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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 23, 24-MAR . 19, 23, 1941 34 Stat. 84 . 33U.S.C.§§491- 498. March 23, 1941 [H. R. 533] [Public Law 20] Communications Act of 1934, amend- ment. 47U. S.C.§ 154. Federal (Communlli- cations C(nomrlission. Ov.,rtillre con11l'n- sation for certain radlio inspectors. 50 Stat. 192. 47 IT.S. C. 5§351- 362. Promios. through the State roads commission, or the successors of said com- mission be, and is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Potomac River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Sandy Hook7 Washington County, Maryland, to a point oppo- site in Loudoun County, Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEo. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the State of Maryland and its State roads commission or the successors of said commission all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, con- demn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State, in which real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid accord- ing to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 19, 1941. [CHAPTER 24] AN ACT To amend section 4 (f) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to pro- vide for extra compensation for overtime of inspectors in charge and radio in- spectors of the Field Division of the Engineering Department of the Federal Communications Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (f) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (49 Stat. 1098) is hereby further amended by inserting after the letter "(f)" the figure "(1)" and by adding after section 4 (f) as so amended the following additional paragraph: "(2) The Commisson shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compen- sation for overtime services of inspectors in charge and radio inspec- tors of the Field Division of the Engineering Department of the Federal Communications Commission, who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of 5 o'clock postmeridian and 8 o'clock antemeridian or on Sundays or holidays to perform services in con- nection with the inspection of ship radio equipment and apparatus for the purposes of part II of title III of this Act, on the basis of one-half day's additional pay for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond 5 o'clock post- meridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days' pay for the full period from 5 o'clock postmeridian to 8 o'clock antemeridian) and two additional days' pay for Sunday or holiday duty. The said extra compensation for overtime services shall be paid by the master, owner, or agent of such vessel to the local United States collector of customs or his representative, who shall deposit such collection into the Treas- ury of the United States to an appropriately designated receipt account: Provided, That the amounts of such collections received by the said collector of customs or his representatives shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and the payments of such extra compensation to the several employees entitled thereto shall be made from the annual appropriations for salaries and expenses of the [55 STAT.