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(f) The said railroad company may use or permit the use of, for a period that shall expire not later than July 31, 1931, the north side of Pier Numbered 3 for a distance of five hundred feet from the bulkhead for the accommodation of vessels and boats to be loaded or unloaded: Provided, That the maintenance and repair of Pier Numbered 3 and the dredging of the water approaches thereto for Lighthouse Service vessels shall hereafter be at the expense of the Lighthouse Service.

SEC. 4. The lease of the Choctaw Point Lighthouse Reservation granted under the Act of Congress approved April 23, 1902 (Public, Numbered 80, Fifty-seventh Congress; 32 Stat. 119), shall be automatically terminated upon completion of the conveyances herein authorized.

Approved, May 29, 1930.

[PUBLIC-No. 329-71ST CONGRESS]

[H. R. 9557]

An Act To create a body corporate by the name of the "Textile Foundation." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and three directors first appointed as provided in section 2 and their successors, are hereby created a body corporate of the District of Columbia by the name of the "Textile Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the corporation). The incorporation shall be held effected upon the date of the first meeting of the board of directors. The corporation shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia and may establish such agencies or branch offices at such places as it deems advisable.

SEC. 2. (a) The board of directors of the corporation (hereinafter referred to as the board) shall be constituted as follows:

(1) The Secretary of Commerce;

(2) The Secretary of Agriculture; and

(3) Three individuals, familiar with the textile industry or its allied branches, including that of production of raw materials, and their successors, to be appointed by the President, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and one for a term of four years, from the date the incorporation is effected.

(b) Each successor shall be appointed for a term of four years from the date of the expiration of the term of the member whom he succeeds, except that any successor appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he succeeds. A vacancy in the office of a director shall not impair the power of the remaining directors to execute the functions of the board. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.

(c) The members of the board shall serve without compensation for their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed from the corporation for actual expenses incurred by them while in the performance of the functions vested in the board by this Act.

(d) Any officer or employee of the United States, or of any corporation acting as a governmental agent of the United States, may, in addition to his present office, hold the office of director of the Textile Foundation without regard to any provision of law prohibiting the holding of more than one office.

(e) The board at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter shall elect a chairman.

(f) The board shall direct the exercise of all the powers of the corporation.

SEC. 3. (a) The purposes of the corporation shall be to administer and expend its funds and other property for scientific and economic

research for the benefit and development of the textile industry, its allied branches, and including that of production of raw materials. (b) The Textile Alliance, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to pay to the corporation the amounts payable in accordance with the arrangement between the Textile Alliance, Incorporated, and the Department of State, in lieu of paying such amounts into the United States Treasury; except that any amounts payable in accordance with such arrangement, and paid into the United States Treasury before the enactment of this Act, are authorized to be appropriated to the credit of the corporation. Upon the receipt by the corporation of such amounts the liability of the Textile Alliance, Incorporated, under such arrangement shall be extinguished.

SEC. 4. The corporation

(a) Shall have perpetual succession;

(b) May sue and be sued;

(c) May adopt a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure; (d) May adopt and alter by-laws;

(e) May appoint officers and agents;

(f) May acquire by purchase, devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, and hold, encumber, convey, or otherwise dispose of, such real and personal property as may be necessary or appropriate for its corporate purposes;

(g) May invest and reinvest the principal and interest of its funds; and

(h) Generally, may do any and all lawful acts necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes for which the corporation is created.

SEC. 5. The corporation shall, on or before the 1st day of December in each year, transmit to Congress and to the President a report of its proceedings and activities for the preceding calendar year, including a detailed statement of its receipts and expenditures. Such reports shall not be printed as public documents.

SEC. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, June 10, 1930.

[PUBLIC-No. 458-71ST CONGRESS]

(S. 3845]

An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto," approved February 17, 1911, as amended March 4, 1915, June 26, 1918, and June 7, 1924.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto," approved February 17, 1911, as amended March 4, 1915, June 26, 1918, and June 7, 1924, is hereby amended so as to provide that the salary of the chief inspector shall be $7,500 per year, and the salary of each assistant chief inspector shall be $6,000 per year.

SEC. 2. That section 4 of said Act, as amended, is hereby amended so as to provide that the salary of each district inspector appointed under said Act shall be $4,000 per year.

Approved, June 27, 1930.

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[S. 941]

An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate Interstate transportation of black bass. and for other purposes," approved May 20, 1926.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the interstate transportation of black bass, and for other purposes," approved May 20, 1926 (U. S. C., Sup. III, title 16, secs. 851-856), is amended to read as follows:

That when used in this Act the word 'person' includes company, partnership, corporation, association, and common carrier.

"SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or knowingly receive for transportation, or knowingly to transport, by any means whatsoever, from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to or through any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to or through any foreign country, any large-mouth black bass (Micropterus salmoides) or any small-mouth black bass (Micropterus dolomieu), if (1) such transportation is contrary, to the law of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from which such black bass is or is to be transported, or (2) such black bass has been either caught, killed, taken, sold, purchased, possessed, or transported, at any time, contrary to the law of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in which it was caught, killed, taken, sold, purchased, or possessed, or from which it was transported; and no person shall knowingly purchase or receive any such black bass which has been transported in violation of the provisions of this Act; nor shall any person receiving any shipment of black bass transported in interstate commerce make any false record or render a false account of the contents of such shipment.

"SEC. 3. Any package or container containing such black bass transported or delivered for transportation in interstate commerce, except any shipment covered by section 9, shall be clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof with the name 'Black Bass,' an accurate statement of the number of such fish contained therein, and the names and addresses of the shipper and consignee. "SEC. 4. All such black bass transported into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to the same extent and in the same manner as though such fish had been produced in such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.

66 SEC. 5. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized (1) to make such expenditures, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, and for cooperation with local,

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