PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 565 -567-SEPT. 26, 29, 1942 [CHAPTER 565] September 26, 1942 [H. R . 7399] [Public Law 716] District of Colum- bia. 27 Stat. 324. D.C.Code§22- 1112. Indecent exposure. Penalty. September 26, 1942 [H. J. Res. 271] [Public Law 717] General Pulaski's Memorial Day. 7F. R.8079. September 29, 1942 [S. 26098 [Public Law 718] Military use of transportation and storage facilities. Removal of goods in customs custody. Dispositionof goods. [56 STAT. AN ACT To increase the penalty for indecent exposure in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia", approved July 29, 1892, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended by amending the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person or their persons in any street, avenue or alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or other public place or inclosure, in the District of Columbia, or to make any such obscene or indecent exposure of person in any dwelling or other building or other place wherefrom the same may be seen in any street, avenue, alley, road or highway, open space, public square, or public or private building or inclosure, under penalty of imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or a fine of not more than $250, for each and every such offense." Approved, September 26, 1942. [CHAPTER 566] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1942, General Pulaski's Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States of America is authorized to issue a proclamation call- ing upon officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all governmental buildings on October 11, 1942, and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of the death of General Casimir Pulaski. Approved, September 26, 1942. [CHAPTER 567] AN ACT To make transportation and storage facilities available for military use where military necessity exists, by authorizing the removal to other points of mer- chandise in customs custody. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon deter- mination by the Secretary of War or any officer or civilian official of the War Department designated by him that any specified trans- portation or storage facilities are needed for military purposes, the War Department is hereby authorized to transport or cause to be transported from such transportation or storage facilities at any port of entry or elsewhere to other facilities at the same port of entry or elsewhere any entered or unentered merchandise being transported in bond or otherwise in customs custody. The War Department thereafter may store or retransfer and store such merchandise, and, when military necessity permits, shall return such merchandise to the 760
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