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PUBLIC LAW--CHS. 624-626-DEC. 20, 1944 57 Stat. 521. 31 U. S. C., Snpp. m, i 734 note. December 20,1944 IS.1962] [Public Law 520] silver held or owned by the United States", approved July 12, 1943 (Public Law 137, Seventy-eighth Congress), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2 . This Act shall expire on December 31,1945." Approved December 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 625] AN ACT Extending the provisions of Public Law 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, as amended, to reemployment committeemen of the Selective Service System. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 5 U.s. c ., supp. 47, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved May 5, 1941 (55 Stat. 150), as amended, be amended to read as follows: dNo^applicabity of "That nothing in sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S. designated laws to cer- tainpersonnel. C., title 18, sees. 198 and 203) or in section 190 of the Revised Statutes t.7.1109. (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 99) shall be deemed to apply to any person M4stat a es because of his appointment under authority of the Selective Training 50 .v . c., app. and Service Act of 1940 or the Selective Service regulations made It 30l2- pp in pursuance thereof as a member of a local board, a board of appeal, Ante. pp .720, S. an advisory board for registrants, as a State director, a Government appeal agent, a reemployment committeeman, or as an individual to conduct hearings on appeals of persons claiming exemption from combatant training and service because of conscientious objections as s.Vt.8. a provided in section 5 (g) of the Selective Training and Service 130 (g). Act of 1940; or because of his appointment as a member of an alien enemy hearing board to assist the Attorney General in the execution of any proclamations heretofore or hereafter issued by the President under the authority of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 as amended . (U. S. C., title 50, sees. 21-24)." Approved December 20, 1944. December 20,1044 [8. 2105 [Public Law 6211 [CHAPTER 6261 AN ACT To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented to authorize appropriations for the post-war construction of highways and bridges, to eliminate hazards at railroad-grade crossings, to provide for the immediate preparation of plans, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal-Acd Hih. United States of America in Congress assembled, That, when used in this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise- "constction." The term "construction" means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruc- tion of a highway, including locating, surveying, and mapping, costs of rights-of-way, and elimination of hazards of railway-grade crossings. "Urbea. The term "urban area" means an area including and adjacent to a municipality or other urban place, of five thousand or more, the popu- lation of such included municipality or other urban place to be deter- in of bond- mined by the latest available Federal census. The boundaries of urban areas, as defined herein, will be fixed by the State highway department of each State subject to the approval of the Public Roads Administration. - ralma." The term "rural areas" means all areas of the State not included in "urban areas". [58 STAT.