Volume 52
Public Law 75–253
To amend section 203 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes.
Approved May 18, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 203 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 203 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is hereby amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 203.”, and by adding at the end of such section a subsection to read as follows:
“(b) U. S. Shipping Board (Emergency) Merchant Fleet Corporation employees.Payments to, on account of leave earned in 1918–19 approved.
All payments made by the United States Shipping Board (Emergency) Merchant Fleet Corporation to its employees in settlement of its liability arising out of contracts of employment between said United States Shipping Board (Emergency) Merchant Fleet Corporation and its employees on account of leave earned in the
Release from liability to refund or repay.
years 1918–1919 are hereby approved and confirmed. All persons to whom such payments were made are hereby released from any liability to refund or repay to the Government such payments, and no deductions on account of any such payments shall be made from any amounts otherwise due or payable out of Government funds to such persons.”
Approved, May 18, 1938.