Approved Code No. 244G-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 1015-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MASON CONTRACTORS' 

INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Construction Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 23, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 244G-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MASON CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 23, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING ~10DIFICA'rION OF SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE MASON CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in :full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Recovery 

Act, approved June 16, 1934, for approval of a modification to Section 2, Article III, of the Code of Fair Competition for the Mason 

Contractors Division of the Construction Industry, and due notice 

and opportunity to be heard having been given thereon and the 

annexed report on said modification, containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the President: 

NOvV, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that said modification and the Code as 

constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modification be 

and is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code 

is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entin~ty as modified. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Ad1ninistrator for I ndustrial Rec01Jery. 

Approval r ecommended : 

GEO. L. BERRY, 

Division Aclniinistrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

f uly 1/23, 1934. 

75621°-820-lBl-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. Sm : This is a report on a modification of Section 2, Article III, 0£ 

the Supplementary Code of Fair Competition 0£ the Mason Contractors Division of the Construction Industry, approved by you on 

April 19, 1934. 

The purpose of this amendment is to authorize the Divisional Code 

Authority to submit a budget and establish a basis of assessment 

upon which members of this Division will be required to contribute to 

the expense of maintaining the Divisional Code Authority. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said modification of said Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The modification of said Code and the Code as modified are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which 

tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of 

cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive 

practices, by promotini the fullest possible utilization of the present 

productive capacity ot industries, by avoiding undue restriction of 

production ( except as may be tern poraril y required) , by increasing 

the consumption 0£ industrial and agricultural products through 

increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as modified complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said title of said Act, including without limitation 

sub-section (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7 and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforesaid modification on behalf of the industry as a whole. 

( d) The modification and the Code as modified are not designed to 

and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The modification and the Code as modified are not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to discriminate against · them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be. heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. . For these reasons this modification has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JULY 23, 1934. 

(2) 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Adniinistrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE MASON CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

CHAPTER VIII 

Amend Article III by deleting, in their entirety, the provisions of 

the present Section 2 thereof and substituting therefor the following: 

SECTION 2. 1. It bein<Y found necessary in order to support the 

administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair 

competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the 

Act, the Divisional C,,ode Authority is authorized: 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code: 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary, 

(1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of this 

Division: 

( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been a pp roved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable 

contribution as above set forth by all members of this Division, and 

to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its 

own name. 

2. Each member of this Division shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Divisional 

Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to 

rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only members of this Division complying with the Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided (unless duly exempted from making such contribution) shall 

be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Divisional Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the 

National Recovery Administration. 

3. The Divisional Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any 

obligation substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated 

in its approved budget, except upon a:pproval of the Administrator; 

and no subsequent budget shall contarn any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimate except those which the 

Administrator shall have so approved. 

Approved Code No. 2'44G-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 1015-02. 

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