upon gross premiums or earnings under existing laws of the District of Columbia; voluntary employees' beneficiary associa- tions providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such association or their dependents, if (1) no part of their net earnings inures (other than such payments) to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and (2) 85 per centum or more of the income consists of amounts collected from members for the sole purpose of making such payments and meeting expenses; and corporations organized under Act of Con- gress, if such corporations are instrumentalities of the United States." Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 525] AN ACT To amend and clarify section 6, subsection 2, of the Act approved June 1, 1938, known as "Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia", and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of continuing and confirming jurisdiction heretofore conferred upon the juvenile court of the District of Columbia, section 6, sub- section 2, of the Act approved June 1, 1938 (Public, Numbered 571, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session; 52 Stat. 596, ch. 309; D. C . Code, 1929 edition, Supp. V, title 18, sec. 256), entitled the "Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia", be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "'2. ADuLTs.- The court shall have original and exclusive juris- diction to determine cases of adults charged with willfully contrib- uting to, encouraging, or tending to cause by any act or omission any condition which would bring a child within the provisions of this Act. The court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in all cases arising under the Act entitled "An Act making it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon or willfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or of his or her minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances", approved March 23, 1906 (D. C . Code, title 6, sees. 270-273). Nothing herein shall be construed as having the effect of limiting the jurisdiction of said court in matters arising under the Act entitled "An Act to provide for compulsory school attend- ance", approved February 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 806, ch. 140); or under the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the employment of minors", approved May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 998, ch. 908).'" Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 526] AN ACT Extending the jurisdiction of the Civil Aeronautics Authority over certain air- mail services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (1) of section 405 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 is amended to read as follows: "(1) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to repeal in whole or in part the provisions of section 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for experimental air-mail service, to further develop safety, efficiency, economy, and for other purposes', approved April Federal instrumen- talities. July 2,1940 [H. R. 9804] [Public, No. 720] Juvenile Court Act of the District of Co- lumbia, amendment. Jurisdiction. Adults. Contributing to de- linquency, etc., of children. Concurrent jurisdic- tion in abandonment, etc., cases. 34 Stat. 86 . Jurisdiction not deemed limited In certain matters. 7 D.C. Code, 1 91- 100, 141-143. 7D. C . Code, 1i 111- 13, 143, 136, 137. July 2, 1940 l[. R. 98991 [Public, No. 7211 Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, amend- ment. 52 Stat. 997. 39 U. S. C., Snupp. V,8 471. Experimental air- mail service. 52 Stat. 219. 39 U. 8. C., Supp. V, 470.
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