57 STAT.] 78TH OONG. , 1ST SESS.--HS. 211-213-JULY 9, 1943 [CHAPTER 211] AN ACT To amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by providing for the postponement of the induction of high-school students who have completed more than half of their academic year. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 (f) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(f) Any person eighteen or nineteen years of age who, while pursuing a course of instruction at a high school or similar institution of learning, is ordered to report for induction under this Act during the last half of one of his academic years at such school or institution shall, upon his request, have his induction under this Act postponed until the end of such academic year, without regard to the date during the calendar year on which such academic year ends, or until he ceases to pursue such course of instruction, whichever is the earlier. The induction of any such person shall not be postponed under this subsection beyond the date which would constitute the end of his academic year if he continued to pursue such course of instruction." Approved Jaly 9, 1943. [CHAPTER 212] AN ACT To provide a penalty for the willful violation of regulations or orders respecting the protection or security of vessels, harbors, ports, or water-front facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever will- fully shall violate any regulation or order promulgated or approved by the Secretary of the Navy pursuant to lawful authority for the protection or security of vessels, harbors, ports, or water-front facili- ties, relating to fire hazards, fire protection, lighting, machinery, guard service, disrepair, disuse, or other unsatisfactory conditions thereon, or the ingress thereto, or egress or removal of persons there- from, or otherwise providing for safeguarding the same against destruction, loss, or injury by accident, or by enemy action, sabotage, or other subversive acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. SEC. 2 . The provisions of this Act shall remain in effect only until six months after the cessation of hostilities in the present war. Approved July 9, 1943. [CHAPTER 213] AN ACT To provide for clerical assistance at post offices, branches, or stations serving military and naval personnel, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during the present war and for six months thereafter, whenever deemed neces- sry in serving military and naval personnel at military and naval camps, post, or stations, the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to detail any postal employee from main post offices to postal units, at such camps, posts, or stations, without changing the official station f suchpostal enmployee, and to authorize allowances, not exceeding $2.50 per day in lieu of actual expenses, while so detailed, without 391 July 9, 1943 [H. R. 1991l [Public Law 126] Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, amendment. 54 Stat. 889. 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. 130 (f). Postponement of in- duction of certain stu- dents. July 9,1943 [H. R . 2663] [Public Law 1 Naval regulations for protection of ves- sels, etc. Penalty for willful violation. July 9, 1943 [S. 1316] [Public Law 128] Postal employees. Details to military and naval posts, etc.
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