Department of Construction
Department of Corrections
Department of Highways
Department of Inspections
Department of Insurance
Department of Sanitary Engineering
Department of Vehicles and Traffic
Department of Weights, Measures, and

Markets
Disbursing Office
District Boxing Commission
District of Columbia Board of Cosmetology
District of Columbia Board of Registra-

tion for Professional Engineers District of Columbia Educational Agency

for Surplus Property District of Columbia Pound District of Columbia Repair Shop District Personnel Board District Unemployment Compensation

Board Division of Printing and Publications Electrical Division Electrical Examining Board Electrical Inspection Division Elevator Inspection Division Executive Office of the Board of Commis

Superintendent of District Buildings
Trees and Parking Division
Tuberculosis Hospital
Undertakers' Examining Committee
Veterans' Service Center
Water Division

SEC. 2. Abolition of agencies. (a) The offices and agencies listed in section 1 hereof, including the offices of the heads of such agencies, are abolished. The provisions of the foregoing sentence with respect to any such office or agency shall become effective at such time as the Board of Commissioners shall specify, but in no event later than June 30, 1953.

(b) The Office of People's Counsel established by section 3 of the act of December 15, 1926 (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 43-205) and its functions are abolished.

(c) The Board of Commissioners shall make such provisions as the said Board may deem necessary with respect to winding up the affairs of any office or agency abolished by the provisions of this section.

SEC. 3. Performance of functions of Board. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to make from time to time such provisions as it deems appropriate to authorize the performance of any of its functions, including any function transferred to or otherwise vested in the Board of Commissioners by this reorganization plan, by any member of the Board of Commissioners, or by any other officer, employee, or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia, except the courts thereof.

(b) The Board of Commissioners shall not provide for the performance by any member of the Board of Commissioners, or by any other officer, employee, or agency of: (1) any function vested in the said Board by Act of Congress with respect to making and adopting regulations except those pertaining to the administration of or procedure before any agency of the Government of the District of Columbia; (2) the function of approving any contract in excess of $25,000; (3) the function of appointing or removing the head of any agency responsible directly to the Board of Commissioners; or (4) the function of approving the budget for the District of Columbia.

SEC. 4. Establishment of new offices. (a) There are hereby established in the Government of the District of Columbia so many agencies and offices, and with such names or titles, as the Board of Commissioners shall from time to time determine. The said offices shall be filled by appointment by, or under the authority of, the Board of Commissioners. Each officer so appointed shall perform the functions delegated to him in accordance with this reorganization plan and shall receive compensation to be fixed in accordance with the classification laws, as now or hereafter amended, except that the compensation for not to exceed fifteen such offices at any one time may be fixed without regard to the numerical limitations on positions set forth in section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 (5 U. S. C. 1105).

(b) There are hereby established in the Government of the District of Columbia two new offices one of which shall have the title of “Chief of Police" and the other the title of "Fire Chief."

The Chief of Police and the Fire Chief shall each be appointed by the Board of Commissioners and shall each receive compensation fixed by the said Board at a rate of not in excess of $12,800 per annum.

SEC. 5. Transfer of personnel, property, records, and funds. With respect to personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, relating to functions transferred, or authorized to be delegated, by the provisions hereof, the Board of Commissioners from time to time may effect such transfers between agencies of the Government of the District of Columbia (including transfers between the Board of Commissioners and any other agency of the Government of the District of Columbia) as the Board may deem necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this reorganization plan.

LETTER OF JANUARY 3, 1952

(CARRYING OUT THE TORQUAY PROTOCOL TO

THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES)

THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 3, 1952.
MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY:

Reference is made to my proclamation of June 2, 1951, carrying out the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and for other purposes.

Denmark has signed the Torquay Protocol on December 21, 1951. I hereby notify you that the

(1) complete items in Part I of Schedule XX annexed to the Torquay Protocol (in cases in which only the item designation is specified), and

(2) portions of such items to which particular rates are applicable (in cases in which the item designation is specified together with only one or more rates of duty) shall not be withheld pursuant to paragraph 4 of the Torquay Protocol on or after January 20, 1952:

Item designation:

Rate of duty 30. 360 (first)

20% ad val. 753 (sixth) 763

194¢ per lb. 804 (second) Very sincerely yours,

HARRY S. TRUMAN The Honorable JOHN W. SNYDER, Secretary of the Treasury.

LETTER OF JUNE 5, 1952 [ SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN IMPORTS FROM

HUNGARY PURSUANT TO PROCLAMATION 2935 ']

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, June 5, 1952. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY:

Pursuant to Part I of my proclamation of August 1, 1951, carrying out Sections 5 and 11 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, I hereby notify you that the suspension provided for therein shall be applicable with respect to imports from Hungary which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after July 5, 1952. Very sincerely yours,

HARRY S. TRUMAN Hon. JOHN W. SNYDER,

Secretary of the Treasury. 13 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 37.

LETTER OF JUNE 13, 1952 [SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN IMPORTS FROM

TIBET PURSUANT TO PROCLAMATION 2935 ']

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, June 13, 1952. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY:

Pursuant to Part I of my proclamation of August 1, 1951, carrying out sections

5 and 11 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, I hereby notify you that the suspension provided for therein shall be applicable with respect to imports from Tibet which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after the close of business July 13, 1952. Very sincerely yours,

HARRY S. TRUMAN HON. JOHN W. SNYDER,

Secretary of the Treasury.

13 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 37.