CORPORATIONS (GOVERNMENT.) 115. Creation, etc. *Emergency Relief Appropriations. 193. COURTS. Judge serving on international military tribunal. Under circumstances stated, a judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals would not vacate his judicial office by serving without compensation at the request of the President as an alternative judicial member of the international military tribunal established to try persons charged with war crimes. 423. COURTS-MARTIAL. A German national who had crossed into our territory from Mexico and at the time of his arrest was found "lurking or acting as a spy" was subject to trial by court martial under Article 82 of the Articles of War (10 U. S. C. 1554). Forfeiture of pay. *Compensation. 324. CUSTOMS LAWS. Importations of war material. 561. When an administrative officer has determined that an importation is "war material" within the meaning of the act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 399), and Executive Order No. 9177, the importation is entitled to duty-free entry. The customs officials are entitled to rely upon the determination embodied in the administrative officer's certificate and are not required to make an independent determination. 283. Meat, foot-and-mouth disease. Tierra del Fuego may be treated as a country separate from continental Argentina and Chile in the administration of the statute (19 U. S. C. 1306 (a)) forbidding the importation of meat from countries in which rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists. 56. DEFENSE. All items digested or indexed under War. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. Copyright Office. *Officers. *Copyright Office. 27. Federal Security Administration. *Officers. 34. Redelegation, Army contracts. *Contracts. 225. DISBURSEMENTS. Authority. *Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. 150. DISCOUNT. Surplus property, disposal. *Surplus Property. 473. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Fire Department, physical requirements. *Veterans. 454. Surplus property; sales, gifts. *Surplus Property. 473. ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT. Loans. *Rural Electrification Act. 139. EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS. Land acquired for defense, relocation of occupants. Expenditures by the Farm Security Administration for the relief and relocation of farm families whose land was acquired by the United States for defense purposes were made for "rural rehabilitation" within the meaning of that term as it is used in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941 (54 Stat. 611), and in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1942 (55 Stat. 408). 193. The procedure followed in connection with these expenditures, including the creation of nonstock, nonprofit corporations with officers and employees of the Government as temporary directors, and the making of loans to such corporations, was within the lawful authority of the Farm Security Administration. 193. Land purchased by these corporations with the proceeds of loans made to them was not purchased in violation of section 3736 R. S., forbidding purchases of land "on account of the United States, except under a law authorizing such purchase." 193. Public Housing project. A housing project sponsored by Caddo Parish, La., is a public project within the contemplation of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts notwithstanding that the money spent upon such project by the Parish will be voluntarily paid to the Parish by the owner of the abutting property rather than raised through the imposition of assessments. Land, authority to purchase. *Lands. 69. EMPLOYEES. Civil Service, citizens of Panama. 1, The Civil Service Commission is required under the terms of an agreement between this Government and the Govern EMPLOYEES-Continued. ment of Panama to admit citizens of the Republic of Panama Acting postmaster appointed postmaster. *Postal Service. 348. Compensation from foreign government. *Compensation. 513 Conflicting interests. See Officers. Leave, assisting foreign government. *Compensation. 513. Negligence, liability. *Claims. 38. Office relegated to lower class. *Postal Service. 551. Patents on inventions. *Patents. 525. Political activity. See Hatch Act. Postmaster, residence requirement. *Postal Service. 407. Rationing boards. *Compensation. 191. Reemployment rights. See Veterans. Removal from office. *Hatch Act. 14, 545. Retirement, computation of service. Retirement, restoration to active duty. Veterans' preference. See Veterans. ENEMY PROPERTY. *Retirement. 124. Trading with the Enemy Act, sales to Filipinos. Under the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 616), the Alien Property Custodian in the exercise of authority delegated by the President, and on making the determination required by the statute, is authorized to sell property in the Philippine Islands to Filipinos. 432. Where sales to a specified group of non-citizens are authorized in the public interest, the members of that group may purchase for and may resell to all other members of the same group. 432. Waiver of royalties. *Patents. 338. ESPIONAGE ACT. Allied nations. *Confidential Information. 247. EXPORTATION. Military equipment, Canal Zone. Section 6 of the act of July 2, 1940 (50 U. S. C. App. 701), authorizing the President to prohibit or curtail the exportation of military equipment and other named material, was intended and should be interpreted to include the Canal Zone. 42. It is desirable that proclamations and regulations previously issued under this section and employing the term "United States" be amended to make clear the scope of their intended operation. 42. FARMERS' HOME CORPORATION. Taxability of land, Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. FARMS. Land acquired by the Government through purchase at foreclosure sale or the acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 522) becomes subject to State and local taxation upon administrative determination that it shall be utilized for the purpose of title I of the statute. 107. The Secretary of State has the authority under section 25 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act (55 Stat. 131) to certify to a Federal Reserve bank the authority of any person to deal with property of a foreign state or a central bank thereof whether the property has been deposited before or after the certificate is issued. 400. FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION. Removal from Washington to New York. Removal of the business organization of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation from Washington to New York in accordance with the plan outlined will not conflict with the statutory requirement (12 U. S. C. 1725) that the Corporation's principal office shall be in the District of Columbia. 115. FEDERAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. Authority to limit trap fishing in Alaska. The Secretary of the Interior has legal authority to limit the number of trap sites that may be occupied, and the amount of fish that may be taken by means of traps, by any individual, concern or combination in Alaskan waters. He does not have legal authority to allocate trap sites to particular applicants. 175. The opinion does not deal with the question of fishing rights that may be found to be vested in Alaskan natives or native communities. 175 FLOOD CONTROL ACT. Rights-of-way, timber, minerals. *Lands. 431. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. Importations of meat. *Customs Laws. 56. FOREIGN COMMERCE. Antitrust laws. *Aircraft. 335. Contracts. *Civil Aeronautics Act. 112. Permits, foreign aircraft. *Civil Aeronautics Act. 136. Aviation agreements, validity. *Treaties. 451. Bonds, Australian; renewal of indebtedness. *Neutrality. 135. Bonds, New Zealand. *Neutrality. 29. Citizens of Panama, Civil Service. *Employees. 515.. Employee detailed to assist. *Compensation. 513. International agreement executed by President. *Treaties. 469. Load lines, changed conditions. *Treaties. 119. Military secrets. *Confidential Information. 247. Military service, loss of citizenship. *Citizenship. 553. Ship abandoned to foreign insurer. *Shipping. 342. Flood Control Act, timber rights. *Lands. 431. Mining laws, national forests. *Mineral Deposits. 260. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY. Authority to make disbursements. The Archivist is not required to obtain authorization of the Leased for war production. *Silver. 171. Approval of purchases of land. GIFTS. Lands purchased under the act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. Application of income.. *Library of Congress. 66. Creation, etc. *Emergency Relief Appropriations. 193. Principal office. *Federal Savings, etc., Corp. 115. 798037-1939 |