Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
Citation: An Act to improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes, May 18, 1933; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1996; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11, National Archives
引文：一项旨在改善田纳西河适航性并提供防洪措施的法案；提供田纳西河谷的重新造林和边际土地的合理利用；促进该山谷的农业和工业发展； 1933 年 5 月 18 日，通过成立一家公司来经营阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯及其附近的政府财产并用于其他目的，从而为国防提供保障；国会登记法案和决议，1789-1996；美国政府总记录；国家档案馆第 11 号记录组
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This act of May 18, 1933, created the Tennessee Valley Authority to oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee Valley basin.
1933 年 5 月 18 日的这项法案成立了田纳西河谷管理局，负责监督水坝的建设，以控制洪水、改善航运并在田纳西河谷盆地创造廉价电力。
President Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933, creating the TVA as a federal corporation.
1933 年 5 月 18 日，罗斯福总统签署了《田纳西河谷管理局法案》，将田纳西河谷管理局创建为联邦公司。
The new agency was asked to tackle important problems facing the valley, such as flooding, providing electricity to homes and businesses, and replanting forests.
新机构被要求解决该山谷面临的重要问题，例如洪水、为家庭和企业提供电力以及重新种植森林。
Other TVA responsibilities written in the act included improving travel on the Tennessee River and helping develop the region’s business and farming.
该法案中规定的田纳西州管理局的其他职责包括改善田纳西河上的交通以及帮助发展该地区的商业和农业。
The establishment of the TVA marked the first time that an agency was directed to address the total resource development needs of a major region.
TVA 的成立标志着第一次有一个机构负责解决一个主要地区的总体资源开发需求。
TVA was challenged to take on—in one unified development effort—the problems presented by devastating floods, badly eroded lands, a deficient economy, and a steady out-migration.
乡镇管理局面临的挑战是，要通过一项统一的发展努力来解决毁灭性洪水、土地严重侵蚀、经济不足和人口不断外流所带来的问题。
The most dramatic change in Valley life came from the electricity generated by TVA dams.
山谷生活最显着的变化来自 TVA 水坝产生的电力。
Electric lights and modern appliances made life easier and farms more productive.
电灯和现代电器使生活更轻松，农场生产力更高。
Electricity also drew industries to the region, providing desperately needed jobs.
电力也吸引了该地区的工业，提供了急需的就业机会。
The Tennessee Valley Authority was often caught up in public and political controversy, however.
然而，田纳西河谷管理局经常陷入公众和政治争议。
The displacement of families, and sometimes entire towns, caused great hardship for some communities.
一些家庭甚至整个城镇的流离失所给一些社区带来了巨大的困难。
Additionally, power struggles between the Chairman of the Board, Arthur E.
此外，董事会主席 Arthur E. 之间也存在权力斗争。
Morgan, and Board member David Lilienthal became fodder for newspapers and cartoonists.
摩根和董事会成员大卫·利林塔尔成为报纸和漫画家的素材。
And the environmental impact of dam construction, particularly Tellico Dam, was often contested in court.
大坝建设（尤其是特利科大坝）对环境的影响经常在法庭上受到争议。
Today, TVA is the largest public power company in the United States.
如今，TVA 是美国最大的公共电力公司。
The agency also manages the nation’s fifth-largest river system in order to control flooding, make rivers easier to travel, provide recreation, and protect water quality.
该机构还管理全国第五大河流系统，以控制洪水、使河流更容易通行、提供娱乐并保护水质。
As a federal public power corporation, the TVA serves about 80,000 square miles in the southeastern United States.
作为一家联邦公共电力公司，TVA 为美国东南部约 80,000 平方英里的区域提供服务。
This area includes most of Tennessee and parts of six other states – Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
该地区包括田纳西州的大部分地区和其他六个州的部分地区——阿拉巴马州、密西西比州、肯塔基州、弗吉尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州和佐治亚州。
TVA’s facilities for generating electric power include 29 hydroelectric dams, a pumped-storage plant, and 3 nuclear plants; as well as coal-fired, combustion-turbine, natural gas, and nuclear plants; and diesel and solar energy sites.
TVA 的发电设施包括 29 座水力发电大坝、一座抽水蓄能电站和 3 座核电站；以及燃煤、燃气轮机、天然气和核电站；以及柴油和太阳能站点。
These facilities provide over 27,000 megawatts of dependable generating capacity.
这些设施提供超过 27,000 兆瓦的可靠发电能力。
TVA provides electric power to local, municipal, and cooperative power distributors through a network of over 16,000 miles of transmission lines.
TVA 通过超过 16,000 英里的输电线路网络向当地、市政和合作电力分销商提供电力。
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An Act to Improve the Navigability and to Provide for the Flood Control of the Tennessee River: To Provide for Reforestation and the Proper Use of Marginal Lands in the Tennessee Valley; to Provide for the Agricultural and Industrial Development of Said Valley; to Provide for the National Defense by the Creation of a Corporation for the Operation of Government Properties at and Near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for Other Purposes May 18, 1933.
改善田纳西河适航性和防洪法案：在田纳西河谷重新造林和合理利用边缘土地；促进赛义德山谷的农业和工业发展； 1933 年 5 月 18 日，通过成立一家公司来运营阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯及其附近的政府财产并用于其他目的，以提供国防保障。
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of maintaining and operating the properties now owned by the United States in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the interest of the national defense and for agriculture and industrial development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there is hereby created a body corporate by the name of the "Tennessee Valley Authority" (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation").
美利坚合众国参议院和众议院在国会中颁布的法案，为了维护和经营美国在阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯附近现有的财产，为了国防和农业和工业发展的利益，为了改善田纳西河的航运并控制田纳西河和密西西比河流域的破坏性洪水，特此成立一个名为“田纳西河谷管理局”（以下简称“公司”）。
The board of directors first appointed shall be deemed the incorporators and the incorporation shall be held to have been effected from the date of the first meeting of the board.
首次任命的董事会为发起人，发起人自董事会第一次会议召开之日起视为成立。
This Act may be cited as the "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933."
该法案可称为“1933 年田纳西河谷管理局法案”。
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(a) The board of directors of the Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "board") shall be composed of three members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(a) 公司董事会（以下简称“董事会”）由三名成员组成，由总统在参议院的建议和同意下任命。
In appointing the members of the board, the President shall designate the chairman.
在任命董事会成员时，主席应指定主席。
All other officials, agents, and employees shall be designated and selected by the board.
所有其他官员、代理人和雇员均应由董事会指定和选择。
(b) The terms of office of the members first taking office after the approval of this Act shall expire as designated by the President at the time of nomination, one at the end of the third year, one at the end of the sixth year, and one at the end of the ninth year, after the date of approval of this Act.
(b) 本法批准后首次就职的成员的任期应按照总统在提名时指定的期限届满，即本法批准之日后的第三年年底、第六年年底、第九年年底。
A successor to a member of the board shall be appointed in the same manner as the original members and shall have a term of office expiring nine years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
董事会成员的继任者的任命方式与原成员相同，任期自其前任成员任期届满之日起九年。
(c) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy in the board occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
(c) 为填补其前任任期届满之前出现的董事会空缺而被任命的任何成员，应在该任期的剩余时间内获得任命。
(d) Vacancies in the board so long as there shall be two members in office shall not impair the powers of the board to execute the functions of the Corporation, and two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
(d) 董事会的空缺，只要有两名在任成员，就不会损害董事会执行公司职能的权力，并且两名在任成员应构成处理董事会事务的法定人数。
(e) Each of the members of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall receive a salary at the rate of $10,000 a year, to be paid by the Corporation as current expenses.
(e) 董事会的每位成员均应是美国公民，并应领取每年 10,000 美元的工资，由公司作为经常开支支付。
Each member of the board, in addition to his salary, shall be permitted to occupy as his residence one of the dwelling houses owned by the Government in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the same to be designated by the President of the United States.
每位董事会成员除工资外，还应被允许在阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯附近的政府拥有的住宅之一中居住，该住宅由美国总统指定。
Members of the board shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for actual expenses (including traveling and subsistence expenses) incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the board by this Act.
董事会成员因履行本法赋予董事会的职责而产生的实际费用（包括差旅费和生活费）应由公司报销。
No member of said board shall, during his continuance in office, be engaged in other business, but each member shall devote himself to the work of the Corporation .
董事会成员在任职期间不得从事其他业务，但各成员应当致力于公司的工作。
(f) No director shall have financial interest in any public-utility corporation engaged in the business of distributing and selling power to the public nor in any corporation engaged in the manufacture, selling, or distribution of fixed nitrogen or fertilizer, or any ingredients thereof, nor shall any member have any interest in any business that may be adversely affected by the success of the Corporation as a producer of concentrated fertilizers or as a producer of electric power.
(f) 董事不得在任何从事向公众分配和销售电力业务的公用事业公司或任何从事制造、销售或分销固定氮或化肥或其任何成分的公司中拥有经济利益，任何成员也不得在可能因公司作为浓缩肥料生产商或电力生产商的成功而受到不利影响的任何业务中拥有任何利益。
(g) The board shall direct the exercise of all the powers of the Corporation .
(g) 董事会应指导公司所有权力的行使。
(h) All members of the board shall be persons who profess a belief in the feasibility and wisdom of this Act.
(h) 董事会所有成员均应自称相信本法的可行性和智慧。
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The Board shall without regard to the provisions of Civil Service laws applicable to officers and employees of the United States, appoint such managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents, as are necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may designate, and provide a system of organization to fix responsibility and promote efficiency.
董事会应不考虑适用于美国官员和雇员的公务员法的规定，任命其业务交易所需的经理、助理经理、官员、雇员、律师和代理人，确定他们的报酬，确定他们的职责，要求董事会可能指定的债券，并提供一个组织系统来确定责任和提高效率。
Any appointee of the board may be removed in the discretion of the board.
董事会的任何任命者均可根据董事会的酌情决定被免职。
No regular officer or employee of the Corporation shall receive a salary in excess of that received by the members of the board.
公司任何正式管理人员或雇员的工资不得超过董事会成员的工资。
All contracts to which the Corporation is a party and which require the employment of laborers and mechanics in the construction, alteration, maintenance or repair of buildings, dams, locks, or other projects shall contain a provision that not less than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature prevailing in the vicinity shall be paid to such laborers or mechanics.
公司作为一方当事人的所有合同，要求在建筑物、水坝、水闸或其他项目的建造、改建、维护或修理中雇用工人和技工的，均应包含一项规定，即向此类工人或技工支付的工资不得低于附近地区类似性质工作的现行工资水平。
In the event any dispute arises as to what are the prevailing rates of wages, the question shall be referred to the Secretary of Labor for determination, and his decision shall be final.
如果对现行工资率有任何争议，该问题应提交劳工部长决定，他的决定为最终决定。
In the determination of such prevailing rate or rates, due regard shall be given to those rates which have been secured through collective agreement by representatives of employers and employees.
在确定现行费率时，应适当考虑雇主和雇员代表通过集体协议确定的费率。
Where such work as is described in the two preceding paragraphs is done directly by the Corporation the prevailing rate of wages shall be paid in the same manner as though such work had been let by contract.
如果前两段所述的工作由公司直接完成，则应按照与通过合同出租此类工作相同的方式支付现行工资。
Insofar as applicable, the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
在适用的范围内，经修订的 1916 年 9 月 7 日批准的题为“为在履行职责和其他目的时遭受伤害的美国雇员提供赔偿的法案”的福利应延伸至根据本法规定就业的人员。
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the Corporation--
除非本法另有明确规定，公司——
(a) Shall have succession in its corporate name.
(a) 其公司名称应有继承权。
(b) May sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(b) 可以以其公司名义起诉和被起诉。
(c) May adopt and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed.
(c) 可以采用并使用企业印章，并应当受到司法注意。
(d) May make contracts, as herein authorized.
(d) 可根据本协议授权签订合同。
(e) May adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws.
(e) 可通过、修改和废除章程。
(f) May purchase or lease and hold such real and personal property as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of its business, and may dispose of any such personal property held by it.
(f) 可以购买或租赁和持有其认为在其业务交易中必要或方便的不动产和动产，并可以处置其持有的任何此类动产。
The board shall select a treasurer and as many assistant treasurers as it deems proper, which treasurer and assistant treasurers shall give such bonds for the safe-keeping of the securities and moneys of the said Corporation as the board may require: Provided, That any member of said board may be removed from office at any time by a concurrent resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
董事会应选择一名财务主管和其认为适当的尽可能多的助理财务主管，财务主管和助理财务主管应根据董事会的要求提供债券，以保管该公司的证券和资金：但参议院和众议院的同时决议可以随时罢免该董事会的任何成员。
(g) Shall have such powers as may be necessary or appropriate for the exercise of the powers herein specifically conferred upon the Corporation.
(g) 应拥有行使本文特别授予公司的权力所需或适当的权力。
(h) Shall have power in the name of the United States of America to exercise the right of eminent domain, and in the purchase of any real estate or the condemnation of real estate by condemnation proceedings, the title to such real estate shall be taken in the name of the United States of America, and thereupon all such real estate shall be entrusted to the Corporation as the agent of the United States to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
(h) 有权以美利坚合众国的名义行使征用权，在购买任何房地产或通过谴责程序谴责房地产时，此类房地产的所有权应以美利坚合众国的名义取得，因此所有此类房地产应委托给公司作为美国的代理人，以实现本法的目的。
(i) Shall have power to acquire real estate for the construction of dams, reservoirs, transmission lines, power houses, and other structures, and navigation projects at any point along the Tennessee River, or any of its tributaries, and in the event that the owner or owners of such property shall fail and refuse to sell to the Corporation at a price deemed fair and reasonable by the board, then the Corporation may proceed to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to condemn all property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and all such condemnation proceedings shall be had pursuant to the provisions and requirements hereinafter specified, with reference to any and all condemnation proceedings.
(i) 有权在田纳西河或其任何支流沿线的任何地点收购用于建造水坝、水库、输电线路、发电厂和其他建筑物以及航海工程的房地产，如果该财产的所有者未能或拒绝以董事会认为公平合理的价格出售给公司，则公司可以继续行使征用权，并谴责其认为实现上述目的所必需的所有财产本法的规定，所有此类谴责程序均应根据下文指定的任何及所有谴责程序的规定和要求进行。
(i) Shall have power to construct dams, reservoirs, power houses, power structures, transmission lines, navigation projects, and incidental works in the Tennessee River and its tributaries, and to unite the various power installations into one or more systems by transmission lines.
(i) 有权在田纳西河及其支流上修建水坝、水库、发电厂、电力建筑物、输电线路、通航工程和附带工程，并通过输电线路将各种电力设施联合成一个或多个系统。
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The board is hereby authorized--
董事会特此授权——
(a) To contract with commercial producers for the production of such fertilizers or fertilizer materials as may be needed in the Government's program of development and introduction in excess of that produced by Government plants.
(a) 与商业生产商签订合同，生产政府发展和引进计划中可能需要的、超出政府工厂生产的肥料或肥料材料。
Such contracts may provide either for outright purchase of materials by the board or only for the payment of carrying charges on special materials manufactured at the board's request for its program.
此类合同可以规定董事会直接购买材料，也可以仅支付根据董事会要求为其计划制造的特殊材料的运输费用。
(b) To arrange with farmers and farm organizations for large scale practical use of the new forms of fertilizers under conditions permitting an accurate measure of the economic return they produce.
(b) 与农民和农业组织安排在能够准确衡量其产生的经济回报的条件下大规模实际使用新型肥料。
(c) To cooperate with National, State, district, or county experimental stations or demonstration farms, for the use of new forms of fertilizer or fertilizer practices during the initial or experimental period of their introduction.
(c) 与国家、州、区、县试验站或示范农场合作，在新肥料形式或施肥实践引进初期或试验期间使用新肥料或施肥做法。
(d) The board in order to improve and cheapen the production of fertilizer is authorized to manufacture and sell fixed nitrogen, fertilizer, and fertilizer ingredients at Muscle Shoals by the employment of existing facilities, by modernizing existing plants, or by any other process or processes that in its judgment shall appear wise and profitable for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen or the cheapening of the production of fertilizer.
(d) 为了改进化肥生产并降低化肥生产成本，委员会被授权通过利用现有设施、对现有工厂进行现代化改造，或通过其认为对于固定大气氮或降低化肥生产成本而言明智且有利可图的任何其他工艺，在马斯尔浅滩制造和销售固定氮、化肥和化肥成分。
(e) Under the authority of this Act the board may make donations or sales of the product of the plant or plants operated by it to be fairly and equitably distributed through the agency of county demonstration agents, agricultural colleges, or otherwise as the board may direct, for experimentation, education, and introduction of the use of such products in cooperation with practical farmers so as to obtain information as to the value, effect, and best methods of their use.
(e) 根据本法的授权，委员会可以捐赠或销售其经营的一个或多个植物的产品，并通过县示范机构、农业学院或委员会指示的其他机构公平、公正地分配，用于与实际农民合作进行实验、教育和介绍此类产品的使用，以获得有关其价值、效果和最佳使用方法的信息。
(f) The board is authorized to make alterations, modifications, or improvements in existing plants and facilities, and to construct new plants.
(f) 董事会有权对现有工厂和设施进行改建、修改或改进，并建造新工厂。
(g) In the event it is not used for the fixation of nitrogen for agricultural purposes or leased, then the board shall maintain in stand-by condition nitrate plant numbered 2, or its equivalent, for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, for the production of explosives in the event of war or a national emergency until the Congress shall by joint resolution release the board from this obligation, and if any part thereof be used by the board for the manufacture or phosphoric acid or potash, the balance of nitrate plant numbered 2 shall be kept in stand-by condition.
(g) 如果不用于农业目的固氮或租赁，则委员会应将编号为 2 的硝酸盐工厂或其同等设备维持在备用状态，用于固定大气中的氮，以便在战争或国家紧急情况下生产爆炸物，直到国会通过联合决议解除委员会的这项义务，并且如果委员会将其任何部分用于制造磷酸或钾肥，则编号为 2 的硝酸盐工厂的其余部分应为保持待机状态。
(h) To establish, maintain, and operate laboratories and experimental plants, and to undertake experiments for the purpose of enabling the Corporation to furnish nitrogen products for military purposes, and nitrogen and other fertilizer products for agricultural purposes in the most economical manner and at the highest standard of efficiency.
(h) 建立、维持和运营实验室和实验工厂，并进行实验，以使公司能够以最经济的方式和最高的效率标准提供军事用途的氮产品以及农业用途的氮和其他肥料产品。
(i) To request the assistance and advice of any officer, agent, or employee of any executive department or of any independent office of the United States, to enable the Corporation the better to carry out its powers successfully, and as far as practicable shall utilize the services of such officers, agents, and employees, and the President shall, if in his opinion, the public interest, service, or economy so require, direct that such assistance, advice, and service be rendered to the Corporation, and any individual that may be by the President directed to render such assistance, advice, and service shall be thereafter subject to the orders, rules, and regulations of the board: Provided, That any invention or discovery made by virtue of and incidental to such service by an employee of the Government of the United States serving under this section, or by any employee of the Corporation, together with any patents which may be granted thereon, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation, which is hereby authorized to grant licenses thereunder as shall be authorized by the board: Provided further, That the board may pay to such inventor such sum from the income from sale of licenses as it may deem proper.
(i) 请求美国任何行政部门或任何独立办公室的任何官员、代理人或雇员的协助和建议，以使公司更好地成功地履行其权力，并在可行的情况下应利用这些官员、代理人和雇员的服务，如果总统认为公共利益、服务或经济有此需要，则应指示向公司以及总统可能指示提供此类协助的任何个人提供此类协助、建议和服务，此后，建议和服务应遵守董事会的命令、规则和条例：但，根据本节服务的美国政府雇员或公司的任何雇员凭借此类服务而做出的任何发明或发现，以及可能授予的任何专利，均应是公司的唯一和排他财产，公司特此被授权根据董事会的授权授予许可：进一步规定，董事会可以向该发明人支付该笔款项其认为适当的许可证销售收入。
(j) Upon the requisition of the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy to manufacture for and sell at cost to the United States explosives or their nitrogenous content.
(j) 根据战争部长或海军部长的要求，为美国制造爆炸物或其含氮成分并按成本价出售。
(k) Upon the requisition of the Secretary of War the Corporation shall allot and deliver without charge to the War Department so much power as shall be necessary in the judgment of said Department for use in operation of all locks, lifts, or other facilities in aid of navigation.
(k) 根据陆军部长的要求，公司应免费向陆军部分配并交付陆军部认为操作所有船闸、升降机或其他助航设施所需的权力。
(l) To produce, distribute, and sell electric power, as herein particularly specified.
(l) 按照本文特别规定生产、分配和销售电力。
(m) No products of the Corporation shall be sold for use outside of the United States, its Territories and possessions, except to the United States Government for the use of its Army and Navy, or to its allies in case of war.
(m) 公司的任何产品不得出售给美国及其领土和属地以外的地区使用，除非出售给美国政府供其陆军和海军使用，或者在发生战争时出售给其盟友。
(n) The President is authorized, within twelve months after the passage of this Act, to lease to any responsible farm organization or to any corporation organized by it nitrate plant number 2 and Waco Quarry, together with the railroad connecting said quarry with nitrate plant number 2, for a term not exceeding fifty years at a rental of not less than $1 per year, but such authority shall be subject to the express condition that the lessee shall use said property during the term of said lease exclusively for the manufacture of fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients to be used only in the manufacture of fertilizer by said lessee and sold for use as fertilizer.
(n) 总统有权在本法通过后 12 个月内，将 2 号硝酸盐工厂和韦科采石场以及连接所述采石场和 2 号硝酸盐工厂的铁路租赁给任何负责任的农场组织或由其组织的任何公司，租期不超过 50 年，租金每年不少于 1 美元，但此类权力应遵守明确的条件，即承租人应在所述租赁期内将所述财产专门用于制造化肥和化肥成分仅由所述承租人用于制造肥料并作为肥料出售。
The said lessee shall covenant to keep said property in first-class condition, but the lessee shall be authorized to modernize said plant numbered 2 by the installation of such machinery as may be necessary, and is authorized to amortize the cost of said machinery and improvements over the term of said lease or any part thereof.
上述承租人应承诺将上述财产保持在一流状态，但承租人应被授权通过安装可能需要的机械来对上述 2 号工厂进行现代化改造，并被授权在上述租赁期限或其任何部分内摊销上述机械和改进的成本。
Said lease shall also provide that the board shall sell to the lessee power for the operation of said plant at the same schedule of prices that it charges all other customers for power of the same class and quantity.
所述租赁还应规定，董事会应按照向所有其他客户收取相同级别和数量的电力的相同价格向承租人出售用于所述电厂运营的电力。
Said lease shall also provide that if the said lessee does not desire to buy power of the publicly owned plant it shall have the right to purchase power for the operation of said plant of the Alabama Power Company or any other publicly or privately owned corporation engaged in the generation and sale of electrical power, and in such case the lease shall provide further that the said lessee shall have a free right of way to build a transmission line over Government property to said plant paying the actual expenses and damages, if any, incurred by the Corporation on account of such line.
上述租约还应规定，如果上述承租人不想购买公有发电厂的电力，则有权购买阿拉巴马电力公司或任何其他从事发电和销售电力的公有或私营公司的上述发电厂的运营所需的电力，在这种情况下，租约应进一步规定，上述承租人应有自由通行权，在政府财产上修建一条通往上述发电厂的输电线路，并支付公司因该线路而产生的实际费用和损害（如有）。
Said lease shall also provide that the said lessee shall covenant that during the term of said lease the said lessee shall not enter into any illegal monopoly, combination, or trust with any privately owned corporation engaged in the manufacture, production, and sale of fertilizer with the object or effect of increasing the price of fertilizer to the farmer.
该租约还应规定，该承租人应承诺，在该租约期限内，该承租人不得与任何从事化肥制造、生产和销售的私营公司进行任何非法垄断、合并或信托，其目的或效果是提高农民的化肥价格。
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In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees for said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency.
在任命该公司官员和选拔雇员时，以及在晋升任何此类雇员或官员时，不得允许或考虑任何政治考试或资格，但所有此类任命和晋升均应根据功绩和效率进行。
Any member of said board who is found by the President of the United States to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed from office by the President of the United States, and any appointee of said board who is found by the board to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed from office by said board.
美国总统发现该委员会的任何成员违反本节规定，美国总统应将其免职；该委员会的任何任命者，如被委员会发现违反本节规定，应被该委员会免职。
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In order to enable the Corporation to exercise the powers and duties vested in it by this Act--
为了使公司能够行使本法赋予的权力和职责——
(a) The exclusive use, possession, and control of the United States nitrate plants numbered 1 and 2, including steam plants, located, respectively, at Sheffield, Alabama, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, together with all real estate and buildings connected therewith, all tools and machinery, equipment, accessories, and materials belonging thereto, and all laboratories and plants used as auxiliaries thereto; the fixed-nitrogen research laboratory, the Waco limestone quarry, in Alabama, and Dam Numbered 2, located at Muscle Shoals, its power house, and all hydroelectric and operating appurtenances (except the locks), and all machinery, lands, and buildings in connection therewith, and all appurtenances thereof, and all other property to be acquired by the Corporation in its own name or in the name of the United States of America, are hereby intrusted to the Corporation for the purposes of the Act.
(a) 独家使用、拥有和控制美国第 1 号和第 2 号硝酸盐工厂，包括分别位于阿拉巴马州谢菲尔德和阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯的蒸汽工厂，以及与之相关的所有房地产和建筑物、属于其的所有工具和机械、设备、附件和材料，以及用作其辅助设施的所有实验室和工厂；位于阿拉巴马州的固定氮研究实验室、韦科石灰石采石场和位于马斯尔肖尔斯的 2 号水坝、其发电厂、所有水力发电和操作附属设备（船闸除外）、所有与之相关的机械、土地和建筑物及其所有附属设备，以及公司以自己的名义或以美利坚合众国的名义收购的所有其他财产，特此委托给公司该法案的目的。
(b) The President of the United States is authorized to provide for the transfer to the Corporation of the use, possession, and control of such other real or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the Corporation as herein stated.
(b) 美国总统有权规定将美国其他不动产或个人财产的使用、占有和控制权转让给公司，因为他可能不时认为对于本公司的目的而言必要且适当。
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(a) The Corporation shall maintain its principal office in the immediate vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
(a) 公司的主要办事处应设在阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯附近。
The Corporation shall be held to be an inhabitant and resident of the northern judicial district of Alabama within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to the venue of civil suits.
根据美国有关民事诉讼地点的法律，公司应被视为阿拉巴马州北部司法区的居民和居民。
(b) The Corporation shall at all times maintain complete and accurate books of accounts.
(b) 公司应始终保存完整且准确的账簿。
(c) Each member of the board, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall subscribe to an oath (or affirmation) to support the Constitution of the United States and to faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act.
(c) 每位董事会成员在履行其职责之前，应宣誓（或声明），支持美国宪法，并忠实、公正地履行本法赋予他的职责。
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(a) The board shall file with the President and with the Congress, in December of each year, a financial statement and a complete report as to the business of the Corporation covering the preceding governmental fiscal] year.
(a) 董事会应于每年 12 月向总统和国会提交一份财务报表和一份关于上一政府财政年度公司业务的完整报告。
This report shall include an itemized statement of the cost of power al each power station, the total number of employees and the names, salaries, and duties of those receiving compensation at the rate of more than $1,500 a year.
该报告应包括每个发电站的电力成本、员工总数以及每年获得超过 1,500 美元补偿的人员的姓名、工资和职责的详细说明。
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States shall audit the transactions of the Corporation at such times as he shall determine, but not less frequently than once each governmental fiscal year, with personnel of his selection.
(b) 美国审计长应在其确定的时间由其选择的人员审计公司的交易，但频率不少于每个政府财政年度一次。
In such connection he and his representatives shall have free and open access to all papers, books, records, files, accounts, plants, warehouses offices, and all other things, property and places belonging to or under the control of or used or employed by the Corporation, and shall be afforded full facilities for counting all cash and verifying transactions with and balance in depositaries.
在这方面，他和他的代表应可以自由、公开地查阅所有文件、账簿、记录、文件、账目、工厂、仓库办公室以及属于公司或在公司控制下或由公司使用或雇用的所有其他物品、财产和场所，并应获得充分的设施来清点所有现金并核实与存托人的交易和余额。
He shall make report of each such audit in quadruplicate, one copy for the President of the United States, one for the chairman of the board one for public inspection at the principal office of the Corporation, and the other to be retained by him for the uses of the Congress.
他应将每项审计报告一式四份，一份给美国总统，一份给董事会主席，一份供公众在公司主要办公室查阅，另一份由他保留供国会使用。
The expenses for each such audit may be paid from moneys advanced therefor by the Corporation, or from any appropriation or appropriations for the General Accounting Office, and appropriations so used shall be reimbursed promptly by the Corporation as billed by the Comptroller General.
每次此类审计的费用可以从公司为此预付的款项中支付，或者从总会计办公室的任何拨款中支付，并且如此使用的拨款应由公司按照总审计长的账单立即偿还。
All such audit expenses shall be charged to operating expenses of the Corporation.
所有此类审计费用均应计入公司的运营费用。
The Comptroller General shall make special report to the President of the United States and to the Congress of any transaction or condition found by him to be in conflict with the powers or duties intrusted to the Corporation by law.
主计长应就他发现的与法律赋予公司的权力或职责相冲突的任何交易或条件向美国总统和国会作出特别报告。
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The board is hereby empowered and authorized to sell the surplus power not used in its operations, and for operation of locks and other works generated by it, to States, counties, municipalities, corporations, partnerships, or individuals, according to the policies hereinafter set forth- and to carry out said authority, the board is authorized to enter into contracts for such sale for a term not exceeding twenty years, and in the sale of such current by the board it shall give preference to States, counties, municipalities, and cooperative organizations of citizens or farmers, not organized or doing business for profit, but primarily for the purpose of supplying electricity to its own citizens or members: Provided, That all contracts made with private companies or individuals for the sale of power, which is to be resold for a profit, shall contain a provision authorizing the board to cancel said contract upon five years' notice in writing, if the board needs said power to supply the demands of States, counties, or municipalities.
特此授权委员会根据下文规定的政策，向州、县、市、公司、合伙企业或个人出售其运营中未使用的剩余电力以及由委员会产生的其他工程的剩余电力，并且为了履行上述权力，委员会被授权签订为期不超过二十年的此类销售合同，并且在委员会出售此类电力时，应优先考虑州、县、市以及公民或农民的合作组织，不得以营利为目的组织或开展业务，但主要是为了向其本国公民或成员供电：但与私营公司或个人签订的所有以转售电力为目的的合同均应包含一项条款，授权委员会在五年书面通知后取消上述合同，如果委员会需要所述电力来满足州、县或市的需求。
In order to promote and encourage the fullest possible use of electric light and power on farms within reasonable distance of any of its transmission lines the board in its discretion shall have power to construct transmission lines to farms and small villages that are not otherwise supplied with electricity at reasonable rates, and to make such rules and regulations governing such sale and distribution of such electric power as in its judgment may be just and equitable: Provided further That the board is hereby authorized and directed to make studies, experiments, and determinations to promote the wider and better use of electric power for agricultural and domestic use, or for small or local industries, and it may cooperate with State governments, or their subdivisions or agencies with educational or research institutions, and with cooperatives or other organizations, in the application of electric power to the fuller and better balanced development of the resources of the region.
为了促进和鼓励在其任何输电线路合理距离内的农场尽可能充分地使用电灯和电力，委员会应有权自行决定为无法以合理价格供电的农场和小村庄建设输电线路，并制定其认为公正和公平的管理此类电力销售和分配的规则和条例：进一步规定，特此授权和指示委员会进行研究、实验和决定，以促进更广泛和更好地使用电力农业和家庭用途，或小型或地方工业，并且可以与州政府或其下属部门或具有教育或研究机构的机构以及合作社或其他组织合作，利用电力来更充分和更好地平衡地开发该地区的资源。
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government so far as practical to distribute and sell the surplus power generated at Muscle Shoals equitably among the States, counties, and municipalities within transmission distance.
特此宣布，政府的政策是在可行的范围内，在输电距离内的州、县和市之间公平地分配和销售马斯尔肖尔斯产生的剩余电力。
This policy is further declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made available, and accordingly that sale to and use by industry shall be a secondary purpose, to be utilized principally to secure a sufficiently high load factor and revenue returns which will permit domestic and rural use at the lowest possible rates and in such manner as to encourage increased domestic and rural use of electricity.
该政策进一步声明，本政策规定的项目应主要考虑该地区人民的整体利益，特别是能够经济地获得电力的家庭和农村消费者，因此，向工业销售和使用应是次要目的，主要用于确保足够高的负荷系数和收入回报，这将允许家庭和农村以尽可能低的价格使用，并以鼓励增加家庭和农村用电的方式。
It is further hereby declared to be the policy of the Government to utilize the Muscle Shoals properties so far as may be necessary to improve, increase, and cheapen the production of fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients by carrying out the provisions of this Act.
特此进一步宣布，政府的政策是通过执行本法的规定，在必要时利用马斯尔肖尔斯财产来改善、增加和降低肥料和肥料成分的生产。
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In order to place the board upon a fair basis for making such Contracts and for receiving bids for the sale of such power, it is hereby expressly authorized, either from appropriations made by Congress or from funds secured from the sale of such power, or from funds secured by the sale of bonds hereafter provided for, to construct, lease, purchase, or authorize the construction of transmission lines within transmission distance from the place where generated, and to interconnect with other systems.
为了使委员会在签订此类合同和接受出售此类电力的投标时具有公平的基础，特此明确授权，可以从国会拨款或从出售此类电力担保的资金中，或从出售此后规定的债券担保的资金中，建造、租赁、购买或授权在发电地点的传输距离内建设输电线路，并与其他系统互连。
The board is also authorized to lease to any person, persons, or corporation the use of any transmission line owned by the Government and operated by the board, but no such lease shall be made that in any way interferes with the use of such transmission line by the board: Provided, That if any State, county, municipality, or other public or cooperative organization of citizens or farmers, not organized or doing business for profit, but primarily for the purpose of supplying electricity to its own citizens or members, or any two or more of such municipalities or organizations, shall construct or agree to construct and maintain a properly designed and built transmission line to the Government reservation upon which is located a Government generating plant, or to a main transmission line owned by the Government or leased by the board and under the control of the board, the board is hereby authorized and directed to contract with such State, county, municipality, or other organization, or two or more of them, for the sale of electricity for a term not exceeding thirty years; and in such case the board shall give to such State, county, municipality, or other organization ample time to fully comply with any local law now in existence or hereafter enacted providing for the necessary legal authority for such State, county, municipality, or other organization to contract with the board for such power: Provided further, That all contracts entered into between the Corporation and any municipality or other political subdivision or cooperative organization shall provide that the electric power shall be sold and distributed to the ultimate consumer without discrimination as between consumers of the same class, and such contract shall be voidable at the election of the board if a discriminatory rate, rebate, or other special concession is made or given to any consumer or user by the municipality or other political subdivision or cooperative organization: And provided further, That as to any surplus power not so sold as above provided to States, counties, municipalities, or other said organizations, before the board shall sell the same to any person or corporation engaged in the distribution and resale of electricity for profit, it shall require said person or corporation to agree that any resale of such electric power by said person or corporation shall be made to the ultimate consumer of such electric power at prices that shall not exceed a schedule fixed by the board from time to time as reasonable, just, and fair; and in case of any such sale, if an amount is charged the ultimate consumer which is in excess of the price so deemed to be just, reasonable, and fair by the board the contract for such sale between the board and such distributor of electricity shall be voidable at the election of the board: And provided further, That the board is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with other power systems for the mutual exchange of unused excess power upon suitable terms, for the conservation of stored water, and as an emergency or break-down relief.
委员会还有权将政府拥有并由委员会运营的任何输电线路的使用权出租给任何人、个人或公司，但不得以任何方式干扰委员会对此类输电线路的使用：前提是，如果任何州、县、市或其他公民或农民的公共或合作组织，不是以营利为目的组织或开展业务，而是主要为了向其公民或成员供电，或任何两个或多个此类市政府或组织，应建造或同意建造和维护一条正确设计和建造的输电线路，连接至政府保留地（其上设有政府发电厂），或连接至政府拥有或由委员会租赁并在委员会控制下的主输电线路，特此授权并指示委员会与此类州、县、市或其他组织或其中两个或多个组织签订为期不超过三十年的电力销售合同；在这种情况下，董事会应给予该州、县、市或其他组织足够的时间，以充分遵守现行或以后颁布的任何当地法律，为该州、县、市或其他组织与董事会签订此类权力合同提供必要的法律权力：进一步规定，公司与任何市或其他政治分区或合作组织之间签订的所有合同应规定，电力应出售和分配给最终消费者，不得歧视同类消费者，并且如果市政府或其他政治分区或合作组织向任何消费者或用户作出或给予歧视性费率、回扣或其他特殊让步，则合同应在委员会选举时无效：并且进一步规定，对于未按上述方式出售给州、县、市或其他上述组织的任何剩余电力，在委员会将其出售给从事电力分配和转售以获取利润的任何个人或公司之前，应要求该个人或公司同意上述个人或公司转售此类电力的价格应不超过董事会不时制定的合理、公正和公平的价格表，转售给此类电力的最终消费者；在任何此类销售的情况下，如果向最终消费者收取的金额超过董事会认为公正、合理和公平的价格，则董事会与此类电力分销商之间的此类销售合同应在董事会选举时无效：并且进一步规定，董事会特此授权与其他电力系统签订合同，以适当的条件相互交换未使用的多余电力，以保护储存的水，并作为紧急或故障救济。
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Five per centum of the gross proceeds received by the board for the sale of power generated at Dam Numbered 2, or from any other hydropower plant hereafter constructed in the State of Alabama, shall be paid to the State of Alabama; and 5 per centum of the gross proceeds from the sale of power generated at Cove Creek Dam, hereinafter provided for, or any other dam located in the State of Tennessee, shall be paid to the State of Tennessee.
董事会出售 2 号大坝发电或此后在阿拉巴马州建造的任何其他水力发电厂所产生的电力所获得的总收入的 5% 应支付给阿拉巴马州；出售 Cove Creek 大坝（下文规定）或位于田纳西州的任何其他大坝发电的总收入的 5% 应支付给田纳西州。
Upon the completion of said Cove Creek Dam the board shall ascertain how much additional power is thereby generated at Dam Numbered 2 and at any other dam hereafter constructed by the Government of the United States on the Tennessee River, in the State of Alabama, or in the State of Tennessee, and from the gross proceeds of the sale of such additional power two and a half per centum shall be paid to the State of Alabama and 2 and a half per centum to the State of Tennessee.
在所述湾溪大坝竣工后，董事会应确定美国政府在田纳西河上、阿拉巴马州或田纳西州建造的 2 号大坝以及此后建造的任何其他大坝将产生多少额外电力，并且从销售此类额外电力的总收入中，百分之二半将支付给阿拉巴马州，百分之二半支付给田纳西州。
These percentages shall apply to any other dam that may hereafter be constructed and controlled and operated by the board on the Tennessee River or any of its tributaries, the main purpose of which is to control flood waters and where the development of electric power is incidental to the operation of such flood-control dam.
这些百分比适用于委员会今后可能在田纳西河或其任何支流上建造、控制和运营的任何其他水坝，其主要目的是控制洪水，并且电力开发是此类防洪水坝运营的附带条件。
In ascertaining the gross proceeds from the sale of such power upon which a percentage is paid to the States of Alabama and Tennessee, the board shall not take into consideration the proceeds of any power sold or delivered to the Government of the United States, or any department or agency of the Government of the United States used in the operation of any locks on the Tennessee River or for any experimental purpose, or for the manufacture of fertilizer or any of the ingredients thereof, or for any other governmental purpose: Provided, That the percentages to be paid to the States of Alabama and Tennessee, as provided in this section, shall be subject to revision and change by the board, and any new percentages established by the board, when approved by the President, shall remain in effect until and unless again changed by the board with the approval of the President.
在确定向阿拉巴马州和田纳西州支付一定比例的电力销售总收入时，董事会不应考虑向美国政府或美国政府任何部门或机构出售或交付的任何电力的收入，这些电力用于田纳西河上任何船闸的操作或用于任何实验目的，或用于制造化肥或其任何成分，或用于任何其他政府目的：前提是，百分比应为按照本节的规定，支付给阿拉巴马州和田纳西州的费用应由董事会进行修订和更改，并且董事会确定的任何新百分比在经总统批准后应保持有效，直到董事会经总统批准再次更改为止。
No change of said percentages shall be made more often than once in five years, and no change shall be made without giving to the States of Alabama and Tennessee an opportunity to be heard.
上述百分比的变更每五年不得超过一次，并且在不给予阿拉巴马州和田纳西州表达意见的机会的情况下不得进行任何变更。
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The board shall make a thorough investigation as to the present value of Dam Numbered 2, and the steam plants at nitrate plant numbered 1, and nitrate plant numbered 2, and as to the cost of Cove Creek Dam, for the purpose of ascertaining how much of the value or the cost of said properties shall be allocated and charged up to (1) flood control, (2) navigation, (3) fertilizer (4) national defense, and (5) the development of power.
委员会应对2号水坝、1号硝酸盐工厂和2号硝酸盐工厂的蒸汽装置的现值以及Cove Creek大坝的成本进行彻底调查，以确定这些财产的价值或成本的多少应分配和收取（1）防洪、（2）航运、（3）肥料、（4）国防和（5）电力开发。
The findings thus made by the board, when approved by the President of the United States, shall be final, and such findings shall thereafter be used in all allocation of value for the purpose of keeping the book value of said properties.
委员会做出的调查结果经美国总统批准后即为最终结果，此后这些调查结果应用于所有价值分配，以保持上述财产的账面价值。
In a like manner, the cost and book value of any dams, steam plants, or other similar improvements hereafter constructed and turned over to said board for the purpose of control and management shall be ascertained and allocated.
以类似的方式，任何水坝、蒸汽发电厂或此后建造并移交给上述委员会进行控制和管理的其他类似改进的成本和账面价值应予以确定和分配。
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In the construction of any future dam, steam plant, or other facility, to be used in whole or in part for the generation or transmission of electric power the board is hereby authorized and empowered to issue on the credit of the United States and to sell serial bonds not exceeding $50,000,000 in amount, having a maturity not more than fifty years from the date of issue thereof, and bearing interest not exceeding 3-1/2 per centum per annum.
在未来建造任何全部或部分用于发电或传输电力的水坝、蒸汽发电厂或其他设施时，董事会特此被授权以美国信用发行，并出售金额不超过 50,000,000 美元的系列债券，自发行之日起期限不超过 50 年，年利率不超过 3-1/2%。
Said bonds shall be issued and sold in amounts and prices approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, but all such bonds as may be so issued and sold shall have equal rank.
上述债券应按财政部长批准的金额和价格发行和出售，但所有可能如此发行和出售的债券应具有同等等级。
None of said bonds shall be sold below par, and no fee, commission, or compensation whatever shall be paid to any person, firm, or corporation for handling, negotiating the sale, or selling the said bonds.
上述债券均不得以低于面值的价格出售，且不得向任何个人、公司或公司支付处理、谈判出售或出售上述债券的任何费用、佣金或补偿。
All of such bonds so issued and sold shall have all the rights and privileges accorded by law to Panama Canal bonds, authorized by section 8 of the Act of June 28, 1902, chapter 1302, as amended by the Act of December 21, 1905 (ch.
如此发行和出售的所有此类债券应享有法律赋予巴拿马运河债券的所有权利和特权，并经 1902 年 6 月 28 日法案第 1302 章第 8 节授权，并经 1905 年 12 月 21 日法案修订（第 13 章）。
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1, 34 Stat.
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5), as now compiled in section 743 of title 31 of the United States Code.
5），目前已编入《美国法典》第 31 章第 743 条。
All funds derived from the sale of such bonds shall be paid over to the Corporation.
出售此类债券所得的所有资金均应上缴公司。
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The board, whenever the President deems it advisable, is hereby empowered and directed to complete Dam Numbered 2 at Muscle Shoals Alabama, and the steam plant at nitrate plant numbered 2, in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, by installing in Dam Numbered 2 the additional power units according to the plans and specifications of said dam, and the additional power unit in the steam plant at nitrate plant numbered 2.
只要总统认为适当，董事会就被授权并指示完成阿拉巴马州马斯尔肖尔斯的 2 号水坝和马斯尔肖尔斯附近的 2 号硝酸盐工厂的蒸汽装置，根据该大坝的规划和规格在 2 号水坝安装额外的动力装置，并在 2 号硝酸盐工厂的蒸汽装置中安装额外的动力装置。
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The Secretary of War, or the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized to construct, either directly or by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, after due advertisement, a dam in and across Clinch River in the State of Tennessee, which has by long custom become known and designates as the Cove Creek Dam, together with a transmission line from Muscle Shoals, according to the latest and most approved designs, including power house and hydroelectric installations and equipment for the generation of power, in order that the waters of the said Clinch River may be impounded and stored above said dam for the purpose of increasing and regulating the flow of the Clinch River and the Tennessee River below, so that the maximum amount of primary power may be developed at Dam Numbered 2 and at any and all other dams below the said Cove Creek Dam: Provided, however, That the President is hereby authorized by appropriate order to direct the employment by the Secretary of War, or by the Secretary of the Interior, of such engineer or engineers as he may designate, to perform such duties and obligations as he may deem proper, either in the drawing of plans and specifications for said dam, or to perform any other work in the building or construction of the same.
特此授权战争部长或内政部长在适当的广告后，直接或通过与最低负责的投标人签订合同，在田纳西州的克林奇河（长期以来习惯被称为并指定为科夫溪大坝）内建造一座大坝，并根据最新和最经批准的设计，包括发电厂和水力发电装置和发电设备，与来自马斯尔浅滩的输电线路一起建造，以便使上述克林奇河的水域为了增加和调节下面的克林奇河和田纳西河的流量，可以在所述大坝上方蓄水和蓄水，以便在 2 号大坝以及所述湾溪大坝以下的任何和所有其他大坝上开发最大量的主要电力：但是，总统特此通过适当的命令授权，指导战争部长或内政部长雇用他指定的工程师，以履行此类职责和义务在他认为适当的情况下，要么绘制该大坝的计划和规格，要么执行该大坝的建造或施工中的任何其他工作。
The President may, by such order, place the control of the construction of said dam in the hands of such engineer or engineers taken from private life as he may desire: And provided further, That the President is hereby expressly authorized, without regard to the restriction or limitation of any other statute, to select attorneys and assistants for the purpose of making any investigation he may deem proper to ascertain whether, in the control and management of Dam Numbered 2, or any other dam or property owned by the Government in the Tennessee River Basin, or in the authorization of any improvement therein, there has been any undue or unfair advantage given to private persons, partnerships, or corporations, by any officials or employees of the Government, or whether in any such matters the Government has been injured or unjustly deprived of any of its rights.
总统可以根据该命令，将上述大坝建设的控制权交到他可能希望从私人生活中夺取的工程师手中：并进一步规定，特此明确授权总统，在不考虑任何其他法规的约束或限制的情况下，选择律师和助手，以进行他认为适当的任何调查，以确定是否控制和管理第 2 号大坝或政府在田纳西河上拥有的任何其他大坝或财产盆地，或在其中任何改进的授权中，政府的任何官员或雇员向私人、合伙企业或公司提供了任何不当或不公平的优势，或者在任何此类事项中政府是否受到损害或不公正地剥夺了其任何权利。
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In order to enable and empower the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, or the board to carry out the authority hereby conferred, in the most economical and efficient manner, he or it is hereby authorized and empowered in the exercise of the powers of national defense in aid of navigation, and in the control of the flood waters of the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, constituting channels of interstate commerce, to exercise the right of eminent domain for all purposes of this Act, and to condemn all lands, easements, rights of way, and other area necessary in order to obtain a site for said Cove Creek Dam, and the flowage rights for the reservoir of water above said dam, and to negotiate and conclude contracts with States, counties, municipalities, and all State agencies and with railroads, railroad corporations, common carriers, and all public utility commissions and any other person, firm or corporation, for the relocation of railroad tracks, highways, highway bridges, mills, ferries, electric-light plants, and any and all other properties, enterprises, and projects whose removal may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act.
为了使战争部长、内政部长或委员会能够以最经济和有效的方式履行特此授予的权力，特此授权和授权他或他们行使国防权力以协助航行，并控制构成州际商业通道的田纳西河和密西西比河的洪水，为本法的所有目的行使征用权，并谴责所有土地、地役权、通行权和其他必要区域，以便获得所述湾溪大坝的选址以及所述大坝上方水库的流动权，并与州、县、市和所有国家机构以及铁路、铁路公司、公共承运商和所有公用事业委员会和任何其他个人、公司或公司谈判并签订合同，以搬迁铁轨、公路、公路桥梁、工厂、渡轮、电灯为了执行本法的规定，可能需要拆除的工厂以及任何和所有其他财产、企业和项目。
When said Cove Creek Dam, transmission line, and power house shall have been completed, the possession, use, and control thereof shall be intrusted to the Corporation for use and operation in connection with the general Tennessee Valley project, and to promote flood control and navigation in the Tennessee River.
当所述科夫溪大坝、输电线路和发电厂竣工后，其占有、使用和控制应委托给公司，用于与田纳西河谷总体项目相关的使用和运营，并促进田纳西河的防洪和航运。
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The Corporation, as an instrumentality and agency of the Government of the United States for the purpose of executing its constitutional powers, shall have access to the Patent Office of the United States for the purpose of studying, ascertaining, and copying all methods, formulae, and scientific information (not including access to pending applications for patents) necessary to enable the Corporation to use and employ the most efficacious and economical process for the production of fixed nitrogen, or any essential ingredient of fertilizer, or any method of improving and cheapening the production of hydroelectric power, and any owner of a patent whose patent rights may have been thus in any way copied, used, infringed, or employed by the exercise of this authority by the Corporation shall have as the exclusive remedy a cause of action against the Corporation to be instituted and prosecuted on the equity side of the appropriate district court of the United States, for the recovery of reasonable compensation for such infringement.
公司作为美国政府执行其宪法权力的工具和机构，应有权向美国专利局进行研究、确定和复制所有必要的方法、公式和科学信息（不包括获取未决的专利申请），以使公司能够使用和采用最有效和最经济的工艺来生产固定氮或任何肥料的基本成分，或任何改进和降低水力发电生产的方法任何专利权人，如果其专利权可能因公司行使该权力而被以任何方式复制、使用、侵犯或使用，则应作为唯一的补救措施，向美国适当的地方法院提起诉讼并在衡平法方面对公司进行起诉，以获得此类侵权的合理赔偿。
The Commissioner of Patents shall furnish to the Corporation, at its request and without payment of fees, copies of documents on file in his office: Provided, That the benefits of this section shall not apply to any art, machine, method of manufacture, or composition of matter, discovered or invented by such employee during the time of his employment or services with the Corporation or with the Government of the United States .
专利专员应应公司要求，在不支付费用的情况下，向公司提供其办公室存档的文件副本：但本条的规定不适用于该雇员在公司或美国政府受雇或服务期间发现或发明的任何艺术、机器、制造方法或物质成分。
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The Government of the United States hereby reserves the right, in case of war or national emergency declared by Congress, to take possession of all or any part of the property described or referred to in this Act for the purpose of manufacturing explosives or for other war purposes; but, if this right is exercised by the Government, it shall pay the reasonable and fair damages that may be suffered by any party whose contract for the purchase of electric power or fixed nitrogen or fertilizer ingredients is hereby violated, after the amount of the damages has been fixed by the United States Court of Claims in proceedings instituted and conducted for that purpose under rules prescribed by the court.
美国政府特此保留在国会宣布战争或国家紧急状态的情况下，为制造爆炸物或其他战争目的而占有本法所述或提及的全部或部分财产的权利；但是，如果政府行使这项权利，则在美国索赔法院根据法院规定的规则为此目的提起和进行的诉讼中确定损害赔偿金额后，政府应支付因购买电力或固定氮或肥料成分的合同而受到违反的任何一方可能遭受的合理和公平的损害赔偿。
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(a) All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, conversion, or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States, shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation and to moneys and properties of the United States intrusted to the Corporation.
(a) 所有与盗窃、贪污、侵占或不当处理、保留、使用或处置美国公共资金或财产有关的一般刑法，均适用于公司的资金和财产以及委托给公司的美国资金和财产。
(b) Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) 任何人意图诈骗公司，或欺骗公司的任何董事、高级职员或雇员，或欺骗美国的任何高级职员或雇员 (1) 在公司的任何账簿中作出任何虚假记录，或 (2) 为公司作出任何虚假报告或陈述，一经定罪，应处以不超过 10,000 美元的罚款或不超过五年的监禁，或两者兼施。
(c) Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(c) 任何人收取任何补偿、回扣或奖励，或订立任何明示或暗示的共谋、共谋或协议，意图欺骗公司或错误且非法地达到其目的，一经定罪，应处以不超过 5,000 美元的罚款或不超过 5 年的监禁，或两者并罚。
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To aid further the proper use, conservation, and development of the natural resources of the Tennessee River drainage basin and of such adjoining territory as may be related to or materially affected by the development consequent to this Act, and to provide for the general welfare of the citizens of said areas, the President is hereby authorized, by such means or methods as he may deem proper within the limits of appropriations made therefor by Congress, to make such surveys of and general plans for said Tennessee basin and adjoining territory as may be useful to the Congress and to the several States in guiding and controlling the extent, sequence, and nature of development that may be equitably and economically advanced through the expenditure of public funds, or through the guidance or control of public authority, all for the general purpose of fostering an orderly and proper physical, economic, and social development of said areas; and the President is further authorized in making said surveys and plans to cooperate with the States affected thereby, or subdivisions or agencies of such States, or with cooperative or other organizations, and to make such studies, experiments, or demonstrations as may be necessary and suitable to that end.
为了进一步帮助正确利用、保护和开发田纳西河流域和可能与本法的发展有关或受到重大影响的毗邻地区的自然资源，并为上述地区的公民提供普遍福利，特此授权总统在国会拨款范围内，通过他认为适当的方式或方法，对田纳西河流域和毗邻地区进行调查和总体规划，可能有助于国会和几个州指导和控制发展的范围、顺序和性质，这些发展可以通过公共资金的支出或通过公共当局的指导或控制来公平和经济地推进，所有这些都是为了促进所述地区有序和适当的物质、经济和社会发展；进一步授权总统进行上述调查并计划与受影响的国家、或这些国家的分支机构或机构、合作组织或其他组织合作，并为此目的进行必要和适当的研究、实验或示范。
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The President shall, from time to time, as the work provided for in the preceding section progresses, recommend to Congress such legislation as he deems proper to carry out the general purposes stated in said section, and for the especial purpose of bringing about in said Tennessee drainage basin and adjoining territory in conformity with said general purposes (1) the maximum amount of flood control; (2) the maximum development of said Tennessee River for navigation purposes; (3) the maximum generation of electric power consistent with flood control and navigation; (4) the proper use of marginal lands; (5) the proper method of reforestation of all lands in said drainage basin suitable for reforestation; and (6) the economic and social well-being of the people living in said river basin.
随着前一节规定的工作的进展，总统应不时向国会建议他认为适当的立法，以实现该节所述的一般目的，并特别为了在上述田纳西州流域和毗邻地区实现符合上述一般目的的目标： (1) 最大程度的防洪； (2) 田纳西河的航运最大发展； （三）与防洪、通航相适应的最大发电量； （四）边际土地的合理利用； （五）该流域内所有适宜造林的土地的适当造林方法； （六）流域人民的经济和社会福祉。
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For the purpose of securing any rights of flowage, or obtaining title to or possession of any property, real or personal, that may be necessary or may become necessary, in the carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act, the President of the United States for a period of three years from the date of the enactment of this Act, is hereby authorized to acquire title in the name of the United States to such rights or such property, and to provide for the payment for same by directing the board to contract to deliver power generated at any of the plants now owned or hereafter owned or constructed by the Government or by said Corporation, such future delivery of power to continue for a period not exceeding thirty years.
为了确保在执行本法任何规定时可能需要或可能需要的任何流量权，或获得对任何不动产或动产的所有权或占有权，美国总统自本法颁布之日起三年内，特此授权以美国名义获得此类权利或此类财产的所有权，并通过指示董事会签订合同以交付任何发电厂所产生的电力来支付同样的费用。由政府或上述公司拥有或此后拥有或建造，此类未来的电力交付持续时间不超过三十年。
Likewise, for one year after the enactment of this Act, the President is further authorized to sell or lease any parcel or part of any vacant real estate now owned by the Government in said Tennessee River Basin, to persons, firms, or corporations who shall contract to erect thereon factories or manufacturing establishments, and who shall contract to purchase of said Corporation electric power for the operation of any such factory or manufacturing establishment.
同样，在本法颁布后一年内，总统进一步被授权将政府在上述田纳西河流域目前拥有的任何空置房地产的任何地块或部分出售或租赁给个人、公司或公司，这些人应签订合同在其上建立工厂或制造机构，并应签订合同购买上述公司电力以运营任何此类工厂或制造机构。
No contract shall be made by the President for the sale of any of such real estate as may be necessary for present or future use on the part of the Government for any of the purposes of this Act.
总统不得就出售政府当前或将来出于本法任何目的可能需要的任何房地产签订合同。
Any such contract made by the President of the United States shall be carried out by the board: Provided, That no such contract shall be made that will in any way abridge or take away the preference right to purchase power given in this Act to States, counties, municipalities, or farm organizations: Provided further, That no lease shall be for a term to exceed fifty years: Provided further, That any sale shall be on condition that said land shall be used for industrial purposes only.
美国总统签订的任何此类合同均应由委员会执行：但不得签订以任何方式减少或剥夺本法赋予州、县、市或农场组织的购买电力优先权的合同：进一步规定，租赁期限不得超过五十年：进一步规定，任何出售均应以所述土地仅用于工业目的为条件。
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The Corporation may cause proceedings to be instituted for the acquisition by condemnation of any lands, easements, or rights of way which, in the opinion of the Corporation, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
公司可以通过谴责公司认为执行本法规定所必需的任何土地、地役权或通行权来启动收购程序。
The proceedings shall be instituted in the United States district court for the district in which the land, easement, right of way, or other interest, or any part thereof, is located, and such court shall have full jurisdiction to divest the complete title to the property sought to be acquired out of all persons or claimants and vest the same in the United States in fee simple, and to enter a decree quieting the title thereto in the United States of America.
诉讼程序应在土地、地役权、通行权或其他权益或其任何部分所在地区的美国地方法院提起，该法院应具有充分的管辖权，可以从所有个人或索赔人处剥离寻求获取的财产的全部所有权，并将其以简单费用归还美国，并颁布法令在美利坚合众国中止该所有权。
Upon the filing of a petition for condemnation and for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the property to be acquired, and assessing the compensation to be paid, the court shall appoint three commissioners who shall be disinterested persons and who shall take and subscribe an oath that they do not own any lands, or interest or easement in any lands, which it may be desirable for the United States to acquire in the furtherance of said project and such commissioners shall not be selected from the locality wherein the land sought to be condemned lies.
在提出谴责请愿书后，为了确定将要收购的财产的价值，并评估要支付的赔偿，法院应任命三名专员，他们应是无利害关系的人，他们应宣誓并签署誓言，表示他们不拥有美国为促进所述项目而可能需要收购的任何土地或任何土地上的权益或地役权，并且此类专员不得从寻求被谴责的土地所在的地方选出谎言。
Such commissioners shall receive a per diem of not to exceed $15 for their services, together with an additional amount of $5 per day for subsistence for time actually spent in performing their duties as commissioners.
此类专员的服务每日津贴不超过 15 美元，此外，每天还可额外获得 5 美元的生活费，用于履行专员职责时实际花费的时间。
It shall be the duty of such commissioners to examine into the value of the lands sought to be condemned, to conduct hearings and receive evidence, and generally to take such appropriate steps as may be proper for the determination of the value of the said lands sought to be condemned, and for such purpose the commissioners are authorized to administer oaths and subpoena witnesses, which said witnesses shall receive the same fees as are provided for witnesses in the Federal courts.
这些专员有责任审查拟被征用的土地的价值，举行听证会并接受证据，并一般采取适当的措施来确定上述拟被征用的土地的价值，为此目的，委员有权管理宣誓和传唤证人，所述证人应收取与联邦法院证人相同的费用。
The said commissioners shall thereupon file a report setting forth their conclusions as to the value of the said property sought to be condemned, making a separate award and valuation in the premises with respect to each separate parcel involved.
上述专员应立即提交一份报告，阐述其对上述寻求被谴责的财产的价值的结论，并对涉及的每个单独地块进行单独的裁决和估价。
Upon the filing of such award in court the clerk of said court shall give notice of the filing of such award to the parties to said proceeding, in manner and form as directed by the judge of said court.
在法院提交该裁决后，该法院书记员应按照该法院法官指示的方式和形式向该诉讼各方发出提交该裁决的通知。
Either or both parties may file exceptions to the award of said commissioners within twenty days from the date of the filing of said award in court.
任何一方或双方均可在向法院提交上述裁决之日起二十天内对上述专员的裁决提出例外情况。
Exceptions filed to such award shall be heard before three Federal district judges unless the parties, in writing, in person, or by their attorneys, stipulate that the exceptions may be heard before a lesser number of judges.
对该裁决提出的例外情况应由三名联邦地区法官审理，除非双方以书面形式、亲自或由其律师规定例外情况可由较少数量的法官审理。
On such hearing such judges shall pass de novo upon the proceedings had before the commissioners, may view the property, and may take additional evidence.
在此类听证会上，法官应重新审理专员的诉讼程序，可以查看财产，并可以获取额外的证据。
Upon such hearings the said judges shall file their own award, fixing therein the value of the property sought to be condemned, regardless of the award previously made by the said commissioners.
在此类听证会上，上述法官应提交自己的裁决，其中确定寻求谴责的财产的价值，无论上述专员之前做出的裁决如何。
At any time within thirty days from the filing of the decision of the district judges upon the hearing on exceptions to the award made by the commissioners, either party may appeal from such decision of the said judges to the circuit court of appeals, and the said circuit court of appeals shall upon the hearing on said appeal dispose of the same upon the record, without regard to the awards or findings theretofore made by the commissioners or the district judges, and such circuit court of appeals shall thereupon fix the value of the said property sought to be condemned.
自地区法官在关于专员裁决的例外情况的听证会上提交裁决后三十天内的任何时间，任何一方均可就上述法官的裁决向巡回上诉法院提出上诉，而上述巡回上诉法院应在上述上诉听证会上将其记录在案，而不考虑专员或地区法官此前作出的裁决或调查结果，并且该巡回上诉法院应立即确定所寻求的上述财产的价值受到谴责。
Upon acceptance of an award by the owner of any property herein provided to be appropriated, and the payment of the money awarded or upon the failure of either party to file exceptions to the award of the commissioners within the time specified, or upon the award of the commissioners, and the payment of the money by the United States pursuant thereto, or the payment of the money awarded into the registry of the court by the Corporation, the title to said property and the right to the possession thereof shall pass to the United States, and the United States shall be entitled to a writ in the same proceeding to dispossess the former owner of said property, and all lessees, agents, and attorneys of such former owner, and to put the United States, by its corporate creature and agent, the Corporation, into possession of said property.
在本文规定的任何财产的所有者接受裁决并支付裁决的款项后，或在任何一方未能在指定时间内对专员的裁决提出例外情况，或在专员裁决后，美国据此支付款项，或公司将裁决的款项支付到法院登记处后，所述财产的所有权及其占有权应转移给美国，并且美国有权获得在同一程序中，剥夺该财产的前所有者以及该前所有者的所有承租人、代理人和律师的所有权，并让美国由其公司实体和代理人“公司”占有该财产。
In the event of any property owned in Whole or in part by minors, or insane persons, or incompetent persons, or estates of deceased persons, then the legal representatives of such minors, insane persons, incompetent persons, or estates shall have power, by and with the consent and approval of the trial judge in whose court said matter is for determination, to consent to or reject the awards of the commissioners herein provided for, and in the event that there be no legal representatives, or that the legal representatives for such minors, insane persons, or incompetent persons shall fail or decline to act, then such trial judge may, upon motion, appoint a guardian ad litem to act for such minors, insane persons, or incompetent persons, and such guardian ad litem shall act to the full extent and to the same purpose and effect as his ward could act, if competent, and such guardian ad litem shall be deemed to have full power and authority to respond, to conduct, or to maintain any proceeding herein provided for affecting his said ward.
如果任何财产全部或部分由未成年人、精神病人、无行为能力人或已故人的遗产拥有，则此类未成年人、精神病人、无行为能力人或遗产的法定代表人有权经其法院审理法官的同意和批准，同意或拒绝本规定中规定的专员的裁决，并且在没有法定代表人的情况下，或者法定代表人有权同意或拒绝本规定中规定的专员的裁决。如果此类未成年人、精神失常者或无行为能力者未能或拒绝采取行动，则该审判法官可根据动议指定一名诉讼监护人代表该未成年人、精神失常者或无行为能力者，并且该诉讼监护人应在其受监护人（如果有能力）的情况下，充分发挥其作用，并达到与他的受监护人可以采取的相同目的和效果，并且该诉讼监护人应被视为拥有充分的权力和权威来回应、进行或维持本文规定的影响其行为的任何诉讼程序。病房说。
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The net proceeds derived by the board from the sale of power and any of the products manufactured by the Corporation, after deducting the cost of operation, maintenance, depreciation, amortization, and an amount deemed by the board as necessary to withhold as operating capital, or devoted by the board to new construction, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States at the end of each calendar year.
董事会从销售电力和公司制造的任何产品中获得的净收益，在扣除运营、维护、折旧、摊销成本以及董事会认为有必要扣留作为运营资本的金额或董事会专门用于新建工程的金额后，应在每个日历年末缴纳给美国财政部。
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All appropriations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act are hereby authorized.
特此授权执行本法规定所需的所有拨款。
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That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, so far as they affect the operations contemplated by this Act.
所有与本法相冲突的法案或法案的部分内容，只要它们影响到本法案所设想的行动，均特此废除。
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The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly declared and reserved, but no such amendment or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by said Corporation under any power conferred in this Act.
特此明确声明并保留更改、修订或废除本法的权利，但任何此类修订或废除均不得损害该公司根据本法授予的任何权力签订的任何合同的义务。
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The sections of this Act are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any one or more sections of this Act be held to be unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of other sections of this Act.
特此声明本法各节是可分开的，如果本法的任何一个或多个节被认为违宪，则不影响本法其他节的有效性。
Approved, May 18, 1933.
1933 年 5 月 18 日获得批准。