Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/138

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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 102 , 117, 123-MAR . 20 ,21 , 22 ,1944 [58 STAT. [CHAPTER 102] AN ACT To change the name of "laborer" in the Postal Service to that of "mail handler". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the classifica- tion "laborer" in the Postal Service is hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof there is hereby created the classification of "mail handler" to perform the same duties and receive the same compensation as laborers. Approved March 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 117] AN ACTP March 21, 1944 [H. R . 1488] To provide a right-of-way for an oil pipe line over the Ogden Ordnance Depot [Public Law 260] Military Reservation. Ogden Ordnance Depot Military Res- ervation, Utah. Right-of-way for oil pipe line. Oondition. Deposit of receipts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, under such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to grant to the Utah Oil Refining Company, its successors and/or assigns, an ease- ment for a right-of-way for an oil pipe line over, across, in, and upon the water supply tract of the Ogden Ordnance Depot Military Reser- vation, in the State of Utah: Provided, That such right-of-way shall be granted only upon a finding by the Secretary of War that the same will be in the public interest and will not substantially injure the interest of the United States in the property affected thereby: Pro- vided further, That all or any part of such right-of-way may be annulled and forfeited by the Secretary of War if the property is needed for governmental purposes or for failure to comply with the terms or conditions of any grant hereunder, or for nonuse or for abandonment of rights granted under authority hereof: And pro- vided further, That all moneys which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Approved March 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 123] March 22, 1944 [H. R . 12011 [Public Law 261] Repeal of statutes I affecting existing li bilities. Temporary statute AN ACT To permit prosecutions after the lapse of a temporary statute for offenses com- mitted prior to its expiration. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act of February 25, 1871 (16 Stat. 432, Rev. Stats., sec. 13, U. S . Code, title 1, sec. 29) be, and it hereby is, amended to read as follows: S "The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the " enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The expiration of a temporary statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the temporary statute shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability." Approved March 22, 1944. March 20,1944 [H. R. 2419 [Public Law 259] Postal Service. "Mail handler."