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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 411-413-JULY 31, 1947 appropriation in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Providedfurther,That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 4 . The Governor of the Panama Canal is authorized to employ 60U.stt.c10. services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600), but at rates not exceeding $100 per diem for individuals. Trnsfer of surplus SEC. 5 . The War Department and the Navy Department are upplies to Panama !anal. authorized to transfer to the Panama Canal, regardless of present location and without charge to the Panama Canal, materials, supplies, tools, and equipment of every character, including structures, vessels, and floating equipment, which are surplus to the needs of the department having title thereto and which may be certified by the Governor of the Panama Canal as necessary for the care, maintenance, operation, improvement, sanitation, and government of the Panama Canal and Canl Zone. SEC. 6. Appropriations for the Military Establishment and for civil 57ptat. 372 functions administered by the War Department may be used for the 31U.S.C .§215-217 payment of claims under the Act of July 3, 1943, and part 2 of the t0Stat. 3 . Federal Tort Claims Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 601), and 2su. .c. C. 921, for the expenses of health programs for Federal employees pursuant 60Stat.903. to the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 658). SU.S.C .t§i0 SEc. 7 . This Act may be cited as the "War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1948". Approved July 31, 1947. July 31, 1947 [H. R . 4110] [Public Law 297] [CHAPTER 412] AN ACT To amend title I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further develop- ment of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endow- ment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935 (the Bank- head-Jones Act). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the eratie re t earcoh United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of projects. title I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), which was added 760utat.c 08. by Public Law 733, Seventy-ninth Congress, is amended by striking out the words "authorized to be" wherever they appear in that section. Approved July 31, 1947. July 31, 1947 [H. R. 42541 [Public Law 298] Disposition of labor supply centers, etc. 60 Stat. 1064,1068. 7U.S.C.i§1001 note, 1017 (d). [CHAPTER 413] AN ACT Providing for the disposition of farm labor camps to public or semipublic agencies or nonprofit associations of farmers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of section 2 (d) of the Farmers' Home Adminis- tration Act of 1946 and section 43 (d) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as added by the Farmers' Home Administration Act of 1946, the Secretary of Agriculture may dispose of any labor supply center, labor home, labor camp or facility referred to in said sections sc Si C no 92 694 [61 STAT.