May 1949 amendment of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the analysis of part I of title 18, United States Code, entitled “Crimes and Criminal Procedure”, immediately preceding chapter 1 of such title, is amended (1) by striking out of item 21 of such analysis the words “constituting crimes”; and (2) by inserting immediately after and below item “49. Fugitives from justice______1071”, a new item as follows: “50. Gambling______1081”.

Sec. 2. Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“§ 42. Importation of injurious animals and birds; permits; specimens for museums

“(a) The importation into the United States or any Territory or district thereof, of the mongoose, the so-called ‘flying foxes’ or fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, and such other birds and animals as the Secretary of the Interior may declare to be injurious to the interests of agriculture or horticulture, is prohibited; and all such birds and animals shall, upon arrival at any port of the United States, be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner. Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the importation of natural-history specimens for museums or scientific collections, or of certain cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or such other birds as the Secretary of the Interior may designate. The Secretary of the Treasury may make regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this section.

“(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

“(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe such requirements and issue such permits as he may deem necessary for the transportation of wild animals and birds under humane and healthful conditions, and it shall be unlawful for any person, including any importer, knowingly to cause or permit any wild animal or bird to be transported to the United States, or any Territory or district thereof, under inhumane or unhealthful conditions or in violation of such

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Sec. 126. The second sentence of subsection (b) of section 2675 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the word “subsection” appearing therein and inserting in lieu thereof the word “section”.

Sec. 127. Section 32 of the Act of June 25, 1948, chapter 646, 62 Stat. 991, is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 32. (a) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948, in which reference is made to a ‘circuit court of appeals’; ‘senior circuit judge’; ‘senior district judge’; ‘presiding judge’; ‘chief justice’, except when reference to the Chief Justice of the United States is intended; or ‘justice’, except when used with respect to a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in his capacity as such or as a circuit justice, are hereby amended by substituting ‘court of appeals’ for ‘circuit court of appeals’; ‘chief judge of the circuit’ for ‘senior circuit judge’; ‘chief judge of the district court’ for ‘senior district judge’; ‘chief judge’ for ‘presiding judge’; ‘chief judge’ for ‘chief justice’, except when reference to the Chief Justice of the United States is intended; and ‘judge’ for ‘justice’, except when the latter term is used with respect to a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in his capacity as such or as a circuit justice.

“(b) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948, in which reference is made to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia or to the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia are amended by substituting ‘United States District Court for the District of Columbia’ for such designations.

“(c) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948, in which reference is made to the ‘Conference of Senior Circuit Judges’, or to the ‘Judicial Conference of Senior Circuit Judges’ are amended by substituting ‘Judicial Conference of the United States’ for such designations.

“(d) This section shall not be construed to amend historical references to courts or judicial offices which have no present or future application to such courts or offices.”.

Sec. 128. Subsection (a) of section 1141 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U. S. C., sec. 1141(a)), as amended, is amended by striking out the words “circuit courts of appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia”, appearing in such subsection, and substituting in lieu thereof “courts of appeals”.

Sec. 129. (a) The analysis of chapter 4, immediately preceding section 101 of title 4 of the United States Code, entitled, “Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States”, is amended by inserting, immediately after and below item 110, the following new item:

“111. Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress.”.

(b) Such title 4 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting, immediately following section 110, a new section, as follows:

“§ 111. Compacts between States for cooperation in prevention of crime; consent of Congress

“The consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and in the enforcement of their respective criminal laws and policies, and to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements and compacts.”.

Sec. 130. Clause (1) of subdivision c of section 14 of the Act of July 1, 1898 (ch. 541, 30 Stat. 550; 11 U. S. C., sec. 32, subd. c. cl. (1)), as amended, is amended by striking out the words “this Act”, and inserting in lieu thereof “title 18, United States Code, section 152”.

Sec. 131. Clause (3) of subdivision a of section 64 of the Act of July 1, 1898 (ch. 541, 30 Stat. 563; 11 U. S. C. § 104, subd. a, cl. (3)), as amended, is amended by striking out the words “this Act”, and inserting in lieu thereof: “Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the United States Code”.

Sec. 132. Subsection (a) of section 402 of the Act approved June 19, 1934 (ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1093; 47 U. S. C. 402(a)), as amended, is amended (1) by striking out the words “the Act of October 22, 1913 (38 Stat. 219)”, and inserting in lieu thereof “title 28 of the United States Code”, and (2) by striking out, at the end of such subsection, the words “that Act”, and inserting in lieu thereof the words “such title 28”.

Sec. 133. Subsection (g) of section 205 of part II of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (49 U. S. C. sec. 305(g)), such subsection having been added to such Act as subsection (h) of section 205 thereof by the Act approved August 9, 1935, chapter 498, 49 Stat. 548, and redesignated as subsection (g) by the Act approved September 18, 1940, chapter 722, title I, section 20(c), 54 Stat. 922, is amended by striking out “the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, October 22, 1913,” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “section 2284 of title 28 of the United States Code,”.

Sec. 134. Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (chapter 482, 48 Stat. 948; 40 U. S. C., § 276c) is amended to read as follows:

“The Secretary of Labor shall make reasonable regulations for contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction, prosecution, completion or repair of public buildings, public works or buildings or works financed in whole or in part by loans or grants from the United States, including a provision that each contractor and subcontractor shall furnish weekly a sworn affidavit with respect to the wages paid each employee during the preceding week.”.

“Sec. 135. (a) Section 61 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (ch. 854, 31 Stat. 1199; D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 11–305), which section was repealed by section 39 of the Act approved June 25, 1948 (ch. 646, 62 Stat. 992), is hereby reenacted and amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 61. Jurisdiction.—The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district court, shall continue to have and exercise all the jurisdiction possessed and exercised by it on August 31, 1948.”.

(b) The reenactment and amendment, by subsection (a) of this section, of section 61 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (ch. 854, 31 Stat. 1199; D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 11–305) shall be deemed to be in effect as of September 1, 1948.

Sec. 136. Section 65 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (ch. 854, 31 Stat. 1200; D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 11–312), as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 65. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia may appoint an auditor and also a messenger for each judge and all other officers of the court necessary for the due administration of justice.”.

Sec. 137. Section 224 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (ch. 854, 31 Stat. 1224; D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 11–204), as last amended by section 15 of the Act approved June 25, 1948 (ch. 646, 62 Stat. 988), is further amended (1) by striking out, immediately after the word “Deputy” in the catchline of such section, the word “clerk”, and inserting in lieu thereof the word “clerks”, and (2) by striking out

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Sec. 142. The sections or parts thereof of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia and Statutes at Large enumerated in the following schedule are hereby repealed. Any rights or liabilities now existing under such sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by this repeal.

SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED

	District of Columbia Code, 1940 edition
Revised Statutes, District of Columbia (vol. 18, pt. II)	Title	Section
Section 764 (on page 91)	11	11–307
Section 771 (on page 92)	11	11–304

	Statutes at Large					District of Columbia Code, 1940 edition
Date	Chapter	Title	Section	Volume	Page	Title	Section
1901—Mar. 3	854		63, 64, 66	31	1200	11	11–310
							11–311
							11–313
Mar. 3	854		68, 69, 70	31	1200	11	11–315
							11–316
							11–317
Mar. 3	854		71, ¹ 73, ¹ 83	31	1201, 1202	11	11–318
							11–320
							11–322
Mar. 3	854		84, 85, ² 185	31	1202, 1220	11	11–324
							11–325
							11–323
Mar. 3	854		210, 211, 216	31	1223	11	11–1414
							11–1415
							11–1419
Mar. 3	854		226, 227	31	1225	17	17–101
							17–103
Mar. 3	854		230, 231, 232	31	1227	11	11–208
							11–209
							11–210
							11–331
1906—Mar. 19	960		22	34	77	17	17–105
1921—Mar. 3	125		12	41	1312	11	11–723
						17	17–101
							17–104
1938—June 1	309		33	52	603	11	11–934

	Statutes at Large					U. S. Code, 1946 edition
Date	Chapter	Title	Section	Volume	Page	Title	Section
1914—Aug. 22	264		2	38	699	16	168
1932—Jan. 22	8		³ 11			15 (Supp. I)	610
1934—June 6	406			48	909	18	⁴ 420
1939—Feb. 10	2		3741, 3744, 3745(b)(c)(d)	53	460, 461	26	3741, 3744, 3745(b)(c)(d)
1942—Sept. 16	561	III	⁵ 302			50	342
1946—July 5	540		40	60	440	15	1122
Aug. 13	959		24	60	1055	25	70w
1948—Feb. 10	51			62	19	18	⁴ 107a
Apr. 15	188			62	172	10	1393
Apr. 27	235			62	200–202	18	⁴ 505–508
May 11	276			62	230, 231	18	⁴ 744o
June 3	400	II	204	62	321	28	⁶ 435
June 19	504			62	484	28	⁶ 584 note
June 25	652			62	1016	28	⁶ 600
June 25	653			62	1016	18	⁴ 725
June 29	716			62	1096	18	⁴ 391
June 29	719		1–3	62	1100	18	⁴ 744p, 744q, 744r

¹ As amended by act June 30, 1902, ch. 1329, 32 Stat. 523.

² As amended by act June 30, 1902, ch. 1329, 32 Stat. 527.

³ As so designated sec. 11, and amended by act June 30, 1947, ch. 166, title I, § 1, 61 Stat. 202.

⁴ As so classified to the U. S. Code prior to enactment of revised title 18 U. S. C. by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683.

⁵ As added to said act of Sept. 16, 1942, ch. 561, by act Apr. 19, 1946, ch. 142, 60 Stat. 102.

⁶ As so classified to the U. S. Code prior to enactment of revised title 28 U. S. C., by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869.

Approved May 24, 1949.