Volume 56 · 20
Public Law 77–21
Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore on the Great Lakes during 1942.
Approved January 27, 1942
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore on the Great Lakes during 1942.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, by reason
Great Lakes.
Transportation of iron ore.
Post, p. 735.
of emergency conditions in transportation on the Great Lakes, notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 of the Act of Congress approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 999), as amended by Act of Congress approved April 11, 1935 (49 Stat. 154), and by Act of Congress
46 U. S. C. 883; Supp. I, § 883 note.
approved July 2, 1935 (49 Stat 442), or the provisions of any other Act of Congress or regulation, vessels of Canadian registry shall be permitted to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes during the 1942 season of navigation on the Great Lakes.
Approved, January 27, 1942.