Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/650

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 625-JUNE 24, 1948 Powers of local board. Appeal board. Nonexemption from registration, etc. Appointment ofper- sonnel. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. S. . § § 661-674. 42 Stat. 1488 . 56 . S .. §§ 661-674. Assignment not to prejudice status, etc. Ante, p. 619. Services of other agencies. Printing, binding, etc. 28 Stat. 602. 44U.S.C. 14. such local board has jurisdiction, and each intercounty local board shall have at least one member from each county or political sub- division corresponding thereto included within the intercounty local board area. Such local boards, under rules and regula- tions prescribed by the President, shall have the power within their respective jurisdictions to hear and determine, subject to the right of appeal to the appeal boards herein authorized, all questions or claims with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from, training and service under this title, of all indi- viduals within the jurisdiction of such local boards. The decisions of such local board shall be final, except where an appeal is authorized and is taken in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe. There shall be at least one appeal board for each State. Appeal boards within the Selective Service System shall be composed of civilians who are citizens of the United States and who are not members of the armed forces. The decision of such appeal boards shall be final in cases before them on appeal unless modified or changed by the President. The President, upon appeal or upon his own motion, shall have power to determine all claims or questions with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from training and service under this title, and the determination of the President shall be final. No person who is a civilian officer, member, agent, or employee of the Office of Selective Service Records, or the Selective Service System, or of any local board or appeal board or other agency of such Office or System, shall be excepted from registration or deferred or exempted from training and service, as provided for in this title, by reason of his status as such civilian officer, member, agent, or employee; (4) to appoint, and to fix, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the compensation of, such officers, agents, and employees as he may deem necessary to carry out the provi- sions of this title: Provided,That the compensation of employees of local boards and appeal boards may be fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided further, That any officer on the active or retired list of the armed forces, or any reserve component thereof with his consent, or any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States who may be assigned or detailed to any office or position to carry out the provisions of this title (except to offices or positions on local boards or appeal boards established or created pursuant to section 10 (b) (3)) may serve in and perform the functions of such office or position without loss of or prejudice to his status as such officer in the armed forces or reserve component thereof, or as such officer or employee in any department or agency of the United States; (5) to utilize the services of any or all departments and any and all officers or agents of the United States, and to accept the services of all officers and agents of the several States, Territories, and possessions, and subdivisions thereof, and the District of Columbia, and of private welfare organizations, in the execution of this title; (6) to purchase such printing, binding, and blank-book work from public, commercial, or private printing establishments or binderies upon orders placed by the Public Printer or upon waivers issued in accordance with section 12 of the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, as amended, and to obtain by pur- chase, loan, or gift such equipment and supplies for the Selective Service System, as he may deem necessary to carry out the provi- sions of this title, with or without advertising or formal contract; 620 [62 STAT.