Public Law 74–165

That the Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission, created by joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution for the relief of Porto Rico”, approved December

Functions, etc., transferred to Department of the Interior.

21, 1928, is hereby abolished and all of the functions of the said Commission, together with its employees, records, supplies, equipment, and property of every kind, and unexpended balances of appropriations are hereby transferred to the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, to be administered under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That personnel now temporarily assigned to the Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission from the War Department and from the Department of Agriculture shall, without in any way affecting their permanent status in such Departments, continue to serve in their present capacity, but

Proviso.

Personal services continued.

under supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, until June 30, 1935, unless sooner relieved by the Secretary of the Interior, and that the length of such service shall not be continued beyond June 30, 1935, except by special agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the heads of the other Departments concerned.