Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/796

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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 578, 579-OCT. 2 , 3 , 1942 Loan rates Production of non- basic agricultural com- modities. 56 Stat. 498 . Applicability of amendments. Additional compen- sation for personal services. Penalty. October 3, 1942 [S. 2689] [Public Law 730] (c) In the case of any commodity with respect to which loans may be made at the rate provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the President may fix the loan rate at any rate not less than the loan rate otherwise provided by law if he determines that the loan rate so fixed is necessary to prevent an increase in the cost of feed for livestock and poultry and to aid in the effective prosecution of the war. SEC. 9 . (a) Section 4 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the life and increase the credit resources of the Commodity Credit Corpo- ration, and for other purposes", approved July 1, 1941 (U. S . C ., 1940 edition, Supp. I, title 15, sec. 71 3 a-8), is amended- (1) By inserting after the words "so as to support" a comma and the following: "during the continuance of the present war and until the expiration of the two-year period beginning with the 1st day of January immediately following the date upon which the President by proclamation or the Congress by concurrent resolution declares that hostilities in the present war have terminated,". (2) By striking out "85 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "90 per centum". (3) By inserting after the word "tobacco" a comma and the word "peanuts". (b) The amendments made by this section shall, irrespective of whether or not there is any further public announcement under such section 4 (a), be applicable with respect to any commodity with respect to which a public announcement has heretofore been made under such section 4 (a). SEC. 10. When used in this Act, the terms "wages" and "salaries" shall include additional compensation, on an annual or other basis, paid to employees by their employers for personal services (excluding insurance and pension benefits in a reasonable amount to be determined by the President); but for the purpose of determining wages or sala- ries for any period prior to September 16, 1942, such additional compensation shall be taken into account only in cases where it has been customarily paid by employers to their employees. SEC. 11. Any individual, corporation, partnership, or association willfully violating any provision of this Act, or of any regulation promulgated thereunder, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Approved, October 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 579] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate Saint Ann's Infant Asylum, in the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 798). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the St. Ann's Infant United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 sylum, D. C. of the Act entitled "An Act to mcorporate Saint Ann's Infant Asylum, in the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 798), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Incorporation. "That Theresa A. Costello, Lucy Gwynn, Margaret Bowden, Sarah M. Carroll, Catherine Ryan, Louisa Fisher, and Catherine Shea, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, made a body politic and incorporate forever, by the name of 'Saint Ann's Infant Asylum', Purpose. for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the city of Wash- ington, in the District of Columbia, an institution for the main- tenance and support of foundlings and infant orphan and half- orphan children, and also to provide for deserving indigent and Coporatrlght. unprotected females during their confinement in childbirth; and by 768 [56 STAT. A