between lots numbered 26 and 27, one hundred feet to the northwesterly side of Fourth Street, as shown on said map, and thence northeasterly along the northwesterly side of said Fourth Street one hundred feet to the point or place of beginning. Being the same premises which were conveyed by Walter P. Chrysler to Della V. Chrysler, by deed dated June 2, 1932, and recorded in the aforesaid clerk's office on June 6, 1932, in Liber 1669 of Conveyances, at page 420. Approved, March 4, 1942. [CHAPTER 154-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6550] AN ACT To extend and amend Subtitle Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved June 29, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Subtitle— Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved June 29, 1940, and all authority thereunder, is hereby continued in full force and effect until six months after the termination of the present war shall have been proclaimed by the President or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President may designate, except that the proviso in section 222 (a) (2) in said Subtitle Insurance of Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby repealed and such authority is hereby vested in the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration in conformity with the President's Executive order of February 7, 1942 (No. 9054; 7 F. R. 837). Approved, March 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 186-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6291] AN ACT To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for the coordination of the forwarding and similar servicing of water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 217. (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed, through such administrative measures, agreements with other Federal departments and agencies, contracts with individuals or private business concerns, or other arrangements, as it may deem to be necessary or appropriate in the public interest, to coordinate the functions and facilities of public and private agencies engaged in the forwarding and similar servicing of water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States, for the efficient prosecution of the war, the maintenance and development of present and post-war foreign trade, and the preservation of forwarding facilities and services for the post-war restoration of foreign commerce. As used herein the term 'water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States' shall be deemed to include export shipments from the Government of the United States to the governments of nations whose defense is deemed by the President to be vital to the defense of the United States under the authority of the Act of March 11, 1941 (Public Law 11, Seventy-seventh Congress). "(b) Other Federal departments and agencies are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Commission by entering into and carrying out such agreements as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section: Provided, That the Commission is authorized and directed to report to the Congress within ninety days after the enactment of this section, and every four months thereafter, the action taken hereunder and to give the names of any Federal departments or agencies or any other persons who have failed to cooperate with the Commission as herein directed: And provided further, That nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the power or jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, nor confer upon the Maritime Commission concurrent power or jurisdiction over any matter within the power or jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. "(c) In conformity with the President's Executive order of February 7, 1942 (numbered 9054; 7 Federal Register 837), the functions and duties of the Commission under this section, insofar as they pertain to functions and duties of the Commission transferred by such Executive order to the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration, shall be performed by such Administrator." Approved, March 14, 1942. [CHAPTER 187-2D SESSION] [S. 2249] AN ACT Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy, additional ordnance manufacturing and production facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 for necessary tools, equipment, and facilities for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, munitions, and armor at either private or public plants. SEO. 2. The authority herein granted shall include the authority to acquire lands at such locations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem best suited to the purpose, erect or extend buildings, acquire the necessary machinery and equipment, and in private establishments provide plant protection installations, and shall be in addition to all authority heretofore granted for these purposes. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to report to Congress within six months from the enactment of this Act a statement of all lands acquired under this section showing the acreage, location, and the price of each such acquisition. Approved, March 17, 1942. [CHAPTER 240-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6554] AN ACT To amend war-risk insurance provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, in order to expedite ocean transportation and assist the war effort. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That SubtitleInsurance of title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (Public, Numbered 677, Seventy-sixth Congress), is hereby amended, effective as of April 1, 1942, to read as follows: "SUBTITLE-INSURANCE "SEC. 221. (a) Until six months after the termination of the present war is proclaimed or until such earlier date as the President may designate, the Commission is authorized to provide marine insurance and reinsurance against loss or damage by the risks of war and reinsurance against loss or damage by marine risks, as prescribed in this subtitle, whenever it appears to the Commission that (1) such insurance adequate for the needs of transportation in the water-borne commerce of the United States and its Territories and possessions (including the Philippine Islands, the Canal Zone, and any bases or lands leased or occupied by or on behalf of the United States), or of other transportation by water or other vessel services deemed by the Commission to be in the interest of the war effort or the domestic economy of the United States, cannot be obtained on reasonable terms and conditions from companies authorized to do an insurance business in a State of the United States, or (2) the furnishing by the Commission of such insurance or reinsurance with respect to any such transportation or other vessel services at nominal or other rate basis would be of material benefit to the war effort, or (after consultation with the Office of Price Administration or other agencies) to the domestic economy of the United States, or (after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of War) is necessary or advisable for military_or naval reasons: Provided, That there shall be reported on the last day of each calendar month to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the United States Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House, the insurance or reinsurance written under clause (2) of this subsection (a), during the preceding month, together with the rates and the reasons for such rates and such insurance and reinsurance. "(b) There shall be in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as the marine and war-risk insurance fund (hereinafter referred to as the fund), to be used for carrying out the provisions of this subtitle, and to be constituted of such sums |