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fraction thereof said route is in excess of thirty miles, based on
actual mileage ."
(b) The second paragraph of such section 8 (U.S .C ., title 39, u s°c ., n'1248: 1064;
sec . 200) is amended to read as follows :
" Deductions for failure to perform service on a standard rural Deductions from saldelivery route for thirty miles and less shall not exceed the rate
of pay per mile for service for thirty miles and less ; and deductions
for failure to perform service on mileage in excess of thirty miles
shall not exceed the rate of compensation allowed for such excess
mileage."
(c) The third paragraph of such section 8 (relating to equip- u Viol. n ,lip. 1064 ;
allowment-maintenance allowance for rural carriers) (U.S .C ., title 39, Equipment
. 206) is amended by striking out 11 4 cents" and inserting in 'neesec
lieu thereof " 5 cenW'. Such allowance shall not be changed
except pursuant to law enacted after the date this Act takes effect .
(d) In the case of any carrier in the Rural Mail Delivery Service Limitation on reducon the date this Act takes effect, who serves six days a week a tion of annual salary .
rural route of less than thirty miles, or who serves three days a
week a rural route of less than sixty miles or two routes of a combined length of less than sixty miles, the annual salary of such
carrier shall not be reduced more than $180 by operation of
subsection (a) of this section .
Reductions applicsSEC . 2. Salaries (not including equipment-maintenance allowto Government emances) of rural carriers shall, during that portion of the fiscal ble
ployees generally
year 1934 which remains after the time this Act takes effect, and
during the fiscal year 1935, be reduced by the percentage of reduction, if any, applicable by law to salaries of employees of the
Government generally .
Consolidation of ruSEC . 3 . No consolidation of rural routes shall be made otherwise
l ral routes .
than on account of the resignation, death, retirement, or dismissa on charges of carriers in the Rural Mail Delivery Service
.
Effective date .
SEC . 4. This Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the calendar
month next following the month in which this Act is enacted .
Approved, June 25, 1934 .
[CHAPTER 742 .1
AN ACT
Authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That persons
engaged in the fishery industry, as fishermen, catching, collecting,
or cultivating aquatic products, or as planters of aquatic products
on public or private beds, may act together in associations, corporate
or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in collectively catching,
producing, preparing for market, processing, handling, and marketing in interstate and foreign commerce, such products of said persons
so engaged .
The term " aquatic products " includes all commercial products of
aquatic life in both fresh and salt water, as carried on in the several
States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories of the United
States, the insular possessions, or other places under the jurisdiction
of the United States.
Such associations may have marketing agencies in common, and
such associations and their members may make the necessary contracts and agreements to effect such purposes : Provided, however,
That such associations are operated for the mutual benefit of the
members thereof, and conform to one or both of the following
requirements
June 25, 1934 .
[H.R . 92331
[Public, No. 464 .1
Producers of aquatic
products.
Cooperative associations authorized .
Aquatic products",
construed .
Marketing agencies ;
contracts and agreements.
Proviso.
Requirements.
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First. That no member of the association is allowed more than
one vote because of the amount of stock or membership capital he
may own therein ; or
Dividends .
Second. That the association does not pay dividends on stock
or membership capital in excess of 8 per centum per annum .
and in any case to the following :
Products of nonmemThird . That the association shall not deal in the products of nonbers .
members to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by
it for members.
Association restrainSEC . 2. That if the Secretary of Commerce shall have reason to
ing trade in interstate
believe that any such association monopolizes or restrains trade in
or foreign commerce .
interstate or foreign commerce to such an extent that the p rice of
any aquatic product is unduly enhanced by reason thereof, he shall
Service of complaint . serve upon such association a complaint stating his charge in that
respect, to which complaint shall be attached, or contained therein, a
Notice of hearing .
notice of hearing, specifying a day and place not less than thirty
days after the service thereof, requiring the association to show
cause why an order should not be made directing it to cease and
desist from monopolization or restraint of trade . An association so
complained of may at the time and place so fixed show cause why
Evidence at hearing. such order should not be entered
. The evidence given on such a
hearing shall be taken under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, reduced to writing, and made a
Cease and desist part of the record therein .
If upon such hearing the Secretary of
order.
Commerce shall be of the opinion that such association monopolizes
or restrains trade in interstate or foreign commerce to such an extent
that the price of any aquatic product is unduly enhanced thereby, he
shall issue and cause to be served upon the association an order
reciting the facts found by him, directing such association to cease
Petition asking en- and desist from monopolization
or restraint of trade. On the
forcement .
request of such association or if such association fails or neglects for
thirty days to obey such order, the Secretary of Commerce shall file
in the district court in the judicial district in which such association
has its principal place of business a certified copy of the order and of
all the records in the proceedings together with a petition asking that
the order be enforced and shall give notice to the Attorney General
Jurisdiction of dis- and to said association of such filing .
Such district court shall theretrict courts .
upon have jurisdiction to enter a decree affirming, modifying, or
setting aside said order, or enter such other decree as the court may
deem equitable, and may make rules as to pleadings and proceedings
to be had in considering such order . The place of trial may, for
cause or by consent of parties, be changed as in other causes .
Evidence.
The facts found by the Secretary of Commerce and recited or set
forth in said order shall be prima facie evidence of such facts, but
either party may adduce additional evidence . The Department of
Enforcement of order .
Justice shall have charge of the enforcement of such order. After
Temporary writ enthe order is so filed in such district court and while pending for
joining violation of
order.
review therein, the court may issue a temporary writ of injunction
forbidding such association from violating such order or any part
Permanent injunc- thereof . The court shall, upon conclusion of its hearing, enforce its
tion.
decree by a permanent injunction or other appropriate remedy.
Service of complaint.
Service of such complaint and of all notices may be made upon such
association by service upon any officer, or agent thereof, engaged in
carrying on its business, or on any attorney authorized to appear
in such proceeding for such association and such service shall be
binding upon such association, the officers and members thereof .
Approved, June 25, 1934 .
Voting.
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[CHAPTER 743 .1
AN ACT
Authorizing loans from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
for the construction of certain municipal buildings in the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes .
June 25, 4.1
[5 .3404
3404.1
[Public, No . 465.1
Be it emoted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
of Columbia.
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commix- District
Loans for certain
sioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to borrow building
construction
for the District of Columbia from the Federal Emergency Admire- in, authorized .
istration of Public Works, created by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and said Administration is authorized to lend to said Commissioners, the sum of $10,750,000, or any part thereof, out of funds
authorized by law for said Administration, for the acquisition, pur- Projects enumerated .
chase, construction, establishment, and development of a tuberculosis hospital, a sewage-disposal plant, an extension of or addition
to Gallinger Municipal Hospital, a jail or other enclosure for
prisoners at Lorton, Virginia, or any one or more of said projects as
the said Commissioners may determine .
SEC . 2. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part
quvai abianys, fo acthereof shall, when borrowed, be available to the Commissioners ments, etc ., for public
of the District of Columbia for the acquisition by dedication, purchase,or condemnation of the fee simple title to land, or rights or
easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act, and
of plans .
for the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and con- Preparation
Personal services.
tracts, for architectural and other necessary professional services, R.S .,.Csec
. 3709, p . 733 .
without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and us ., p .1309 .
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, for the construction of buildings, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators,
plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase
and installation of machinery, apparatus, and any and all other
expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction
Condemnation proof the aforesaid buildings and plants. All contracts, agreements, and ceedings
.
proceedings in court for condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to this
Act shall be had and made in accordance with existing provisions
of law, except as otherwise herein provided.
Proportion of exSEC . 3 . That 70 per centum of so much of said sum authorized by penses to be reimbursed
Federal Emergency
section 1 of this Act as may be expended as therein provided shall to
of Pubbe reimbursed to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Administration
lic works, annually .
Works from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District
of Columbia, as follows, to wit : Not less than $1,000,000 on the 30th
day of June each year after such sum shall have been advanced to
said District until the full amount expended hereunder is reimbursed,
without interest for the first three years after any such advances
and with interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per year thereafter
.
on annual balances as of each June 30 : Provided, That whenever the Provisos
Total reimbursement
District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions required
.
of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventy-first Congress, Vol . 45, p. 485.
entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and so forth ",
approved May 29, 1930, to reimburse the United States for sums
appropriated by the Congress under that Act, the total reimbursement required under both that Act and this Act shall be not less
nor more than $1,300,000 in any one fiscal year : Provided, That the Repaying more .
Commissioners may, in their discretion, repay more than said
amount : And provided further, That the Commissioners may, in ti Discretionary allocatheir discretion, allocate any reimbursement as between the sums
due by them to the United States under the aforesaid Act and the
sums due by them to the Federal Emergency Administration of