56 STAT.] 77TTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 199--MAR . 27, 1942 ment, service, and facilities of motor carriers, and to require the joint use of equipment, terminals, warehouses, garages, and other facilities; and motor carriers shall be subject to the same penalties for failure to comply with action taken by the Commission under this paragraph as other carriers for failure to comply with action taken by the Commission under section 1 (15) of part I. "(f) Notwithstanding any other applicable provision of this Act, to the extent that it may be in the public interest, the Commission may modify, change, suspend or waive any order, certificate, permit, license, rule, or regulation issued under this part." SEC. 102. Subsection (a) of section 210a of said Act, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 ed., title 49, sec. 310a (a)), is hereby amended by striking out the words "but for not more than an aggregate of one hundred and eighty days". SEC. 103. Subsection (a) of section 311 of said Act, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 ed., title 49, sec. 911 (a)) is hereby amended by striking out the words "but not for more than an aggregate of one hundred and eighty days". TITLE II-ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY SEC. 201. The Act of July 2, 1917 (40 Stat. 241), entitled "An Act to authorize condemnation proceedings of lands for military pur- poses", as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: "SEC. 2. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or any other officer, board, commission, or governmental corporation author- ized by the President, may acquire by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer, or may cause proceedings to be instituted in any court having jurisdiction of such proceedings, to acquire by con- demnation, any real property, temporary use thereof, or other interest therein, together with any personal property located thereon or used therewith, that shall be deemed necessary, for military, naval, or other war purposes, such proceedings to be in accordance with the Act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 357), or any other applicable Federal statute, and may dispose of such property or interest therein by sale, lease, or otherwise, in accordance with section 1 (b) of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 712). Upon or after the filing of the con- demnation petition, immediate possession may be taken and the prop- erty may be occupied, used, and improved for the purposes of this Act, notwithstanding any other law. Property acquired by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer may be occupied, used, and improved, for the purposes of this section prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended." TITLE III-PRIORITIES POWERS SEC. 301. Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), entitled "An Act to expedite national defense, and for other purposes", as amended by the Act of May 31, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 89, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEc. 2. (a) (1) That whenever deemed by the President of the United States to be in the best interests of the national defense during the national emergency declared by the President on September 8, 1939, to exist, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to negotiate contracts for the acquisition, construction, repair, or altera- 65714°-43--r . I - --12 177 Modification of or- ders, permits, etc. 52 Stat. 1238 . Water carriers. 54 Stat. 943. 60U.S. C.§171. Authority of Feder- al officers and agen- cies. 40U. .C.II257, 258. 41U.S.C.prec.§1 note; SupO. , prec. I1note. 40U. .C.. 255. National defense contracts. 55 Stat. 236. 41 U.S. C., Supp. I, prec. § I note. Acquisition, etc., of naval vessels or air- craft. 54 Stat. 2643 . 50 U. S. C., app. prec. I1 note.
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